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Article: Jazz players react to Obama's day
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- January 21, 2009
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From a historical standpoint, the Jazz-Timberwolves basketball
game won't go down as Tuesday's most memorable moment in the United
States.
Good thing Jazz players have DVRs or they might've missed the
day's biggest event.
Because the team participated in a shootaround during President
Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony, many Utah players had to
record the festivities to watch (DVR-delayed) history in the making.
Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said Monday he would reschedule if asked -
- as some teams around the sporting world did with their practices,
flights and media sessions -- but the team decided to go on with
business as scheduled.
Thank goodness for TiVo.
That doesn't mean players weren't ...