November / December 2007

Though 30 years have passed, many Evansvillians remember what they were doing on the night of Dec. 13, 1977, when they heard about the plane crash that killed the hometown basketball team. Wallace Graves was enjoying a performance at Wheeler

There’s an old saying beloved by sports commentators that goes like this: “Boy, that kid must be tough: He’s from the South Side of Chicago.” Every time Ron Ryan hears it, he smiles. Long before Ryan arrived here to take