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Coach’s farewell column, after a 10-year run, laments the bloated, mercenary state of “amateur” athletics in the U.S.
Andy "Coach" Cotton
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Odds and Ends: Hello to Rich Beem and the baseball strike; farewell to Dennis Miller and Terrell Davis.
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Cedrick Trout (shudder) comes to dinner. But that’s not quite as big a joke as Major League Baseball’s idea of steroid testing.
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Coach’s old Vail nemesis Cedrick Trout has jumped on the Redskins / Steve Spurrier bandwagon, but Coach figures he’s at least a year or two early. And in college — surprise, surprise — UT’s really as good as their hype
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Anna wants to become a top-flight tennis star? Kan o’ kourn. Just become a Williams sister.
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Attending an Astros game with the wife, in the sterility of the new Minute Maid Park, is an iffy proposition. But with the help of a friendly scalper and a lot of Shiner Bock, it’s not half bad.
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Tiger Woods is a great golfer, no doubt, but it’s a shame there’s no one else around who can really challenge him.
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Attending his son’s graduation at UC-Santa Cruz, Coach is struck by a sudden infatuation with alternative sports: college baseball, horse racing, hockey, even World Cup soccer.
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The abuse heaped on Ken Caminiti for his Sports Illustrated expose on steroid abuse is disgraceful. Actually, he’s done the game a favor by shining a light on the situation.