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FILE - In a Jan. 15, 2011 file photo, Texas Tech coach Pat Knight, right, is held by assistant coach Stew Robinson after being called for a technical foul during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Kansas State, in Manhattan, Kan. Texas Tech has fired coach Pat Knight. School spokesman Blayne Beal said Monday, March 7, 2011 that Knight will coach the Red Raiders at this week's Big 12 tournament and then will step down. Knight is in his third year as head coach. He took over the program from his famous father, Bob Knight, midseason in February 2008. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

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FILE - In a Feb. 15, 2011 file photo, Texas Tech head coach Pat Knight holds the ball as he questions a call during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Missouri, in Columbia, Mo. Texas Tech has fired coach Pat Knight. School spokesman Blayne Beal said Monday, March 7, 2011 that Knight will coach the Red Raiders at this week's Big 12 tournament and then will step down. Knight is in his third year as head coach. He took over the program from his famous father, Bob Knight, midseason in February 2008. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson, File)

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Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook (0) goes between Atlanta Hawks' Joe Johnson (2) and Zaza Pachulia (27), right, to score in the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game in Atlanta, Friday, March 4, 2011. Oklahoma City won 11-104 .(AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook shoots in front of Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash in the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Sunday, March 6, 2011. Oklahoma City won 122-118. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love (42) goes to the basket against Washington Wizards forward Kevin Seraphin, right, of French Guiana, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, March 5, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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Minnesota Timberwolves' Kevin Love, top, and Philadelphia 76ers' Elton Brand battle for a rebound in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, March 4, 2011, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia won 111-100. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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Chicago Bulls' Derrick Rose (1) goes in for a shot past Orlando Magic's Ryan Anderson during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, April 10, 2011. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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Chicago Bulls' Carlos Boozer, center, yells after the Bulls took a one-point lead in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter during an NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat in Miami, Sunday, March 6, 2011. The Bulls defeated the Heat 87-86. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, center, speaks with reporters as negotiations between the NFL owners and players go unresolved, at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service in Washington, Friday, March 11, 2011. Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson looks on at second left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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From left, NLFPA President Kevin Mawae, NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, and NFLPA spokesman George Atallah, leave after football labor negotiations with the NFL involving a federal mediator in Washington, Thursday, March 3, 2011.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter ponders during a press conference in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, March 3, 2011. FIFA is giving its six continents the same number of qualifying places for the 2014 World Cup as in 2010, but will conduct a draw for the playoff round. (AP Photo/Keystone, Walter Bieri)

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Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen, left, talks with her husband, U.S. football player Tom Brady, during a carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Monday March 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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FILE - This Oct. 13, 2010, file photo shows Washington Capitals right wing D.J. King (17) fighting with New York Islanders left wing Trevor Gillies (14) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, in Washington. Gillies has been hit hard by the NHL again, getting a 10-game ban Friday, March 4, 2011, for a dangerous shot from behind in his first game back from a nine-game suspension. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

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** FILE ** In this Sept. 30, 2010, file photo, singer Usher arrives at the "Keep A Child Alive Black Ball" at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)

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Washington Wizards' Andray Blatche (7) goes to the basket past Detroit Pistons' Jason Maxiell in the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, March 6, 2011, in Auburn Hills, Mich. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

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New Orleans Hornets' Chris Paul lies on the court in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Cleveland on Sunday, March 6, 2011. Paul was taken off the court on a stretcher. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

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Washington Capitals left wing Alexander Semin handles the puck before scoring the winning goal during an overtime period of an NHL hockey game against the Florida Panthers on Sunday, March 6, 2011, in Sunrise, Fla. The Capitals defeated the Panthers 3-2. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)