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The Detroit Pistons and Rock Financial end presenting sponsorship
David Hall's face is well known to Piston fans and he has been a staple of Piston basketball broadcasts for years. But when Dan Gilbert bought the Cleveland Cavaliers 5 years ago, it may have been only a matter of...
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Rock Financial and the Detroit Pistons break up
Detroit Bad Boys — ... Rock Financial will no longer be the presenting sponsor for the Detroit Pistons. It’s money out of Bill Davidson’s pocket, but ...

Wednesday Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... story about a young boy with cancer getting a lift from the 1991-1992 Golden State Warriors. Ryan Schwan, Hornets247 blogger, stokes up his geek cred four to seven notches. TrueHoop reader Jason: "This is how you know they love basketball in Lithuania." The Pistons lose their biggest corporate sponsor, which was oddly, a subsidiary of the company that is run by the guy who owns the Cavaliers. (Via Detroit Bad Boys and MLive.com) In early July the Pistons owner criticized the mortgage ...

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