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* SaveOurTeam: The show lives and breathes this trope, with a white former NBA star taking a position as a basketball coach at an inner city, but racially mixed, school.

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* SaveOurTeam: The show lives and breathes this trope, with a white former NBA star taking a position as a basketball coach at an inner city, but racially mixed, school.school.

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An American drama that has couch Ken Reeves (Creator/KenHoward) taking a job as a coach of the basketball team in an impoverished urban high school after he retires from the pros.

The show also starred Creator/KevinHooks, Creator/ByronStewart, and Creator/TimothyVanPatten.

It aired from 1978-1981 on Creator/{{CBS}}.

!Tropes for the show:
* CurseCutShort: Happens in one episode, as they are walking along a busy city sidewalk, a high school student confides in a friend that his girlfriend has just told him she's pregnant. The astonished friend responds, "Pregnant! No sh...?" just as a bus passes by them and honks loudly.
* InnerCitySchool: The show is about a professional basketball player (Ken Reeves) who, after an injury that ended his career returns to his inner-city high school as a basketball coach.
* SaveOurTeam: The show lives and breathes this trope, with a white former NBA star taking a position as a basketball coach at an inner city, but racially mixed, school.

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