By Doug Zanger

For National Basketball Association (NBA) referees, life does not necessarily imitate art, as depicted in the 1995 romantic comedy Forget Paris where star Billy Crystal, as top NBA ref Mickey Gordon, gets into the mix with a number of the sport’s stars on the court.

In the penultimate scene, featuring various players of the time, Gordon (who lets his personal life into his work life) goes ballistic and ejects Kareem Abdul-Jabbar from a game during his last season in the league after an on-court argument.

Abdul-Jabbar: “What are you, nuts? This is my farewell game!”

Gordon: “Oh yeah? Well, let me be the Read full story ›

Source: The Drum