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Mark Cuban, the billionaire fool who owns the Dallas Mavericks, has paid maybe $1 million in fines levied by David Stern, the NBA commissioner. The flares were the result of Cuban's behavior at games across two or three seasons. He once ran onto a court as if to take part in a fight. Mostly, Cuban screamed at game officials and later criticized them in terms suggesting incompetence and vindictiveness.
Strange, then, that Cuban's latest foolishness has not caused Stern to reach for the financial whip. If it's not in the league's best interests for owners to rip the zebras, isn't it worse when an owner says a charge of sexual assault against the league's brightest star is good for business?
Repeatedly, Cuban has said just that: "I would expect...
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