(FranchisePick.Com)  The last kernels of Isiah Thomas’s authority were swept  away Friday afternoon when Donnie Walsh fired Thomas as coach of the NY Knicks. 
Thomas will remain with the team as a “personal adviser to Walsh, but with no title and no authority.”
Said Newsday’s Isiah Thomas hails Knicks’ next king:
Isiah Thomas moonlights as a popcorn salesman, so when the Knicks’ lame-duck coach says that he is willing to accept any position within the organization, he should be careful of what he asks for.

“Whatever role, my job is to work with Donnie (Walsh),” the part-owner of the Dale and Thomas …read more

(FranchisePick.Com) Dale & Thomas Popcorn, the NY-based gourmet popcorn franchise company partially owned by and partially named for NBA great Isiah Thomas has announced that it will commence its franchise program in 2008.
Please disregard all previous stories that Dale & Thomas Popcorn had commenced franchising in 2006.
Or 2007.
Here’s what’s poppening, according to a release from Dale & Thomas’ PR firm:
Dale and Thomas Popcorn Commences Franchising Program in 2008
ENGLEWOOD, N.J., Feb. 25 — Dale and Thomas Popcorn announced today that it is launching a new and innovative franchise program in select areas of the Northeast. This move signals a …read more

(FranchisePick) Popcorn is the world’s purest and most wondrous snack. And October, National Popcorn Poppin’ Month, is the special time we set aside to ponder and appreciate nature’s most sacred and magical food. For snack food purists, it is a holy time.
Isiah Thomas knows well the emotional power of popcorn. He grew up hungry, the youngest in a poor family in a Chicago ghetto. Some of his fondest memories from those days involve sitting with my family around a huge bowl of popcorn. The lessons that Isiah’s mother (a legend in her own right) …read more

(FranchisePick) From the Kick’m When They’re Down Dept.
Read FranchisePick.Com’s response to this sleazy publicity stunt here:
Isiah Thomas Target of Half-Popped Smear Campaign
Pathetic wannabe’s press release is theirs.
[Italicized comments] are ours.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thurs, October 4, 2007
MEDIA CONTACT: Jim Delaney, (617) 851-6011, jdelaney@activatesports.com
T.T. Bud’s Popcorn Launches Campaign To Succeed Isiah Thomas as Official Popcorn Industry Spokesperson
Burlington, MA (October 3, 2007) – The next great Boston-NY rivalry begins today. Sox-Yankees. Pats-Jets. Celtics-Knicks. Bruins-Rangers. And now, Tim & Tom vs. Popcorn King Isiah Thomas. [Wow. Wonder who’ll win that battle …read more