Anna Kournikova Refuses to Marry her Long time Love, Enrique Iglesias

Spanish pop singer Enrique Iglesias says he has tried repeatedly to convince his girlfriend Anna Kournikova to marry him — with no luck.

Iglesias spoke to reporters Friday after arriving in the Dominican Republic for the first of nine concerts planned across Latin America.
Iglesias says he’s been involved with the tennis star for at least three years and says she keeps ignoring his appeals to wed. In his words,
“I always try, but she pays me no attention.”

The Madrid-born artist is the son of crooner Julio Iglesias.

Isaiah Thomas Removed As Head Coach for the NY Knicks

The Isaiah Thomas era officially ended Friday, and a major Knicks rebuilding project is now under way.

     

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Isiah Thomas had a .341 winning percentage as the Knicks coach.

 Donnie Walsh, who two weeks ago replaced Thomas as the team president, removed Thomas as coach, but said he would remain with the team, although without a title or specified responsibilities.

“I value Isiah’s knowledge of the game and his opinion,” Walsh said in a conference call Friday afternoon. “I will use him as a resource. He will be reporting to me.”

Walsh said that James Dolin the Madison Square Garden chairman who stripped Thomas of the team presidency on April 2 in favor of Walsh, had no input in the decision.

“I just believe a new voice, a new coach, is necessary to change the direction of the team,” Walsh said. “This is a coveted job. People want to coach here.”

Since being hired, Walsh, who hired Thomas to coach Indiana in 2000, had promised not to make a hasty decision on Thomas. But the outcome seemed inevitable in light of Thomas’s poor record.

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