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Jordan got last word as Brown was ousted

Last updated Friday, December 24, 2010 - 4:27pm

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The beginning of the end for Larry Brown as Charlotte Bobcats coach might have been an interview he gave on the eve of training camp. Even by Brown standards, this was remarkable bluntness.

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Time to revamp NBA's flawed draft-entry rule

McClatchy Newspapers, Rick Bonnell

Last updated Monday, December 13, 2010 - 5:31pm

News item: The NBA players association wants to roll back the draft-entry age to 18.

I think that's a good idea. I'm confident my reasons aren't those of the union. That's not the point -- the system in place makes bureaucrats feel good, but it doesn't actually do any good.

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Rookie extensions no longer a given

McClatchy Newspapers, Rick Bonnell

Last updated Monday, November 1, 2010 - 4:18pm

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Anyone who's opened a 401k statements the past three years understands why the world seems more risk-averse these days. And the NBA is no exception.

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Bobcats appreciate coach Larry Brown's candor

McClatchy Newspapers, Rick Bonnell

Last updated Monday, October 4, 2010 - 4:57pm

WILMINGTON, N.C. -- A friend of mine who covers the Carolina Panthers wants to trade jobs for a day, just to experience interviewing Larry Brown.

Sorry, Darin, no trades allowed.

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Curry taking the next step

McClatchy Newspapers, Rick Bonnell

Last updated Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 9:45pm

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Stephen Curry has been thinking a lot lately about not having to think so much.

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John Wall's attitude threatened to drown talent, until mom stepped in

Rick Bonnell McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Sunday, May 23, 2010 - 7:42pm

CHICAGO -- The question was never whether Raleigh's John Wall was a good enough basketball player. Rather, could he learn to be a good enough person?

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Kentucky's Wall should be No. 1 in NBA draft

Rick Bonnell McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Sunday, May 16, 2010 - 9:05pm

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Yes, Raleigh's John Wall is that good. Rod Thorn, as experienced as any NBA executive, made that clear last week.

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Michael Jordan is Bobcats' last and best hope

Rick Bonnell McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Monday, March 15, 2010 - 5:31pm

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- NBA Commissioner David Stern knows how to emote: I've heard him combative, charming, intellectual, dismissive and flippant, and that was all in the same press conference.

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Bobcats can't play to the Jazz tune

Rick Bonnell McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 8:47pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Had the Charlotte Bobcats been as assertive as their coach was with the referees, perhaps they would have had a chance Wednesday night.

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Bobcats lacking at home as Jazz win

Rick Bonnell McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 10:34pm

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- It's peer-pressure time for the Charlotte Bobcats.

Gerald Wallace and Stephen Jackson took a cue from their coach following Saturday's 110-102 loss to the Utah Jazz. Larry Brown had just said there are too many Bobcats with lacking effort.

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(The Associated Press) Mark Martin (left) talks with Jimmie Johnson before the start of the NASCAR Carfax 400 Sprint Cup Sunday.

These Sunday drivers play with pain, too

Rick Bonnell McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Sunday, August 16, 2009 - 9:04pm

BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Mark Martin summed it up succinctly:
"I feel 25 when we win," Martin said Friday, "but I feel 75 the next morning."
Anyone who thinks race-car drivers aren't athletes should jog a few miles with Jeff Gordon's sore back. Or keep up with 50-year-old Martin in his seven-days-a-week workout schedule.
They're driving Sprint Cup races nearly year-round, hundreds of miles each weekend at wild speeds, knowing inevitably there will be crashes that jar their bodies. Gordon was swept up in a wreck last week at Watkins Glen. That was his third collision this season, cumulatively wearing down the hinge that is his lower back.

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