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Helene Elliott: Gary Bettman doesn't care if fans hate him. Why his NHL reign has lasted 30 years.

Gary Bettman made a name for himself in the 1980s as the NBA's general counsel and third-in-command, the sharp, young lawyer who created the league's salary cap. Working alongside Commissioner David Stern, Bettman helped stabilize the NBA and transform it into a star-centric league watched by a global audience.

Los Angeles Times

On this day: John Y. Brown attends first game as owner; Glen Davis born

On this day, new owner John Y. Brown attended his first game since swapping his Buffalo Braves for the Celtics that previous summer.

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NBA names MVP Award after Michael Jordan

The Jordan Trophy will stand 23.6 inches tall and weigh 23.6 pounds — nods to his jersey number and six NBA titles with the Bulls.

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The Jordan Trophy: NBA rebrands, redesigns its MVP award

The NBA Most Valuable Player award has been renamed The Michael Jordan Trophy

The Independent UK

The Long-Forgotten First Chapter of the Grizzlies

With one of the best young cores in the NBA, today’s team has a bright future. But the franchise’s past—a vexing, six-year stay in Vancouver—is just as intriguing.

Sports Illustrated

Gerald Stern, prize-winning and lyrical poet, dies at 97

Stern was one of the country's most loved and respected poets who wrote with spirited melancholy and earthly humor about his childhood, Judaism, mortality and the wonders of the contemplative life.

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Gerald Stern, prize-winning and lyrical poet, dies at 97

Prize-winning poet Gerald Stern has died

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Seattle wants an NBA team, but will the league play ball?

SEATTLE — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee presided over a meeting of Clippers and Portland Trail Blazers captains at midcourt before tipoff Monday evening as Lenny Wilkens, the coach of Seattle's lone NBA championship team in 1979, found his courtside seat. On the outer edge of the temporary court inside this…

Los Angeles Times

Inside the ‘Special Relationship’ Between a Commissioner and a Legend

To Adam Silver, Bill Russell was more than just the game’s greatest champion. He was also a close confidant and friend.

Sports Illustrated

Tim Donaghy returns to spotlight in Netflix documentary — but something’s missing

Netflix doc about ex-NBA referee’s gambling scandal doesn’t include best-selling author’s work

Chicago Sun-Times

People on the move: key North East appointments and promotions of the week

Firms welcoming new arrivals and making promotions include Crafter's Companion, Vertu Motors, WilliamsAli and Byggfakta

Birmingham Post

Jokic's NBA MVP a win for hoops-crazed nations outside US

There’s no denying the international flavor when it comes to the NBA elite with Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic poised to become the fourth straight foreign-born player to capture the league's MVP award when it's announced

The Independent UK

Sky franchise followed a long path to WNBA crown

A look back at the Sky’s up-and-down history before the breakthrough championship season in 2021.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dallas native Karen Baum Gordon’s ‘The Last Letter’ probes the lasting scars of the Holocaust

DALLAS — Karen Baum Gordon knows how to tell a story, and most of all, how to begin one. From the moment you open her memoir, "The Last Letter," you’re hooked.

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NBA At 75: What to expect at the league's 100th anniversary

Nobody knows for certain where the NBA will be in 25 years, when it’ll be celebrating its 100th anniversary

The Independent UK

NBA at 75: 2010s featured seismic shifts on, off the court

Two of the NBA’s most significant dynasties emerged in the second decade of the 2000s

The Independent UK

NBA at 75: 2000s saw MJ-LBJ shift, 'Malice at the Palace'

Michael Jordan gave way to LeBron James in the NBA of the 2000s, just as traditional forms of communication began to yield to the birth and growth of new media

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