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Where Are They Now?
Then   Now
 

Ralph Sampson

Then: Three-time national player of the year at Virginia and top pick in the 1983 NBA draft retired in '91 after knee injuries cut short a pro career spent playing for Houston, Golden State, Sacramento and Washington.   Now: Lives in Duluth, Ga. with his wife and four kids and runs the Winners' Circle, a program that combines basketball training and academic assistance for kids of all ages.

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Photographs by Manny Millan, Greg Foster

 


 
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