Thomas hospitalized after sleeping pill overdose
-
- October
- 24
We’re chasing a story involving former Knicks president and coach Isiah Thomas. Here’s the latest version from our LoHud.com website:
By Richard Liebson, Jonathan Bandler, Mike Dougherty and Frank Becerra Jr.
The Journal News • October 24, 2008
PURCHASE -Former New York Knicks coach and NBA legend Isiah Thomas has been admitted to White Plains Hospital, a police source confirmed this afternoon.
An ambulance crew went to Thomas’ Purchase home early this morning on what a police radio report indicated was a possible overdose.
Harrison Police Chief David Hall refused to discuss details the case, saying only that his officers did respond to Thomas’ home, but another police source told LoHud.com and The Journal News that Thomas has in fact been admitted to the hospital.
“I’m not going to confirm or deny this,” Hall said. “Were we there? Yes. But I’m not going to tell you who it is. The person in question apparently took too many sleeping pills and was taken to the hospital. That’s all I’m going to say about it.”
The call came in just after midnight. A police dispatcher mentioned a 46-year-old male at the Azalea Circle home. Thomas is 47.
A woman who answered an intercom at his Purchase home today refused to comment on Thomas’ well-being, whereabouts or anything else.
When reached this afternoon, Barry Watkins, vice president of communications for Madison Square Garden, said, “Isiah is fine.”
He declined further comment, saying it was a family matter.
One neighbor in the quiet, upscale Purchase neighborhood, where Thomas purchased a home for $4.075 million in 2004, said she was asleep and heard nothing. Attempts to speak to other neighbors were unsuccessful.
The Knicks, who are now coached by Mike D’Antoni, are scheduled to play the Nets tonight at the Garden in their final preseason game.
Thomas, who was relieved of his duties as team president and coach last April, remains employed by the NBA club as a consultant.
During the four seasons Thomas was in charge, the Knicks never won more than 33 games. He was 56-108 in two seasons as head coach.
This entry was posted
on Friday, October 24th, 2008 at 1:09 pm by Mike Dougherty.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Print This Post
| 
Email This Post
jesus, I hope he is ok…...... im going to resist any jokes in bad taste here.. hope everyone else does too
Sounds crule but I could give a damn about Isiah Thomas.
Rot in hell Isiah.
This is some serious stuff. I had been worried that something like this could eventually happen. Everyone knows he loused up just about every aspect of the team for the past couple of years, but the type of vitriolic hatred/ridicule spewed by Knicks fans and people across the country. He may not deserve anyone’s sympathy, but frankly it’s saddening to me that people don’t have the class to at least show some respect while this man and his family is going through a difficult time.
OK, anything on the court with Isiah is fair game. So is the disgraceful manner in which he conducted himself and the poisonous atmosphere that created at the Garden.
Don’t forget, this is a husband and a father as well. Stay in your shoes people.
So he said it was really his daughter that had the OD and not him and then it comes out he was lying? What is wrong with this man.
amazing stuff thanx :)
Interesting blog post. What would you say was the most important factor in using NLP?
How long have you been blogging…your good at it.