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Larry Brown:
What's next? How about that coveted UNC job? Whoops, missed that window. (Think he'd be an associate coach under Roy Williams?)
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The Lead Item
Two Words For You:
BROWN. ALMIGHTY.
Nomadic Larry's departure from Philly
officially buried the already-tenuous "find a hot,
young coach" trend. Now, the fad for owners with an
open search is, "Let's talk to Larry." Houston,
hello! (Not to mention Cleveland -- hello, LeBron
-- and L.A., where he has been the only coach to take the Clippers to the playoffs.
And all of a sudden, last week's prize Jeff Van
Gundy (whose inexplicable sad-sack-to-star
transformation is worthy of "Extreme Makeover") might
be dealing with Brown's leftovers.
Rocket: No 300
Roger Clemens, thwarted for
three-hundy yesterday by the Red Sox, will almost certainly overpower
those hapless Tigers this weekend. Hopefully by then,
MLB will abandon that ridiculous "300" logo (see
DQ'ed).
Speaking of hapless: The Yankees would happily
trade all the hoopla for a measly home win, which they
haven't had in nine games. Suddenly, the Yanks are closer to third place than first.
Dirk: Will He/Won't He?
A Mavs lineup with worthlessly gimpy
Dirk Nowitzki is in even more trouble than a Dirk-free
one. Dallas will have to make do with Don Nelson's
gimmicky "small ball," which got them all of three
quarters of a win Sunday. Save the "play hurt"
myth; this ain't Willis Reed's NBA.
Big Deal for Prodigy
Much Adu about Nike signing a
13-year-old soccer prodigy to a
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"ALMOST FORGOT HOW TO GET JIGGY" EDITION |
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| THE SET-UP: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS WEEKEND |
1 Jiggy at Jersey: Hot Ducks will win Cup in 5 games
2 Spurs will close out Mavs tonight at home; Nets next
3 NBA coaching carousel: Who's Larry Brown talking to? |
| THE SIT-DOWN: RETIRE THESE CONVERSATION TOPICS |
1 Asking top women athletes if they'll play guys
2 LeBron turning the Cavs around in rookie season
3 Wondering "What next?" for cash-strapped Ottawa |
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million-dollar deal, as reported Monday? Nothing, actually. If Freddy Adu
played basketball and got a similar contract at that
age, critics would be freaking out.
NASCAR Dud
Lots of grumblings over NASCAR's decision to
apply its spotty rain policy to end Sunday's Coca-Cola
600 at, uh, 414 -- when young star Jimmie Johnson
happened to be in the lead. Conspiracy theory? NASCAR
doesn't have conspiracies; it has marketing
strategies.
Women's World Cup
Coming to the U.S. this fall: And, if
it's like the last one, will provide just enough
excitement to throw
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more good money after bad in the
U.S. women's pro league.
Next Jennie Finch?
UCLA pitcher Keira Goerl threw an extra-inning
no-hitter in the NCAA softball championship game;
still, how seriously can you take a sport where a
single pitcher can throw every inning of a team's
tournament run? Not even Little League is that
ridiculous.
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MLB marketing:
Who was the genius who approved the oversized "300" logo on Rocket's glove but didn't see the obvious (and disqualifying) challenge coming?
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Today on ESPN.com
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| NBA Playoffs |
| P2: Red hot |
| MLB: Gammons' notes |
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| "New DVD Release" Edition |  Led Zeppelin
| How the West Was Won (Exactly.)
|  The Pianist
| Larry Brown playing field
|  The Recruit
| Whither Jeff Van Gundy?
|  Talk to Her
| UCLA shuts up, out Cal softball
|  A Guy Thing
| | Dirk debate: Macho posturing |
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Karie Webb may be the next Annika; Serena won't
be ...
Phillies P Randy Wolf is looking for love, and you can
help ...
Cincy's Adam Dunn cracks extra-inning grand slam to beat Braves; leads majors with 18 HRs ...
Look out, New York, here comes Toronto: Jays just 1 1/2 games behind Yanks ...
Dodgers go for 11th in a row today ...
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