Is Eddy Curry a walking time-bomb? He was traded to the New York Knicks, and now they are trying to find out if he really does have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy:

“The nonsustained ventricular tachycardia,” or irregular heartbeat, “is reason for concern,” said Craig Asher, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic in Weston, Fla., who sits on the advisory committee for the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association. “That is not a normal finding in a young athlete.”

Controversy continues about the usefulness of a DNA test.

“Suppose he takes the test and it’s positive, then you’re pretty certain he has it,” Thompson said. “Suppose he takes the test, and it’s negative. I don’t see how he really wins. It would only give another nail in the ‘not-competing’ coffin.