http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/knick_picks_nixes_sticks Comments for "Knick picks, nixes sticks?" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/knick_picks_nixes_sticks <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <img src="/sites/projects.newsobserver.com/files/obamahead_100.jpg" class="blog-icon" /> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"> <p>Among the 37 hosts of a <a href="/blogs/behind_enemy_lines">high-priced fundraiser</a> for Sen. Barack Obama in Chapel Hill, one stands out.</p><p>Along with a number of local business executives, major Democratic donors and Durham jazz musician Branford Marsalis, there appears the name of one Stephon Marbury.</p><p>Marbury is a <a href="http://www.nba.com/playerfile/stephon_marbury/index.html">point guard</a> for the New York Knicks, a <a href="http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Marbury/Marbury_bio.html">native of Brooklyn</a>, the subject of a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Last-Shot-Streets-Basketball-Dreams/dp/0618446710/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-9921237-2943646?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1181262020&amp;sr=1-1">great basketball book</a>, an occasional <a href="http://www.starbury.com/">shoe endorser</a> and a friend of rapper <a href="http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=gls====92985">Ja Rule</a>, among other things. He is not, however, a political donor, according to campaign finance records.<br /> </p><p>So why is he on the host list of a Chapel Hill fundraiser?</p><p>The answer, after the jump.</p> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-readmore"> <a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/knick_picks_nixes_sticks"><img src="http://projects.newsobserver.com/sites/8830.newsobserver-drupal-projects.apps.prod.nandomedia.com/themes/nao/images/dome_read_more.gif" width="74" height="23" border="0" /></a></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/knick_picks_nixes_sticks#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/knick_picks_nixes_sticks#comment Barack Obama basketball Kenneth Lewis Stephon Marbury Under the Dome Womble Carlyle Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:00:00 -0400 ryanteaguebeckwith 955 at http://projects.newsobserver.com