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Lon Kruger to meet with fans on Saturday at Findlay Toyota
Hard core UNLV sports fans who aren’t quite hard core enough to make the long four hour drive north to Ely for Saturday morning’s big football scrimmage have another excellent option for some entertainment that afternoon.
Popular Runnin’ Rebels head basketball coach Lon Kruger will be at Findlay Toyota at 7733 Eastgate Road in the Valley Auto Mall in Henderson to talk with fans and also sign copies of his hot-selling book, “The Xs and Os of Success: A Playbook for Leaders in Business and Life” that he co-authored with D.J. Allen.
Kruger is scheduled to be at Findlay Toyota from 1 to 3 p.m. If you’re lucky, you may also bump into former UCLA All-American and 1995 Final Four MVP Ed O’Bannon who is the sales and marketing manager for Findlay Toyota.
Not a bad doubleheader for autograph hounds. And you won’t find too nicer or classier guys in sports than these two.
I remember covering O’Bannon’s press conference announcing his college choice of UNLV (over UCLA and USC among others) back in 1990 at Artesia High while working for the old National Sports Daily. Hard to believe that was almost 20 years ago. Ed, who later switched to the Bruins when the NCAA came snooping on Jerry Tarkanian’s program, still looks like he could suit up and dominate for the Bruins. Me? Well, three kids and too many bowls of ice cream have definitely taken their toll.:)
Didn’t Ed actually commit to UNLV initially? I believe UNLV released him from his letter of intent along when NCAA sanctions came down and Tark was on his way out. The same was true of Shon Tarver. Shon and Ed both played large roles in UCLA’s NCAA title run in the mid 90s. Did Ed have a second press conference to announce UCLA?