Charles Oakley’s Lingering Dispute With Knicks, James Dolan

Retired NBA player Charles Oakley has never shied away from controversy, and that proved dramatically true at Wednesday night’s New York Knicks home game against the Los Angeles Clippers. Oakley, 53, appeared to punch and shove Madison Square Guard employees in the midst of being restrained a few rows behind the court. Oakley may have been heckling and trying to confront Knicks owner James Dolan, who was sitting nearby and with whom Oakley has been feuding for years.

As thousands in attendance watched live and many more watched from home, Oakley was forcibly restrained and then escorted out of the arena. From the arena Oakley was taken to the New York Police Department Precinct 14, which is…