Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin dies at 85

The Washington Wizards played the Philadelphia 76ers in a neighborhood that was torched during the 1968 riots.

Now it's an area known for shops, restaurants, shows and sports. There's a street called "Abe Pollin Way" and a state-of-the-art arena known as the Verizon Center, all legacies of the man who risked his fortune on a project that would revitalize a troubled part of town.

Tuesday night's scene was just as Pollin would have liked it, right down to the Wizards' 108-107 victory, which came hours after he died at the age of 85.

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