Coach K turns pitchman yet again

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The only thing that could get under the skin of University of North Carolina hoops fans during last year’s march to the NCAA title were the nonstop (and we mean nonstop) American Express commercials with Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. Yeah, yeah, OK, you’re a teacher who happens to coach basketball. If we accept this and sign up for AmEx, will you please stop showing us that ad? Some even complained to the NCAA that the airing of the ads approximately every 10 minutes constituted

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