Grieving Sloan Has Team to Lean On
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Utah Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan is coping without his wife of 41 years, Bobbye, who died on June 18 at age 61 from pancreatic cancer.
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Tim Hudson was introduced as the newest member of the Braves rotation Friday, and while he still got choked up about leaving the A&#39;s, he also sounded as if he were warming up to his new team.
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SHAKING and holding back tears, for Sombat Bigley the anguish of three weeks of painful uncertainty was yesterday turning to grief.
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Ending nearly three months of suspense about his future, Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning said last night at his annual Zoâs Summer Groove charity game in Miami that he would play again next season â a choice he kept secret to the end, insisting he was still deciding just hours before the actual announcement.âI want to redeem myself and try to help this team redeem ourselves as an organization and try to get back on track,â Mourning said. âThat wasnât the Miami team you saw in the playoffs last year.âHe added, âIt left a sour taste in my mouth and itâs time to really end it all on the right note.âThis was the third straight summer Mourning considered retirement before choosing to keep playing. Next season will be his 15th in the N.B.A., not including a full year he missed with kidney problems that led to a transplant in 2003.
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Celtics greats Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Danny Ainge reunite in grief Friday along with about 1,000 other mourners at Dennis Johnson's funeral.
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For some teams, the first few weeks of the season can spell the beginning of the end. For Xaverian, it can be the start of something new.
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About an hour after his US women&#39;s basketball team had won the gold medal, coach Van Chancellor was asked to sum up the legacy of Lisa Leslie, Sheryl Swoopes and Dawn Staley.
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At this stage of the year, everything can be used as a lesson. For instance, how the Bruins respond to being without defensemen Zdeno Chara (sore hamstring) and Milan Jurcina (elbow contusion) and top-line wing Marco Sturm (chest cold).
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We would change the names to protect the innocent, but when it comes to scoring this season, especially the past two weeks, the Bruins' roster has guilt written all over it.
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ST. PAUL -- The finality of losing usually leaves the vanquished searching for answers. Not the United States hockey team.
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A professional athlete sidelined by an injury might as well be a dead man. Harsh, but true. If you are too hurt to play, you might as well stay home. Some teammates don't even want to look at you. Reminds them of their own vulnerability. In a big league locker room, no one wants to talk about ...
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It was last spring and another losing season was in the books, another coach had been fired, another general manager was on his way and Vince Carter first started feeling like it might be time for him to move on, feeling like it would be better for all
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On the court and off, the Mystics season has been one of disappointment, but the playoffs are still a possibility.
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When veteran center Alonzo Mourning takes the court for New Jersey tonight at the United Center, it will be up to fans to decide whether the scene is heartwarming or heartbreaking.
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The tricky thing about being the team to watch is it's impossible to stay that way for long. Either you become an also-ran or you turn into the team to beat.
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It was an emotional reunion. Heck, it nearly brought Zach Johnson to tears. That's the degree of attachment between Johnson and the clubs he used to win the Masters.
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The National Basketball Association (NBA) is loaded with youth, talent and tattoos, plus old-school coach Jerry Sloan who has been patrolling the sidelines at the Utah Jazz for nearly two decades.