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HEY EVERYONE WELCOME INTO SPORTS… WELL THE HUNT CONTINUES FOR A NEW HEAD BASKETBALL COACH AT AUBURN… THE HOT NAME REMAINS MINNESOTA’S TUBBY SMITH…. BUT THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS REPORTED TODAY THAT JOHNNY JONES OF NORTH TEXAS WILL GET AN INTERVIEW WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS… JONES LED THE MEAN GREEN TO THE NC-DOUBLE A TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR FOR THE SECOND TIME IN FOUR SEASONS… HE WAS ALSO AN ALABAMA ASSISTANT DURING THE 2000… 2001 SEASON… ///

AND AS FOR THE MAN AUBURN FIRED… JEFF LEBO IS LANDING ON HIS FEET RATHER QUICKLY… THE FORMER BOSS ON THE PLAINS WAS NAMED EAST CAROLINA’S NEW HEAD COACH… IN AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE SCHOOL TODAY… LEBO WAS 96 AND 93 IN HIS SIX SEASONS WITH THE TIGERS… HE RECEIVED A ONE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLAR BUY OUT WHEN HE WAS FIRED LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO… ///

MEANWHILE… FORMER AUBURN FOOTBALL STAR RONNIE BROWN WAS WAS ARRESTED IN ATLANTA OVER THE WEEKEND FOR SUSPICION OF D-U-I… ACCORDING TO A REPORT IN YESTERDAY’S MIAMI HERALD… THE DOLPHINS RUNNING BACK WAS RELEASED FROM JAIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING… BROWN HAD NO PREVIOUS ARREST RECORD… ///

AND FINALLY… NICK SABAN WAS HONORED IN BIRMINGHAM YESTERDAY WITH THE INAUGURAL BOBBY BOWDEN COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD… THE AWARD IS SPONSORED BY THE OVER THE MOUNTAIN TOUCHDOWN CLUB… AND HONORS THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE COACH OF THE YEAR… SABAN CALLED IT A SPECIAL AWARD… PARTICULARLY BECAUSE IT BEARS BOWDEN’S NAME… ///

AND ONE OTHER NOTE THE HAWKS HAD A LATE START TONIGHT AGAINST THE BUCKS… WE’LL HAVE FINAL DETAILS ON THE GAME ON-LINE AT A-B-C 32 DOT COM… /// AND THAT’S SPORTS FOR NOW… I’M ADAM BAGNI… HOPE YOU’RE BACK WITH ME AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT… NATHAN… ///