Egomania Loves Company

In the Post today there is a laudatory statement by deranged and inspired boxing promoter Don King about my friend and yours James Dolan:

"From the philanthropic and the humanitarian aspects as well as sports and entertainment, he's a guy who speaks his mind, says what he means and means what he says, and is willing to accept the consequences. That's what you have in this man I pay tribute and salute, Jim Dolan."

Yup, that's creepy and makes me uncomfortable. The reason for King speaking so passionately about someone who isn't himself is that Dolan is taking a footing a large portion of the bill for this weekend's fight between Roy Jones, Jr. and Felix Trinidad at the Garden. He put up an estimated $8 million in "site fees" for the bout this weekend that would have been awesome if it was ten years ago. After all, these two have almost 80 years between them at this point.

All in all, it seems like Dolan has made another poorly judged investment with this fight and will end up losing money when all is said and done. But, he will have another larger-than-life figure whom he can pal around with for a bit. And, clearly that's all that matters with this guy.