Despite being ranked No. 32 on Forbes' 101 Dumbest Moments in Business list — for selling faux fur Rocawear jackets that were actually made out of dog fur — Jay-Z seemed pretty happy at last night's Knicks game.

Also at the game were the Simmons sisters and Spike Lee, of course. Also on the dumb moments in business list were O.J. Simpson's high-cost, low-value sting op, Roy Pearson's $54 million lost-pants lawsuit, Isiah Thomas' sexual harassment case, Don Imus's you-know-what, and Pacman Jones' ill-fated attempt at making it rain.

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Anucha Browne Sanders, the former Madison Square Gardens executive who sued the Knicks organization and coach Isiah Thomas for sexual harassment, reached an $11.5 million settlement deal with her enemies today. The deal is only $100,000 less than the jury initially granted Sanders and nearly twice what she originally sued for, so not only can the Knicks not win a game, they can't negotiate for shit.

Stephon Marbury, NOW's favorite NBA player, who plays for the Knicks, NOW's favorite NBA team, lost his father to a heart attack during Sunday night's game against the Phoenix Suns. But it gets worse, if possible. His dad was in the stands when he experienced heart pains early in the game and was rushed to the hospital, where he died. Apparently, everyone was privy to this except for Stephon Marbury.

Several Knicks officials knew the awful, heartbreaking truth late in the game but they said Marbury's family had asked them earlier not to tell Stephon his dad had taken ill.

"Don't tell Steph," a relative said, according to a Knicks official. "Let him play."

Good thing they chose not to tell him! It would have really affected his game, which was apparently pretty good that night. But the Knicks lost anyway. [NYP]

Anucha Browne Sanders, the former Knick's executive who claimed she was fired because she complained about touchy-feely, verbally abusive head coach Isiah Thomas, is disgruntled no longer. A jury ruled today that she was entitled to punitive damages from the Knicks, although Isiah Thomas will not have to pay her any damages directly.

Today’s verdicts are the latest embarrassment for the Knicks, who have floundered in recent years. The team has had six head coaches since 2001, has only made the playoffs once and has signed numerous expensive players who have flopped.

During the trial, testimony by witnesses made the inner workings of the Garden appear dysfunctional, hostile and lewd. The Knick’s star guard, Stephon Marbury, testified that he had sex with a team intern in the trunk of his car after a group outing to a strip club in 2005.

Aren't sexual harassment lawsuits a bitch?

[NYT]