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Basketball Legends Reach Out to Bayview

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KCBS)- Two legends of basketball are in San Francisco holding a series of clinics for inner-city youth.

Their appearances were an opportunity to inspire young people to succeed in life beyond sports.

George Gervin is still as cool as his playing day's nickname, "The Iceman." He can even still shoot the lights out. He was at the Joseph Lee Rec Center in Bayview Hunters Point giving back.

"We as older men have a responsibility to teach younger men to be better men," said Gervin.

That game is making it in life despite the challenges. Artis Gilmore at 7 feet 2 inches drives home that message.

They're dealing with drugs and gangs in the streets and environments where it's very difficult to grow up in," said Gilmore.

Tony Warren runs the program.

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"It brings tears to my eyes sometimes when I sit here and talk to these kids. I told the kids to raise their hands if they'd seen a dead body and everyone in the class raised their hand," lamented Warren.

Their main message is education is the ticket to success.

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