Updates from Las Week

Last week we ran a bunch of stories here on Lola Sports Talk, most were mean spirited or dealing with only the bad in sports. We figured we would fill you in as these stories........devolved.

Update No. 1: Bud Adams


(Titans owner Bud Adams, photographed with the Titans mascot, "T-Rac" that is apparently (and inexplicably) a raccoon. Jar Jar Binks, you are officially off the hook)

Disciplinarian NFL Commissioner Roger Gooddell lived up to his rep, and then some, by fining bird flipping Titans owner, Bud Adams, $250,000. The Commish showed he is fair with his strict fines, and isn't going to coddle owners while coming down heavy handed on players (see: Ochocinco $20,000 fine for fake bribery last week). The ironic part is that (as stated in the previous Adams post) Bud bought the team in 1960, and I don't know if it cost him $250,000 in total when he bought it.

Update No. 2: Allen Iverson



After a 3 game stint and a made up "personal mattter", the Iverson/Grizzlies marriage has been annulled.

"Because of personal matters that forced him to leave the team on November 7, Allen will step away from the game at this time, allowing him to focus on those matters," general manager Chris Wallace said in a statement. "As a result, we will be ending our contractual agreement with Allen, which will allow both parties to move forward. We wish Allen the best."

This actually ties in to update 3....

Update No. 3: The Knicks

Are the Knicks going to sign Iverson?

"We'll look into it," (Knicks GM Donnie) Walsh told the Daily News. "Right now, I'd say probably not but we'll see."

Sorry to bombard you with quotes from bad GMs (Ok, horrific GM's in Chris Wallace's case), but this move neeeeeeeeeds to happen to restore some luster to these once proud entities. Knicks Coach Mike D'Antoni is a proven coach with a track record of fan friendly, high scoring brand of basketball. Unfortunately for him and anyone who cares about basketball, he is saddled with a point guard shooting 22% on the season and a cadre of undersized, selfish shooting guards masquerading as point guards. Ok, well Iverson is an undersized, selfish shooting guard masquerading as a point guard, but hes the best to ever play that role. He's a truly talented player we all love and if there's any coach that can harness his unique skill set right now its D'Antoni.

Oh yea and also the Knicks desperately need something to excite their fan base as their record sits at 1-9 and Knicks fan indifference is at an all time high. Anger is an emotion, so during the Isiah era people still thought and talked about the Knicks, even if it was bad. These days, with a media savvy GM who can sweep his numerous mistakes under the rug and a nice guy coach, its like the Knicks don't exist.





Iverson needs this too, if he retires now, the countdown begins on him being broke and all of us feeling bad. No one wants him to end up Latrell Sprewell, a player everyone loved, the one time heart of the Knicks, who last year had his home foreclosed and his 70 ft yacht repossessed by federal marshalls and auctioned. Let's stave off this sad fate by a year or so, give Iverson the NBA's biggest stage to finish his career and give some poor Knicks fans a reason to care again.


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