Two NBA finals meetings in three years used to mean the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers were just getting warmed up.
They never will admit it publicly, but league commissioners and broadcast executives spend much of the year with their fingers crossed, hoping the postseason contains matchups fans will want to watch. They know that for every series featuring the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox there's a series between the Anaheim Ducks and Ottawa Senators. And for every series that goes seven games, there's another featuring a pedestrian four-game sweep.
You think the NFL has a problem with Matt Walsh, the New England Patriots and Spygate?
NEW ORLEANS — Just last week NBA commissioner David Stern said he didn't want to build false hope in guaranteeing New Orleans would be the long-term home of the Hornets.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy pleaded guilty to felony charges yesterday for taking cash payoffs from gamblers and betting on games he officiated in a scandal that rocked the league and raised questions about the integrity of the sport.
The Kevin Garnett trade has pushed Tim Donaghy out of the news cycle, the Celtics are poised to claim the 3-on-3 NBA championship next June and David Stern, of course, is employing his old bag of manipulative tricks while standing behind a screen of deniable plausibility.
Mere hours after helping report on the dramatic finish to the British Open golf tournament in Scotland, Associated Press reporter Paul Newberry arrived at his home in Atlanta on Sunday evening only to get another assignment from his sports editor, Terry Taylor.
Mere hours after helping report on the dramatic finish to the British Open golf tournament in Scotland, Associated Press reporter Paul Newberry arrived at his home in Atlanta on Sunday evening only to get another assignment from his sports editor, Terry Taylor.
HE SAID WHAT?
