In the Paint
Broadcast News I
Los Angeles Clippers longtime play-by-play announcer Ralph Lawler, 71, and color analyst Michael Smith were suspended one game by the Fox Sports Prime Ticket cable network for their comments about Memphis center Hamed Haddadi.Lawler and Smith made their off-the-cuff comments about the Iranian-born center during Wednesday's telecast from Memphis. The banter offended a viewer who e-mailed Fox to complain.
The duo did not work Friday's night telecast.
Broadcast News II
Marv Albert said he was never involved in an altercation with 50 Cent, denying Internet reports of a fight on Jimmy Kimmel Live.According to the reports, punches were thrown after members of the rapper's entourage didn't recognize Albert, the longtime sports broadcaster who was appearing as a guest on the show Wednesday night.
- Associated Press




