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Trying to be a pro on the set of 'Semi-Pro'

By Sam Alipour
Special to Page 2

Thursday, February 28, 2008

LOS ANGELES -- "Patterson!" coach Mark Ellis hollers at me. "Get in the game!" I'm not remotely Irish, Ellis isn't a coach, and said game is about to take place on a movie set, but frankly, I'm thrilled. Before arriving at L.A. Sports Arena to film a hoops scene in "Semi-Pro," Will Ferrell's love letter to the '70s era ABA, the flacks at New Line Cinema warned that my on-camera gig was dependent upon my performance in warm-ups. Was I worried? A little. But clearly director Kent Alterman and s ...

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