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14 Apr 12:53 pm
... the New York Times are reporting that former New York Knicks general manager and coach Isiah Thomas may be coaching the Florida International University basketball team. Image by Getty Images via Daylife ... or anybody, man or woman, to use me as a
pawn for their financial gain," he said. Thomas said he was ignoring his lawyers' advice to stay mum. And then there was the verdict. Even
then, the charmed Isiah skates: Image by Getty Images via Daylife NEW YORK -- In an end to a salacious three-week ...
2 Oct, 2007 12:02 pm
... Heat. You place them on such a pedestal and are crushed when they are accused of such things as the sexual harassment as Isiah
Thomas has been found guilty of today by the New York Jury. It makes you realize that even great ... the law and should be punished
accordingly. That goes for MSG also. I do not necessarily agree with the legal counsel for Isiah Thomas when he said: "Punishment for the sake of punishment is not what this is all about". The punishment for this and every other crime is about ...
3 Oct, 2007 8:35 am
... Isiah Thomas has sexually harassed a woman with his crude insults and unwanted advances,
Thomas said that he was "extremely disappointed that the jury did not see the facts in this case." Excuse ... this guy have to blow through
before he's held accountable? This is the same Isiah Thomas who lost in the NBA Eastern Conference
Finals 20 years ago to the Celtics in a series best remembered for Larry Bird's steal of Thomas' inbounds pass with just seconds left in Game
5. The Celtics won that game and ...
15 Apr 5:44 am
... which is to express genuine bafflement and uncertainty at the news that FIU has hired Isiah Thomas to be its men's basketball coach, with a press conference to announce the hiring today. ... during a football game. 2) I do not know right now how much
Thomas is making, but I imagine there was a premium to get him and his name ... but is this the appropriate time? 3) More important is the
question of whether this is worth that money. Thomas has not been a good coach (with the Knicks and Indiana Pacers) and ...
2 Oct, 2007 6:12 am
... fault?" Obviously, the doctor and his defense attorney were having far different feelings. I recalled this incident when I read the following news account of the Isiah Thomas case. A JURY OF HIS FEARS Knicks coach Isiah Thomas isn't getting any ... damages to Sanders. From the New York Post Whatever the environment was at Madison Square Garden, my guess is that
Thomas created a hostile home environment later in the evening. Soon to be followed by a hostile law office environment after the verdict.
12 Dec, 2007 3:27 am
Madison Square Garden has settled the sexual harassment case involving the New York Knicks and basketball legend Isiah Thomas described previously in the Blawg here and here. According to published reports, the amount of the settlement is $ ... us to move on and put this issue
behind us." The trial was a public relations nightmare for the Garden, the Knicks and Thomas. Commentators openly questioned their strategy of
refusing to settle despite the sensational nature of the allegations and the high ...
12 Sep, 2007 6:20 am
A high-profile sexual harassment case began yesterday involving the former NBA star and current coach Isiah Thomas:The former New York Knicks executive who filed a $10 million sexual harassment lawsuit against coach Isiah
Thomas testified Tuesday that the NBA legend...
2 Oct, 2007 2:47 pm
The jury in the Isiah Thomas sexual harassment trial has returned a verdict of $11.6 million dollars
against Madison Square Garden and its chairman, James Dolan. The jury spared Isiah Thomas any
personal liability, although it is certainly hard to calculate the damage this trial has done to his reputation. The verdict breaks down as follows: MSG owes $6 million for condoning a
hostile work environment and $2.6 million for retaliation. Dolan owes $3 million. ESPN.com quotes ...
3 Oct, 2007 12:11 pm
... $11.6 million in a sexual harassment case involving basketball legend and New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas. The plaintiff, Anucha Browne Sanders, the Knicks' former Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Operations, alleged ... of a Knicks player,
lewd sexual overtures from a relative of a player to his fellow Garden employees and video remarks of Thomas discussing the cultural dynamics
of calling a woman a particular sexist epithet. Prior to the verdict, experts openly questioned why the ...
9 Jul, 2007 11:58 am
... harassment case against New York Knicks coach and general manager Isiah Thomas will go before a
jury this year. "We do expect there will be a trial ... Manhattan hearing to determine if there was sufficient evidence to proceed with the case. Attorneys for Thomas were seeking a dismissal of the suit. In January 2006, ex-Knicks senior vice ... Sanders, who served as vice president for marketing and business
operations, also charged that Thomas once hugged her and tried to kiss her. When she pulled away ...
2 Oct, 2007 3:32 pm
A federal jury in New York city has found Isiah Thomas, Madison Square Garden, and its chairman,
James Dolan, guilty of sexual harassment and creating a hostile working environment from a discrimination lawsuit filed by former MSG employee Anucha Browne Sanders. In the lawsuit,
Browne Sanders alleges that Thomas, the head coach of the New York Knicks professional basketball team, sexually harassed her and that she was
fired from the corporation for complaining about Thomas' unwelcome advances.
2 Oct, 2007 9:21 am
No updated story on it yet besides an alert on the New York Times homepage, but it looks like the verdict is in... the jury found that Isiah
Thomas and Madison Square Garden are liable in the sexual harassment suit brought by former Knicks executive Anucha Browne Sanders. More to
come on this. See here for background.
2 Oct, 2007 10:46 am
The New York Times is reporting that a jury has found that Knicks coach Isiah Thomas sexually
harassed a former marketing executive and that Madison Square Garden fired her in retaliation for complaining that Thomas had made unwanted
advances toward...
25 Sep, 2007 11:09 am
Michael McCann's latest column for SI.com, on the Isiah Thomas sexual harassment trial is available
here....
2 Oct, 2007 8:09 pm
A jury has found that Isiah Thomas sexually harassed former New York Knicks executive Anucha Browne
Sanders, but deadlocked on whether she deserved punitive damages from the Knicks president and coach. You can view the Verdict Form. For the full story visit Court TV News. JFlo
19 Sep, 2007 8:59 pm
... 's case, Ms. Sander's lawyers should think about settling this case fast. Mr. Thomas and the Knicks may not be in any mood to settle the
case. They might want to get a ... read in the papers, it seems that Ms. Saunder's case is based largely on the fact that Mr. Thomas called her
a bitch or a "ho." Even if he said these words, this only proves that Mr. Thomas curses at work and denigrates woman - but it does not prove
sexual harassment in New York. It might be evidence of gender bias, but that is ...
9 Dec, 2006 3:20 pm
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13 Aug, 2007 12:01 pm
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