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A league commissioner's job isn’t easy, as they constantly search for resolutions on an array of issues. Warriors coach Steve Kerr, before the team’s 119-116 loss to the Utah Jazz on Monday at Delta Center, was asked what the No. 1 issue is he would address if he were the NBA commissioner. “I know this will not be a popular opinion in the league office, but I will continue to say it because it’s obvious; we need to play fewer games,” Kerr said before the team’s 64th game of the regular season. “We need to take 10 games off the...

Democrat Howard Dean (news - web sites), in a last-ditch appeal, urged Wisconsin voters on Monday to ignore the media and opinion polls that herald presidential front-runner John Kerry (news - web sites) and use "the power to choose the strongest candidate to beat George W. Bush." Recalling Wisconsin progressives past and present — Robert LaFollette, William Proxmire and Sen. Russell Feingold — Dean told voters, "the media claims this contest is over. They say your voice and your vote don't count. They expect you to rubber stamp the choice of others. But you don't have to listen to them."...