Former Knick Charles Oakley arrested after fighting, getting tossed out of Madison Square Garden

On Wednesday night, Charles Oakley showed everyone the same bruising style that he displayed for decades on the basketball court while the New York Knicks met the Los Angeles Clippers — only this time the retired NBA star did it in street clothes and in the stands at Madison Square Garden.

The former New York Knick forward, known for his physical type of play that made him an all-star and helped the Knicks reach the NBA Finals in 1994, adding another bizarre chapter to what has already been an ugly Knicks season after getting physically removed from his MSG seats and arrested — reportedly on the orders of Knicks owner James Dolan.

Soooooo Charles Oakley just got into a fight at he Knicks game. pic.twitter.com/klZBD89VI7

— Ian Schafer (@ischafer) February 9, 2017

Moments after being arrested and released from Midtown South police station at around midnight, Oakley said that the Garden security asked him to leave because Dolan, who was seated just a few feet away, did not want him there.

“I was there for four minutes,” Oakley said late Wednesday night. “I didn’t say anything to him. I swear on my mother. They came over and wanted to know why I was sitting there. I bought the ticket. I said why do you guys keep staring at me. Then they asked me to leave. And I said I’m not leaving”

Sources at the Garden and NYPD dispute Oakley’s account of the altercation, saying the scuffle was provoked by the former Knick yelling at his longtime nemesis Dolan.

Oakley was asked by several members of Garden security to leave, and then was seen shoving the phalanx of security guards and appeared to take a swipe at one. He even handed his watch to someone seated next to him before being escorted out. 

The white-haired Oakley was charged with three counts of misdemeanor assault by the NYPD, including criminal trespass. A source said that Oakley declined legal representation because he was only hit with a desk appearance ticket. He was released from the Midtown South precinct at around midnight by police and snuck out the back door and into a black SUV, avoiding the waiting press outside.

Still a fan favorite, Oakley has a contentious history with Dolan and has been excluded from invitations and tributes reserved for former players. Oakley claims the owner doesn't like his outspoken criticism of the team and that the team’s slogan — “Once a Knick, Always a Knick” — hasn’t applied to the former All-Star under Dolan's reign.

The Knicks probably could have used old Oak out on the floor. They lost again, 119-115.

Festus Ezeli denies Blake Griffin at rim with authority (VIDEO)

It didn't take long for things to get frisky during the highly-anticipated Warriors-Clippers game at Oracle Arena on Wednesday night.

One of the best plays of the thrilling match-up between the two unbeaten teams happened early in the first quarter when Festus Ezeli came up with a monster block on Blake Griffin.

Watch as the Clippers bench gets ready to explode, only to see  Ezeli deny Griffin the basket.

The Warriors stayed undefeated at 5-0 with the 112-108 victory. The Clippers fell to 4-1.

Woman sues NYC for $10 million claiming her interest in LA Clippers was diagnosed as paranoid behavior: Report

A woman has filed a $10 million lawsuit after claiming she was held against her will held by a New York City psychiatric hospital for paranoid thoughts just because she was checking up on the Los Angeles Clippers and the Donald Sterling situation.

Dare Matthews is suing the city after the 24-year-old was taken to Bellevue Hospital after a spat with two workers at her apartment building and then kept her in the infamous loony bin for six days after doctors classified her perceived obsession with the NBA team as paranoid and that she was suffering a behavioral disorder.

But according to the New York Daily News, Matthews claims she was only kept in the facility because she wanted to read the latest news on her cellphone about the Clippers and the downfall of the team's former owner.

According to court papers, police were called to the apartment block on West 33rd Street after two workers there called 911. Matthews, who has attended the Fashion Institute of Technology, was then taken to Bellevue by the emergency services.

She said that doctors used her love of the NBA team against her after she wanted to read updates on her team but wasn't allowed to check her cellphone.

Her attorney Rose Weber told the New York Daily News: "Doctors decided she thought the Clippers were somehow controlling her thoughts and that her Twitter was part of it.

"They took every innocent thing and made it into a crazy symptom."

Matthews claims she was medicated during the stay and that her Twitter account had been hacked.

One doctor wrote that Matthews was “internally stimulated and smiling inappropriately’ when in fact the television was on and plaintiff was watching it and was laughing at ‘The Jerry Springer show,’” the suit reads.

Wow. That just plain nuts.

The hospital has declined to comment due to patient privacy while a city law spokesman said the suit would be reviewed.

Sterling's ownership of the Clippers made headlines last year after he appeared to make racist remarks and was then banned from the NBA for life and fined $2.5 million.

Fair warning Knicks fans: Keep those delusional playoff thoughts to yourselves — or the padded room awaits.

Steve Ballmer debuts Clippers’ boring new logo on 'Conan' (VIDEO)

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer unveiled the team’s new logo on a broadcast of Conan that aired Wednesday night.

And no, the uninspired design wasn't part of a comedy sketch.

The Clippers are changing their whole look and, although the reaction has not been resounding, it does make sense to break away from the past.

“People want a new Clippers,” the excitable billionaire said. “They want a happy ending to this story. This downtrodden thing, with this kind of funny ruler [Donald Sterling]—boom!—let’s switch it around.”



Shortly after the unveiling, the team made its new look official online. ESPN’s Arash Markazi imagined what Clips fans have to look forward to:

The new Clippers uniforms. pic.twitter.com/xGMFtDJpPX

— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) June 18, 2015

Blake Griffin, Trevor Booker tangle after flagrant foul (VIDEO)

Utah Jazz forward Trevor Booker fouled Los Angeles Clippers Blake Griffin a little too hard under the net during the third quarter of Friday's preseason game. Griffin did not appreciate it, and the two exchanged words. Then things got a bit out of hand — or more like hands-on.

The fact that it was only an exhibition game probably didn't warrant Booker giving Griffin the cheap foul, but Griffin grabbing Booker's head probably didn't help matters.



Booker was assessed a flagrant-1, and both of them were also given technicals. Chris Paul got a technical for shoving Booker away, too.

Murdered transgender woman identified as brother of Clippers' Reggie Bullock: Report

The body of a transgender woman found brutally murdered in Baltimore has been identified as a sibling of Los Angeles Clippers guard Reggie Bullock.

Mia Henderson — who was born Kevin Long — was found by police in an alley in the northwest part of the city in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Bullock paid tribute to Henderson in two tweets send on Wednesday with the hashtag "#RIPKEVIN."

"All I can say is my brother showed me how to live your own life. Love you so much man. Gone but not forgotten," Bullock tweeted.

He followed it up with, "At least I sent the last love you to my brother."

Atleast I sent the last LOVE YOU to my brother
— Reggie Bullock (@ReggieBullock35) July 16, 2014

Police have not identified any suspects or established a motive, and they don't know yet whether there's any connection to the slaying of another transgender woman in the area last month.

Investigators also say they are looking back at cases that are several years old to see if there are any similarities with this latest murder, but they aren't saying how Henderson was murdered. 

"We do know that there was trauma to the body to indicate that there was a homicide," Major Dennis Smith of the Baltimore City police told WJZ.

Bullock is heading into his second season with the Clippers. The Baltimore native was a first-round draft pick last year out of the University of North Carolina.

Man charged with assault and hate crime on V. Stiviano: Report (PHOTOS)

Photographs which V. Stiviano claims are proof she was assaulted in New York City over the weekend have been released on the same day a New York man was charged with attacking the tape-recording lady-friend of disgraced LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling.

The graphic images obtained by MailOnline from her attorney, Mac Nehoray, show the extensive bruising and swelling across the right side of Stiviano's usually visor-covered face that she suffered during the reported attack.

In one photograph, taken after Sunday's alleged assault outside the Gansevoort Hotel, a stunned looking Stiviano has what appears to be a huge reddish mark going from her eye down to her chin.

In the other, which was presumably taken the day after, Stiviano's face seems to be painfully swollen, especially around her cheek.

Even though she is wearing make-up in the photograph, the effects of the alleged attack appear to be visible.

Nehoray said Stiviano had been examined by a doctor after the incident, and found her to be "banged up but OK."

These images were released on the same day that 40-year-old Dominick Diorio was arrested at his home on Long Island, and charged with assault as a hate crime, aggravated harassment and harassment for punching Stiviano in the face outside the hotel on Sunday.

He and another man allegedly hurled racist comments at Stiviano during the attack, including the N-word, after she left a restaurant with friends in the trendy neighborhood. The second man has not been arrested.

They apparently recognized Stiviano from her role in the recent NBA race scandal, which caused Sterling to sell the Clippers after she recorded him making racist comments about black people.

New York Police Department Detective Brian Sessa told reporters that the investigation is still ongoing.