Sports Rewind: June 4
The Celtics tie up Eastern Conference playoffs, plus more.
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Mike Tyson on the Great White Way - Spike Lee is in talks to direct Mike Tyson on Broadway, the Celtics bounce back in Eastern Conference playoffs, Amar’e Stoudemire gets engaged, plus more sports headlines. —Britt Middleton Mike Tyson has already turned his ups and downs in love and career into a one-man show that ran in Las Vegas this spring, and now the former heavyweight champ has reportedly enlisted Spike Lee to direct his performance when the show hits Broadway this summer, TMZ reported on Monday.(Photo: Chris Trotman/Getty Images)
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Jerry Sandusky Accusers to Use Real Names in Court - A judge denied several lawyers’ requests on Monday to allow the alleged sexual abuse victims of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky to testify under pseudonyms. Instead, the court and lawyers will work closely to “cooperate when possible” to protect witness privacy and personal information. The accusers’ names have not been made public and are referred to by number in a grand jury report last November. Sandusky is accused of sexually abusing 10 boys over the span of 15 years, charges he has consistently denied. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Negotiation Talks Sour Between NFL Heads and Referees - The National Football League said Monday it will immediately begin to hire and train replacement officials as contract talks with the NFL Referees Association “remain unresolved and the previous CBA has expired.” NFL reps said the training and replacement program will begin next month so as not to disrupt the upcoming NFL season. (Photo: Larry French/Getty Images)
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T.O. Is P.O’ed - Terrell Owens has threatened to sue the Allen Wranglers, the indoor arena football team of Allen, Texas, for breach of contract after the team fired him last week. Owens says the team owes him a $160,000 paycheck and wants a public retraction of the team's allegation that he was fired for purposely missing out on a children’s hospital event.(Photo: CSM/Landov)
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Dr. J’s Bad Prognosis - NBA Legend Julius Erving (known to his fans as Dr. J) is in hot water for defaulting on a $1 million loan from a Georgia bank in 2009. According to court documents obtained recently by TMZ, Erving still owes $210,705.71 on the loan. After the bank’s requests for payment were ignored, it filed a lawsuit against Erving and his company, The Erving Group Inc. of Atlanta, in 2011, and now a Georgia court has ordered him to pay $230,286.86 — the original balance $210,705.71, plus $19,581.15 in interest, according to TMZ. (Photo: Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images)
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