NEW YORK—Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan banned Charles Oakley from the arena Friday, though said he was open to reconciling with the former Knicks forward. Dolan said the firing of the security head stemmed from more than just the handling of the incident. The Knicks said Oakley was “abusive” Wednesday even before reaching his seats in the first quarter, and on Friday distributed a witness report featuring more than a dozen witnesses who described his behaviour and their interactions with him. Dolan said Oakley even used racial and sexual overtones and that games must remain safe for fans, so he was enforcing the ban. “We are going to put the ban in place and hopefully it won’t be forever,” Dolan said.

Source: thestar February 11, 2017 01:30 UTC