nowpublic.com - 2/16/2008
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Today's Day of Service, the centerpiece of the NBA's work in the area, will include more than 2,500 people affiliated with the All-Star festivities working at one of 10 project sites. It is a single-day event with a magnitude that the NBA said is unprecedented.
Stojakovic: NBA idea about Euro league could work
msn.foxsports.com 2/16/2008 — New Orleans Hornets forward and Serbian Peja Stojakovic was intrigued by reports that the NBA is exploring whether to launch a five-team European division.
"That's interesting. The only thing that concerns me is the distance," Stojakovic said among ...
NBA All-Star Weekend: NOLA Needs the NBA and the NBA Needs NOLA
dwil.wordpress.com 2/16/2008 — ". . . unlike the Saints, the Hornets do not fill their arena. They are 29th out of the 30 NBA teams in attendance, averaging 12,645 fans per game. And according to some, that figure is generous. Because of this blatant lack of support the team, NBA commissioner David Stern’s decision to reward an NBA city, any city, especially New Orleans, with an All-Star game is a controversial choice."
Annual NBA Bacchanal Descends on New Orleans
providencedailydose.com 2/16/2008 — "No other event in the American sporting scene quite captures the essence of sports like the NBA All-Star game. Where else could you find flashy rich white dudes from New Jersey bobbing their heads to Mary J. Blige?"
N.O. isn't only struggling NBA market
nola.com 2/16/2008 — Defending one's own: "Although the Hornets have struggled to fill the New Orleans Arena in their first full season back from a two-year Hurricane Katrina-forced exile to Oklahoma City, they aren't the only NBA team with attendance issues."
WGSO NEWSLETTER FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008
wgso.com 2/16/2008 — Not so much an NBA story but I love the idea of NBA stars and Chinese spies together in New Orleans:
"Michael Green and Ken Trahan landed former NBA and ABA All-Star Bobby Jones . . .Terry Easley had exclusive features with neighbors of the alleged Chinese spies in New Orleans . . ."
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