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"It's Okay If You're A Machine": Inside Hubie Brown's Brutal Philosophy

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https://deadspin.com/its-okay-if-youre-a-machine-inside-hubie-browns-brut-1688921804/ Steve Oney |published: Mon 2nd March, 14:18 This piece was originally published in the Dec. 9, 1979 issue of the Atlanta Journal & Constitution Magazine. It is reprinted here with permission, and is followed by an afterward from the author. From a vantage point high in some structural-steel arena in a city like Philadelphia or New York or, for that matter, Atlanta, Hubie Brown, the coach of the Atlanta Hawks, appears to be a slightly mad martinet, a ranting, bantam dictator commanding an army of giants. Clad in a loud plaid jacket, a silken shirt open wide at the collar, double-knit slacks, and shiny black shoes , he storms along the sidelines of the National Basketball Association cursing and screaming and throwing his hands over his head in nearly game-long bouts of apoplectic rage. When a call goes against the Hawks, Hubie erupts from his chair at the head of the bench and races toward the offe...

Where does Rodgers’ star sit now Celtic have made European leap?

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With a playoff place secured before tomorrow’s trip to Villa, the manager will have a plan for life beyond Glasgow 28 Jan 2025 - The Guardian Ewan Murray These are compelling times for a compelling character. January has witnessed Brendan Rodgers jousting with his own supporter base, fall victim to an ultra-rare Old Firm defeat and guide his team to the playoff round of the Champions League. The argument was entertaining, the loss at Ibrox totally unimportant, and Celtic’s manager will return to the Midlands tomorrow having achieved a stated goal – making material headway in Europe. Substance over style. Timing is everything. Rodgers has done this just as Ange Postecoglou flounders badly at Tottenham in a blow to those at Celtic desperately clinging to the Australian’s supposedly transferable skills. Rodgers and Postecoglou are fundamentally different in umpteen senses, one being that the Irishman has an emotional attachment to Celtic. Without that, the Scottish champions could not att...

Tottenham count cost of doing things on the cheap

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Postecoglou has his flaws but the problem at Spurs is not the manager – they just end up paying the price 28 Jan 2025 - The Guardian Jonathan Wilson The good news for Ange Postecoglou is that it seems relatively straightforward to recover from being Tottenham manager: his two immediate predecessors, Antonio Conte and Nuno Espírito Santo, are top of Serie A with Napoli and third in the Premier League with Nottingham Forest respectively. As the banner unveiled on Sunday by Spurs fans during the defeat by Leicester read: “24 years, 16 managers, one trophy”. Nobody really looks at Tottenham any more and thinks the problem is the manager. But it is usually the manager who pays the price. Their past 10 league games have yielded four points. They have just lost against Everton, who had not won in six, and Leicester, who had lost their previous seven. They’ve reached a stage at which it feels possible that they could lose any given fixture. The only saving grace is that they are 1-0 up against...

Scatto Van Aert - Così è sbocciata l’idea Mondiale: «Atto d’amore»

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Fango - Wout Van Aert, 30 anni, in azione nel cross.  È stato tre volte iridato, nel 2016, 2017 e 2018.  In questa stagione, 5 gare: 2 vittorie, 1 secondo, 2 quarti posti ( BETTINI ) Il belga non doveva esserci, ma domenica in Francia ci sarà l’ennesima sfida nel cross con van der Poel: «Mi diverto tantissimo» 28 Jan 2025 - La Gazzetta dello Sport di Ciro Scognamiglio @CIROGAZZETTA  L’ha annunciato domenica, ma chi lo conosce bene assicura che avesse deciso il giorno prima: «Sì, farò anche il Mondiale di cross», è stato l’annuncio di Wout Van Aert che ha avuto un duplice effetto: sorpresa e sorriso, perché un altro duello con Mathieu Van der Poel – tra 5 giorni a Lievin, Francia – resta una delizia per gli occhi. Anche all’ennesima replica, e anche se il coach del belga, Mathieu Heijboer , sostiene che Wout avrà solo il 10% di possibilità di vincere, contro il 90 dell’olandese lanciato verso il record da eguagliare di 7 titoli vinti nel fango. Pure Van Aert lo sa, ma non ...