News from September 6. The NBA suspended J.R. Smith for 5 games for violating the NBA anti-drug program. The suspension will start with the regular season when he is on the active roster (he is recovering from off-season left knee surgery). Oklahoma City released DeAndre Liggins. ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html