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...record books--it just wasn't the kind of record the NEW YORK KNICKS were looking to set. Game 5 of a best-of-seven playoff series between the Knicks and the MIAMI HEAT turned into a sport that closely resembled professional wrestling. The b-ball brawlers were an unlikely duo: the Knicks' Bible-toting Charlie Ward and the Heat's P.J. Brown, winner of the league's citizenship award. Near the end of the game, Ward backed into Brown, almost upending him. Brown then hooked an arm around Ward's waist, flipped him as if he were a cheerleader...
...right, is one of them. Backcountry hikers might see grizzly bears in mountain meadows (one hopes at a distance) and icebergs in high lakes, all amid a heart-stopping landscape of lofty peaks and glacial valleys. It would be hard to find a better place to escape the heat or the crowds...
...discussing the recent Knicks-Heat brawl with a man in his fifties. He remembers the Knicks of Walt Frazier, Willis Reed and Bill Bradley...
...City; watch the fashion runway at the N.B.A. play-offs--the sidelines where spiffy coaches in designer suits patrol the hard court. Players may have fancy footwear contracts, but many coaches have their own clothing deals. The trail was blazed by Pat ("the Peacock") Riley (1) of the Miami Heat, the sleek Supermodel among N.B.A. coaches, who has a deal with Giorgio Armani. Now a host of others are coming out of the closet. Herewith some coaches and their fashion allegiances...
...YORK CITY: Bad news for Spike Lee: Before a courtroom packed with anxious Knicks fans, a federal judge refused to reverse the suspensions of four New York Knicks involved in Wednesday's melee with the Miami Heat. After a 90 minute hearing between the NBA and the National Basketball Players' Association, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff ruled that league commissioner David Stern had complete authority to hand down the suspensions. The players claimed the NBA's decision to suspend violated the league's collective bargaining agreement, which mandates that such a rule must be negotiated with the Players' Union...