Bobby Knight cheered at roast

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    Bob Knight was screaming at players, berating officials and hurling that chair across the court again.

    It was all there on that introductory highlight video, prime fodder for a general roasting of "The General."

    Back in Indiana a decade after his firing, the former Hoosiers coach was the honored guest this time at a roast to benefit Chicago's St. Joseph High School on Saturday.

    For one night, no one was debating Indiana's decision to fire him 10 years ago. This was a night of unity involving one of the most polarizing figures in the state and the game, one dominated by laughter and praise, and Knight wasn't discussing his former employer.

    Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5590602
     

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