Tag: Riot

Remembering the ‘Malice at the Palace’ and the Night the NBA Lost a Piece of its Soul.

10 years ago today, the NBA saw its darkest chapter unfold. Has the league ever really recovered? It didn’t start with a shove or a fist. It started with a plastic cup of Diet Coke. *** Early this season, I found myself sitting at a Washington Wizards game here in DC. The tickets were fairly cheap on StubHub and I… Read more →

The Fire This Time: Ed Button Tries To Make Sense Out Of Ferguson

by Ed Button It’s been a long weekend, and it’s shaping up to be a long week. In case you’ve been living under a rock, 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in the Ferguson area of St. Louis County Saturday afternoon, kindling a fire of national outrage concerning the death of yet another unarmed person… Read more →