{"id":8364,"date":"2021-06-30T01:14:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T05:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/thomas-jefferson-basketball-coach-bud-pollard-says-south-shore-and-canarsie-coaches-were-scared-to-play-his-team\/"},"modified":"2021-06-30T01:14:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T05:14:09","slug":"thomas-jefferson-basketball-coach-bud-pollard-says-south-shore-and-canarsie-coaches-were-scared-to-play-his-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/thomas-jefferson-basketball-coach-bud-pollard-says-south-shore-and-canarsie-coaches-were-scared-to-play-his-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Jefferson Basketball Coach Bud Pollard Says South Shore and Canarsie Coaches Were Scared to Play His Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the premiere of the livestream <strong>NYCSN Sports Talk Show<\/strong> Tuesday night, <strong>Coach Lawrence &#8220;Bud&#8221; Pollard<\/strong> talked about keepng his team in place during the pandemic and how hard <strong>Jaquan Carlos<\/strong> worked, making him one of the best players in PSAL basketball. 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