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Wednesday, April 21, 2004

Slow news day today. Maybe everyone's hung over from 4/20.

The local Boulder press has been digging around to figure out why CU players are leaving. Metoyer and Waner aren't talking.

USC student paper gets fired up about new coach Mike Trakh.

Nebraska student paper gets fired up about the WNBA.

Some business news: the Fever signed a sponsorship deal with Galyan's, and the Mercury signed a new TV deal.

In Korea, Deanna Jackson led the Kuhmo Falcons to the WKBL title with 28 points, 14 boards, and 5 steals. Kim Ji-yoon won the series MVP award but apologized afterward because she said that Jackson had outplayed her and deserved the award.

Said Falcons Coach Kim Tae-il: "I owe today's glory to the executives of the team." (Something lost in translation, no doubt.)