Who Has Larry Brown Mania? Anyone? Anyone?

The time was 1:30 in the morning, and we had just finished a failed attempt to talk our girlfriend into having sex with us. In our frustration, we turned on ESPNews, and apparently the world had exploded. Graphics were flashing everywhere, anchors were jumping up and down on their desks and Linda Cohn had ripped off her shirt to show a tattoo of Jimmy V. The big news: Larry Brown had agreed to coach the New York Knicks, a lower-tier team that no one really — not really cares about.

Rather than mark the occasion by looking at Larry Brown s old jobs, like everybody else, we re actually going to take a look at ESPN NBA analyst Chad Ford s reports about Larry Brown s career.

· May 29, 2005: Brown ready to leave Pistons for health reasons · May 30, 2005: Brown Set To Take Cavs Job · June 2, 2005: Brown Confirms Cavs Discussions · June 27, 2005: Cavs Hire Danny Ferry As New GM · July 26, 2005: Expect Roster Shakeup In New York

Knicks Hire Brown As Coach [NY Times] Chad Ford Archive [ESPN]