What to do about the New York Times? As sixthwoman notes, the nation's paper of record no longer sends a beat reporter ten blocks down the street to watch Liberty home games-- but it does run the occasional long feature on our sport, so long that few other papers would find the space.

Today it's a good look at coach Laimbeer and the team he built. Swin Cash sums up: "If you don’t know Bill, you think he’s the biggest jerk walking. [But] I can see past it all." (She must: check out his rude nickname for her.)