Jim Rome reminded of David Stern’s bizarre response to rigged NBA Draft theory
"Have you stopped beating your wife yet?"
"Have you stopped beating your wife yet?"
"There is no betting in basketball. It will not be tolerated. I'll throw you guys out of the league."
A David Stern memorial segment during Tampa Bay Lightning postgame included Paul Kennedy twice saying NHL commissioner Gary Bettman had died.
David Stern's witty responses to critics are one reason he's remembered so fondly.
Stern had suffered a brain hemorrhage on December 17.
Stern was rushed to the hospital for emergency brain surgery earlier Thursday.
"My reaction was that Bryant Gumbel is an idiot and that I considered it a badge of honor."