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Before solidifying himself as a main event star, Booker T was a part of one of WCW’s most successful tag teams alongside his brother, Stevie Ray, as Harlem Heat. Despite their real-life bond as actual brothers and the time they spent together in the squared circle, Booker admits he isn’t as close to his brother as kayfabe brothers Bubba-Ray and D-Von Dudley are in real-life.

“Those guys did a lot together. They did a lot together, man!” he exclaimed during an episode of his “Hall of Fame” podcast. “All those miles and all those trips… For the regular person, you know, that’s just working 9 to 5, it’s just really hard to understand how close those guys had to be to pull something off like that.” Booker noted how the two ended up having to watch one another’s backs all over the world over the decades they spent together as a tag team.

“They spent more time together than they have with their spouses, you know? So, it’s really amazing what those guys did,” Booker said. “I wish… I envy those guys… I envy those guys. I wish I would-could have had that kind of relationship with my brother, you know. I really do.”Â

During an interview years ago, Stevie Ray looked back at his partnership with his brother, but shot down ever returning to the ring alongside Booker, noting that they accomplished everything they wanted and that, as far as he’s concerned, Harlem Heat is dead.

If you use any quotes from this article, please credit the “Hall of Fame” podcast, and provide a h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.

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Before they bonded on the court, Stephen Curry and Steve Kerr bonded on the green.

In an interview with ESPNâ€s Anthony Slater published Friday, the Warriors†star guard and coach revealed how a golf outing shortly after Kerr was hired in 2014 helped the duo form the chemistry that ignited Golden Stateâ€s dynasty.

As Slater writes, Kerr felt he needed to connect with Curry, the teamâ€s star, who had voiced support for the Warriors†previous coach Mark Jackson before his firing in May 2014. That connection came when he and Golden State CEO Joe Lacob met Curry and his father, Dell, for a two-on-two match at Pebble Beach.

“That’s when I really went into my spiel,” Kerr told Slater of his conversation with Curry between holes. “My whole thing was: ‘I’m here to help you build on the foundation that Mark has already built.’ I told him they were the fourth-ranked defense. Mark changed the culture and got them serious about two-way basketball. He established that. I said, ‘I’m not here to do anything other than help you build on the foundation that’s already there.’ And it was genuine.â€

Those words resonated with Curry.

“It helped that [Kerr] is a former player,” Curry told Slater. “It helped that you heard him talk on TV for years. It helped that I knew he was a GM [with the Phoenix Suns] even though that job didn’t go great. It helped that he wasn’t trying to blow everything up.”

At the time, the Warriors were in trade discussions with the Minnesota Timberwolves on a potential blockbuster: Klay Thompson for Minnesota forward Kevin Love. Kerr, as Curry told Slater, was “very pro-Klay†when the subject came up on the course. In keeping with Kerrâ€s message of continuity to Curry, the team eventually chose to stick with its foundation and keep Thompson.

It was a productive day at the links, even if it featured something that would prove rare for Curry over the coming years: a defeat.

“[Kerr and Lacob] beat us,” Curry told Slater, shaking his head. “Joe played solid.”

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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Sophomore Sophia Bond was selected as the Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week, the league announced on Tuesday afternoon. Bond has now received this honor twice on the season.

Bond helped anchor the Lehigh defense in a 1-1 weekend for the Mountain Hawks. The sophomore from Olathe, Kansas recorded 44 total digs and 4.89 digs per set across Lehigh’s two matches. Bond also added 11 assists and three service aces on the weekend. Bond had 24 digs and six assists against Army West Point and had 20 digs and five assists in Lehigh’s five-set win over Holy Cross.

Bond leads the Mountain Hawks and ranks fourth in the Patriot League with 216 digs while her 4.50 digs per set ranks second in the league. In addition, Bond’s 16 service aces rank seventh in the Patriot League and second on the team.

After playing in four consecutive matches on the road, Lehigh returns to Grace Hall this weekend to face Navy at 7 p.m. on Friday, October 3 and American at 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 4.

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Patriot League Volleyball Players of the Week
Player of the Week– Chloe Murakami, Army West Point
Defensive Player of the Week – Sophia Bond, Lehigh
Rookie of the Week– Emma Sorensen, Holy Cross
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Junior Alysia Fingall and sophomore Sophia Bond earned Patriot League weekly awards, the league announced on Tuesday…