Empty the Bench

Around the same time that the Partnership for a Drug-Free America fueled a nationwide taste for fried eggs, and long before Mr. Mackey coined the now-famous catch phrase of this post’s title, a gaggle of old-school NBA superstars embarked on their own anti-drugs crusade. An All-Star cast including Magic Johnson, Julius Erving, Isiah Thomas, and a frighteningly young Mike Fratello star in this series from the late-80s entitled “Don’t Foul Out.” The earnestness of Buck Williams in the first clip, and of Thomas in the first and third, truly resonates.

Two more “Don’t Foul Out” PSAs after the break…

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