ESPN (Free subscription) | yesterday
Clippers longtime play-by-play announcer Ralph Lawler and color analyst Michael Smith were suspended one game by the Fox Sports Prime Ticket cable network for their comments about Memphis center Hamed Haddadi.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The class of the NBA's Northwest Division, the Denver Nuggets, head west, aiming for their eight straight win against the lowly Los Angeles Clippers.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The class of the NBA's Northwest Division, the Denver Nuggets, head west, aiming for their eight straight win against the lowly Los Angeles Clippers.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
The long-time announcer of the Los Angeles Clippers and his partner were suspended Friday for a game comments about Grizzlies Iranian center Hamed Haddadi during Wednesday's telecast from Memphis. Ralph Lawler, in his 31st season as the voice of the Clippers, and analyst Mike Smith were suspended by Fox Sports Prime Ticket for Friday's game against the Denver Nuggets at Staples Center. Toward the end...
Creeping Sharia (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Political correctness run amok, over one complaint. Via ESPN: LOS ANGELES — Clippers longtime play-by-play announcer Ralph Lawler and color analyst Michael Smith were suspended one game by the Fox Sports Prime Ticket cable network for their comments about Memphis center Hamed Haddadi. The on-air banter offended a viewer who e-mailed Fox to complain. “We regret the remarks [...]
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) No matter how bleak things look for the Knicks, they can take comfort knowing worse basketball is being played 15 km away. And if the Nets don't win soon, they could be the worst ever to start an NBA season.
InHistoric (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Lawrence Frank is a very good coach, and he just so happens to be the longest-tenured coach in the Eastern Conference. But there comes a point when a team's record is so bad that not even the "rebuilding" excuse can possibly save you -- take it from Doc Rivers, who the Orlando Magic fired in 2003 en route to a 1-19 start. The New Jersey Nets are off to a miserable 0-13 start, and after losing...
Alterdestiny (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
I'm certainly no defender of idiot sports broadcasters who say offensive things. (We can start with Bob Griese, but there's so many). But I'm not sure this from the Los Angeles Clippers announcers (which is depressing it its own right) really deserved a 1 game suspension: Smith: "Look who's in." Lawler: "Hamed Haddadi. Where's he from?" Smith: "He's the first Iranian to play...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
LOS ANGELES — Clippers longtime play-by-play announcer Ralph Lawler and color analyst Michael Smith were suspended one game by the Fox Sports Prime Ticket cable network for their comments about Memphis center Hamed Haddadi. Lawler and Smith made their off-the-cuff comments about the Iranian-born center during Wednesday night's telecast from Memphis. The on-air banter offended a viewer who e-mailed...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Jerry Zgoda's Sunday InsiderPower forward Craig Smith went from one basement dweller to another, but he's happy to be back in sunny L.A. Updated 9:54 PM Photo right: Los Angeles Clippers forward Craig Smith Related Content Portland 106, Wolves 78 The Timberwolves meet Portland for the third time in 13 days, unfortunate timing since the first two games were both 23-point Blazer victories.Photo right:...
Le Basketbawl (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
Your Old Pal New York Vinnie grew up in the “Great American Melting Pot” New York City; therefore I have had friends my entire life from every Frickin ethnicity you can think of. In New York Vinnie’s neighborhood a person is not judged by the color of their skin or what religion they practice; instead [...]
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
One by one, the injured Indiana Pacers players who have missed all or part of the season are starting to return. It's a situation the Pacers' coaching staff is embracing with open arms.
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
The New Jersey Nets continued to slide toward the NBA record of 17 straight defeats to start a season on Saturday, dropping their 13th straight to the New York Knicks. Al Harrington and Danilo Gallinari scored 17 points apiece as the struggling Knicks took advantage of their meeting with the even worse Nets to nab their second straight victory - 98-91. The Nets will be up against it as they try to...
Fox News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lowly Knicks send Nets to 0-13Al Harrington and Danilo Gallinari each scored 17 points, and the New York Knicks kept the New Jersey Nets winless with a 98-91 victory Saturday. David Lee added 16 points and 12 rebounds, while Wilson Chandler and Larry Hughes each finished with 13 points. The Knicks won their second straight and proved that worse basketball is played a mere 10 miles away. The Nets fell...
Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | yesterday
Los Angeles Clippers TV announcers Ralph Lawler and Michael Smith were excused from last night’s game against Denver after a season ticket holder complained to Fox Sports about the duo’s remarks concerning Grizzlies C Hamed Haddadi during a Wednesday contest with Memphis. For Lawler, this was the first Clippers telecast he’d missed in a quarter [...]
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