Bill Kirchenbauer is a 54-year-old comedian best known for his role as coach Graham Lubbock on the megapopular Eighties sitcom Growing Pains. He is also a resident of the affluent Austin suburb the Village of the Hills and has blown his whistle on those pesky basketball hoops mucking up his streets; he wants the neighborhood ban on hoops located in front of houses (or visible from the community’s private golf course) enforced. While it is a tad ironic Kirchenbauer played a coach on TV and is now campaigning against basketball hoops, the Austin Toros don’t think it’s a joking matter. The NBA Development League affiliate of the San Antonio Spurs, the Toros have invited Village of the Hills households with children to attend either the team’s Dec. 26 or 27 home games for free. “The Toros support healthy kids, and we want to encourage kids to get out and play to offset some of the harmful results of childhood obesity,” said Toros Chief Operating Officer Billy Widner. The ban will be addressed by the property owners association board of directors and most likely will be repealed or amended. For more on the Toros, see www.austintoros.com.
This item was reposted from “Naked City,” News.
This article appears in December 21 • 2007.