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Knicks Fire Coach Thomas

Nick McMaster — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:18:06 CDT

Isiah Thomas was fired today as head coach of the New York Knicks, the Times reports. Team president Donnie Walsh said that Thomas will remain as an adviser, although he’ll have no direct responsibilities. The Knicks were 56-108 in his two seasons at coach; they've made little headway since Thomas...

The Garden to Get a New Look

Jamie Buss — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:47:54 CDT

Madison Square Garden is getting a $500-million overhaul. After pulling out of a plan to build a new arena as part of a new Penn Station project a few blocks away, Cablevision, the Garden's owners, unveiled a renovation plan yesterday. The work is slated to start next spring and be...

Dolan Still Wants Thomas

Mitch Pritchard — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:56:45 CDT

Donnie Walsh's handshake agreement to run the Knicks next season could end up being a goodbye wave if owner James Dolan meddles too much, reports the New York Daily News . Dolan had said he won't step in if Walsh wants to replace coach Isiah Thomas, but he also made it...

Cheerleader, MSG Settle Harassment Suit

Katherine Thompson — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:40:00 CST

Madison Square Garden, perhaps having learned from the costly and disastrous harassment case brought by an ex-Knicks exec, yesterday settled a suit by the former captain of the Rangers City Skaters. The ex-cheerleader accused Garden brass of condoning an inappropriate working atmosphere and firing her for turning down a threesome,...

Stern Rips Knicks Over Thomas Lawsuit

Lev Weinstein — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:15:54 CDT

NBA Commissioner David Stern, in an interview broadcast yesterday on ESPN, lambasted the New York Knicks organization's mismanagement of Anucha Browne's successful lawsuit against coach Isiah Thomas, the New York Times reports. "It demonstrates that they're not a model of intelligent management," Stern said, citing a failure to deal with...

Dolans Lose Buyout Bid for Cablevision

Jim O'Neill — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:22:08 CDT

Cablevision shareholders today rejected a bid by the Dolans, the company's founding family, to take the Long Island-based cable provider private. The family offered $10.6 billion, or $36.26 a share, below what major investors felt was the firm's value, the AP reports. Analysts valued the company, which also...

Dolan Deal for Cablevision Is on the Rocks

Kevin Spak — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:18:15 CDT

The Dolan family bid to take Cablevision private is on the verge of collapse, the New York Times reports, after James Dolan announced last night that the $10.6 billion bid won't be upped, and the company’s largest shareholder balked. ClearBridge Advisors, which owns 13.6% of shares, threatened to...

MSG Sex Nightmare Isn't Over

Jesse Andrews — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:18:53 CDT

The PR debacle may only be beginning for James Dolan and Madison Square Garden, as sexual harassment charges have been filed by another employee—a former captain of the Rangers' cheerleading squad. Courtney Prince, 29, claims she was pestered for sex by a Rangers public relations manager at a bar...

Dolan Cultivated Garden of Heathens

Kevin Spak — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:23:38 CDT

James Dolan is only in charge at Madison Square Garden, the New York Times ’ Selena Roberts says, because his dad wanted to keep him out of trouble. The court decision against Isiah Thomas, which exposed the Garden’s seamy underbelly, proves that didn’t work very well, she says, describing a...