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Knicks fan hacks James Dolan’s band’s Wikipedia page in hilarious fashion

November 27, 2013 By Steve DelVecchio Leave a Comment

New York Knicks owner James Dolan is not the most popular man among basketball fans. The Knicks, who have not won a championship since 1973, are struggling once again. For those of you who didn’t know, Dolan also performs in a band he founded called “JD & The Straight Shot.”

Dolan’s band is relatively popular, having toured alongside famous bands like The Eagles and The Allman Brothers. According to Dolan’s band’s Wikipedia page, a lot of the songs JD & The Straight Shot have written are about the failures of the Knicks.

Yes, someone obviously hacked the page. It was likely a disgruntled Knicks fan, and it’s hilarious. We have seen some pretty funny Wikipedia hacks in the past, but this is right up there among the best. If only the person had added “Keep Woody Allen out of My Lounge” and “Tell Those Girls to Stop Dancing” to the list of tracks.

H/T Extra Mustard

Filed Under: Basketball, Viral Greatness Tagged With: James Dolan

James Dolan reportedly banned Woody Allen from MSG VIP lounge

November 23, 2013 By Larry Brown 2 Comments

Woody Allen is no longer allowed inside a VIP suite in Madison Square Garden after declining a request to do some promotional work for MSG Network, according to a report.

The four-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker, whose love affair with New York and the Knicks has been expressed throughout his movie career, has been a regular at “Suite 200″, which is the name of the VIP lounge celebrities hang out in before and during halftime of games. But the New York Post says Allen is no longer welcome in there after declining to do promotion for MSG Network or the Garden of Dreams Foundation.

The Post says MSG bought the rights to some of Allen’s movies and asked him to do some specials for them where he would talk about the movies or introduce them.

“Woody said he would not be comfortable doing that,” The Post quoted a source as saying. “He has never done that for any show or network. They then said that this was a ‘reciprocal arrangement’ and that if Woody couldn’t go on TV for them, he should not eat in their VIP restaurant anymore. Woody said fine and thanked them for the many years he had enjoyed the space there.”

Is anyone really surprised by this? Dolan is the same guy who has his head coach followed and who told his dance team to stop dancing because they were losing. He sounds like a real charmer.

I’d love to see Woody weave this storyline into one of his next movies, but I doubt he will. You know Larry David absolutely would if that happened to him.

Filed Under: Basketball, Entertainment, Featured Stories Tagged With: James Dolan, Woody Allen

Knicks have Mike Woodson followed by MSG employee everywhere he goes

November 9, 2013 By Larry Brown 1 Comment

We knew that James Dolan was a meddling, whimsical and borderline creepy owner, but this just confirms it.

According to the New York Daily News, Dolan has an MSG employee follow Knicks coach Mike Woodson everywhere he goes.

Here’s a nugget from an article Frank Isola published Wednesday night:

Woodson also allows himself to be followed by a Garden employee everywhere he goes, whether it’s at home games or on the road. Last season, the employee wouldn’t leave Woodson’s side as the coach met with family and friends outside the visiting team locker room in Atlanta. It was an awkward and uncomfortable scene.

This shouldn’t be a surprise; Larry Brown complained about Dolan having spies on him when he coached the team in the 2005-2006 season. Of course, Woodson played and coached for Brown, so he was well aware of what he was getting into when he accepted the position.

But let’s look at this whole thing. So Dolan has an employee follow Woodson. He had Knicks dancers stop performing at home games because of how the team’s been doing. He fired then re-hired a security guard who didn’t know who he was. And he had Carmelo Anthony bugged last season after the whole incident with Kevin Garnett. Big Brother is watching, apparently.

Playing for those Knicks, man, sounds like a real blast. And who needs George Steinbrenner when James Dolan is around?

H/T Beyond the Buzzer

Filed Under: Basketball, Headlines Tagged With: James Dolan, Mike Woodson, New York Knicks

James Dolan reportedly furious after latest Knicks loss, wants dancers to stop dancing

November 5, 2013 By Steve DelVecchio Leave a Comment

New York Knicks owner James Dolan is not going to wait very long for his team to turn things around before making rash decisions. According to the NY Daily News, Dolan was “ready to erupt” on Sunday night after the Knicks gave up 40 points in the first quarter and eventually dug themselves into a 23-point hole during a loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. At one point, he got up and left his courtside seat.

If this continues, we may eventually have to deal with the beautiful Knicks dancers becoming nothing more than human T-shirt cannons.

Dolan has become such a hands-on owner — figuratively speaking — that, according to a source, he doesn’t want the dancers dancing. Crazy, right? The same guy who wanted creative input on the dancers’ outfits (and he’s good at it) apparently ordered that the girls’ roles be reduced to mostly throwing T-shirts into the crowd. They performed maybe one routine on Sunday.

Why? No one seems to know, except the standard answer is usually “that’s Dolan.”

This is bad new for everyone. The Knicks are off to a 1-2 start and have 79 games left to play. Apparently Dolan has no intention of being patient this year. He said before the season started that he expects to win a championship this year, and it looks like he wasn’t joking.

The Daily News added that Dolan tracked down Knicks general manager and team president Steve Mills to give him an earful about how poorly the team has been playing. Mills may not be to blame, but he should take one for the team in this instance. Nobody wants to see the dancers run out of Madison Square Garden.

H/T Deadspin

Filed Under: Basketball, Featured Stories Tagged With: James Dolan, New York Knicks

New York Knicks owner James Dolan reportedly wanted to trade Iman Shumpert

July 18, 2013 By Steve DelVecchio Leave a Comment

The New York Knicks have been criticized for making poor front office decisions over the past several decades, which is one of the reasons they have not won an NBA title since the 1970s. They came close in the 1990s with Patrick Ewing, but there always seemed to be one or two moves they made or didn’t make that kept them from going all the way.

The Knicks have shown signs of improvement in recent years, but according to Stephen A. Smith owner James Dolan recently wanted to make a move that would have stunted their growth. As Deadspin pointed out, Azaz of the Knicks Fan Blog dig up a video where someone somehow hacked into the behind-the-scenes feed between Stephen A. Smith and Dwight Howard during their recent interview. At one point, Stephen A. brought up the subject of Iman Shumpert.

“And by the way, [James] Dolan was ready to trade [Shumpert] because he didn’t want to work out in the summer league,” Stephen A. told Howard. “Dolan’s talking about trading him. I said, “trade who? You better hold on to that boy. You better not lose Iman Shumpert.’ That boy can play.”

Assuming Smith is telling the truth and putting aside the fact that he’s trying to make it sound like he’s responsible for the Knicks keeping Shumpert, that would have been a dumb move. Shumpert probably wouldn’t bring much in a trade, and the 23-year-old has become a valuable swing man who gives New York much-needed depth.

Dolan should probably stick to spying on his own players and let his basketball guys handle the roster decisions.

Filed Under: Basketball Tagged With: Iman Shumpert, James Dolan

James Dolan could hardly bear to watch the Knicks’ Game 4 disaster

May 15, 2013 By Larry Brown Leave a Comment

New York Knicks owner James Dolan was so disgusted by his team’s 93-82 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night that he had that look on his face. Look at him slumped over to the side in his chair with his hand covering his face. Dolan was sitting in a luxury suite but he was not looking too luxurious.

Dolan also apparently did not want to speak with the media after the game as he was understandably upset with his team falling to down 3-1 in the series. Sacramento Bee reporter Dale Kasler says Dolan actually apologized for blowing off the media, saying he was just cranky that the Knicks lost. When your team shoots 35.6 percent from the field and Carmelo Anthony, JR Smith, Iman Shumpert, and Kenyon Martin combine to go 16-55 (29 percent), you’re bound to be cranky.

Photo via World Wide Wob/The Knicks Wall
H/T @CJZero

Filed Under: Basketball Tagged With: James Dolan, NBA playoffs 2013

James Dolan reportedly fired and rehired security guard who didn’t know who he was

April 2, 2013 By Steve DelVecchio 2 Comments

New York Knicks owner James Dolan must have quite an ego. In fact, he thinks so highly of himself that someone recently almost lost their job for not knowing who he was.

According to the NY Post, Dolan was walking into Madison Square Garden’s Delta Sky 360 Club during Sunday’s game against the Boston Celtics when security guard Fiordaliza Hernandez stopped him and asked him for his ID. Dolan apparently never wears the badge since he pretty much runs the show, and he was reportedly offended that Hernandez didn’t know who he was.

“Do you know who I am?” Dolan reportedly snapped at the employee.

Hernandez then admitted that she did not recognize him, at which point Dolan told her he was his boss and paid her salary. He then asked her how long she had been working there, to which she responded “three years.”

“Give me your ID!” Dolan reportedly exclaimed. “You’re fired!

“I have to get new security in this building! I have idiots working here!”

Thankfully, Dolan reconsidered after cooling off, and Hernandez was supposedly back at her post on Monday night when the New York Rangers played the Winnipeg Jets. Perhaps somebody was in a bad mood when their ego went on a rampage. Unless he’s taking all of his employees out to a company dinner, I don’t see any reason why they should have to recognize him by face. If anything, he should have been pleased that the woman was doing her job by asking people who were entering the exclusive club to present their ID.

Then again, this is James Dolan. Firing an employee for not recognizing him wouldn’t be the strangest thing he has done this season.

H/T Deadspin

Filed Under: Basketball Tagged With: James Dolan, New York Knicks