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Hoops party already rocking

By Jonah Keri
Special to Page 2

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

The past few weeks have been jam-packed with excitement for sports fans. Shawne Merriman got busted for steroids and no one made a peep, keeping the double standard between the NFL and MLB alive and well. The Orioles cemented their status as the boneheads of baseball, paying the gross domestic product of a small island nation to 78 middle relievers. Isiah Thomas proved incompetent coaches and general managers can be thugs, too. Even fans of the international sports scene got a thrill, after a r ...

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