This book, which was released on May 3, made Publishers Weekly’s hardcover non-fiction best-seller list last Thursday and will likely climb the list as more fans buy copies of the book.
Auburn fans should also be on the look out for “All In: What It Takes to Be the Best” by Auburn head coach Gene Chizik and David Thomas.
According to Amazon.com, this book, which will be released on July 5, “chronicles the remarkable journey of Gene Chizik, who in two short years went from being the much-maligned 5–19 coach of the Iowa State Cyclones to the undefeated, AP SEC Coach of the Year of the 2010 national champion Auburn Tigers.”
The NBA is a little closer this week to having a new world champion as four teams duke it out in the conference finals round of the playoffs.
The Chicago Bulls and the Miami Heat are battling it out for the Eastern Conference championship, and the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Dallas Mavericks are squaring off for the Western Conference title. The winners of these two best-of-seven series will play each other for the NBA title in the next round of the playoffs.
Out of the teams that are left, I look for Chicago and Dallas to make it to the finals with Chicago winning it all. Of course, you can take this for what it’s worth, because I never thought the Lakers and the Celtics would be out of it at this point.
The NBA Draft Lottery was held Tuesday night, which set the order for the draft to be held on June 23 in Newark, N.J.
Basketball fans in Conecuh County will have an extra reason to watch the draft this year as Evergreen native Chris Hines, who has starred at the University of Alabama the past two seasons, will be in the mix of players eligible for selection.
Unlike the NFL draft, the NBA draft only consists of two rounds in which 60 players are selected. With that said, most mock drafts don’t have Hines being drafted. Of course, mock drafts are known to be wrong, especially since “media experts” select most of them.
Those of us at The Courant would love to see Hines make a pro team. He represented the county well at Alabama, and we’d like nothing more than to see him take the court for an NBA team.
The Atlanta Braves have picked up the pace during the past week, having won three in a row and six of their last 10 as of Tuesday morning. They’re 24-19 overall and 2-1/2 games out of first place in the National League East standings. This week, they’re out of the West Coast, taking on the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Angels. From there, they’ll travel to Pittsburgh, but they’ll be back in Atlanta next Friday for a couple of series against Cincinnati and San Diego.
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