• Stern's memo to players with complete offer (PDF) Because this ain't about education! It ain't much about winning, and it sure as hell ain't much about basketball. It's about money! Just (bleeping) money!
-- Climactic scene from the movie " Blue Chips ," when the coach, Pete Bell, acknowledges his role in violating the rules in college basketball to put a winning team on the court
Let's be clear at the outset: no one involved in the NBA's current lockout has, as far as I know, broken any rules or laws.
That's part of what's been great about covering the pro game for 25 years; you never had to worry about that phone call at 3 a.m. saying some 18-year-old kid was busted for selling oxycontin, or wait to see if the kid with the wicked crossover but the 550 SATs had magically improved his score 400 points in six weeks.
For one thing, no active Vatican official attended the book's presentation at a hotel a few steps from St. Peter's Square. The Vatican newspaper has not 
Round off the visit by attending Mass at 5pm (5.30pm on Sundays) at St Peter's. From the sublime to the stylish: head back to the Piazza Navona (9) area.