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Popovich-Kerr 2020? I’ll vote for that, as long as it means Ron Adams is secretary of defense.

Popovich and Kerr will have to clean up their language, though.

How about switching the ticket to Kerr-Popovich? Kerr has a lower boiling point (busted clipboards notwithstanding) and is more diplomatic and even-keeled in day-to-day interactions with the outside world.

Steve Kerr says he would vote for Gregg Popovich for president, but maybe Kerr is just pushing Pop for the top job in order to get him out of the NBA. Politics is a sneaky, dirty game.

The Raiders can’t be happy about Marshawn Lynch’s full-contact scrimmage with high school kids during his suspension week. They would have preferred he kept busy doing something less risky, like skateboarding down the Oroville Dam spillway.

When Lynch reported to the Raiders in Florida, he had three Oakland Tech kids clinging to his legs.

It’s funny that David Shaw, who earns almost $6 million a year to teach football at Stanford, where intellectual curiosity is king and queen, bristles when asked to explain his quarterback decisions. Forget about the media. The fans, whose dollars and hearts support the program, would appreciate a little insight into the thought process of one of the smartest coaches in the game.

Arizona head coach Rich Rodriguez says new quarterback sensation Khalil Tate ,a run-pass threat, energizes his teammates because “they know a big thing can happen at any time.” It’s called the Kaepernick Effect.

Whatever happened to baseball’s unwritten code of conduct? Joc Pederson hits a home run and his trot turns into a Broadway musical.

Typo of the week, spotted by reader Larry Molton, under “Transactions.” The Lakers signed to an executive position their former player “Metta World Peach.”

Ticket sales are slow for the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea. Factors include the lack of interest among South Koreans for snow sports and the concern that when it comes time to light the Olympic flame at the Opening Ceremony, Kim Jong Un will say, “Here, let me get that.”

Raiders’ keys to victory Sunday: First, find Amari Cooper. Second, have Cooper catch the ball.

Also, make sure Lynch gets his hall pass signed.