The San Antonio Spurs dismantled the injury-riddled Los Angeles Lakers Sunday night with a 103-82 victory in Game 4, while Kobe Bryant was courtside to witness the carnage. “Obviously, it wasn’t a fair fight,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “When you’re a competitor, you want to compete on an even basis, and the Lakers weren’t [...]
Spurs Fined $250K For Sending Players Home
December 1, 2012 | Posted by
The NBA fined the San Antonio Spurs $250,000 for coach Gregg Popovich’s decision to send home starters Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Danny Green when the team had a game against the champion Miami Heat. Whether Popovich considers the move in the best interest of the team or not, it is unlikely he [...]
Spurs Bracing Stern Sanction For Sitting Key Players
November 30, 2012 | Posted by
NBA commission David Stern is mulling “substantial sanctions” he plans to level against the San Antonio Spurs’ Gregg Popovich for sending home four starters instead of them traveling to Miami for a game against the world-champion Heat. When Stern learned of Popovich’s action — the coach sent Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobil and Danny [...]
UCLA Files Appeal To Make Shabazz Muhammad Eligible
November 15, 2012 | Posted by
UCLA filed a formal appeal with the NCAA to overturn its ruling that has made freshman sensation Shabazz Muhammad ineligible. The NCAA declared Muhammad ineligible to play after an investigation determined that he had accepted improper benefits in the form of travel expenses and lodging for unofficial visits during the recruiting period to North Carolina [...]
Tony Parker’s Eye Heals; Cleared For Olympics
July 6, 2012 | Posted by
Finally, at least a remnant of good news to come out of the Chris Brown-Drake fiasco: Spurs guard Tony Parker’s eye has healed enough to be cleared by doctors to compete in the London Olympics for the French team. Parker suffered a scratched cornea from a piece a glass flying in the nightclub fracas in [...]
Chris Brown-Drake Brawl Results in W.i.P’s Liquor License Suspension
June 27, 2012 | Posted by
In an emergency meeting, the New York State Liquor Authority on Tuesday decided to suspend the liquor license of the W.i.P. club in response to several bloody incidents at the club over the past month. W.i.P. was the location of the now infamous Drake-Chris Brown bottle-throwing fight. The two had a verbal altercation that resulted [...]
Tony Parker Might Miss Olympics With Eye Injury After All
June 26, 2012 | Posted by
Two days after saying he would play in the London Olympics despite a serious eye injury, San Antonio Spurs star guard Tony Parker recants that prediction and says not playing is very much a possibility. Parker was caught in the middle of the now-infamous fight involving singer Chris Brown and members of hip-hop star Drake’s entourage. [...]
Tony Parker Expected to Play in Olympics, Despite Eye Surgery
June 24, 2012 | Posted by
Basketball star Tony Parker is recovering from eye surgery in Paris after he suffered a corneal laceration during the Chris Brown-Drake brawl in the W.i.P. nightclub. It is still unclear whether Parker will be healed in time to play for France in the Olympics, which begin in five weeks in London. Parker’s attorney Elizabeth Eilender [...]
Drake-Chris Brown Brawl: Tony Parker Sues for $20 MILLION
June 22, 2012 | Posted by
NBA superstar Tony Parker, who was injured when Drake and Chris Brown’s posses squared off, is suing the NYC nightclub for $20 million, claiming it should never have let Rihanna’s exes in at the same time. The San Antonio Spurs star filed the lawsuit Thursday in NY State Supreme Court against W.i.P. Nightclub and in [...]
NYC Club Shut Down After Chris Brown, Drake Brawl
June 17, 2012 | Posted by
With eight people injured—including NBA star Tony Parker—one lawsuit pending and fans lining up support behind the stars as if waging on a heavyweight championship fight, there’s more fall-out from the bottle-throwing brawl between singer Chris Brown and rapper Drake’s entourage: the Manhattan club in which they fought has been closed. The NYPD Civil Enforcement [...]
