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David Ramsey: 50 years ago, Trinidad’s Spencer Haywood carried America to Olympic basketball gold
LAS VEGAS • After Spencer Haywood conquered immense odds to earn a spot on America’s 1968 Olympic basketball team, word got out he was from Trinidad. How, he was asked, did he emigrate from the tiny island nation in the Caribbean? “Um, no,” Haywood said. “I’m from Trinidad, Colorado.” His response inspired a new question.…