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Current Sports | June 4, 2021 | College Hoop Legends Retiring...Why?, The Shortcomings Of LeBron

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College basketball coaching legend Mike Krzyzewski is calling it a career. Why are so many leaving the college game right now? Also, we recap the NBA playoffs and the elimination of the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers at the hands of the Phoenix Suns. 

On today's Current Sports with Al Martin we dive into the retirement of longtime Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski. 'Coach K' joins many other coaching legends who have decided to call it a career. Al dives into the question, "why now?" Also, how much longer will Tom Izzo coach the MSU men's basketball team? The answer ties to the changing game that is college hoops. Also, we recap the NBA playoffs and highlight what went wrong for the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers against the Phoenix Suns. That, as well as 'Reflection Friday' and 'Quick Hit Headliners.'

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Al Martin is the host of Current Sports, the daily radio call-in program from WKAR NewsTalk. Al is also on the WKAR News team as a regular sports contributor and plays a key sports reporting and content role on all other WKAR media platforms.
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