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...Buddy [PEOPLE, Dec. 22]. Eventually the media will begin to talk about racism, since Socks is mostly black. So far, no Republican Senator has demanded an investigation, but someone could file a conflict-of-interest suit on behalf of Socks (who will probably be represented by Johnnie Cochran). Then if Janet Reno refuses to appoint a special prosecutor, we'll be hearing about Buddygate all through 1998. Why would anyone want to be President? CAROL L. KING Sunnyvale, Calif...
MICHAEL TIGAR The anti-Cochran. Takes Nichols jury by the tail. Defense lawyers don't have to be sleazy...
...during a game, but Latrell Sprewell couldn't wait that long: the Golden State Warriors star throttled his coach, P.J. Carlesimo, in practice. At times, NBA royalty beat up fans, refs and each other, but Sprewell's attack won him a year's suspension--and the services of Johnnie Cochran. Now the streets are filled with cries of "Free Spree!" And the coach, who is no more a psycho Patton than Bobby Knight or Woody Hayes, must be wondering how an assault victim could become the perp. Advice to P.J.: This is hardball. Press charges...
...angry, hectored basketballer assaults his coach, and within days Johnnie Cochran turns up at the player's side and the airwaves are filled with agonized exegeses of the black player-white coach issue. Why, the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington is playing Othello in reverse colors: a white man (Patrick Stewart) is Othello; Iago, Desdemona and everyone else is black. Not enough conversation...
Sprewell Apologizes to Carlisimo Backed by his agent, the NBA players association and his new lawyer Johnnie Cochran, Latrell Sprewell used his first public statements since choking coach P.J. Carlisimo to apologize for his actions. Then he tried to wriggle out of his league-mandated punishment: "I feel 10 years of hard work shouldn't be taken away for one mistake. My career didn't happen overnight and I don't feel it should be taken away overnight...