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(Every week there are a number of stories slip through the cracks here at ShakedownSports. These are just a few of them.)

Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway will reportedly take a job as his son’s quarterbacks coach at Cherry Creek High School. Elway was actually under contract to coach football at a different Denver public school, but he forced a transfer by threatening to leave and go coach baseball in New York.

Matt Beech, the pitcher who suffered a broken finger when Jose Offerman attacked him with a bat, has been suspended three games for his role in the altercation. Beech is lucky he wasn’t knocked unconscious—if that happened he might have been suspended for a month.

Donald Young, the future of American tennis, finally won his first career ATP match this week. Despite winning the Wimbledon junior Championship this year, the 18 year-old Young had gone 0-11 against the grown men on the ATP Tour. That was until Sunday, when he came from behind to defeat Amer Delic in the first round of the Pilot Pen Classic. Young’s victory means we can officially, beyond any doubt, declare Michelle Wie the most disappointing overhyped loser phenom in all of sports.

Harrah’s has announced that it will partner with AEG to build a 20,000 seat arena in Las Vegas capable of housing an NBA or NHL team. Although there are many concerns about gambling scandals if a professional sports team were to play in Vegas, Harrah’s had assured they will take care of that by putting a small sign at the entrance of the referee locker room that reads “It is illegal for referees to bet on games they are officiating.”

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