Dads Coach Their Girls, Forge Strong Bonds

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Seimone Augustus has played in the NCAA Final Four. She was the No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft. She has won an Olympic gold medal.



And she's back on the floor after a long layoff -- recovering from last year's knee injury and abdominal surgery in May. But after a tough shooting night, she got the phone call she knew was coming.



"My dad calls to tells me that I'm shooting on the way down and I need to work on my jumper," Augustus (right) said.



He did more than that. Seymore Augustus threatened to come up from Louisiana and fix it himself.



"She said, 'No, dad, you stay where you're at,'" Seymore Augustus said with a chuckle.

 

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