The New York Post today ran a really, really weird sports story, that seemed strange even by the Post's usually bizarre standards. In it, Peter Vecsey writes that Larry Brown, who recently returned to the Philadelphia 76ers in an advisory capacity, has been hanging around Villanova basketball practices near his Main Line home. And, since he's started to get chummy with Wildcats coach Jay Wright, it leads to speculation that the Sixers might want to bring Wright in to replace Mo Cheeks as head coach.
The story is accompanied with a large picture of Wright, and the headline "Sixers Wright On." But, then there's the last two paragraphs of the story which, you could say, sort of bury the lede:
I hate when I'm forced to refute my own story, but I'm notified by a Sixers source who hasn't led me astray more than once or twice lately, "there is nothing to it."So, in other words, the story isn't true. So why the hell is it even in the paper? Posted by Stephen Silver at January 23, 2007 04:20 PMApparently, Villanova isn't the only college Brown has been haunting on a regular basis since he moved back. "He has been to other college practices around town as well."