SECURITY THUGS WENT SIC-O ON ME

• RedBaron

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  "They said I used the word 'ass' and there were little kids around."

  The New York Knicks: we're all about family values.

  Posted 1/23/2008 [reply] [flag]

• Mcbias

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  Getting physical like that was wrong...but really, what were the security guards supposed to do? Pause their ejection of the fan while the reporter asked 500 questions for 20 minutes until the reporter could find the one answer he wanted?!

  Posted 1/24/2008 [reply] [flag]

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Berman : MSG Goons Roughed Me Up
Published 1/23/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... at Madison Square Garden, the New York Post’s Marc Berman has further firsthand details of an incident during Monday’s loss to the Celtics, previously reported by fellow Knicks beat writer, ...

Quick hits for your afternoon enjoyment
Published 1/23/2008 by Jeff Zillgitt at Sports Scope
... sports . O'Neal and his money | Main Quick hits for your afternoon enjoyment The Red Sox will put advertising on their uniforms for their series-opening series in Japan. Did O.J. Mayo violate NCAA rules by accepting NBA tickets from Denver's Carmelo Anthony? Washington Redskins tight Chris Cooley and offensive lineman Chris Samuels will wear Sean Taylor's No. 21 in the Pro Bowl. Chuck D of Public Enemy talks sports and race . Fun times with Garden security at a Knicks game. If the NHL was a high school , who ...

Links: 7 Links
Published 1/23/2008 by Lang Whitaker at SLAM Online
... 2) Remember the story a few months ago about the Knicks and all their beat reports beefing? And the beat goes on… ...

KNICKS SECURITY WILL ROUGH YOU UP
Published 1/24/2008 at With Leather
... It's no secret that the Madison Square Garden corporation is a borderline Stalinist institution powered by paranoia and chauvinism.  And the surfeit of incompetent strong-arming extends from James Dolan and Isiah Thomas all the way to the bottom ranks of MSG personnel, as is evidenced by the experience of Marc Berman, a Knicks beat reporter for the New York Post for the last nine years. ...

The Biggest Mess In Sports
Published 1/27/2008 by Slammnardo at The Gil Meche Experience
... go but up as well, but then I read a story that just makes me shake my head. The Garden has been routinely taking signs from fans since the boos and chants started, which, in their defense, is their prerogative as it is their arena. The vulturous New York media has been routinely trying to interview these ejected fans, as their ire not only provides fodder for slash and burn pieces, but serves a broader agenda of tearing the team down in order to build it up. Well, this past week, things got ugly, Garden security got physical, and ...