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

+ Bill Simmons likely not going to be on “PTI” this summer. {The Sporting Blog.}

+ Welcome Blue Star to your world. {NBC Dallas-Forth Worth.}

+ Dee Brown to coach in D-League. {Tremendous Upside Potential.}

+ Is Cliff Lee headed to Philly? {FanHouse.}

+ Non-sports: Microsoft and Yahoo are joining forces. {PC World.} Inside AP’s new news DRM system. {TechCrunch.}

Quotable:

“For ESPN’s ‘30 For 30′ documentary series that premieres this fall, one of the first films is called ‘The Trial of Allen Iverson’ (directed by Steve James of “Hoop Dreams” fame). I have only seen a rough cut. It has a chance to become one of the most important sports documentaries ever. Why? Because you will never think of Iverson the same way again. You will like him. You will feel bad for him. You will connect with him. You will admire him in a way you never imagined. After witnessing what he endured legally and racially — how unfair it was, how un-American it was — and marveling at the dignity he showed as he put his life back together afterward, I promise, you will never bet against this guy.

A few weeks ago, Iverson gave a speech in Virginia to promote his scholarship program. It was one of the best three minutes of the sports year. You probably didn’t hear about it because the sports media and the blogosphere is more interested in talking about Brett Favre, Michael Vick, civil suits, how ESPN is the devil and everything else. Occasionally, some relevant stuff slips through the cracks. Such as this clip, for instance. Please watch it, then tell me why everyone is so willing to count out one of the best 30 basketball players of all time, as well as one of the greatest pure athletes in the history of sports, at the tender age of 34 when he has something to prove. We have not heard the last from him. Just wait.” – Bill Simmons