NBA: “We have to tighten our belts”
Even employees in the NBA headquarters have felt the impact of the economic downturn. The NBA was the first U.S. sports league to lay off workers as David Stern cut 80 jobs. "The current financially situation is making us tighten our belts," said the commissioner. Of course, many basketball fans ...
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March 24, 2009
Financial crisis:The crisis and the NBA
The worldwide economic crisis has also hit the NBA. Sponsors are collapsing and league employees are losing their jobs. But not all clubs have been impacted the same. Sometimes getting NBA commissioner David Stern to make a concrete statement about a problem in his league is like trying to nail jelly ...
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March 23, 2009
Export hit: Marco Belinelli
Is Marco Belinelli just a summer star or another Euro find by Don Nelson? Good question .. The Italian shooting guard debuted in the domestic Serie A league at the tender age of 16 with Virtus Bologna. And with city rivals Fortitudo during the 2006-07 season he averaged 16.0 points. The ...
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March 19, 2009
Basketball governed by Handball federation
The game of basketball had a hard time in its early years getting established internationally. There was a demonstration tournament at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis where five American teams participated. At the 1924 Games in Paris, teams from England, France and Italy played but the sport remained ...
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March 18, 2009
Nazi Germany, Basketball and the Olympics 1936
It's 1936 and Nazi Germany wants to impress the world with perfect Olympic Games. For the first time in history, basketball joins the Olympic program. But the sport's debut would turn into a slapstick act as Olympic basketball makes its bumpy beginning. "Don't get on that boat until you see us ...
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March 17, 2009
Linkin’ all over the world No.1
This is what blogging is about - you read, read and read more and then basically tell others what you think about it. It is essential to have good sources where you get your daily fix of basketball news. It only makes sense to share some of the best blogs ...
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March 16, 2009
Pregnant Candace Parker on ESPN cover
"This is the first time a pregnant athlete has been on the cover of a men's sports magazine." NBA.com reported yesterday. I actually do have a subscription for ESPN the magazine, but have not received this issue yet. Candace Parker gave the WNBA a new face: Sexy Basketball - and the ...
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March 13, 2009
Hall of Famer in the making?
Copyright 2009 NBAE (Photo by Layne Murdoch/NBAE via Getty Images) Other rookies would have been shattered in a situation like Durant's early time in Seattle. They would go looking for excuses; hoping for next season; or even going at it with the coaching staff. But not Durant. When it came down ...
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March 12, 2009
Plenty of rookie struggles and little help
Copyright 2009 NBAE (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images) Flashback: As the second pick of the 2007 NBA Draft, Durant landed with the Seattle SuperSonics and his reputation quickly took a hit. Observers began referring to the former NCAA star as a "chucker" just a few games into his ...
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March 11, 2009
The suffering of young Kevin
Kevin Durant may have won the 2008 NBA Rookie of the Year award. But his reputation as a coming superstar took a major beating. Then something strange happened along the way of becoming a star hyped too early. He developed from an unconscionable shooter to the next big franchise player. The ...
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March 10, 2009
