Tag: David Stern
NBA cancels first 2 weeks of regular season
The NBA…where missed regular season games happens. NBA Commissioner David Stern officially canceled the first two weeks of the 2011-2012 NBA season on Monday night, officially confirming what many considered to be the inevitable. With opening night initially scheduled for November 1st, the cancellation takes into account all games that were to be played through November [...]
NBA Union: Counting down the days to the lockout?
David Stern recently said that the NBA lost approximately $370M last year. Needless to say, the NBA Players and their union disagree. Is a lockout on the horizon?
The NBA…where legalized gambling happens?
One part “All Star game in Las Vegas” + one part “recession” + one part “$175M loan” = Legalized Gambling? Maybe that isn’t the NBA’s equation, but it sure does look like they’re leaning that way. SI’s Ian Thomsen interviewed NBA commissioner David Stern, and a very candid Stern didn’t completely shut down the idea [...]
The NBA is going back to Mexico. Should they stay there?
Hola! Que Tal? The NBA is headed to Mexico, for a pre-season game of EPIC proportions! Well, maybe not epic, but two of the leagues, better than average teams, the Phoenix Suns and the Philadelphia 76ers will vie for Mexican preseason greatness, in Monterrey, on October 18th, 2009. The game marks the NBA’s 18th trip [...]
Basketball Disciple: It’s American Idol meets basketball…in China.
…maybe they can get Paula Abdul and Kareem Abdul-Jabar to co-host? In the NBA’s never ending quest to expand its league and enhance its brand on a global level, the NBA has partnered with the China Mengniu Dairy Co. and Shandong Satellite TV, to create the NBA’s first reality show, called ‘Mengniu NBA Basketball Disciple’ [...]
The obligatory “Obama tied to Sports” post
So we have a new president….And quite frankly, I think the first order of business that he went through yesterday was to practically shut down the internet. Anyone that was trying to get on CNN/MSNBC/NBC/ABC’s website pretty much had their patience put to the test. One of my friends even turned to MLB.com (who knew?) [...]
