After just one game with the New York Knicks, Metta World Peace is already making a good impression with fans.

The 33-year-old forward, who was born and raised in New York City and went to college at St. John's, rode the Subway to the Knicks' season opener against the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday. He took the F Train from the 21 St.-Queensbridge stop to the 34 St.-Herald Square stop.

And once Metta World Peace exited the subway to walk to Madison Square Garden, the crowd around him grew rapidly.

World Peace enjoyed the experience and said he would consider taking the subway again.

"Ya'll know it's easier to travel on the train. [Mayor Michael] Bloomberg has too many rules on the street," he told reporters. "Can't even make a right turn."

Two of Serena Williams' top rivals have recently suggested the world No. 1 is guilty of questionable sportsmanship.

Li Na said Williams, who is finishing one of the best years of her career, has a unique flair for the dramatic. Sometimes Williams will start a match slow, Li said, and get stronger as the competition progresses.

“So this is the reason why she lives in Los Angeles, right?” Li joked. “No, I mean, I don’t know ‑‑ I don’t know what happened with her, but when she started the match, she’s already feeling like [she's going to] die. But in the final set, she can serve 180 [kmh, or 112 mph], 190 [kmh, or 118 mph]. I have no idea about this.”

Jelena Jankovic, a former world No. 1, went further in needling Williams with her comments:

“I never saw her [play sluggishly] when she’s leading. Every time she has a lead, she’s running for the balls and she’s hitting those big serves. For some reason, every time she starts losing, she starts serving slower or not running for certain balls. That’s something that as a player you have to pay attention to. It’s not the first time when we played that she’s doing this. That’s I think her way of playing or maybe when she plays against me. I don’t know.

“But when it’s an important moment, huge serve comes up, so you have to be on alert every time. You never know if she’s going to come slow or a really fast one. So it’s not easy to focus. It’s important for me to focus on my game and not really let those kind of things affect me and not allow me to play my game, but it’s the way it is.

“She’s the No. 1 player in the world, and she plays so well. She’s by far the best player. She deserves to be in this spot. But I think it’s also when you play, winning or losing, you have to be up there and be a good sportsman.”

This isn't the first time Williams' sportsmanship has been questioned, but these accusations aren't as strong as previous ones. Plus, Williams recently beat both Li and Jankovic, so there may be some bitterness seeping through in these remarks.

The costumed couples were out in force Monday.

While there's nothing wrong with going as an individual, sports figures got creative with their partners in choosing a Halloween costume this year.

Alex Morgan and Sydney Leroux surely turned heads with their topical get-up. The soccer stars went as Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke.

Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder and his wife, ESPN's Sam Steele Ponder, get creativity points for going as Squints and Wendy Peffercorn from the classic Sandlot:

And, last but not least, Tom Brady and Giselle went out as the Cowardly Lion and Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz:

With all the fantastic Halloween costumes we've seen this year, it's hard to believe the actual holiday is still two days away.

Mike Miller's years with the Miami Heat were defined by perseverance. Despite dealing with a rash of injuries in his three seasons on the team, the beloved guard proved a valuable cog on a squad that made the NBA Finals each of the past three years.

Miller's performance in Game 5 of the 2012 Finals, in which he made five-three pointers and helped down the Oklahoma City Thunder, is one of the best by a bench player in the history of the Finals.

But as it turns out, not everything went swimmingly for Miller during his time in Miami. Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reports that Miller lost $1.7 million in a scam allegedly orchestrated by a man named Haider Zafar. Miller's attorney told Jackson that the 33-year-old is strongly considering filing a lawsuit against the Heat because the organization introduced him to Zafar and vouched for Zafar, even though his background was questionable.

According to a complaint obtained by Jackson, a Heat employee introduced Miller to Zafar, who claimed he was a member of a wealthy Pakistani family. Zafar, who agreed to spend $3 million over three seasons for courtside seats in Miami, asked the team to introduce him to players with whom he could do business.

Miller met with Zafar in the team's offices, and over a few months they partnered on several deals. Jackson writes that Miller gave Zafar $2 million to "invest in what Zafar portrayed as a private investment fund with a high-interest yield." Zafar never invested in the fund and instead used some of that money to pay off his Heat season tickets. Zafar also told Miller that he would invest $40 million in Miller's three business, a promise on which he reneged.

In Miller's complaint, it says at the time of Miller's January meeting with Zafar that the team "knew that Zafar had not paid his obligation to the Heat and had disclosed he was using a false, or at least, unofficial, identity and had disclosed he was under IRS investigation."

Miller, who was amnestied by the Heat in the offseason and is now a member of the Memphis Grizzlies, was repaid $300,000 of the $2 million he sent to Zafar. In the potential lawsuit, Miller is seeking $1.7 million from the Heat.

Disturbingly, Miller was not the only Miami player to get swindled by Zafar, who is currently imprisoned in Ohio while waiting trial on fraud charges in an unrelated case. Forwards James Jones and Rashard Lewis were also defrauded by Zafar, but neither is considering pursuing legal action.

"We were distressed to learn that the Heat and the members of the Heat family were victimized by an elaborate fraud conducted by an individual currently in custody in Ohio," Alan Fein, the Heat's outside counsel, told Jackson. "We continue to remain in constant contact with the appropriate federal authorities investigating this fraud."

Miller released this statement Friday: