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If there was ever a time to scheme plays or design something specific on offense, it would definitely be on zone offense. There are a lot of continuity or motion offenses that you can run against a zone, but I think in certain situations, you want to be able to have 2 or 3 designed and practiced plays that you can go to for a quick 2 or 3 points in a critical time in the game.I went...

Sometimes we get caught up in the run and gun of offense or fundamentals of half-court defense that we forget probably one of the most important parts of the game which is transition defense IMO. I've never been one of those coaches that felt it didn't matter if the other team scored as long as we get out and score before the other team gets back. I think that just opens up a slippery...

On Tuesday the Bobcats will make it official that they have hired a new coach to replace the recently fired Sam Vincent. Sources including Associated Press and ESPN are reporting that longtime NBA coach, Larry Brown will make his return to the sidelines. Brown has ties to North Carolina, making him...

We love the Knicks. They're one of the flagship franchises with plenty of good memories. Sort of, those memories become distant with each passing day of ineptitude and make memories of comedy like heard any Larry Brown jokes lately or heard any payroll jokes lately. Therefore in our suggestion to ...

Larry Brown offers us a fond, cute little footnote in the epic catastrophe that is 2007 SHOTY winner Isiah Thomas' tenure with the New York Knicks. Brown wasn't exactly Mr. Sunshine and Rainbows with...

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The Sixers will look for their third (!) straight win tonight when they take on the Charlotte Bobcats led by former longtime Sixers' coach Larry Brown. The Bobcats are a mediocre team with two fewer wins then the surging Sixers. The Bobcats beat the Celtics just a few days ago, so anything is ...

All around good dude Larry Brown has details on a drama that recently played out involving the student broadcasters at UCLA. We all know that since the beginning of time, there have been student broadcasters announcing games to no one in particular at high profile college sports events. Like what Ti...

Boston Red Sox owner John Henry is a little peeved about comments made by outfielder Manny Ramirez during All-Star Game weekend. Ramirez is upset that Red Sox management has been unclear about his future with the team.

Let's start things off nice and messy... Stephon Marbury sounded off, yet again, on Larry Brown. "I didn't listen to anything he said last year after he lied to me the first time," Marbury told... Visit www.dwolin.blogspot.com to view the full story!

In what is clearly a bargaining ploy, Red Sox owner John Henry claims that the asking price for free-agent 1st baseman Mark Tiexeira is too much for the bean eaters. Henry said: “We met with Mr. Teixeira and were very much impressed with him. After hearing about his other offers, however, it seems clear that we [...]

Since the dawn of professional baseball in America, the owners of the national pastime have dabbled in sports outside the diamond-shaped variety. From George Steinbrenner and the Angelos family having an interest in the horse racing world (Steinbrenner owns thoroughbreds while the Angelos family has a controlling interest in a Maryland racetrack), to the Ilitch family, Jerry Reinsdorf...

A Sunday Night Edition, because Mondays suck: Top 7 April superstars. Oh, how Tuffy Rhodes was going to hit 486 home runs… [Joe Sports Fan] The Orioles have a glimmer of hope for 2010! [Baltimore Sun] Dioner Navarro loses fight with net, goes on DL [Larry Brown Sports] Enjoying Saturday games ...

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- from FOXSports.comDetroit's Larry Brown, Rasheed Wallace, Carlos Arroyo, Chauncey Billups and Lindsey Hunter look to the comforts of home for Game 5 against Indiana. The Eastern Conference semifinals series is tied at 2-2.