TC SPORTS: Where's Air?

The biggest question not answered during the NBA All-Star activities was Where's Air? Michael Jordan was a no show for the dunk contest and rookie/soph game. And he certainly wasn't at The Toyota Center while the stars were hooping. No, Tasty Clips finds him in a suite at the Four Seasons behind three deep security enjoying a game of cards with his former Bulls teammate Charles Oakley. Wasn't he rumored to have lost a lot of change to Jordan in the past? Anyway, L.A. Clippers GM and NBA legend Elgin Baylor, whose scoring record was just crushed by Kobe Bryant, held court in another part of the suite.....Next year's NBA All-Star activities should be wild with Las Vegas as a host city. There should be none of the security issues that plagued some Houston spots and all events will be centrally located. While there, the competitions will be off the betting lines. The league hopes to award the 2008 games to that other famed party town: New Orleans.....Robert Redford, not Spike Lee will be directing The Jackie Robinson Story. Lee moves on to make a biopic of Joe Louis to star Terrence Howard who once also portrayed Muhammad Ali in a TV film.

Favorite NBA All-Star Quote: "Hey Tim [Duncan], Your game, its effective, but BORING. This is the All-Star Game. People want to see threes, dunks, not backing down folks like Charles Barkley. Shaq tries to bring it, but he's rusty." - TRACY McGRADY, Houston Rockets