Spurs Hire Female Assistant Coach
BERMAN: The world champion San Antonio Spurs made an historic move Tuesday, hiring Becky Hammon as the first ever full-time paid female assistant coach in the</s>NBA. HARLOW: Good stuff. Andy Scholes has more in the "Bleacher Report" this morning. So, Berman's telling me, Andy, he's not exactly the first, but the first paid. And I said, oh, good thing she's paid. Come on.</s>ANDY SCHOLES, BLEACHER REPORT: Yes, that's right. Back in 2001, Lisa Boyer was with the Cavs, and she was just come and go as you please. And you can hang out with us but you're not going to get paid. This time, Hammon is going to get paid. The Spurs, they're known for being the most progressive team in the NBA, and they once again showed why with this move. And it's going to happen after Hammon wraps up her 16th WNBA season this summer. And then she's going to join Greg Popovich on the Spurs bench. And as we just said, Hammon will be the first ever full-time paid female assistant in the NBA. She spent much of the last season as sort of informal intern with the team. She attended practices and film sessions and now, it's led to a permanent job.</s>BECKY HAMMON, SPURS ASSISTANT COACH: I'm a little overwhelmed right now to be perfectly honest. And just -- it's as great as it is, this opportunity, it's also incredibly humbling at the same time. So, feeling a lot of emotions, but those would probably just be the two driving forces, just thankful and just humbled.</s>SCHOLES: The three-way series in L.A. providing some exciting baseball late last night. Angels down around the eighth when Albert Pujols takes Brian Wilson deep for his 21st home run of the year. That tied the game at 4. Fast forward to the bottom of the night, runners on first and third. The Dodgers David Freese fields the chopper, tries to go home but makes a bad throw. The Dodgers get the walk off win 5-4. This year's biggest acquisition at the trade deadline, David Price making his debut with the Tigers last night at Yankee Stadium. He was on his game, striking out 10 in 8 2/3 innings. Price did not factor into the decision but his team still got the win. Alex Avila hit a solo home run in the twelfth inning. Tigers beat the Yankees, 4-3. Trending on bleacherreport.com this morning, will Tiger Woods play in the final major of the year? That's the question surrounding this week's PGA championship. Tiger withdrew from last week's Bridgestone Invitational with a back injury. Yesterday, he filed an extension to register for the PGA Championship, which means he has until his tee time tomorrow morning to decide if he's going to play. And, of course, guys, he's still looking for that first major win since the 2008 U.S. Open. Incredible to think it's been that long --</s>BERMAN: You don't file an extension unless you think you have a serious shot of playing. So, we'll see what happens this week. Andy Scholes, great to see you today. Thanks so much.</s>HARLOW: All right. Coming up next on EARLY START, silence over Gaza. For now, a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel holding for a second day. But can a permanent peace actually be worked out? Negotiators in Cairo this morning. We're going to take you there live for an update after this break.