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Phil Jackson stands for photos during his introductory press conference as President of the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on March 18, 2014 in New York City (Getty/AFP, Maddie Meyer)

Phil Jackson is back in New York, providing the Knicks stability, championship-building ideas and a link to the franchise’s best days.

Now they need him to get some good players.

Jackson was introduced Tuesday as team president of the Knicks, in the midst of another difficult season and with no easy p

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The man who had reserve role in the New York Knicks 1973 NBA championship team is now in charge of running the storied but recently beleaguered franchise.

Phil Jackson will join the Knicks as the leader of their front office, a person with knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY Sports. The person requested anonymity because the agreement has not been made official, but the Knicks have scheduled a news conference Tuesday for a major announcement.

Jackson, one of the NBA’s most successful coa

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duck-dynasty-men.jpg"Social media drives the narrative. It also empowers the consumer, the fan. It gives them a megaphone that they never had before." -- David E. Johnson, CEO/Strategic Vision
Ah, the power of making noise.
By now you know that A&E has succumbed to the beat-down by fans and sponsors of "Duck Dynasty" and brought family patriarch Phil Robertson back to the show.
Robertson, you may recall, was on suspension for remarks he made in GQ in regards to homosexuals and African-Americans nearly a week ago
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A few years ago, I couldn't imagine a network disregarding GLAAD's recommendations
Phil v. The Gays. With which will we side? Or rather, against which will we side? This is the question that society demands we answer. Are we anti-Phil or anti-gay or anti-GLAAD or anti-A&E or anti- ... ?
Perhaps no other word sums up the Duck Dynasty fiasco as aptly as the word "anti."
Whenever I hear that someone is anti-this or that, I immediately think of the old quip about MADD - are there any mothers for dr
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The first black president of the Southern Baptist Convention supports Phil Robertson's biblical views on homosexuality but disputes the "Duck Dynasty" patriarch's memory of race relations before the Civil Rights movement.
 
This 2012 photo released by A&E shows, from left, Phil Robertson, Jase Robertson, Si Robertson and Willie Robertson from the A&E series, "Duck Dynasty." (AP Photo/A&E, Zach Dilgard)

 
In a GQ magazine interview, Robertson said that in his Louisiana youth he picked cotton wit
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