Farewell to father of British basketball who discovered Luol Deng
Brixton Topcats coach Jimmy Rogers dies leaving an All-Star legacy and thousands of winners in the game of lifeMeeting him, that voice is what you’re going to notice straight away,” says “Marvellous” Marvin Addy, a British basketball player, now coach. He’s talking about Jimmy Rogers, a legend of the sport in this country, sometimes known as “The Bishop of Brixton”. Addy goes on: “It sounds like God talking. Deep, very deep, as soon as he speaks everyone in the whole sports hall will hear it. He can’t whisper ... couldn’t whisper to save his life.”Addy drifts between past and present, perhaps without even realising it. On Monday it was announced that the 78-year-old Rogers, the long-time coach of the Brixton...