Archive for the ‘DAVID STERN’ Category
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
David Stern is on a mission to make the NBA a global league, and he gave us a glimpse of his European expansion plans earlier this year. In 2007 the league appointed Timothy Chen, the former head of Microsoft's China division, to oversee NBA China. Although the Chinese market represents ...
Posted in BASKETBALL, CHINA, DARFUR, DAVID STERN, HOUSTON ROCKETS, MICROSOFT, NBA, PLAYOFFS, SPORTS, SUSPENDED BROADCASTS, TIMOTHY CHEN, YAO MING | No Comments »
Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Stephen A.Smith is one of the countless number of pundits on television, sports or otherwise, that gets paid to spout opinions that they may or may not truly believe. In Stephen's case, he believes everything he says and thinks every word is important.
SAS put down his Blackberry and Cheezy ...
Posted in 1985 DRAFT, BASKETBALL, CHRIS MCKENDRY, DAVID STERN, FIXED, HOOPS, NBA, NBA PLAYOFFS, SAS, SPORTS, STEPHEN A. SMITH | 2 Comments »
Friday, March 21st, 2008
To hear the critics tell it, allowing high schoolers into the NBA ruins the league. For some reason, high school basketball players are deemed to be less worthy prepared to deal with professional life than young tennis, hockey, and baseball players. ESPN's True Hoop author Henry Abott wrote about the ...
Posted in AGE LIMIT, BASKETBALL, COLLEGE, COLLEGE BASKETBALL, DAVID STERN, ESPN, HENRY ABBOTT, MICHAEL MCCANN, NBA, NBA DRAFT, SPORTS, TRUE HOOP | No Comments »
Monday, June 18th, 2007
Harold Reynolds talks about his departure from ESPN. Courtesy of DeadSpin
A new Tupac documentary. Courtesy of Nah Right
Elijah Dukes' ex-wife airs him out. **YBB UPDATE**Elijah Dukes goes batshit crazy**END UPDATE**Â Courtesy of The Big Lead
Hillary and Barack don't care about Hip Hop. Courtesy of Dallas Penn
Here's what Lakers management and David ...
Posted in 70'S TV, BARACK OBAMA, BLOGGAS BE TYPIN, CHRIS COOLEY, DAVID STERN, ELIJAH DUKES, ESPN, GOIN OFF, HAROLD REYNOLDS, HILLARY CLINTON, LOS ANGELES LAKERS, MISC., NBA, RADIO INTERVIEW, RAP SALES, SERENA WILLIAMS, SPORTS, STRIP CLUBS, TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS, TUPAC | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
AÂ study conducted by Justin Wolfers, an assistant professor of business and public policy at the Wharton School, and Joseph Price, a Cornell graduate student in economics reports that during the 13 seasons from 1991 through 2004, white referees called fouls at a greater rate against black players than against white ...
Posted in BLACK, DAVID STERN, FOULS, MISC., NBA, NEW YORK TIMES, RACE, RACIAL BIAS, REFEREES, SPORTS, TECHNICAL, WHITE | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007
Everybody in the NBA including superstar players, coaches and ball boys know that David Stern isn't messing around this year. Remember how many techs were called the first few weeks of the season when the league was stressing it's new "behavior policy"? The policy now extends to NBA refs. One of ...
Posted in BASKETBALL, DAVID STERN, JOEY CRAWFORD, NBA, SUSPENSION, TIM DUNCAN, YOUTUBE | No Comments »