Oscar Schmidt, the Basketball Hall of Famer from Brazil, dies at 68

SAO PAULO (AP) — Oscar Schmidt, the Basketball Hall of Famer whom his Brazil compatriots know as the “Holy Hand,” died on Friday. He was 68. Schmidt’s family said in a statement that he fought a brain tumor for 15 years “with courage, dignity and resilience . . . while remaining a role model of det...

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