News from June 5.

The NBA fined Ray Allen (Mil) $10,000, George Karl (Mil) $25,000, and the
Milwaukee Bucks $50,000 for disparing comments made about the officiating
during the Mil-Phi series.

Voters in Charlotte rejected a $342 million package of sports and cultural
projects that included $205 million for a new sports arena for the
Charlotte Hornets.  The Hornets have threatened to move the team to a
different city if they do not get a new arena, but they would not be able
to do so until next year as they withdrew their application to move the
team to Memphis this year and the deadline for team applying to move for
this coming season has passed.