| Griffin's quick return, UConn's shorthanded effort highlight week
He is not only having a great season on the court, but the senior captain sets the tone for Mike Krzyzewski off the court, as well. Last season, in naming three tri-captains, Nelson, Greg Paulus and the now departed Josh McRoberts, Coach K told me last week that he felt the leadership of the team may have gotten diluted. This year, there is one dominant voice in the Duke locker room and it is Nelson's. One thing that can drain a coach over the course of a long season is when he has to be both the coach and the captain of the team. In other words, he has be the constant voice that the players hear. It gets old and the voice gets stale, even if it's a Hall of Fame coach. It's a lot easier when there is a veteran player in the locker room parroting what the coach wants accomplished.
Mariners | Orioles owner has nixed deals before
Many in baseball see the outcome of this deal as a litmus test for MacPhail's authority. He was reportedly promised autonomy when he took over baseball operations last June. "My gut feeling is that this will get done, but the wild card is Peter, and you never know with him," said one baseball executive on Tuesday. .
O'Malley's goal: 'green' buildings
If the governor's bill passes, Maryland would join about two dozen other states and dozens of cities and counties that have adopted laws, policies or regulations to incorporate energy-saving and environmental features into new public facilities, such as compact fluorescent lighting, solar or geothermal heating, bamboo flooring and nontoxic wall coatings.
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