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Great One again refuses to back down from a challenge

By Scott Burnside
ESPN.com

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

There was death and more death and gambling and an Olympic pratfall. And in the end, it was hard to tell just what kind of hockey coach Wayne Gretzky turned out to be. Maybe, in part, that's why The Great One is stepping back behind the Phoenix Coyotes' bench -- to find out. And not just for the short term, either. Gretzky announced Wednesday in Phoenix that he signed on for five more years of desert coaching duties. Now, everyone knows a coach's contract is about as secure as a Wade Belak-A ...

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