#Pacers - Pistons Brawl

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Untold - Malice At The Palace

To Be Honest, John Green Should Have Been Charged Heavily, For Starting The Brawl. Ben Wallace Should Have Just Calmed Down, After Ron Artest Accidentally Pushed Him, Instead He Wanted To Fight Him. Jermaine O'neal Suffered The Most Of His Career, Because He Was Defending Ron Artest, Against The Pistons Fans, And NBA Put Heavily Charges On Him. I Salute Stephen Jackson, For Protecting His Teammates. Why The Heck They Wanted To Arrest Reggie Miller, Just Because For Protecting His Teammates, And They Saw Him He Was Going To Attack Them. NBA Management Is The Worst, Instead Of Seeing What Happened, They Charged Without Evidence, Due To The Media Criticize. And Most Of All, Ron Artest Should Have Left The Court, Instead He Went To Lie Down, At The Score Table, After The Fight With Ben Wallace, And Went To Hit A The Wrong Person, Who John Green Throw The Beer At Him. This Documentary Was Really Sad, Really Sad To Watch, And I Don't What To Say.

[doubleclutch]

it was a simpler time. 

[queenlua]

emphasis mine, because, what:

The Pacers–Pistons brawl (known colloquially as "The Malice at the Palace")[2][3] occurred in a National Basketball Association (NBA) game between the Indiana Pacers and the defending champion Detroit Pistons on Friday, November 19, 2004, at The Palace in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The Associated Press (AP) called it "the most infamous brawl in NBA history."[4]

With the Pacers leading 97–82 and 45.9 seconds left in the game,[5] Pistons center Ben Wallace attempted a layup shot but was fouled from behind by Pacers small forward Ron Artest. A furious Wallace then shoved Artest, and a fight broke out on the court between players of both teams. After the fight was broken up, a fan in the stands threw a drink at Artest while he was lying on the scorer's table to calm himself down. Artest immediately charged after a fan, sparking a massive brawl between players and spectators that stretched from the seats down to the court and lasted several minutes. Referees subsequently called an end to the game without playing the remaining time.

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Pandemic Summer Review: Malice at the Palace on Netflix

Pandemic Summer Review: Malice at the Palace on Netflix

The Malice at the Palace is the infamous brawl that took place at the Palace of Auburn Hills in 2004 between players from the Indiana Pacers, players from the Detroit Pistons and Pistons fans. Netflix made a documentary about the melee by the same name. I enjoyed the film. I think NBA fans and students of human psychology will like it. Malice at the Palace is fairly short. It gets to the point…

[thedarling]

Hooliganism.

12:58 a.m. Wheel of Fortune. Life is but a wheel, just enjoy the ride.

12:59 a.m. Brainstorming my next project while watching a documentary on the 2004 Pistons v. Pacers brawl in Detroit. It's disgusting how asshole, drunk fans, ascending on players, African-Americans players specifically, wanted to be cleared of wrong doing despite assaulting these poor players. Meanwhile, the athletes suffered, plus were put on trial by society, labeled as 'thugs' with people crying for reform (?!). How about don't be an asshole when the game doesn't go your way. Don't throw shit at people who are at work. Don't be tough, acting like you're going to do something to a guy who works out 6+ days a week and stands two feet taller than your chunky ass. Insane. Disgusting that those same sentiments still prevail today when it comes to athletes standing up for social justice and reform, people want to get in their face and tell them a thing or two. Eff off. They earned their place in the sun, who are you to fight them off the mountain you know nothing about.

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Analysis: “The Real Color of Money” by David J. Leonard

12 November 2020

The article The Real Color of Money written by David J. Leonard analyzes the discourse and consequences following the infamous 2004 NBA Palace Brawl in which Ron Artest of the Indiana Pacers and Ben Wallace of the Detroit Pistons had a physical altercation during a game that resulted in a full-stadium outbreak of physical fighting involving players, coaches, and fans. Leonard insists that the resulting age-limit policy the NBA implemented and the pushed narrative of hip-hop having a violent influence on these players is not a response to the brawl itself, but is a repeat of the inherent method of policing and demonizing Black American male bodies. The paper is divided into nine small parts, each detailing different issues and analyses of these issues surrounding race and the NBA. 

Leonard outlines the consequences that followed as a result of the fight by describing the sport commentators’ common narrative that basketball needed to be reclaimed, by what we can only assume to be White culture. David Stern suspended Artest for a year, implemented an age limit of twenty years to be in the league, enforced a dress code, and increased the fines for technical violations. The NBA also issued a message about their players reflecting “ghettoness;” Cuttino Mobely was called out for wearing a do-rag in interviews. Leonard explains that the NBA glorifies Black culture, but only with its own pretenses and guidelines of what they think is digestible and correct. Leonard believes this age limit is a direct implication by the staggering rates of Black incarceration and society’s inherent and incessant need to violently police Black bodies. He explains, “...my effort here attempts not only to center race and racism within this discourse but to emphasize its connection to increasing levels of state violence and widespread efforts [...] to police, profile, punish, discipline, or otherwise render those deviant bodies as invisible: to turn the victims of racism and White supremacist violence into the assailants or source of problems in need of control and correction(s)” (161). 

I completely agree with this position; it is no surprise to me that the one American sport that is predominantly Black has experienced the most policing of player attitude and representation. Black men have been societally deemed as a major threat to American wellbeing in order to provide an “other” to the ruling majority. In regards to the NBA, Leonard explains, “...crime signifies Blackness and vice versa; Blackness has come to embody a pollutant within the NBA that necessitates surveillance and regulation” (160). These preconceived notions of violent Blackness, coupled with the physical societal restrictions we have put on Black behavior as a result of our own displacement of these people throughout time, has permeated into predominantly Black spaces where there is a White hegemonic power overseeing and ruling policy. Especially through means of American entertainment, the White hegemony continuously attempts to uphold White values and demonize Black cultural issues and implications White people themselves have imposed. I found this article to be extremely insightful and nuanced, in how it analyzed key elements of the brawl and related them to the existing issues often overlooked when discussing issues in the Black community. 

References

Leonard, D. J. (2006). The Real Color of Money. Journal of Sport & Social Issues, 30(2), 

158-179. Retrieved November 11, 2020.

[pavlmescal]

i’m watching the netflix documentary on the pacers-pistons brawl and like. i literally watched this go down on tv when it happened but this documentary is so well made it somehow feels even more intense. like i cannot believe this shit

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Today's selected anniversaries: 19th November 2021

1941:

World War II: The Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran destroyed each other in the Indian Ocean. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_between_HMAS_Sydney_and_German_auxiliary_cruiser_Kormoran

1969:

Playing for Santos against Vasco da Gama in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian footballer Pelé scored his thousandth goal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pel%C3%A9

1991:

Mexican singer Luis Miguel released his album Romance, which led to the revival of interest in bolero music. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_%28Luis_Miguel_album%29

2004:

During a NBA game between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons, a brawl between players spilled into the crowd when Ron Artest attacked a fan who had thrown a drink at him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Malice_at_the_Palace

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Former NBA star @_stak5_ Stephen Jackson mourns ‘brother’ George Floyd killed by Minneapolis police In his career former basketball star and NBA champion Stephen Jackson was probably best known for participating in the ‘Malice in the Palace’ — the infamous 2004 NBA brawl between the Indiana Pacers, his team at the time and the Detroit Pistons. Today, Jackson is trending for a different reason as his “brother” George Floyd has become the latest victim of police brutality. Floyd was killed on Monday by police in Minneapolis, Minn. who were called to a “forgery in progress.” According to the police report, Floyd was sitting on top of his car and appeared to be “under the influence. However, several witnesses, including the one who recorded the interaction, noted that while he was handcuffed and on the ground with one of the officer’s knees on his neck, Floyd, whose nose was also bleeding, said that he couldn’t breathe and asked for help. Though the four police officers who responded to the scene did request medical assistance it was too late and Floyd died. The officers were fired today by Minneapolis police chief Medaria Arradondo. “What we saw was horrible, completely and utterly messed up,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said. “This man’s life matters, he matters. He was someone’s son, someone’s family member, someone’s friend. He was a human being and his life mattered.” Jackson, a Port Arthur, Texas native posted an emotional tribute to his Instagram page today. This what I gotta wake up to huh? This is what I got to wake up to? Floyd was my brother. We called each other twins,” Jackson said. “Everybody know we called each other twins. My brother was only out there in Minnesota, he was changing his life, he was driving trucks. I had just sent him two or three boxes of clothes. My boy was doing what he was supposed to do and ya’ll killed my brother. I’m on my way to Minnesota -whatever I can do. We can’t let this ride. Y’all not going to be mad until it hit y’all front door. It’s bull**t.” In recent years, he’s been the co-host to former NBA retiree Matt Barnes on their ever-popular All The Smoke podcast and kicked up some internet debates #justiceforgeorgefloyd https://www.instagram.com/p/CAsM6JRA_a1/?igshid=9n8hy5mgmb91

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Redefining Masculinity

    Masculinity is not a set definition. It is most commonly thought of as actions or characteristics of men and their behavior, but masculinity is socially learned, which changes for each individual, and defined by gender. Yes, there is an overlying factor that contributes to the behavior of men, whether toxic or not, and in order to analyze what that factor is, intersectionality has to be used, but this is not a gender project. While I could use tools that I have learned from my gender classes, that is not my audience for this piece. In order to move past this, I have to acknowledge that there is a much broader range of and about masculinity that would require a different audience for viewing and I do not want to be led astray by that. My purpose of this piece is to see how masculinity is being presented in the NBA and how the fashion has changed that for not only the players but for the viewers as well.

A (Brief) Timeline of NBA Fashion

1930′s: Chuck Taylor’s

(https://www.chucksconnection.com/history1.html)

Converses were not very popular once the brand started selling in the 1920’s. But thanks to player Chuck Taylor, who played for the Akron Firestones, started promoting the product got his own shoe in 1932 with his name on the ankle patch.

1950’s to 1970’s: Headbands

(https://www.wearebasket.net/the-history-of-headbands/)

Wilt Chamberlain was the first NBA player to use a headband and while his looked far different from how they look today, it inspired other players like Donald Watts, Bill Walton and Allen Iverson to do the same.

1989: MJ’s bigger shorts

(https://www.kicksonfire.com/13-best-air-jordan-13/)

“Michael Jordan requested bigger shorts so he could wear his North Carolina ones underneath” (Carroll). This then caused other players to start doing the same and why the uniform is the way it is today.

1984: Shoes 

(http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/the-evolution-of-the-nike-shoe/all)

While Converse and Adidas had put out their first basketball shoe earlier, it wasn’t until Nike was created and then the release of the Air Jordans in 1984 that started a trend of other popular basketball players to start coming out with their own lines of shoes.

Early 2000’s: Black Fashion gains popularity

(https://thegrio.com/2020/01/29/suspect-arrested-in-theft-of-allen-iverson-backpack-containing-500k-in-jewelry/)

Many Black athletes started donning, “tattoos, wearing flat brimmed hats, du-rags, chains, baggy clothes and sneakers” (Graham), which many players like Allen Iverson were known for, became more prevalent with other Black players.

2004: Malice at the Palace

(https://www.wxyz.com/sports/metta-world-peace-recalls-malice-at-the-palace-during-final-visit)

In November 2004, there was a ten-minute brawl against fans and players on both teams of the Pistons and the Pacers. This set the reputation of the league at an all time low, even after ratings dropped after MJ’s retirement.

Masculinity in the NBA

    When you think of masculinity, what words come to mind? Take a few minutes and think of a few.I asked two people that are different from the ones I interviewed about three words that came to mind when they thought about masculinity. These answers came from men and they are as follows: 

Strength, toughness, fighter 

Tough, aggressive, toxic

    These answers may or may not be similar but when I asked them the questions, they had a hard time pinpointing ways to describe masculinity. As a woman, I am often more aware of my femininity then men are of their masculinity and with this, I found it interesting how men, even though they live their masculinity everyday, had a hard time thinking about it because they don’t have to. In the NBA, I find this prevalent too. 

    Khalid Salaam says it, albeit a bit differently from how I would have put it, “American men, with our steadfast dedication to machismo, attach ruggedness to sports stars more than anyone else. We expect certain behaviors. Clothing-wise, we want to see you in either athletic gear or suited up by Brooks Brother. That's it. You starting messing around with that, you mess with 'Murica”. He continues:

    “Athletes, especially basketball players, have always occupied a revered          place in conversations about manhood. That's why this current trend cuts so sharply. Instead of it being an interesting addendum to the game, it's constantly discussed as a failure of manhood. One only needs to spend a few hours checking social media conversations after playoff games to see the explosive responses”. 

    Athletes are made to be tough and to push the boundaries of not only the body but that of which the body is capable of and that is why athletes train so hard and are often revered. There have been many moments in the league’s history that changed it forever and broke records, such as Wilt Chamberlin’s 100-point game or the awe of seeing Michael Jordan’s dunks. But even these have a dichotomy. The ruggedness of sport, synonymous with toughness, is placed upon the players and not on the game, which is an important distinction to be made. The players are supposed to be these tough, macho men, who defy the expectations of what the body can do but still fall into male behaviors. If these men do things differently, say for example lose, they will be attacked for it, while they are expected to be fine with whatever people are saying about them. Following Salaam’s example of clothing, the dichotomy is to be a player or to be the masculine man off of the court and shown through their designer clothing. Breaking this causes confusion and the ideal mold of what a man is supposed to look like and do. This system has been in place for so long that society does not know how to see men outside of it. That is why men who defy these expectations, such as Billy Porter, are often ostracized. 

    But what does this mean for the average watcher or for the religious fans who never miss the game? Taking in the players as they try their best to dominate the game, in other words to win, wouldn’t that inspire others to do the same? 

One of my interviewees said as I asked him about masculinity in the NBA: 

In the NBA, like its mainly they’re always trying to prove who’s stronger, like who is the most dominant. So, that’s kinda how they see it and how I see it, like who is the most dominant player that’s the most masculine in a sense.

I followed it up with asking how it affected him:

Honestly, at that point you wanna be, as I said, that dominant person in every aspect of your life or at least most aspects you can control just so you’re actually kinda show that you are a nice, a good symbol of masculinity.

But not everyone is going to take it in the same and everyone is different. My second interviewee had different views about masculinity in the NBA:

Masculinity in the NBA is gonna vary person to person. There are some players whose off-field actions would lead some to call that toxic masculinity, but everyone has their own view on what’s masculine and what’s not.

He concluded that it didn’t affect him at all. As said by the second, masculinity varies from person to person but it is hard to take in a game and not see how these men operate on the court together. They want to win and sometimes at all costs. But does that make them any less of a man? I don’t think so because that makes him an athlete. Yes, it may be a bit hard to see that the athlete and the man are two separate people, especially when it comes to how they present themselves, but there is always going to be a difference in how these men present themselves in front of the cameras and off camera as well.

Fashion

    So, what does all that mean for fashion? Whose fashion moments matter more and whose stories are being told? It definitely changes how people can view themselves, especially as they see these real-life items being worn by people they idolize. Expensive, yes, but they can be owned. As Zack Graham puts it, ““Many use fashion to exemplify the superstar lifestyle…” The everyday consumer has more access to their superstar. Even if the consumer cannot afford the high-end clothing, they can afford the accessories”. The superstar lifestyle can be obtained and while most people cannot afford to look the complete part, they can give off the impression that they look the part without being the whole package, just as the article says, “A rookie at some random team wants to dress like LeBron James so that they look the part”. Rookie connoisseurs of a new fashion-based masculinity that can be broadcasted to more people than just those who watch the games for their friends and random stranger they pass on the streets. The lifestyle jumps off of the screens and into reality.

    But while this jump into high fashion has many people exploring fabrics, styles, and other aspects, what happens to those who can’t or don’t want to fit into it? I asked my second interviewee some follow up questions (his answers are in italics):

Do you think your style is influenced by what you see other players wear?

It is slightly, yeah.

Who do you identify with more: the high fashion or pre-dress code clothing? 

Definitely high fashion. I can’t afford it but it’s nice to look at.

Is what you wear an expression of yourself or of something more?

What I wear is an expression of myself. If I’m in a bad mood, I wear darker colors. Good mood lighter. And if I’m feeling lazy, it’ll definitely show in my style.

    There’s a style for everyone that’s being presented in the league as there are multiple and infinite ways to present oneself. As said above, it can be used to reflect mood or to push the boundaries of what fashion can mean, and sometimes it means pretending to fit in. Being masculine now is not just being about wearing a single color in a suit and calling it a day. Now, multiple colors and printed fabrics are being used to dress the players and further broadcasting this to a large audience for those who don’t see the appeal in wearing simple things. 

    I also asked my first interviewee what their favorite fashion moment in the league has been, as I didn’t get an answer from the other one: 

Russel Westbrook playing the Golden State Warriors after Kevin Durant left the Oklahoma City Thunder and he wore like a construction vest and walked into the arena meaning like he was ready to go to work and he dropped like a triple double, like a 40 point triple double or so. It was amazing.

This interviewee wants to be the dominant force in his life and seeing Westbrook ready to “go to work” inspires him to do the same. It isn’t just about trying to find a type of masculinity that someone can relate to but also trying to inspire young people to be better. There is a lot of negativity out in the world and if only one player can inspire one person to be better, to be a better form of himself, then this new form of masculinity should be embraced. 

Conclusion

So, what does this all mean? This new masculinity of being able to express oneself through the clothes one wears and be able to defy the expectations of those that have been previously set while paving a way for young people to do the same. It is complex but it is an ongoing change that’s been going on for quite some time and will continue to do so, even when it might not be noticeable. What does this all mean to you? How do you see masculinity being changed or do you not? Think about it the next time you tune in to watch a game. Maybe then you’ll start to notice it. 

(Full interviews are below)

Interviews

Age: 19

Favorite team: Houston Rockets

Favorite player: Russel Westbrook

Favorite moment in the NBA: Clutch shot on Steph Curry in 2015-2016 finals 

What does masculinity mean to you?

Masculinity means being strong, independent, reliable, and most of all, being the best version of yourself. 

How do you see masculinity being presented in the NBA?

In the NBA, like its mainly they’re always trying to prove who’s stronger, like who is the most dominant. So, that’s kinda how they see it and how I see it, like who is the most dominant player that’s the most masculine in a sense.

How does that affect you?

Honestly, at that point you wanna be, as I said, that dominant person in every aspect of your life or at least most aspects you can control just so you’re actually kinda show that you are a nice, a good symbol of masculinity. 

Do you see multiple masculinities being presented in the NBA and why?

Yes. Just cause like you see it through just like normal dressing like just different styles and some might be a bit controversial in terms of gender like roles but they still wear it with a certain pride and try to make it masculine in a sense as well while people go the normal traditional sense as well. 

Do you think that masculinity is directly linked to fashion?

Partly, yes, I do. 

What’s your favorite fashion moment in the NBA?

Russel Westbrook playing the Golden State Warriors after Kevin Durant left the Oklahoma City Thunder and he wore like a construction vest and walked into the arena meaning like he was ready to go to work and he dropped like a triple double, like a 40 point triple double or so. It was amazing.

Age: 23

Favorite team: Milwaukee Bucks 

Favorite player: LeBron James

Favorite moment in the NBA: LeBron jumped over a defense player for an alley-oop from Wade. Amazing.

What does masculinity mean to you?

I’ve never really thought about it. Like I do my own thing. I let people do their thing.

How do you see masculinity being presented in the NBA?

Masculinity in the NBA is gonna vary person to person. There are some players whose off field actions would lead some to call that toxic masculinity, but everyone has their own view on what’s masculine and what’s not.

How does that affect you?

It doesn’t.

Do you see multiple masculinities being presented in the NBA?

N: I don’t know.

Do you think that masculinity is directly linked to fashion?

I don’t think it is. I think traditionally, yeah, but in the time we live in now, I think fashion is universal. 

What’s your favorite fashion moment in the NBA?

I don’t know. 

Citations

Albertini, Stephen. “How the NBA Dress Code Helped Create a Fashion-        Conscious League.”  Grailed, 11 June 2018, https://www.grailed.com/drycleanonly/nba-dress-code-impact- fashion.

Beld, Iris. “The History of Headbands.” We Are Basket, https://www.wearebasket.net/the- history-of-headbands/.

Carroll, Joshua. “The Evolution of NBA Swag and Fashion.” Bleacher Report, 9 Nov. 2011,  https://bleacherreport.com/articles/932779-the-evolution-of-nba-swag-and- fashion#slide3.

Graham, Zack. “How David Stern’s NBA Dress Code Changed Men’s Fashion.” Rolling Stone,  4 Nov. 2016, https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-sports/how-david-sterns-nba-dress-code-changed-mens-fashion-104719/.

Salaam, Khalid. “Is NBA Style Redefining Masculinity?” Esquire, 25 April 2014,  https://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/a28552/nba-players-redefine-masculinity-via-fashion-choices-042414/.

“The History of the Converse All Star “Chuck Taylor” Basketball Shoe.” Chuck’s Connection,  https://www.chucksconnection.com/history1.html.

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Not. An. Ounce. Of. Integrity. Decency. Morals. None. The whole lot of them. This was disgusting. 1. "Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?" Comments made around 1990, exact date unknown (Source: FAIR) 2. “Socks is the White House cat. But did you know there is also a White House dog?” Comments made while displaying a picture of Chelsea Clinton, then a 13-year-old, on his TV show in 1994. (Source: TIME) 3. "Women should not be allowed on juries where the accused is a stud." A "truth" from his 1994 list of "Undeniable Truths" (Source: LectLaw.com) 4. “When a gay person turns his back on you, it is anything but an insult; it’s an invitation.” Comments made on his radio program in the summer of 1994. (Source: The Most Dangerous Man in America: Rush Limbaugh's Assault on Reason by John K. Wilson) 5. "Mrs. Clinton's testicle lockbox." Although Limbaugh has been implying since the 1990's that Hillary Clinton metaphorically castrates men, keeping the spoils in a "testicle lockbox," he used the phrase again as recently as February 6, 2013 (Source: Media Matters) 6. "Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society." Another of Limbaugh's "Undeniable Truths" (updated version), also said on his radio program on August 12, 2005. (Source: Media Matters) 7. "The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. There is a little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn't deserve. The defense carried this team." Comments made during Limbaugh's short stint as a host on "Sunday NFL Countdown" in 2003 (Source: ESPN) 8. "I think it's time to get rid of this whole National Basketball Association. Call it the TBA, the Thug Basketball Association, and stop calling them teams. Call 'em gangs." Comments made on his radio program on December 8, 2004 in response to a brawl that had erupted at an Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons game on weeks earlier. (Source: Media Matters) Part of the list from: http://www.msnbc.com/politicsnation/rush-l https://www.instagram.com/p/B8McYKphdb6/?igshid=18u9qdu389czk

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David Stern Saw Where the Sports World Was Headed Long Before It Got There

Stern, who grew up modestly, the son of a deli owner in the Chelsea section of Manhattan long before the area became fashionable, was not an easy person to work for or with, or against. He berated those who questioned his decisions, occasionally in public if they were members of the press. He dressed down employees, sometimes in front of representatives of the league’s partners. The style bothered some more than others. “Sometimes the delivery could be challenging, but it got you to the desired outcome,” said Peter Land, the N.B.A.’s director of marketing communications from 1993 to 1998. Welts said there were days when he left the office wondering if he could continue working for Stern. Then his home phone would ring at 10 p.m., “and he would be Uncle Dave, and he would talk about what we were accomplishing, how great this was going to be,” Welts said. “I’d come in the next day ready to run through a wall for him.”Other commissioners simply managed sports leagues. Stern fashioned himself as one of the world’s leading chief executives, worthy of hobnobbing at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and at the Allen & Co. media summits in Sun Valley, Idaho. If players behaved in a way that tarnished the league’s image, he did not hide his wrath. A 1997 fight between Latrell Sprewell, a star forward for the Warriors, and P.J. Carlesimo, a coach with a reputation for verbally abusing his players, earned Sprewell a one-year suspension and the termination of his contract. An arbitrator later ordered the suspension shortened and allowed Sprewell to recoup the $17.3 million his contract guaranteed him. Stern also had little sympathy for players who brawled with fans after a drink was thrown from the stands late in the fourth quarter of a game between the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers in 2004. But those moves, widely viewed in hindsight as missteps, and Stern’s management style are largely overlooked now because of his ability to understand where the sports business was headed years before any of his rivals did. Land recalled sharing his idea for announcing a new major deal with Coke in the 1990s at a large news conference with video screens. Stern listened, then told Land to figure out how to hold the news conference in a movie theater because the highlight reel would look better on a huge screen. Read the full article

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Let’s close out 2019 with the worst sports tattoo of the year

Who thought this was a good idea?

Normally I’m a firm proponent of the core concept of “do whatever you want, so long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else,” which will make the following statement sound hypocritical: There are some innate rules to sporting tattoos that should be followed for the good of humanity.

This tattoo breaks all these rules.

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The innate rules of a sports tattoo:

Never get a tattoo that celebrates early.

Never link it to a specific year, unless that season will be iconic 20 years from today.

If you’re highlighting a moment, make sure it’s one you’ll want to celebrate.

Don’t get tattoos of players, unless they’re locks to make the Hall of Fame.

When we look at this tat through the lens of these basic rules we see the gaping problems with celebrating a moment like this. Firstly, it celebrates early — while also celebrating late. I mean, it’s not like the Browns had a good year or anything. As I’m writing this, only one team out of the Steelers and Browns fired their coach, right? Rule No. 1 failed.

This was a huge letdown of a season for Cleveland. Remember that a significant number of people thought they’d make the playoffs, potentially even challenge for the AFC North title. Look how that turned out. Rule No. 2 failed.

Nobody wants to remember this moment. Especially Myles Garrett and Mason Rudolph. Best to just let this fade from memory if you’re a Browns fan. You don’t see Pacers and Pistons fans walking around with tattoos of “The Malice at the Palace”, right? Rule No. 3 failed.

Now look, it’s early in both careers — but I think it’s safe to say Rudolph won’t make Canton. Garrett has a chance, sure. He’s phenomenal, but it’s still very, very early. Why remember a player like this at his worst? Wouldn’t it be better to wait for an iconic sack and celebrate him actually playing football, not swinging his helmet into an opponent? Rule No. 4 failed.

I’ve always been taught not to criticize unless you offer an alternative, so ...

Browns tattoos which fans should get.

The dog mascot alone, because it’s cool.

A bleary-eyed turtle, surfing a dope wave, wearing a Browns hat and smoking a joint with a speech bubble that says “Surf’s Up!”

That’s it. That’s the list.

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