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Coach’s Corner
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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Coach’s Corner
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.
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Mike Tyson’s a punk who doesn’t deserve the cover of Sports Illustrated; the Spurs and Mavs are pretenders who don’t deserve better than they got; and baseball fans … well, they deserve a league that can deal with its labor problems
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Soccer Watch
Ale, ale, ale, ale! The World Cup starts in two weeks! Plus a look at the basketball and hockey playoffs so far.
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Coach’s Corner
Odds and ends: David Stern … Drew Bledsoe … KevinGarnett … Rick Reilly … and more.
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Kings?Blazers?Mavericks? Forget it — the only team with a chance to unthrone the Lakers is the San Antonio Spurs. And that second-round series will likely be decided by a couple of injuries.
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Coach’s Corner
San Antonio and Dallas are two of the best teams in pro basketball. Their meeting this weekend was just a preview of a playoff showdown.
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Coach’s Corner
San Antonio and Los Angeles are the two best teams in pro basketball. Their meeting this weekend was just a preview of a playoff showdown.
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Let’s have a little historical perspective here. Rick Barnes is doing a fine job as the UT basketball coach, but he didn’t single-handedly create the UT basketball program. That was Abe Lemmons, in 1976.
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Coach’s Corner
You might not guess it, but Coach is a rabid UT basketball fan. He’s also one of the world’s foremost pessimists.