Topic: National Basketball Association

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. Police say the woman, Sahel Kazemi, was ...
As money got tighter, Americans turned to TV to quench sports thirst in 2009" The NFL is still the NFL no slowing down America's favorite televised sport. "One thing you might see more of in the future is that people are going ...
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 that ...
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: Deval Patrick, D-Mass.Former acting Gov. Jane Swift, R-Mass.Former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass.Former Gov. Michael Dukakis, ...

NUMBERS THAT COUNT

This article offers sports statistics and numbers. The regular season winning percentage for the National Basketball Association's Eastern Conference against the Western Conference is .424 since the Chicago Bulls won the title in 1997. Excerpt from Article: .424 The regular-season winning percentage ...

No Ticket To Riches

And now major sellers like StubHub, which has been augmenting its consumer market with team partnerships for six years running, figures to have more trouble than ever building its stable of clients beyond Major League Baseball, which it inked a central deal ...

Arizona?s Fiercest Creatures

As the fire blazes on, the Phoenix Suns mascot prepares for his brave slam dunk jump thru a smokin' hot ring. No, it's not an aggressive tiger mascot jumping that ring, it's Go the Gorilla. Fans Go the Gorilla. Fans go silly ...
It's known as "scalping" Ticket sales are down about 5%, he says. In the secondary market, where tickets are resold on sites like StubHub. "Supply has exploded," he says. Passes to the Masters Golf Tournament in April averaged $1,268 (19% less than ...