Larry Brown hates Allen Iverson . The Sixers tried really hard to trade AI during the offseason, and if Matt Geiger hadn't insisted on being paid his 15 percent trade kicker to accept going to Detroit, Iverson would be filling the Palace in Auburn Hills. The Knicks don't have a center, and Marcus Camby 's in and out of Jeff Van Gundy's doghouse. But the Knicks will still defend and the Knicks will still be tough and the Knicks may still beat Miami in the playoffs. Think of the East as the coming attractions before the feature presentation.
Pop is big down here.
I could see if she was Britney Spears, maybe. A decent man My friend Gary Wortman was laid to rest this past Friday in Atlanta. Gary was the Hawks' assistant coach, a scout and, truly, one of the most decent men I've had the pleasure to know. I got to know Gary when his son, Brock, played point guard at my alma mater, American University, in the late-1980s. The fact that Brock was so smart and good with the ball made me think he was a coach's son.