Heat's Erik Spoelstra First Asian-American to Coach Major Pro Sports Team

Pacifist Viking found this 5/2/2008 on sports.aol.com [flag]

Lost in the recent crush of stories about players partying (or not partying ), coaches getting fired (or not fired ), and legends having some serious skeletons in their closets (sorry Mailman, but there's no alternative scenario to bail you out here) was an interesting sidenote about new Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra . As it turns out, Spoelstra isn't just the youngest coach in the ... [link]

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Little Friday Blizzard
Published 5/2/2008 by Pacifist Viking at Pacifist Viking
... little and stinks) and we'll never hear about him again. There's a chance he becomes a competent journeyman quarterback. There's even a chance that like 6th rounder Tom Brady or undrafted Tony Romo, he develops into a star at some point. I won't bother speculating even a little bit. Links Viking Update on John David Booty and the Viking offensive system. Marty Burns of SI looks at the Spurs-Hornets series, which could be a classic. Randy Kim of Fanhouse notes that new Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is the first ...

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Rover found this 4/28/2008 on dimemag.com

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Maury posted 4/29/2008 from www.bizofbasketball.com

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ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog found this 4/29/2008 on blogs.sun-sentinel.com

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Posted 5/8/2008 on Miami Heat | Sun-Sentinel Blogs

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Posted 5/8/2008 on ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog

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Posted 5/6/2008 on InsideHoops.com's Basketball Blog

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Posted 5/5/2008 on Miami Heat | Sun-Sentinel Blogs

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Posted 5/5/2008 on Crazy from the Heat

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Posted 5/1/2008 on On the Beat: Miami Heat

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Posted 4/29/2008 on On the Beat: Miami Heat

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Posted 4/29/2008 on SLAM Online

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Posted 4/28/2008 on InsideHoops.com's Basketball Blog

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Posted 4/28/2008 on InsideHoops.com's Basketball Blog

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Posted 4/28/2008 on NBA - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports

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