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We at The Sac Rag are remiss for not covering local sports to the same depth that we devote to, say, the body image of local newscasters. That being said, there are two interesting sports stories in the news today. First up, a little sports outfit known as ESPN released their latest 2006 NCAA basketball tournament bracket projections on Monday, giving our own Sacramento State Hornets a projected berth as a 14 seed. That is huge news, as I don’t think the Hornets have enjoyed a winning season as long as I have been a Sacramentan. The current first-round matchup pits Sac State against tournament darlings Gonzaga, and the road out of Oakland goes through UConn, but getting into the field of 64 would be a huge thing for Sac State.
Local sports news item #2 has George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh working with our beloved Maloofs to produce an unscripted comedy for HBO about an expansion basketball team. Gossip has Vlade Divac starring as the crafty veteran and Dallas Mavericks-former GSW coach Don Nelson as the coach. I think Nelly would be great as an actor, but my personal choice would be an even more local connection: Kings assistant coach Pete Carril. I had a friend in college whose high school chum played for Carril on the great late-90s Princeton hoops teams, and reportedly Carril refused to call the varsity bench player by his name his entire 4-year career, preferring instead to call him “dipshit” or “shit-head” or something. Perfect for HBO.
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