Parsing The WAC: Malik Cooke will head closer to home

Friday, April 24, 2009

Malik Cooke will head closer to home

This confirms that Nevada's Malik Cooke will be heading home -- any scheduled meeting
appears to just be a formality. Even though Malik helped beat 'our' team twice this season, we still want to offer that we will miss him on the court. He comes off as a classy young man from a classy family and everyone should be wishing him and the Cooke family all the best.

Plus, it sure seems one long timeout is needed up in Reno. We're tempted to write a bit more but will leave it at that for now.

More on Cooke's future and the job of a journalist
Chris Murray
Reno Gazette-Journal
4/23/2009

I woke up this morning to an e-mail from the family of Malik Cooke regarding some inaccuracies they believe Nevada athletic director Cary Groth had in her comments about their son's decision to transfer. I spoke with members of the Cooke family for around two hours on Thursday and also spoke with Groth and coach David Carter about the situation at length. At this point, I will hold off providing in-depth details about what was discussed until gathering more information. But I did want to pass along some notes.

Malik Cooke's step-father, Richard Jones, is seriously ill and also had a recent financial hardship that cost his business about 90 percent of its value. As a result, Cooke and his parents would like the sophomore forward to transfer to a school closer to home. Cooke said Thursday that it is his desire to leave the school, even though it is a hard decision. “I like it here, but I want to leave the University of Nevada and do what’s best for my family,” Cooke said. “Right now I’m just hoping to get a full release so I can move on with my life and put the pieces back together..."

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Reporters should not make the news, they should stick to reporting it. Murray and Hinxman crossed ethical lines and influenced a situation that they should not have had an influence over.; April 24, 2009 at 2:36 PM

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