Getting your player ready...
Apparently, the NBA is looking to be all it can be. Or is it looking to do more by 6 a.m. than most of us do all day? Whatever the case, the league hired Army Maj. Gen. Ronald L. Johnson on Tuesday as senior vice president of referee operations, a newly created position to help strengthen the league’s officiating programs following the Tim Donaghy scandal. Johnson, who will oversee all aspects of officiating, recently retired after 32 years of service as a combat engineer. He was commanding general of the Army Corps of Engineers, Gulf Region division, from 2003-04, responsible for overseeing $18 billion of reconstruction in Iraq. The Associated Press
