• The ink on the Knicks' check to Anucha Browne Sanders is barely dry, and two black female security guards are already suing Madison Square Garden for discrimination. [NYT]

• People don't really want to listen to another album from DMX, particularly a gospel album. [BS]

• The NAACP in South Carolina is renewing its efforts to have the Confederate flag removed from the statehouse grounds. This seems to be a losing battle. [CO]

• BET gets in on the presidential race. [PR]

• Mike Huckabee sure knows how to pick his aides. [AP]