The matchup between O.J. Simpson and Pat Boone probably didn’t happen.

Boone led a celebrity basketball team against some former college
athletes before the Los Angeles Stars’ game at the Sports Arena. An ad
in The Times said the team would include Simpson, then coming off his
Heisman Trophy-winning season at USC. But it’s unclear whether he
played.

The Times’ Dan Hafner actually mentioned the game, probably because
the Stars were so dreadful in the real game that followed. But O.J.
wasn’t included in Hafner’s description. Mike Garrett, Gary Beban and
Bob Klein were joined by former UCLA basketball star Mike Warren in
defeating Boone’s team.

Boone was apparently a gym rat in those days. A brief in The Times
announced that his all-stars–including Bill Cosby!–would play North
Hollywood High faculty the following night to raise money for the
school yearbook.

–Keith Thursby