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November 2, 2006
Forty Years Later, Nets Are Now a Model of Stability
The NY Times' Sports of the Times
By George Vecsey
A day after The Times' sports section billed the Nets' proposed move to Brooklyn as a fait accompli, sports columnist George Vecsey included this very un-Times-like parenthetical disclaimer in a piece about the team's improving fortunes:
This is not by any means to be construed as an endorsement of the gigantic real-estate deal, still very much a work in progress. Nostalgia for major league sports in Brooklyn is hardly an excuse for a land grab that could be contrary to many other needs in that borough.
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NoLandGrab: Could it be that columnists at The Times are free to ignore the company line on the paper's development partner, or is it just that Norman Oder's criticism is finally starting to sink in? For the record, Vecsey was quick, and forthright, in apologizing to readers who complained that he had called the Brooklyn Nets a done deal back in February.
Posted by lumi at November 2, 2006 11:46 AM