No Three-Count Here: Stern Says WWE Not Changing Game Four

Stern Says Nuggets-WWE Date Conflict "Will Be Taken Care Of"

IN A HEADLOCK: ESPN’s Jim Rome said McMahon “may as well have been holding a lottery ticket, because he has the hammer in his hand, a signed contract and a rare opportunity to take a run at a billionaire in the mainstream, and he went right for the jugular.” Orange County Register columnist Mark Whicker said, “Why should the WWE move for the NBA? The WWE’s more exciting (and) their games are closer.” But AOL Sports' Terence Moore said Nuggets Owner Stan Kroenke is “getting beat up too much for this.” Moore: “How in the world can this guy predict that the Denver Nuggets are going to be in the finals of the Western Conference championships? … He did the right thing” (“Jim Rome Is Burning,” ESPN, 5/19). Fanhouse.com’s Jay Mariotti noted the NHL had to alter the schedule for the Penguins-Capitals series for a Yanni concert at Mellon Arena and said, “What you cannot do if you’re the NBA is you cannot cave in and compromise the integrity of a series like the NHL and go back-to-back (days).” Fanhouse.com’s Kevin Blackistone said, “Of course the NBA is going to fend off wrestling. They’re not going to be upset by that” (“Around The Horn,” ESPN, 5/19).

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