Last Sunday the New York Knicks hosted the first event of their 2009 Poetry Slam series-- young poets auditioned for chance at the semi-finals in January and, ultimately, a shot at full tuition scholarships to the University of Wisconsin and Mercy College here in New York, along with 3,000 dollars worth of other scholarships and grants. U of Wisconsin had an especially strong showing, opening the day up with performances by a few poets from their urban arts program, "First Wave". The poets were all winners from the Knicks Poetry Slam in 2007 or 2008 who scored scholarships into UW's First Wa ...