Contest: Basketball

In this, the NBA playoff season, young man's fancy turns lightly to thoughts of basketball. Plus, the Celtics wear green!

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2.00 Christine Perfetti

ice cream

The old lady watched the game / with Kevin Garnett and what's-his-name....
6.00 Eddie Sullivan

Sweet 16

There once was a girl named Christine / Who had gotten the gambling gene...
7.33 John R Sullivan

Shootin J's

There once was a man from Nantucket / who shot his ball in a bucket...
Eddie Sullivan

The Green Team

I like to watch the Celtics. / They play with so many theatrics,...
2.00 Eddie Sullivan

Hoop Dreams

I had a dream of hoops, / Of picks and rolls and dupes....
3.00 John R Sullivan

The third championship

I loved a man named Larry Bird / The fabled garden was where it occured...
6.00 Christine Perfetti

Celtics rule

There once was a guy named Ray / Who really liked to dribble and play...
Highest Rated Limericks
7.33 John R Sullivan

Shootin J's

There once was a man from Nantucket / who shot his ball in a bucket...
6.00 Christine Perfetti

Celtics rule

There once was a guy named Ray / Who really liked to dribble and play...
6.00 Eddie Sullivan

Sweet 16

There once was a girl named Christine / Who had gotten the gambling gene...
3.00 John R Sullivan

The third championship

I loved a man named Larry Bird / The fabled garden was where it occured...
2.00 Eddie Sullivan

Hoop Dreams

I had a dream of hoops, / Of picks and rolls and dupes....
2.00 Christine Perfetti

ice cream

The old lady watched the game / with Kevin Garnett and what's-his-name....
Eddie Sullivan

The Green Team

I like to watch the Celtics. / They play with so many theatrics,...