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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP)—The New Jersey Nets fired coach Lawrence Frank on Sunday after losing their first 16 games during one of the worst starts in NBA history.
Assistant Tom Barrise will coach the team Sunday night in Los Angeles against the Lakers, when the Nets could tie the record for the worst start if they lose.
The Nets said a permanent replacement for Frank hasn’t been determined.
Frank was in his sixth full season, the longest-tenured coach in the Eastern Conference and the winningest coach in the Nets’ NBA history. But none of those victories came this season, and the team dismissed him with a 225-241 record.
“Lawrence always approached every day with a passion for his craft that was infectious, and his dedication to the game as well as his work ethic are to be both admired and appreciated,” Nets president Rod Thorn said in a statement. “I wish he and his family only the best of good fortune in the future.”
Frank, from nearby Teaneck, N.J., began his career with a 13-game winning streak, the best coaching start in league history. But he couldn’t overcome a losing streak that was even longer, just a game shy of the 17-game skids set by the 1988-89 Miami Heat and the 1999 Los Angeles Clippers.
Plagued by injuries this season, the Nets faced some games where they were missing four starters and suited up the minimum eight players. Still, they played hard and stayed close for most of those games, figuring the wins would come when they started getting some bodies back.
“That’s probably as little talent as I’ve seen anybody put on the floor in the long time with everybody hurt,” Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy said. “Yet they were able to fight and stay competitive. The guy’s done a great job there.”
Despite the losses, Frank was expected to last through the four-game trip out West that ends Sunday, with management wanting to give him time with a regular roster. But they decided it was time for a change after the Nets fell far behind in losses at Denver and Sacramento.
After 3 1/2 seasons as a Nets assistant, Frank replaced the fired Byron Scott on Jan. 26, 2004.
He quickly turned around a struggling team with his record-setting start, winning Eastern Conference coach of the month honors in February after leading the Nets to an 11-2 record, a franchise-record .846 winning percentage.
The Nets made the playoffs in each of Frank’s first four seasons, advancing to the second round in three of them, before returning to their longtime losing ways while slashing payroll in recent years.
Jason Kidd(notes) was traded in February 2008, fellow veterans Richard Jefferson(notes) and Vince Carter(notes) were gone by last summer’s draft, and only the Kidd deal that landed All-Star point guard Devin Harris(notes) brought back much in return.
So after losing in the East semifinals in 2006 and ’07, the Nets stumbled to 34-48 finishes the last two seasons.
Plagued by poor attendance and heavy financial losses while playing at the Meadowlands, the Nets have been looking ahead to a move to Brooklyn. While management could make decisions with that in mind, Frank ultimately paid the price for what was happening in the present.
The deals helped the Nets’ financial future, leaving them with the most salary cap space available for the stellar free agent class expected next summer. But it left the team devoid of talented depth when New Jersey was plagued by injuries early this season.
“I just know that with the lineups he’s had to put on the floor, I don’t think any coach would have done anything better than he’s done. There seriously can’t be people out there who think they were losing because of coaching,” Van Gundy said before playing at New York.
“New Jersey’s front office obviously thought they should have been winning games. Why they would have that expectation, I have absolutely no idea.”
Even if the Nets played well, Frank might not have made it past this season.
Owners will vote by the end of next month whether to approve the sale of the team to Russian Mikhail Prokhorov. If the sale goes through, as expected, Prokhorov could decide to bring in his own coaching staff.
Frank is the second NBA coach fired this season, following his predecessor in New Jersey, Scott, who lost his job in New Orleans.

PHILADELPHIA (AP)—Nothing was going right for the Philadelphia Eagles when Donovan McNabb(notes) decided to give a pep talk.
Then it was time for another comeback win.
David Akers(notes) kicked a 32-yard field goal with 1:48 remaining and the Eagles rallied for a 27-24 victory over the Washington Redskins on Sunday.
A week ago, McNabb led the Eagles (7-4) to a late touchdown in a 24-20 win at Chicago. It was the first time Philadelphia came from behind in the final quarter and won since a 33-25 victory at Washington on Nov. 11, 2007.
“We knew we can do it,” McNabb said. “We just had to get it done.”
So what did McNabb say to his teammates?
“You got to get your point across,” he said. “There’s nothing soft-spoken on the sideline. When you have a talented team, sometimes you need to bring the nasty attitude out of them.”
Akers made all four of his field goal attempts, extending his streak to 16. Asante Samuel(notes) had two interceptions and McNabb threw for 260 yards and one touchdown.
Jason Campbell(notes) had 231 yards passing and two TDs for Washington, which fell short at the end for the second straight week. The injury-depleted Redskins (3-8) lost 7-6 at Dallas last Sunday.
“It’s hard to come back after a loss like we had last week and this week,” Washington coach Jim Zorn said. “I hope that we talk sense and sanity into what we find ourselves in. And that’s difficult.”
Trying to set an early tone and perhaps underestimating the Redskins, the Eagles opened with an onside kick that backfired. Then, already playing without star running back Brian Westbrook(notes), the Eagles lost big-play receiver DeSean Jackson(notes) in the second half to a concussion.
Four straight second-half possessions lasted just three plays and the Eagles trailed 24-16 when they got the ball at their 10. Right before that, McNabb gathered the troops.
“I was proud of him just stepping up and talking over,” coach Andy Reid said. “He was into it. He said, ‘Hey, we’re scoring.”’
McNabb drove the offense 90 yards for a touchdown and a 2-point conversion. He connected with Jason Avant(notes)for 46 and 20 yards. Leonard Weaver’s(notes) 12-yard run took Philly to the 1 and set up Eldra Buckley’s(notes) first career TD run. McNabb shoveled to LeSean McCoy(notes), who broke several tackles to get the conversion.
After forcing a punt, the Eagles moved 66 yards to set up the winning kick. McNabb hit rookie Jeremy Maclin(notes) for a 35-yard gain on the drive.
“We knew we have the talent and ability to do it,” Weaver said of the comeback wins.
The Redskins played without defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth(notes) (ankle), running back Clinton Portis(notes) (concussion), tight end Chris Cooley(notes) (ankle), and cornerback DeAngelo Hall(notes) (sprained MCL).
But they still pushed the Eagles to the end.
“It’s definitely frustrating in a lot of ways, just the way we lose,” Campbell said. “To see all the guys give a great effort, all the guys out there fighting, a lot of teams would have packed it in. But these guys fight to the end. There’s no giving up.”
The Redskins went ahead 21-16 on their first possession in the second half, driving 80 yards on nine plays and converting three times on third-and-long. Campbell hit Fred Davis(notes) for 29 yards on third-and-10, then completed a 35-yard pass to Devin Thomas(notes) on third-and-7 before connecting with Davis on a 10-yard TD pass on another third-and-7.
Justin Tryon’s(notes) interception set up Shaun Suisham’s(notes) 25-yard field goal that made it 24-16.
Samuel intercepted Campbell for the second time in the final minute of the first half and returned it 17 yards to the Redskins 28. Akers nailed a 41-yarder for a 16-14 lead.
The Redskins needed just four plays to find the end zone after Quinton Ganther(notes) returned the opening onside kick 25 yards to the Eagles 24. Campbell scored on a 1-yard run.
Akers kicked a 29-yarder to cut it to 7-3 just after Michael Vick(notes) nearly scored his first TD since 2006, running 4 yards to the 1.
Notes: McNabb set a team record for quarterbacks by playing in his 143rd game. He was tied with Ron Jaworski. … The Redskins have lost nine straight road games. … Jackson’s status is uncertain. Westbrook missed two games with a concussion, returned and sustained another one in his first game back.

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BOULDER, Colo. (AP)—What does University of Colorado athletic director Mike Bohn have to say to doubters and detractors who contend he’s sticking with football coach Dan Hawkins only because he couldn’t come up with the $3.1 million buyout and the millions more it would take to replace him?
Twelve seconds of silence.
“Yeah,” Bohn responds when asked if he’s still there. “I’m thinking about what I want to say.”
Another 18 seconds of silence.
“Our financial, uh … Can you ask me the question again so I can get a little excited? I slept in my clothes last night. I’m a little slow,” asks Bohn, who flew back into Denver early Thursday after accompanying the men’s basketball team to the Maui Invitational in Hawaii.
So, what does he have to say to those critics who will insist that money and not merit guided his decision to keep a coach who is 16-32 with a 2-20 road record and a 10-21 mark in the Big 12?
“Well, money is always a consideration in big-time college football,” Bohn said. “It wasn’t THE determining factor. The bottom line was Dan Hawkins is the right coach for CU at this time.”
Hawkins has cleaned up a program tarnished by scandal under Gary Barnett, but he’s been unable to find success on the field and has endured four straight losing seasons, which usually lead to moving trucks, not reiterations of support.
The Buffaloes (3-8, 2-5) wrap up their season Friday against Big 12 North champion Nebraska (8-3, 5-2) at Folsom Field in a game that many thought would be Hawkins’ farewell.
Chancellor Philip DiStefano and Bohn informed the team after its walkthrough on Thanksgiving Day of their coach’s status to quell doubts about his future.
“It was really important for me to look these kids in the eye and Dan in the eye rather than being out in Maui” and doing it by phone, Bohn said.
DiStefano said he supports Bohn’s decision to honor Hawkins’ contract, which runs through 2012.
“Dan represents the university’s values on and off the field, and his team has been competitive this year,” DiStefano said. “He has done all that we have asked him to do, and although we all desire more victories, we also recognize starting over with a new coach right now takes us away from, not closer to, our goals for CU football.”
Of the Buffs’ eight losses this season, three have been by a touchdown or less and two others, at West Virginia and Texas, were competitive before fourth-quarter flameouts.
Hawkins signed a five-year contract in 2006 after leaving Boise State, where he was 53-11, and was given an extension 13 months ago before injuries unraveled the Buffs, who finished 5-7 last year.
Hawkins declared “10 wins, no excuses” as his mantra for this season, but the Buffs quickly rendered that goal laughable, leading to widespread dissatisfaction with Hawkins, who became increasingly defensive.
Bohn asked that Buffs supporters now rally around the program and its players, if not Hawkins.
“The program is bigger than any one individual and the institution is bigger than any member of the leadership team or anybody associated with this outstanding university,” Bohn said. “And I recognize that there’s a schism among the fan base. We’re going to work hard to close that.”
Bohn said he expects some backlash.
“I’m certainly aware that people on both sides of this issue are passionate,” he said. “And that’s why I believe one of my biggest challenges will be trying to collectively put that passion together because when we are unified, Folsom Field and our football program can compete with anybody in the nation.”
Hawkins will almost certainly have to have a winning season next year to keep his boss’s trust and his job.
“Clearly, I believe the longer a coach or anyone is associated with a program that the scoreboard ultimately becomes an important barometer,” Bohn said.
Hawkins had more votes of confidence than wins this season, but as the losses piled up, more and more calls came for his ouster, and the din heightened when blue chipper Darrell Scott bolted the Buffs at midseason.
Hawkins acknowledged this week that he regretted recruiting his son, Cody, to Boulder to be his quarterback because his kid unfairly became a lightning rod for critics before his benching at midseason.
Some students took to wearing powder blue to games this season instead of gold and black to protest the program’s slide into mediocrity. It was the color the team wore from 1981-84 when they went 10-34 overall during one of the worst stretches in school history.
That stretch is now rivaled by Hawkins era, and the question now is about the color green: Will alumni and boosters open up their wallets with Hawkins given a fifth season instead of a pink slip?
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP)—The New York Giants just escaped their own month of misery. So they understand the seething frustration and loss of poise in Denver, where sideline shoves, the head coach’s cockiness and players-only meetings are all the buzz.
The Broncos (6-4) have lost four in a row and blown what was once a 3 1/2 -game division cushion. The Giants (6-4) snapped their own four-game slide, which cost them the NFC East lead, by beating Atlanta in overtime Sunday.
The two second-place teams meet Thursday night at Invesco Field as the Broncos host their first Thanksgiving game since 1963 in the AFL.
Denver is at a low point following a 32-3 thrashing Sunday at the hands of the San Diego Chargers, who supplanted them atop the AFC West. Broncos coach Josh McDaniels exchanged heated words with some of San Diego’s linebackers during warmups, then watched his team come undone with silly penalties and an ugly sideline spat while losing its fourth straight game.
Although McDaniels has declined to discuss his own trash talking with the opponent, he did say he’s an emotional coach with a team full of emotional players who need to keep their poise.
“You can’t be all over the place emotionally,” Denver defensive leader Brian Dawkins(notes) concurred. “That doesn’t usually lead to a lot of success.”
Dawkins called a players-only meeting Tuesday to get some things off his chest.
“It felt great,” running back Correll Buckhalter(notes) said. “I think we needed it to get all our players on the same page.”
Cornerback Champ Bailey(notes) said some attitudes needed adjusting but he won’t know until Thursday night if the “no coaches allowed” meeting did any good.
“I was fairly encouraged just to talk to some of my teammates,” Bailey said. “But what’s going to encourage me more is if we play better. It’s not really what people say, it’s what they do.”
And lately, the Broncos have been talking a good game but playing bad ones.
Their offense has been stuck in low gear, their defense is springing leaks, especially against the run, and their special teams are dreadful.
Sounds a lot like the Giants before they snapped out of their funk.
Defensive end Osi Umenyiora(notes) said New York’s first win in 42 days made it feel as if a brick wall was lifted off their backs.
“We were getting killed around here,” he said. “Coming to work wasn’t as much fun as it used to be when you were winning. Nobody likes to lose. We are accustomed to winning as of late. It was very, very important and we are happy to get that done.”
As much as players talk about putting games behind them and moving on to the next opponent, streaks both have a way of lingering.
When you win, Giants quarterback Eli Manning(notes) said, “everybody is smiling a little bit easier and they are excited about the win and how everything is going. When you start losing you get down a little bit and things aren’t as enjoyable. People aren’t laughing as easy. You are still practicing the same, preparing the same. You go through the same steps. It’s not as fun when you’re not winning.”
“So it is good to get that win and get that sense of that winning feeling back in the locker room, … kind of see the smiles after the game after a long stretch where you haven’t won a game.”
The Broncos are envious. They haven’t won since Oct. 19.
They went through this same kind of skid last year, blowing a three-game lead over the last three weeks of the season to lose the division title, leading to an offseason of upheaval.
“The good thing about this year is it’s right in the middle of the season,” Bailey suggested. “So, we’ve got time to overcome that. Last year, we slid off at the end.”
The Broncos’ 6-0 start is a faded memory now that opponents have discovered their soft underbelly: running the ball straight up the gut.
During the skid, Denver has allowed opponents to run for an average of 145 yards, controlling the second half by grinding out the clock.
Dawkins expects the Giants to try the same tactic that worked wonders for Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Washington and San Diego—handing the ball off early and often.
“Absolutely. Why wouldn’t you? If you were an opposing coach, why wouldn’t you do that? Why wouldn’t you test that out?” Dawkins said. “They’re a running team anyway, so they’re going to do it anyway, but why wouldn’t you?”
Maybe because the Giants will be short-handed in the backfield with backup Ahmad Bradshaw(notes) (ankle) sidelined. So, they’ll have to be careful not to overwork Brandon Jacobs(notes)and wear him out in the mile-high air.
Several Broncos said they were glad they had a short week to get back on the field for another shot at snapping their losing streak. Not Dawkins.
“Do I like playing on Thanksgiving? No, I would I love to be sitting and watching somebody else play if I had my choice,” he said.
Giants defensive end Justin Tuck(notes) doesn’t mind missing out on a big feast, though.
“I eat every day. I am not worried about necessarily eating on Thanksgiving Day,” he said. “Hopefully I get to eat some quarterbacks.”

DETROIT (AP)—The Detroit Lions used to take a lot of pride in playing on Thanksgiving.
Lately, the Lions have been getting embarrassed when the nation tunes in to watch them.
Aaron Rodgers(notes) matched a career high with three touchdown passes and Charles Woodson(notes) grabbed two of his team’s four interceptions, giving the Green Bay Packers a 34-12 win over Detroit.
The Lions have lost six straight games on the holiday, setting a franchise record, by an average of 23.2 points and eight of nine in the showcase game. The latest loss was an emotional setback for Detroit (2-9) four days after Matthew Stafford’s(notes) gutsy play capped its biggest comeback win since 1957.

“It’s a different feeling in this locker room—especially on national television to come out like that,” Detroit center Dominic Raiola(notes) said.
Before its recent slide, Detroit won four straight and nine of 12 on Thanksgiving before ex-general manager Matt Millen arrived in 2001 and made a lackluster franchise awful.
Green Bay (7-4) has won three straight since losing to Tampa Bay to improve its postseason prospects.
“We can’t talk about the playoffs yet,” Packers receiver Donald Driver(notes) said.
Stafford, playing with a sore non-throwing shoulder, threw one touchdown pass and four interceptions. He threw five TD passes in Sunday’s win over Cleveland after trailing by 21.
“When you’ve got to throw the ball every down to try to get back into it when you’re behind, guys are going to be all over it,” Stafford said.
Kevin Smith’s(notes) longest run was 6 yards and he finished with 43 on 18 carries for the Lions.
“This is the type of game that you hit your head on a wall about,” Smith said.
The Lions looked as if they were building off their rare momentum by recovering a fumble on the opening kickoff and with Stafford’s TD pass to Calvin Johnson(notes).
But the Packers scored 27 unanswered points in the second and third quarters to turn the game into a familiar rout.
“We had to dig deep,” Rodgers said. “There’s a lot of resolve in this team and I’m confident in our team moving forward.”
The Packers have won nine straight against the Lions overall, and coach Mike McCarthy is 8-0 against them.
Woodson returned his second interception for a score late in the game and struck a Heisman Trophy pose in the end zone. Woodson won the award in 1997 while leading Michigan to a national championship.
“Being here in Michigan with all the fans I know I still have here,” Woodson said. “I just wanted to remind those guys what it was like back when I was in school.”
Woodson also forced and recovered a fumble and had a sack, capping an afternoon that included an announcement of his $2 million gift to the new University of Michigan Mott Children’s Hospital.
“It was a good day,” Woodson said with a grin.
It was for Rodgers, too, as usual against the Lions.
Rodgers was 28 of 39 for 348 yards and connected with Driver, Donald Lee(notes) and James Jones(notes) for scores. He has played Detroit four times and those passing totals rank among the top eight in his career.
Driver had seven receptions for 142 yards, including a 68-yard catch, and a TD that gave the Packers a 20-7 lead midway through the third quarter.
Rodgers and Driver both credited their much-maligned offensive line.
“There were a couple times when I held the ball for 4 or 5 seconds—maybe more,” Rodgers said. “When you have that kind of time with the kind of players that we have, we feel like we’re going to make plays.”
Green Bay played without cornerback Al Harris(notes) and linebacker Aaron Kampman(notes), both of whom had season-ending knee injuries in last week’s win.
“Our defense was huge,” McCarthy said. “That was the No. 1 factor in our success.”
Stafford was only 20 of 43 yards for 213 yards, and his four interceptions were one fewer than he had earlier this season. He was listed as doubtful for the game because of his shoulder injury, but his decision-making seemed to be more of a problem than his health.
“I don’t think (the injured shoulder) was a factor at all,” Stafford said.
Johnson, who was questionable with hand and knee injuries, only had a 9-yard catch to go with his 1-yard score.
In Detroit’s last game, Stafford broke an NFL rookie record with 422 yards passing, became the youngest player to throw five TD passes in a game and drew praise for playing with a dislocated, non-throwing shoulder on the final untimed play.
“I told him after the game, ‘Around the league, we respect a guy who will come in hurt,”’ Woodson said.
NOTES: Detroit rookie TE Brandon Pettigrew(notes), a first-round pick, hurt his left knee on the first drive and did not return. .. Green Bay OT Chad Clifton(notes) (hamstring) and Jordy Nelson(notes) (shoulder) were injured during the game. … Stafford joined Dan Marino, Dave Krieg and Vince Ferragamo as the four QBs who have thrown four INTs a game after throwing at least five TDs since 1970, according to STATS, LLC. … The Lions are 33-35-2 on Thanksgiving.