Topic: National Basketball Association
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The sale of the Texas Rangers baseball team to a group including Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan on Thursday won unanimous approval of Major League Baseball's owners. The approval is the final step of a months-long battle ...
JANUARY Jan. 1 Sixty-six New Year's revelers die and more than 200 are injured in a fire at a Bangkok nightclub. Longtime Rhode Island Sen. Claiborne Pell, creator of Pell Grants, dies at 90. Jan. 5 New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson withdraws ...
With echoes of violence and crackling gunfire, sports says goodbye to some of its best in 2009Sports in 2009 looked down the barrel of a gun. From Tennessee to Georgia to Nicaragua, gunfire crackled in July. The causes differed — a romance ...
As money got tighter, Americans turned to TV to quench sports thirst in 2009"Take me out to the ballgame," the old song goes. Americans, however, may have been too busy channel surfing to do that this year. Television, it turns out, was ...
Cuban might have some interest in Dodgers if they are sold, but `not on the prowl' for teamDallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who lost in a bid to purchase to the Chicago Cubs, apparently still has some interest in owning a Major ...
Sports officials respond in low-key manner to federal terror warnings about stadiums, arenasSports officials are confident that adequate security measures are in place to thwart any potential terrorist attacks on stadiums around the country. Responding in a low-key manner to security warnings ...
Francona's best player hit .202, made it into Hall of Fame anywayWhen Michael Jordan was inducted into the basketball hall of fame on Friday night, Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona was 90 miles away trying to shuffle his pitching staff to ...
A partial list of those who attended Sen. Edward Kennedy's funeral in BostonA partial list of those who attended Sen. Edward Kennedy's funeral in Boston on Saturday: ___ President Barack Obama First Lady Michelle Obama Vice President Joe Biden and wife Jill ...
American football, basketball and ice hockey teams are mostly avoiding ticket price increases while watching attendance drop for Major League Baseball as the economy takes a toll on US sports teams. Commissioners for the four major US sport leagues spoke at a ...
NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL commissioners focus on economy when they gather for panel discussionMajor league baseball attendance is down 7 percent and the average crowd for 19 of the 30 clubs has dropped from a year ago. The NFL, NBA and NHL ...