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John Salley Talks Reality TV, NBA Going Soft and Marriage Contracts

Since retiring from the NBA in 2000, John Salley has seemingly reinvented himself. From appearing in major motion pictures to co-hosting talk shows, "Spider" Salley is one of a few former athletes who has been able to make a living in Hollywood once his playing days were over.Next week, Salley will star in NBC's 'I'm a...

Bad Boys Return to Honor Chuck Daly

TEQUESTA, Fla. -- This looked like a Bad Boys reunion.The NBA came from around the country Wednesday to celebrate the life and mourn the death of Chuck Daly, but nothing was more impressive than his collection of pallbearers.It was the nucleus of his two championship teams in Detroit, the ones that transformed him from...

College or Pros, Chuck Daly Won

Former Pistons coach Chuck Daly died on Saturday morning. He was 78. You probably know that the National Basketball Coaches' Association was dedicating this year's NBA playoffs to Daly, who had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in February. As a show of support, coaches are wearing a "CD" lapel pin during the...

Legend Chuck Daly Dies at 78

Incredibly sad news out of Florida this morning, as legendary coach Chuck Daly has died at age 78. Two months ago, word came that Daly, who won two championships with the Pistons and an Olympic gold medal with the original Dream Team before entering the Hall of Fame, was suffering from late-stage pancreatic cancer.To show...

Coaches Dedicate Playoffs to Chuck Daly

Take a look at that picture. What do you see? I mean, aside from Doc Rivers' look of abject terror while being subjected to the Derrick Rose Experience. See that thing on his lapel? If you look closely (don't squint, there's a bigger picture after the jump), you'll see it's a pin with the initials "C.D."The National...

chuck daly News From the Web

05/16/12 20-year flashback: Ex-Pistons coach Chuck Daly has... Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI Story originally published on May 16, 1992.
05/11/12 New Dream Team documentary shows them lose Source: The How-To Travel Guru - CBS News NEW YORK — A new documentary about the Dream Team will include never-before-seen footage of the game it lost — on purpose, one coach suspects.
05/11/12 Dream Team documentary to show footage from the game... Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI NEW YORK A new documentary about the Dream Team will include never-before-seen footage of the game it lost on purpose, one coach suspects.
05/09/12 Off the Dribble: The Dream Team's Very Bad Day Source: The New York Times - New York NY The footage, nearly 20 years old, shows the Dream Team doing something they never did at the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona: losing.
05/07/12 Video chalkboard: To hedge or not to hedge? Source: Tomahawk Nation Modern basketball is a game defined by the ball screen.

Background on chuck daly

Charles Jerome "Chuck" Daly (July 20, 1930 – May 9, 2009) was an American basketball head coach. He led the Detroit Pistons to consecutive National Basketball Association (NBA) Championships in 1989 and 1990, and the Dream Team to the men's basketball gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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