Lost Time Is Not Found Again is what the MPS blog crew has been reading today.

+ Remember Sam Smith saying Michael Jordan flirted with the Knicks? Kelly Dwyer takes him to task for it today. Kelly Dwyer knows a lot more about the NBA than me. Plus, I was 11 at the time. All I knew about basketball then was: “The Bulls and Michael Jordan are awesome.” {Ball Don’t Lie.}

+ Scott Boras’s 10 most notorious deals. {Big League Stew.}

+ Sex and the City, Crimson Tide Edition. {Everyday Should Be Saturday.}

+ The top 10 worst dressed coaches. {No Guts, No Glory.}

+ Non-sports: Axl Rose sues Dr. Pepper. {Stereogum.} Can Songbird take over iTunes? {Ars Technica.}

Quotable:

“If Gary Bettman was as smart as he thinks he is, he would have picked up the phone to Tom Hicks and demanded the Stars suspend Avery. Make it a team issue rather than a League issue. Turn Avery back into a locker-room cancer instead of clouding the issue by elevating him into a free-speech martyr.

In the end, suspending Avery proves Avery correct that this League is disinterested in creating a compelling product to which fans want to pay attention.

Once again, Sean Avery is the biggest story in sports tonight. Once again, the NHL was squandered the moment. As Tapeleg put it: “NHL Renders Flames - Stars Unwatchable by Suspending Avery.” – Greg Wyshynski on Sean Avery’s “sloppy seconds” comments