- Christian Beeber: The rapper known as Lil Kriz has settled a lawsuit with the NBA, Time Warner, Turner and ABC/ESPN. Beeber sued for copyright infringement after TNT used his song “Vegas” without his permission at the beginning of the second quarter of the 2007 NBA All Star Game.
- Bonnie Bernstein: The ESPN reporter has come under scrutiny recently after making a clumsy analogy likening NBA hopefuls to Palestinian suicide bombers. On Mike and Mike in the Morning last week, Bernstein compared high school basketball players who are told to focus on making it into the NBA instead of education to young Palestinians who are “taught to think that dying in the name of God is a good thing.” Bernstein has apologized, and it is unknown whether she will face any discipline.
- Robin Roberts: The former SportsCenter anchor will receive the 2008 Inspiration Award from the WNBA. Commissioner Donna Orender praised Roberts, who was once a play-by-play broadcaster for WNBA games, for her “extraordinary leadership in the news industry as GMA?s co-anchor, to her humanitarian efforts in helping Hurricane Katrina victims to her courageous public battle with breast cancer.” Roberts will receive the award at the end of July.
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