DEAN SMITH appeared on ESPN's "Up Close" with Gary
Miller last night and discussed his new book, "A COACH'S
LIFE." Smith: "You'd say I don't want to be out in the
public then why did I do the book, I'd say I don't know.
...I don't know whether it's a good book. I'm here to say it
is. I have no clue." Smith said that he did not renew his
contract with CBS because "the book had to get done." Smith
agreed to do eight appearances to promote the book, to which
Miller commented, "There were lines 5 1/2 hours long [to see
Smith]" ("Up Close", ESPN, 11/23)....NBA Commissioner DAVID
STERN will be among eight inductees into the NJ Sports Hall
of Fame. Ceremonies will be held May 10 at the Meadowlands
(Bergen RECORD, 11/24).....The WASHINGTON POST's Amy Shipley
examines fan behavior toward pro athletes in a front-page
Sports section cover story and writes, "The seemingly
unprecedented display of fan misbehavior in recent months
has raised disturbing questions about the culture
surrounding American fandom" (WASHINGTON POST, 11/24).
