(newsday) After initially suggesting that Isiah Thomas is "lying," the chief for the Harrison police department yesterday went even further in rebuking the former Knicks coach's story that the medical issue that brought authorities to his Westchester home early Friday morning had to do with his teenage daughter. "My cops ... know the difference between a 47-year-old black male and a young black female," Chief David Hall told The Associated Press. "These people should learn something from Richard Nixon - it's not the crime, it's the cover-up." Thomas, 47, a Hall of Fame basketball star with the Detroit Pistons from 1981 to 1994, was stripped of both his team president and head coach titles within a two-week span last April, after the Knicks completed the fifth straight losing season with him at the helm. He was not officially fired and, therefore, is still under contract by the team. The Knicks are owned by Cablevision, which also owns Newsday. Thomas on Friday told the New York Post that his 17-year-old daughter, Lauren, was the one who had a medical issue.

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