NEW YORK — Michael Jordan and Paul Allen, two megalomaniacs who were only bit players through the first 128 days of the NBA lockout, were in attendance Saturday evening as negotiations between owners and players resumed with federal mediator George Cohen assisting. But it was a mix of hawks and doves, too, as Jordan and Allen were joined by Mickey Arison of the Miami Heat, who was fined $500,000 early in the week after he tweeted a fan was “barking at
Hubbard column: The side with the most islands wins
By Jan Hubbard As far as I can tell, there is no truth to the rumor than in the last couple of weeks, people who participate in the illegal activity of cockfighting have been naming their roosters “David” and “Billy.” NBA commissioner David Stern and union chief Billy Hunter pecked at each other quite a bit after Stern cancelled the first two weeks of the NBA season. As always, Stern was the aggressor. In a series of radio and television interviews, Stern came