rockymountainnews.com - 12/14/2007
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George Karl admits to swearing every once in a while. With that in mind, the Nuggets coach was a tad wary Dec. 6 when he was one of the first two coaches miked for a nationally televised game. Mike Fratello, a TNT analyst for that night's game, went so far as to call Karl and Dallas coach Avery Johnson "pioneers." Karl can be thankful he wasn't a pioneer for something going wrong. During a ...
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Oops! Jerry Sloan drops the f-bomb on national TV
Construda —
During a taped halftime segment of Wednesday night's ESPN NBA game between Utah and Phoenix, ESPN let the clip run a few seconds too long and as a result put Jazz coach Jerry Sloan's f-bomb on the air . Sloan was miked up, an NBA regulation for all head coaches for nationally televised games. We got to pick up some toughness somewhere," Sloan said at halftime to his team, on its way to a fifth straight loss. After his speech, he muttered there were a "(expletive) four minutes" on the clock before the start of the second half. Remember, Sloan's speech wasn't live. This was an ...
NBA coach drops f-bomb, world stands still
The Big Picture —
In an effort to get trite quotes from coaches during games, NBA commish David Stern has teamed with TNT and ESPN to mike coaches for certain games. Jazz coach Jerry Sloan was one of those lucky few, and, well, it backfired a bit. From the Rocky Mountain News via Ben Maller: During a Wednesday ESPN game, a miked Jerry Sloan used a four-letter word after addressing his team at halftime. What makes it such a problem is Sloan's speech wasn't live. "We apologize for the inadvertent ...
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Oops! Jerry Sloan drops the f-bomb on national TV
construda.blogspot.com 12/14/2007 — During a taped halftime segment of Wednesday night's ESPN NBA game between Utah and Phoenix, ESPN let the clip run a few seconds too long and as a result put Jazz coach Jerry Sloan's f-bomb on the air.
Sloan was miked up, an NBA regulation for all head coaches for nationally televised games.
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New Orleans center Melvin Ely has a fractured left eye socket that will keep him out of the lineup when the Hornets play at Dallas on Friday night.
Ely was hurt when he was elbowed by the Nuggets' Kenyon Martin during the second quarter of the ...
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