Kenny Led the Way -
Larry Birleffi, Cheyenne Tribune-Eagle, April 5, 1992

Let it be said for the record that Kenny Sailors, the Wyoming basketball legend, did not discover America. I still say Christopher Columbus did. I happen to know where he was buried.

Kenny Sailors did not lead the first pack trip into Yukon or land the first 30-pound salmon in the Alaskan rivers of Gakoma.

Kenny Sailors did invent the jump-shot in basketball as a kid out of Hillsdale, Wyo. - as a matter of self-defense.....


Here's tale behind start of jump shot -
Bob Cohn, The Arizona Republic, March 24, 1992

If you know of any outdoor basketball courts in Sun City, or better yet, have a gym you woldn't mind loaning out for a little while, please notify Kenny Sailors.

"I can't find any places to shoot around," he said.

To most 71-year-olds, this is not a problem. But it is to Kenny Sailors, the inventor of the jump shot.


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