Jazz coach who lost wife to cancer marries again


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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan is a married man, two years after losing his wife to cancer.

Sloan married Tammy Jessop in a private ceremony Tuesday.

Sloan's first wife, Bobbye, died from pancreatic cancer in June 2004. He has been coach of the Jazz since 1988 and has 984 NBA victories, sixth on the all-time list.

(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APTV-09-16-06 1523MDT

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