For Krzyzewski and U.S. Basketball, Gold Medal Is the Prize

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The Fundamentals
Published 7/7/2008 by Hoffman at ballerblogger.com
The Oklahoman :  “Many of Oklahoma City’s new NBA team’s 125 employees will remain in Seattle through the end of the WNBA season, the Seattle Times is reporting.  According to the Times, every employee will receive a bonus for staying with the team the past two years, and any employee who chooses not to move will receive severance pay. Anyone who chooses to relocate to Oklahoma also can negotiate a relocation package.” Kurt of Forum Blue and Gold :  “On this blog, in Lakers forums all over the Internet, on talk radio, seemingly everywhere there is a fascination among some Lakers fans with bringing Ron Artest to the LA. And I don’t get it. I understand being unsure how well Odom will do ...

The Pressure Is on Coack K
Published 7/7/2008 by Marcel Mutoni at SLAM Online
by Marcel Mutoni With the world watching, recent humiliations in international competition fresh in everyone’s minds, and added expectations from heavily-invested corporate sponsors, it’s more than fair to say that Team USA is facing enormous pressure this summer in Beijing. Anything but Gold will be considered a failure, and somewhat of an indictment on USA Basketball. The only person facing even more pressure than the players is their celebrated head coach, Mike Krzyzewski. Krzyzewski fell short two years ago in his first shot with the professionals. If he cannot win in Beijing with the most talented team he has ...