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October, 1989
Four-time Grammy nominee Branford Marsalis, saxophonist extraordinaire and actor (School Daze, Throw Momma from the Train), stopped in Chicago last May during the N.B.A. play-offs. We did our best to get him to talk about music, but he wanted to talk only about the Detroit Pistons, who were, at the time, tied with the Chicago Bulls at two wins apiece."How can you call the Pistons thugs?" he asked, outraged at the suggestion that half of Detroit's team would be in prison for assault if...
