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New York Knicks Owner James Dolan Advertises His Band With Google Banners

Clay Travis — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:45:00 EDT

And why wouldn't he? When you're a rocker like JD and the Straight Shot (get it, get it!) you can't be expected to pour all your efforts into a perpetually losing team steeped in sexual harassment. No way, man. You got to feel the vibe. Ride the proverbial dragon, strum those strings. You're a rocker, dude. Doubt me? Google ads knows good rockers when they see them.

And by see them, I mean give them money for the ads. Does anyone doubt that Dolan is paying more for his Google banner ads than anyone else in the country? He should have saved the cash and bought an ad on Marbury's head.

NYK owner advertises band with Google banner ad [SportsByBrooks]
JD and the Straight Shot [Official Band Site]

Sadly, We Won't Get Another MSG Trial

Leitch — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:05:57 EST

Apparently, the folks over at Madison Square Garden are finally learning a lesson or two: They're settling their sexual harassment lawsuits before they turn into public relations armageddons.

Courtney Prince, the Rangers City Skater who had the suit going against MSG, has settled her case.

The Garden vigorously fought the allegations, rejecting an $800,000 deal proposed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and questioning Prince's mental health in court papers.

Two weeks after the Garden agreed to pay $11.5 million to settle a suit by former Knicks exec Anucha Browne Sanders, arena honchos also bit the bullet in the Prince case.

We can't imagine how bad this case would have been. We mean, Prince is actually an attractive woman; we assume the charges would have been even more salacious. Shame, pity, really.

MSG Settles Sexual Harassment Suit [New York Daily News]
Lawsuits: Rangers' Way Vs. Knicks' Way [Randball]

The Knicks Know How To Handle A Problem

Leitch — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:00:18 EDT

The Isiah Thomas sexual harassment case updates will come earlier today, mainly because we really can't get over just how Cro-Magnon Madison Square Garden appears to be as a place of business. We know a couple of women who work over there ourselves, actually, and we want to tell them to get the hell out before they're dragged to their next meeting by their hair.

In today's sensitive workplace environment, there are several ways to handle an employee who is alleging sexual harassment. You can sit down with the employee and document their complaints. You can fire the person who was harassing. You can even start lawyering up. One thing that's not smart, though, is just firing the accuser. That's a terrible way to avoid a sexual harassment case. But that's what James Dolan did.

Dolan said he made a split-second decision to fire Sanders in January 2006 without the advice of lawyers - and knowing she had lodged sexual-harassment charges.

"All decisions at the Garden I make on my own," the cocky chairman testified. "I specifically . . . did not consult with counsel. "I felt that the overall health of the Garden was at jeopardy here and that . . . would override any opinion of counsel."

Clearly, a smart move: The health of the Garden is no jeopardy right now, not at all. Fortunately, Dolan is white, so he didn't call anybody a bitch. Whew.

And yet, still: They refuse to settle this case. The Knicks legitimately believe this mess is vindicating them. It's almost like they don't know what they're doing over there.

Dolan Just Fired Away [New York Post]