AUTHOR : Aivin Tompong
The New York Times reporter who asked Amare Stoudemire about his whole new look — corn rows, no beard — and got this response from the injured Knick: "I'm just growing my hair out. And its just the fastest way to grow, when it's in a cornrow setting." And why no beard? "Would be a little bit much with the cornrows. It was offsetting. My swag wasn't impeccable."