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BASKETBALL — Be prepared to laugh at the end of this story: Bill Vander Weele, Editor of weekly newspapers Northern Plains Independent in Wolf Point and The Community News in Culbertson (with both being available for purchase at the Daniels County Leader starting on Wednesdays after 11 a.m.), wrote an opinion piece on coach Bobby Knight, age 83, who died November 1 of this year after racking up 902 victories at Army, Indiana and Texas Tech. “My first meeting came in the 1980s when Knight talked to an assembly of students at Sidney High School,” wrote Vander Weele. “When I quickly interviewed Knight after the assembly, he was more than friendly to a young reporter. He even asked if there was anything else I needed from him. My second encounter came at a house of a coaching friend. I had the opportunity to visit with h...