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Remembering "Duck"
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While it certainly doesn’t fall under the heading of “business of basketball”, the news that former Blazer center Kevin Duckworth passed away Monday night at the age of 44, was shocking news, and something that hit home for me. As a resident of Portland, I, as well as most everyone in this city during the late '80s and early '90s, followed the Blazers. “Duck”, as he was affectionately called, played six seasons for the Blazers from’87 to ’93. He averaged 11.8 points and 5.8 rebounds over 11 seasons in the NBA, helping the Blazers reach the NBA finals in 1990 and 1992. He was the 7’ center with soft hands – prone to go for the short 5-8 foot hook as opposed to jamming it. The “gentle giant” was often the words used to associate ...
'08 NBA China Games to Be in Beijing and Guangzhou
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The NBA China Games will return to China in October with two games featuring the Milwaukee Bucks and the Golden State Warriors in Beijing and Guangzhou, it was announced this week by the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Sport and the Guangzhou Sports Bureau. NBA China Games 2008 will feature the first sporting event at the Beijing Olympic Basketball Arena following the Olympics and the first ever NBA game played in Guangzhou. ...
Howard Schultz Drops Lawsuit Against Sonics Owner Bennett
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The former owner of the Seattle SuperSonics has dropped his lawsuit against the current owner of the team, thus ending an attempt to keep them in Seattle. Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks Corp., and the former owner of the Sonics who sold the team to Clay Bennett has dropped his suit. As reported by The AP: "As a result of these developments, our legal team and I no longer believe we can be successful with this litigation," Schultz wrote in a letter to former members of his ownership group, the Basketball Club of Seattle. In a statement Friday from Oklahoma City, Bennett said, "We are pleased to now be able to move on. We look forward to an exciting future of NBA basketball ...
Podcast: Maury Brown on Sports Business Radio
The Biz of Football :: Part of the Business of Sports Network —
Maury Brown, the founder and president of the Business of Sports Network was on Saturday's edition of Sports Business Radio (click here to hear the entire show) and talked a number of topics, including: ESPN's landmark television deal with the SEC; The Big Ten Network's deal with Time Warner Cable; ESPN's digital rights deal with MLB Advanced Media; Thoughts on instant replay in MLB; The Jets and Giants PSL program and how Brett Favre fits into the ...
