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Two Teams Playing Without The Sour Aftertaste of Larry Brown: Motown Showdown In Midtown; Knicks Get Ready For a West Coast Throwdown While Fams of Music Mourn The Loss of The Godfather of Soul - James Brown

Posted by izybx:

I couldnt think of any snazzy title for the game thread...sorry. Does Prince explode from downtown again? Does Lee start? Is this the first of a long losing streak for the Knicks?

Pistons Take Heat for Sexy Calendar

Tuesday, January 10, 2006
(01-10) 06:25 PST AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) --

A 2006 calendar showing scantily clad women from the Detroit Pistons dance team has drawn criticism from a group that says the pictures are too sexy.

The calendar is in its third year and shows members of the Pistons dance team Automation in — and partially out of — swimsuits.

The American Decency Association last month started an e-mail campaign to officials of the NBA club, saying the calendar is inappropriate for a team supported by families, women and young children.

"To me, this is a form of prostitution," said Barbara Rotary of Pontiac, who said she saw the calendar while Christmas shopping and alerted the group. "The Pistons are profiting from using women's bodies this way."

The association is based in Fremont, about 40 miles north of Grand Rapids in rural western Michigan.

In a mission statement on its Web site, the group says, "As Christians, we need to be increasingly discerning regarding our choices of media entertainment, recognizing that our bodies are the temple of the Lord, and we should not expose ourselves to that which will degrade and dishonor."

Pistons president Tom Wilson said the calendar is artistic and tasteful and contains images anyone could see on the beach.

"We've had far more positive comments than negative," Wilson told The Detroit News. "The girls look beautiful. They don't look sleazy or cheap."

The calendar shows the dancers posing around Michigan. The team gave away most of the 8,000 calendars at a December game, while others are on sale for $13 in team stores. Buyers must be at least 18 years old. Profits go to charity.

Posted by misterearl:

No Heart

>>and it will be the start of a long losing streak for the knicks.

No Courage

let me ask, who do you have winning on your gamepicker?

Posted by King1:

Who will david bail out tonight. Frye will have two fouls in the first quarter. This is such a joke that a player averaging a double-doulbe doesnt start for a bad team