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September 15, 2008
Sports stars aim for a richer future
On the basketball court, Antonio...Knicks and the National Basketball Association All-Star team...was still playing basketball. When, towards...president of the Players' Association, the sport's... By Hal Weitzman
October 6, 2009
Football club owners targeted for UK basketball league
...targets of the newly formed British Basketball Association, a group of former US National Basketball Association executives and US businessmen...five and 10 times the wages paid to players in the BBL and to market the game... By Roger Blitz in London
July 19, 2008
Basketball’s talent search goes global
...It may be the close season for US basketball but it is the busiest time of year...reunion party as they peruse the basketball action. As the sport’s popularity...Australian Aborigine to be drafted by a National Basketball Association team – the Toronto Raptors – and...globe looking for the next great players. Italian Maurizio Gherardini is...
May 9, 2008
Winning souls for basketball’s higher cause
...David Stern, commissioner of the National Basketball Association, insists on opening the blinds in...worldwide. Last autumn, the US’s National Football League played a regular-season...is about to launch.” How will basketball fight this struggle? It discovered...limits its Olympic competition to players aged 23 or under. “Basketball is one... By Simon Kuper
March 11, 2005
Chaney finds it’s cool to stay in school
...its share of outstanding players, including several National Basketball Association players, it is Chaney who is the face of Temple basketball. Nor is he unique in this...draw for the 65-team National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA... By Mike Steinberger
August 18, 2006
US basketball put through the hoops
...a US men’s team made up of National Basketball Association stars finished a mortifying sixth...finally decided to treat international basketball competitions with the seriousness they...Instead, the US has assembled a true national men’s side, one that will...granted. In the past, American players and fans treated the quadrennial... By Mike Steinberger
August 22, 2008
Basketball prepares for take-off
...teamed up with the National Basketball Association, the US professional...about setting up basketball academies, renaming...with the Chinese Basketball Association and developing a stream of Chinese players to follow Yao Ming to... By Roger Blitz
December 4, 2007
Fewer English, better for England
...football. English clubs prefer foreign players because they are better. Arsenal has...against Liverpool should be with players from Manchester and Liverpool, from that...s equivalent of the US’s National Basketball Association. So players earn millions. So the league is... By Simon Kuper
December 5, 2007
Fewer English, better for England
...football. English clubs prefer foreign players because they are better. Arsenal...against Liverpool should be with players from Manchester and Liverpool, from...soccer's equivalent of the US's National Basketball Association. So players earn millions. So the league is... By Simon Kuper
June 26, 2008
Rational choice: follow Einstein or wear a tie?
...looking at the performance of American basketball players relative to the order in which they...teams line up every season to pick players from that year's college draft...variable most responsible for a National Basketball Association player's time on court was his... By Richard Donkin