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Thursday, November 10, 2005 12:00 AM

King Kaufman's Sports Daily

Rafael Palmeiro "comes clean" about steroids: Hey, it wasn't my fault. Plus: NBA attendance fun, boxing.

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  • Thursday, November 10, 2005 09:11 AM

    NBA Attendance

    King, thanks for mentioning my Atlanta Hawks for what I can only assume will be the last time this season. The only explanation for the Hawks' #6 attendance rank must be that they're counting tickets sold, not actual attendance. Even the low camera angles that show only the first six rows revealed many empty seats, and this was on opening day. Combine that with a scoreboard meltdown, a preponderance of Laker fans in the seats, and another desultory loss, and the Hawks are off and running once again.

    By the way, did you know that of the 29 other teams, the Hawks are the home opener for four of them? We're the Duke football of the NBA...

    —sansho1 Read sansho1's other letters

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