Even when Michael Jordan won the '98 Finals on what everyone believed was his final shot ever, he famously shoved Utah's Bryon Russell to the ground before launching that jumper. No whistle.

- Bill Simmons, ESPN Page 2

People who know me well know how delighted i am at this very moment.
Well, not delighted, more like righteously justified.
After the NBA ref scandal hit I now wonder how many games are (and have been) fixed.

this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvkKdXLwt0U&mode=related&search=

this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83IQlYGMDZY&mode=related&search=

or this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU5IPnb-C4Q&mode=related&search=

and on and on it goes.

How long until we hear the truth about Michael Jordan's associations with known gamblers and mobsters?
http://www.disinfo.com/archive/pages/article/id1635/pg1/index.html

and

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_25_229/ai_n13826661

the point is simple - once one event in the league is suspect it immediately brings into question every other suspicious outcome. and not just for this year.

A fisherman friend of my dad once told me he didn't watch professional sports because every game is fixed.

He watched Wrestling. it was fixed, too, but they didn't pretend it wasn't, and he found that ironic honesty rather refreshing.

go figure

Time for a real man to stand up!
Tom Waits: Goin' Out West
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0-KhvrGwCU
You ever listen to lyrics of this tune? Hilarious!

night night