Before he was known to late-night TV audiences as the “Big Kahuna of Free Throws,” Tom Amberry was a lanky kid from Grand Forks who could barely squeeze into a school desk. At 6-foot-7, “Lanky Tom” ...
When Tom Amberry swished in his 2,750th consecutive free throw, there were all of 10 people watching history being made. For 12 hours in a small rec center gym in Orange County, the retired Long Beach ...