Is she close to her brother, Reggie, the Indiana Pacers all-star?
Juanita Bracefuo, Detroit Cheryl and younger brother Reggie, who have four siblings, are best friends; they e-mail each other often. Single and 35, Cheryl makes family a priority. After a game, she talks first to her players, then calls her dad in Riverside, Calif. In fact, she still lives in L.A., a one-hour hop from Phoenix by air, because she wants to stay close; she takes a favorite aunt grocery shopping on the weekends. Of course, her two jobs — head coach and general manager of the Mercury as well as basketball commentator for TNT — are time-demanding and keep her on the road much of the year. Q: I could not be angrier about Israel’s refusal to extradite Samuel Sheinbein, the young man accused of the dismemberment of a 19-year-old cohort, who fled the USA to avoid trial. Doesn’t this spell disaster for U.S.-Israeli relations? Dolores Wallace, Stratford, Conn. Not at all. State Department officials say this case, however it turns out, will have no effect on relations. Why? Ameri
