- And just like that, Commissioner David Stern has caved, for the first time possibly ever. Starting January 1st, the NBA will return to using the leather balls of old, replacing the synthetic microfiber balls used and derided for the start of this season.
- USA Today’s Michael Hiestand wrote about the embarrassing Jim Gray situation from Friday night.
- The boxing match between Sam Peter and James Toney set for January 6 has been pushed back an hour to avoid competition from NFL playoff games on NBC (though the 10 PM start will still compete with the back end of NBC’s prime time game).
- TNT’s NBA studio show will hit New Orleans this week for the Spurs-Hornets game (9:30 PM Thursday). Interestingly, the team of Marv Albert and Steve Kerr is off this week; the Spurs-Hornets game will be called by Dick Stockton.
- In about eleven minutes, U.S. Senator Barack Obama will participate in the Monday Night Football opening for ESPN.
- Time Warner is suing DirecTV over alleged lies about the National Football League packages both carriers provide.
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