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The letter is perhaps the most outspoken the most successful coach in modern college football has ever been regarding politics, though Saban and West have been longtime supporters of Manchin, a Democratic senator in a state that former president Donald Trump won by nearly 40 points in 2020.
Now it was like 4 o’clock. I think I was talking with Jimmy Sexton, who was Pippen’s agent at the time, and who now represents the elite of college football coaches, like Nick Saban. And I saw, out of the corner of my eye, Rodman walking toward the railing of the balcony, above where hundreds of people were dancing and partying. And then, standing on the rail of the balcony. And then, diving off the balcony. This is when you ask yourself, how many drinks have I had? ‘Cause that didn’t just happen, right? “Did Dennis…just jump off the balcony?,” I asked. Yeah. He did.
James responded to Saban's rebuttal following the Cavaliers' 112-106 win over the Raptors on Tuesday night. "I mean, I think you guys know Nick Saban more than me from a media perspective," he said. "You guys know Nick Saban more than I do, so that's exactly what I would think he would say. I built UNINTERRUPTED for a reason and for us athletes to have a platform to be able to speak about whatever we want to talk about. I respect him as a coach, but I'll be damned if I'll allow someone to use our platform or try to do the same thing we're doing and just think it's OK. "So, the lawyers will figure it out."
Speaking Tuesday, Saban said he didn't know about James' show. "I think LeBron James is a great player," the coach said. "There's been at least 20 barbershop-type things I've seen. I didn't even know he had one. I'm sorry anybody could be offended by something we were just trying to have fun with. I enjoyed it and we're going to continue to do it."
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Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said he'll remain with the Spartans next season despite rumors that he is a candidate for NBA openings in Minnesota and Detroit. "First of all, I'm going to be at Michigan State,'' Izzo said Wednesday on ESPNU's College Basketball podcast. "I still listen to things every day in our town about Nick Saban saying I'm not going to be the Alabama coach [when Saban was coach of the Miami Dolphins]. Nobody knows where any of us are going to be. You have to look at your track record and, over all these years, is this what he's done?"
Mike Krzyzewski instructs Duke students who spend extra-curricular hours playing with a round, orange ball. He gets paid handsomely for it. Coach K will earn $9,682,032 in 2014 according to USA Today. That is about $2.7 million more than Nick Saban, the next highest-paid college coach. That is nearly $4 million more than the next highest-paid college basketball coach, Rick Pitino. That is $9,682,032 more than the amount earned by Duke basketball players in 2014. This figure appears to be significantly more than any other coach in an American professional or college sport that we know of (Bill Belichick’s true salary has only been crudely estimated). The next highest paid, New Orleans’ Sean Payton earns north of $8 million according to ESPN.
Dwight Howard will become a member of the Houston Rockets organization on July 10, when the 2013-14 NBA season’s salary cap is officially set. While many have criticized the Los Angeles Lakers for their methodology in recruiting Howard to remain with the club, little has been said about the Rockets’ unique approach at persuading Dwight to head to Houston. A key part of that process was 24-year-old NBA forward Chandler Parsons. “Chandler was relentless,” explained a source close to the situation to FORBES. ”[Chandler] called and texted [Dwight] every day, even face-timed and would answer every question Dwight could potentially have. We would drive to his house in the hills and talk to him. Basically Chandler Parsons recruited him like Nick Saban and a 5-star defensive tackle; they hardly knew each other at beginning of process.”
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