Basketball
Poll: Seventy-six Percent of Americans Do Not Miss the NBA
Atlanta, Ga. November 7, 2011 The National Basketball Association (NBA) regular season was scheduled to start November 1, but a labor dispute caused the postponement of all games until now. With one week gone, Poll Position wanted to know if Americans are missing the NBA. The clear answer is no!
In a national telephone survey, 76% of the people said they are not missing NBA games, 12% are, and 12% did not have an opinion.
Abunassar's IMPACT Basketball Las Vegas Hosts' Competitive Training Series Sept 12 - Sept 23, 2011 for Over 60 NBA Players
September 09, 2011 (Las Vegas, NV) - - Joe Abunassar and Impact Basketball, the world's leader in basketball training and development will host an unprecedented training and competition series in Las Vegas, Sept 12th - Sept 23rd. Over 60 NBA players will attend to train and play competitive games each day. Games will be held Monday through Thursday during the week of September 12th and Monday through Friday the week of September 19th. After the conclusion of daily skills and performance workouts the competitive games will be conducted at 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, and 7:30 pm.
TOP PROSPECTS FROM 2011 NBA DRAFT PRESENTED BY KIA MOTORS HOST CLINIC FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES
- Prospects to Lead Clinic at John Jay College for Special Olympics New York Athletes -
WHO: Top prospects attending the 2011 NBA Draft presented by Kia Motors including Kyrie Irving, Kemba Walker, Derrick Williams, Jimmer Fredette, Brandon Knight, and Markieff Morris
Felipe Lopez – NBA Cares Ambassador
60 Special Olympics New York athletes
Final Four Live Blogging
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Saturday Hoops Tourney Surround
More NCAA Hoops Coverage
The best of the best on Twitter for you to enjoy!
Thursday Hoops Tourney Surround
Russ’s Rants - - What’s a Sport?
I’ve talked about this topic a few times over the years but when we started doing Podcasts I had an entire rant about it. Why? Because too many people refer to activities as sport.
KOBE BRYANT’S JERSEY NO. 1 WITH FANS FOR SECOND STRAIGHT SEASON
- NBA Store, NBAStore.com Have Highest Sales Year in History with a Combined Increase of 20 Percent Over Last Year -
NEW YORK, April 28, 2010 – The Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant once again tops the NBA’s list of most popular jerseys, where he has reigned as No. 1 since the start of the 2008-09 season.
JOHN R. WOODEN AWARD FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
Butler, Collins, Johnson, Turner, Wall, Invited to April 9 Gala Presentation in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (April 6, 2010) - The five finalists for the John R. Wooden Award® were announced today; all are invited to Los Angeles for the April 9 announcement of the 2010 John R. Wooden Award winner as college basketball's player of the year, streamed live by CBS College Sports Network.
Nets-Troika
NBA Commissioner David Stern was beaming with dollar signs in his eyes last night in his reassuring interview on CBS 60 Minutes with regard to the New Jersey Nets now being owned by a Russian, shall we say “businessman” Mikhail Prokhorov.
2010 JOHN R. WOODEN AWARD® BALLOT OUT TO VOTERS
Voting Underway to Select Wooden All American team and Wooden Award Winner
LOS ANGELES - - The 2010 John R. Wooden Award ballots were announced today at The Los Angeles Athletic Club by the John R. Wooden Award committee and have been sent out to the panel of voters, comprised of sports media members and college basketball experts from around the nation.