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Published 3/24/2008 by Seth at Posting and Toasting: Front Page Posts
Forget forgetting Donnie Walsh! ESPN is now reporting that Walsh is out in Indiana after this season, reviving our dreams of his taking over the Knicks job. With such a sneaky organization as Jim Dolan's, this is the best news possible: ...

Donnie Walsh, Pacers Longtime CEO, Leaving Organization At End of Year
Published 3/24/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Basketball :: Part of the Business of Sports Network
... Donnie Walsh, the longtime executive with the Indiana Pacers, will be leaving the organization at the end of the season, it was announced today. Walsh would not comment on any plans after leaving the Pacers. As reported by ESPN News Service: ...

Blog-A-Roni: Pecherov A Wiz With The Miami Gals
Published 3/24/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
• Victory is mine! WIZZNUTZZ passes along pics of Wizards player and Stewie Griffin lookalike Oleksiy Pecherov clubbing it up in Miami . • The SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE dresses down Oakland A’s outfielder Jeff Fiorentino paying for a party foul by spending a night out in Tokyo wearing a pink kimono . • ESPN reports that Donnie Walsh’s departure from the Indiana Pacers may mean good news for Larry Bird but bad news for Isiah Thomas . • THE 700 LEVEL gets a read on the Phillies’ Shane Victorino not being a bookworm . • STAR PULSE takes a ...

WWL : Walsh To MSG Is A Done Deal
Published 3/25/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... —- after nearly a quarter century in charge — ESPN reported tonight that Walsh would soon sign a three-year, $15 million contract to run the New York Knicks. ...

6 of 1 or a Half Dozen of the Other
Published 3/25/2008 by CJG at What Would Oakley Do?
... Is Donnie Walsh really ready to trade in Larry for Zeke?

BREAKING: Donnie Walsh Expected to Join Knicks
Published 3/25/2008 by Seth at Posting and Toasting: Front Page Posts
It's not quite official, but here's the report from ESPN: Walsh is expected to sign a three-year, $15 million contract with New York at the end of this season to oversee their basketball operations division. The source did not know what would become of current ...

Time For Pacers To Move Forward
Published 3/25/2008 by Cornrows at Indy Cornrows: Front Page Posts
... , but the Pacers treated it like they were restating the obvious. Now, the reports are already confirming, Donnie will join the Knicks. Good for him, I hope he does. The Knicks need to be relevant, again. ...

The Legend of Jesse Dunn and Other Miscellanea
Published 3/25/2008 by JScrubb at YAYsports! NBA
... Anyway, some guy from the Pacers is going to take some job with the Knicks. Yay. I’m excited. I remember way back when Larry Brown came to NY and people were like, “Our years of suffering are over! Long live Larry Brown!” When last seen, Larry Brown was still recovering from his time in NY. ...

The Legend of Jesse Dunn and other miscellanea
Published 3/25/2008 by Jordi at The Serious Tip
... Anyway, some guy from the Pacers is going to take some job with the Knicks. Yay. I’m excited. I remember way back when Larry Brown came to NY and people were like, “Our years of suffering are over! Long live Larry Brown!” When last seen, Larry Brown was still recovering from his time in NY. ...

NBA Triple Threat: Back to Paying Attention
Published 3/25/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... State, or at least split, they might be able to hang out. If they lose both, see ya. Best Lines Lamar Odom, LAL: 23 pts, 10-15 FG, 21 rebs, 5 ast, 2 stl, 5 blk Andre Iguodala, Phi: 28 pts, 10-17 FG, 4 rebs, 4 ast, 3 stl...Iguodala scored 10 straight during the 19-0 run. Chauncey Billups, Det: 32 pts, 15-16 FG, 1 rebs, 6 ast, 2 stl Rumors du Jour Donnie Walsh headed to the Knicks next year - Rejoice, Knicks fans. The Isiah reign ...

It’s unofficial: Donnie Walsh is coming to New York
Published 3/25/2008 by Lang Whitaker at SLAM Online
by Lang Whitaker So sayeth ESPN, at least. © Lang Whitaker for SLAM Online, 2008. | Permalink | One comment Add to del.icio.us Search blogs linking this post with ...

Daily Links 3/25
Published 3/25/2008 at CelticsBlog
... LOY's Place Comments from the Other Side - Sixers Sixers beat Celtics 95-50 to avoid sweep Celtics 17 A loss at home to Philly - by design? NBA.com Power Rankings - Celtics back on top, Hornets move up to #2 Full Court Press Random thoughts and further reflections Assist of the night - Rondo to Perk KG named Player of the Week Pruitt scores 29 in Flash win ESPN Stein's Power Rankings - Celtics #1, Hornets #2 Walsh to leave Pacers for Knicks Hoopsworld 76ers beat Celtics with 19-0 run Celtics ...

Fiddlin' and Diddlin' - Daily LInks 3/25
Published 3/25/2008 by FLCeltsFan at LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog
... have come. Rondo is doing things we didn't expect him to do for years. Perk is finally coming into his own and the best thing about it is that both are still very young and are just going to get better. KG named Player of the Week Pruitt scores 29 in Flash win FL's Take: Pruitt is a very nice young player and I think he will be a great backup to Rondo in the future. ESPN Stein's Power Rankings - Celtics #1, Hornets #2 Walsh to leave Pacers for Knicks Hoopsworld 76ers beat ...

Tuesday Bucks Notes
Published 3/25/2008 by frank <info@brewhoop.com> at Brew Hoop: Front Page Posts
... Donnie Walsh is out in Indiana and reportedly headed to the Knicks, ending the speculation that Herb Kohl might make a run at the long-time Pacer CEO. ...

ISIAH THOMAS SHOULD UPDATE HIS RESUME
Published 3/25/2008 at With Leather - The sports blog that underachieves to the best of its ability
... New York Knicks despot Isiah Thomas is on the hot(ter) seat at Madison Square Garden with the news that the team will hire Pacers chief executive Donnie Walsh after the season concludes. ...

Alright, So Maybe Walsh to the Knicks Makes Sense
Published 3/25/2008 at The Sporting Blog
By Bethlehem Shoals We knew that Donnie Walsh was leaving his "dream job" with the Pacers; now, the Worldwide Leader reports that, still unofficially, his next desk will be in Madison Square Garden. I owe everyone a big apology. Several weeks ago, when rumors of Walsh-to-Knicks first surfaced, ...

Tuesday’s Links
Published 3/25/2008 by perkisabeast at perkisabeast.com Blog
... Sixers beat Celtics 95-50 to avoid sweep Celtics 17 A loss at home to Philly - by design? NBA.com Power Rankings - Celtics back on top, Hornets move up to #2 Assist of the night - Rondo to Perk KG named Player of the Week Pruitt scores 29 in Flash win ESPN Stein’s Power Rankings - Celtics #1, Hornets #2 Walsh to leave Pacers for Knicks Celtics 24/7 Sixers down C’s, ...

Links: ESPN has Donnie Walsh’s back?
Published 3/25/2008 by Lang Whitaker at SLAM Online
by Lang Whitaker Late last night, I saw on ESPN’s score-crawl-thingy that the Knicks were hiring Donnie Walsh as their new GM. So I logged onto ESPN.com to see who it was that broke this news. Chris “The Machine” Sheridan? Marc Stein? Henry Abbott? As it turns out…nobody did. According to ESPN’s story, it just reads “a source told ESPN.” Hmm…strange, I thought. But everyone seemed to be taking the story as gospel. This morning I got up and went surfing the net for more ...

Links: Wait, what happened to Donnie Walsh?
Published 3/26/2008 by Lang Whitaker at SLAM Online
... Well, actually, I wrote about how ESPN was reporting something that nobody else was reporting, which seemed strange. And even stranger, there was no actual person reporting it, just “ESPN.” ...

Alright, So Maybe Walsh to the Knicks Makes Sense
Published 4/13/2008 at The Sporting Blog
By Bethlehem Shoals We knew that Donnie Walsh was leaving his "dream job" with the Pacers; now, the Worldwide Leader reports that, still unofficially, his next desk will be in Madison Square Garden. [image] I owe everyone a big apology. Several weeks ago, when rumors of Walsh-to-Knicks first surfaced, ...