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UConn coach Jim Calhoun can be considered one
of the top coaches in college basketball after his second national
championship
By Ken Davis, The Hartford Courant
HARTFORD, Conn.—Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton loves
to tell stories about Henry Iba, who was Sutton’s coach and
mentor during his playing days at the school. Iba, demanding and
tough, was described as basketball’s fundamentalist country
preacher. His nickname was the Iron Duke, but those who played
for him respectfully call him Mr. Iba.More>> |
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By Joshua D. Scroggin
When I was 14, I could barely dribble a basketball with my strong
hand, let alone play professionally—but at least I wasn’t
buying into the sham they call world-class soccer. Two weeks ago,
14-year-old soccer phenom Freddy Adu played his first game for
D.C. United of Major League Soccer, and to no surprise,
he didn’t Adu anything. He came into the second half of United’s
2-1 blowout of last year’s MLS champion—the San Jose
something-or-other—and
touched the ball a time or two. He certainly didn’t score
or even come close.More>>
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