The NBA had its opening night on Tuesday with three games on the schedule.  Who won and lost is recorded in the next morning papers' sports pages.  For the rest of the story, just flip over to the fashion section.  It was also the first night of the NBA's new dress code policy.  Good bye sideways cap, hello top hat?  The players didn't go that far, but from the report from Suns—Mavericks game, they didn't go far enough.  The slide show that accompanies the aboce—linked news story, shows that some of these guys are still in Halloween garb.  Of the nine photos, only one shows a player with his shirt tucked in.  The column relates that some of those interviewed are waiting for a more 'meaningful' game to break out the suit and tie. So, is this new dress policy racist as some have said?  Was this an attack on the Hip—Hop culture of the inner city?  In my mostly—white suburbia town, Hip—Hop is alive and...(Read Full Post)