New York Knicks say haunted hotel was a problem before loss to Thunder

New York Daily News ^ | January 12, 2010 | Frank Isola

[ConservativeStatement]

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Knicks were afraid, very afraid. And it had nothing to do with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

For two days, several players had trouble sleeping because they were convinced that their downtown hotel is haunted.

"I definitely believe it," Jared Jeffries said. "The place is haunted. It's scary."

[ConservativeStatement]

Now if Grandpa Munster was still alive, what a marketing event.

[nevergore]

Who da ya’ call????

[Pearls Before Swine]

A bit of psyops warfare by their opponents—rigging up the hotel?

[Snickering Hound]

[KarlInOhio]

We now know that NBA players aren't allowed to bring firearms to games, but can they bring a Ghostbusters proton pack to their hotel?

[MizSterious]

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[RckyRaCoCo]

Seen the Detroit Pistons play basketball lately?...now that's

[KeyLargo]

[KarlInOhio]

This sounds like a job for Scooby Doo and the Harlem Globetrotters.

[ConservativeStatement]

Try this:

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Knicks were afraid, very afraid. And it had nothing to do with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

For two days, several players had trouble sleeping because they were convinced that their downtown hotel is haunted.

“I definitely believe it,” Jared Jeffries said. “The place is haunted. It’s scary.”

Eddy Curry claims he slept for only two hours Sunday night because he couldn’t stop thinking about ghosts roaming the hotel.

For years, guests staying at the Skirvin Hilton have reported ghost sightings and strange noises. Legend has it that sometime in the 1930s, a woman jumped to her death while holding her baby in her hands.

“They said it happened on the 10th floor and I’m the only one staying on the 10th floor,” Curry said. “That’s why I spent most of my time in (Nate Robinson’s) room. I definitely believe there are ghosts in that hotel.”

Assistant coach Herb Williams teased Jeffries and Curry for believing that the Skirvin is haunted, but Curry wasn’t laughing.

“There are too many stories,” Curry said. “Something is going on there.”

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/2010/01/12/2010-01-12_hotel_ghosts_have_knicks_hearing_boos.html#ixzz0cRaFKJNu

[MizSterious]

Thanks, CS.

Knicks: whiners. I bet the dog ate their homework, too. The Skirvin is a very nice hotel.

[andy58-in-nh]

You guys might laugh, but talk to any number of Major League Baseball players who’ve stayed at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee.

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http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Fear-of-haunted-hotel-has-Marlins-bunking-up-in-?urn=mlb,163523

[PLMerite]

“...while holding her baby in her hands.”

Who teaches these people to write for effect ?

[dog breath]

Haunted by the ghosts of victories past, and the losses of the future yet to come. Did they report breaking out in a cold sweat?

[ConservativeStatement]

“It’s cold outside. Put a hat on your head.” :-)

[andy58-in-nh]

And then, there is the Renaissance Vinoy Hotel in St. Petersburg, Florida. I've never stayed there, but there are some truly strange tales told about it...

[mark3681]

“the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee”

Isn’t that where Bawny Fwank stays when he’s in town?

[andy58-in-nh]

Well, that would make perfect sense, but Barney Frank is known to stay exclusively here:

[mark3681]

Ah yes. The ol’ Ram Jam!

This makes even more sense. He’d have to stay at the Ram Jam after the Pfister!