Why did Mike Woodson shave his eyebrows off?
The players noticed something looked a bit different about their coach: Woodson’s eyebrows were shaved. There was some chatter and nervous laughter among players until forward Josh Smith finally said what everyone else was thinking: What happened? “I think everyone else was afraid to ask,” Smith said. As his players doubled over in laughter, Woodson kept a straight face and refused to explain. Later, Smith affixed some Velcro eyebrows to Woodson’s face, and that’s how the coach appeared for the pregame meeting. When asked for the story behind the eyebrows, Woodson wasn’t divulging anything. “They got me doing all kinds of crazy stuff. There is no story. It’s just a win.” It’s still unclear exactly why Woodson’s eyebrows were missing — theories ranged from Woodson shaving them off at his barber’s suggestion to his losing a bet on the Vikings in the NFC Championship game — but Smith said the effect of Woodson’s new look was to relax the team before an important game. “We wanted to have
