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CLEVELAND -- The Cavaliers are working their way down the Los Angeles Clippers bench to maybe find their next coach. The team will interview Clippers assistants Tyronn Lue and Alvin Gentry over the next two days for their coaching job, a person with knowledge of the meetings told The Associated Press. Lue, who has spent the past four seasons working under Doc Rivers in Boston and Los Angeles, is meeting with the Cavs on Thursday and Gentry is scheduled to sit down with the Cavs on Friday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the team is not commenting during its search. The Cavaliers are looking for their third coach in three years after firing Mike Brown -- for the second time -- this month following a 33-49 season. The team interviewed Chicago assistant Adrian Griffin on Tuesday and is expected to interview former Memphis coach Lionel Hollins. The 37-year-old Lue played 11 seasons in the NBA for seven teams. He retired following the 2008 season with Orlando. A pesky defender as a player, Lue worked in the Celtics front office from 2009-11 before joining Rivers staff. The Cavs are being meticulous in their search. After firing Byron Scott following the 2012-13 season, owner Dan Gilbert rushed to re-hire Brown, who guided Cleveland to the NBA finals in 2007 but was dismissed following the 2010 season. The Cavs job became more attractive recently after the club won the NBA draft lottery for the second straight year and third time in four seasons. New general manager David Griffin promised an expansive search not limited to the pro ranks. The team reportedly reached out to Florida coach Billy Donovan, who has previous flirtations with the NBA. This week, Donovan would not guarantee he would be back for another season with the Gators. Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley, however, said Wednesday he has not been contacted by any NBA teams to speak with Donovan. Andrew Whitworth Jersey .K. 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Parker played 17 regular season games with the Stampeders in 2013, setting career-highs in catches (21) and yards (217).CONCORD, N.C. - Hendrick Motorsports announced a three-year contract extension Thursday that keeps Kasey Kahne in the No. 5 Chevrolet through the 2018 Sprint Cup season.The deal removes Kahne from the free-agent market and raises questions about where Rick Hendrick plans to put Nationwide Series champion Chase Elliott in his stacked lineup. Kahnes current contract expired after next season, and many believed hed have to improve his results to remain with the organization.Hendrick is making changes to help Kahne, who needed a late win at Atlanta in August to make the 16-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. He was eliminated from the Chase after the second round and finished 15th in the final standings.HMS this week said Keith Rodden, a longtime engineer on Kahnes team, was returning to the organization as crew chief of the No. 5 car. Kenny Francis, who had been crew chief for Kahne since the final race of the 2005 season — the second-longest active driver/crew chief pairing in the Cup Series — was moved into a design and development role for the entire organization.Ive found a home at Hendrick Motorsports, said Kahne, who signed with HMS in 2010 for a deal that began with the 2012 season. Its the right place for me, and Im looking forward to being here for a long time.But it puts Hendrick in a bind with Elliott, the 18-year-old phenom who won NASCARs second-tier series championship in his first season competing at the national level. Elliott won the title driving for JR Motorsports, which is co-owned by Hendrick driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., his sister, Kelley, and Rick Hendrick.Earnhardt has said the team has no plans to move up to the Sprint Cup Seeries, and Hendrick has only said the immediate future for Elliott is a second season with JRM.ddddddddddddHendrick fields the NASCAR-maximum four cars in Cup for Earnhardt, Kahne, six-time champion Jimmie Johnson and four-time champion Jeff Gordon. Although Gordon has hinted that retirement is coming, he said in a Twitter chat Wednesday its currently not on my radar.Johnson, at a Thursday event for the Jimmie Johnson Foundation, said hes working on an extension for his contract, which expires in 2015 and that Elliott was not a candidate for his No. 48 seat.I think someone else is in line for retirement before me, he joked of Gordon.Hendrick Motorsports general manager Doug Duchardt said Thursday on Sirius XM that Elliott will run a handful of Cup races next season — thats allowed under NASCAR rules — but ducked a question on where hell eventually land. He likened Elliott to a Triple A prospect in baseball and the pressure to bring him up to the big leagues.I understand its part of the fun and speculation of what could or should be done. I completely understand it, Duchardt said. Were going to try to make sure we put him in the best position to be successful when he does come here full-time.Kahne, meanwhile, has ranked among the top 10 drivers the last three seasons in Sprint Cup wins (five), pole positions (four), top-five finishes (26) and laps led (1,177). He has 17 career Cup wins and has three consecutive berths in the Chase.I think the world of him both as a driver with championship-level talent and an overall terrific young man, Hendrick said. Were committed to winning races and competing for titles with him for many years to come. Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Jerseys From China Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys ' ' '