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May 18, 2009
Times two
Two from the Times's blogs, that is.
City Room, Bradley Wants Nets to Play in Newark, Not Brooklyn
NBA legend and former NJ Senator Bill Bradley is betting his Dollar Bill on the Nets ending up in Newark.
Add Bill Bradley, the former Knicks star and United States senator from New Jersey, to the list of skeptics regarding the planned 18,000-seat basketball arena that is to be a centerpiece of the Atlantic Yards development near downtown Brooklyn.
Mr. Bradley, who sought the Democratic nomination for president in 2000, said in a recent interview that he supports efforts by Mayor Cory A. Booker of Newark to lure a professional sports team there. Mr. Bradley believes that the Nets, which currently play in the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J., can play in the Prudential Arena, the home of the Devils.
The former senator noted that the controversial Atlantic Yards project — which would include apartments, offices, stores along with the arena — has been delayed as a result of the economic downturn.
The Local [Fort Greene/Clinton Hill], The Day: Politics, Money and More
Those of you who follow Atlantic Yards Report closely know that Norman Oder occasionally spars with an anonymous commenter who goes by the web handles of Bobbo or Net Income. Which makes it all the more surprising that someone posting as Bobbo scolded The Local (and The Times more broadly) for continually allowing Oder to scoop them.
Why does the Times, and particularly Mr. Newman, continually permit Mr. Oder to do what the Times should be doing on its own? Why outsource your journalism?
All this material is public and online. You don’t even need to expend shoe leather, just a few key strokes. No wonder Mr. Oder has such disdain for the Times.
— Bobbo
Posted by eric at May 18, 2009 11:00 PM