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 TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2008 7:23 am |
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Arnold's dad has to be proud of his son If you read nothing else today, read Kirby Arnold's tribute to his father in today's sports section. It's a moving piece about a man who dedicated much of his life working with young people through baseball. Kirby is a great writer. Just by reading his column, I feel like I knew his dad, how important the game was to him and how he used it to reach the kids he coached. Somewhere, Walter Milton Arnold is looking at his son, who happens to be our baseball, and has to be grinning with great pride. It's also a heartbreaking insight about the cruel way Alzheimer's takes away the people we love. We know very little about the disease. We know of no cure. We know of no cause. That's the cruelty. ... [Read More] E-mail | Print | Comment NEW!
Schultz wakes up and smells the coffee Well, glory be. Look who stepped up to take a stand against Clay Bennett and his thievery of the Sonics. It seems former Sonics owner Howard Schultz is suing Bennett for failure to bargain in good faith, objecting to the fact that Bennett, if we are to believe certain ill-conceived e-mails recently published, had no intention to keep the team in Seattle, despite his repeated statements that he would try. Schultz want the deal cancelled, saying Bennett hoodwinked him into selling the team. It's not known whether Schultz wants to keep the team himself if he gets it back from Bennett or take it and sell it to a different ownership group, but you have to give the coffee baron credit. Just when most of us thought he didn't give a tinker's tink about the area or the team, he files this thing in court. Maybe I'll go back to Starbuck's now. Maybe. My feeling is that Schultz believes many blame him for this mess even more than they blame Bennett (true) and that he probably is considered a dummy because of it (also true). How many CEOs like looking bad in public? Not many. So Howard's taking action. Nice going, Howard. Never thought you had the marbles. Here's an iced carmel macchiato to your health -- with whip. ... [Read More] E-mail | Print | Comment NEW!
Stern's still OK with Clay, despite ugly e-mails If you have any doubt that the Sonics'' move to Oklahoma City was orchestrated by both Clay Bennett and the NBA, you haven't read commissioner David Stern's comments on the incriminating e-mails. Despite e-mails exchanged by Bennett and two of his partners that indicated they had no inclination to keep the team in Seattle (contrary to Bennett's claims), Stern said he believes the Sonics management acted in good faith. “I haven’t studied them but my sense of it was that Clay, as the managing partner and the driving force of the group, was operating in good faith under the agreement that had been made with (previous owner) Howard Schultz,” Stern said on a conference call Monday. “His straight and narrow path may not have been shared by all of his partners in their views, but Clay was the one that was making policy for the partnership.” Let's see. He didn't read the e-mails, but he still figures Clay's OK. Wow. How much more sordid can it get? A June trial is scheduled concerning the city of Seattle’s lawsuit to enforce the lease and keep the team at KeyArena through 2010. This thing isn't over. And before it's over, it should smell infinitely worse. ... [Read More] E-mail | Print | Comment NEW! KeyArena flashes back to team's storied past If Sunday night was the swan song, the Sonics sent their fans home in the appropriate way. The spirited Sonics hardly played the part of the second-worst team in the NBA against the Mavericks. They scrapped. Tey fought. Earl Watson and Kevin Durant were magnificent on offense. Johan Petro and Nick Collison were nails on the boards. And the crowd loved it. It was like old times in KeyArena. It was a playoff atmosphere. Gary Payton ignited the crowd. Fred Brown was there. Slick Watts was dressed in pink and gray. It felt like the times before Clay Bennett, before he stuck the knife in the hearts of the franchise and its fans who loved it for 41 years. For one night, maybe one last night, magic hit the Key. Is it enough to delay the exit? Or cancel it? Only time will tell. But last night produced more than a few memories of better times and better teams. It's been hard to find fun and joy in KeyArena this season. Sunday night had a hint of sadness to it, but it also flashed back to the best moments of the last 41 years. ... [Read More] E-mail | Print | Comment NEW! |
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