NEW YORK (AP) — David Stern, the basketball-loving lawyer who took the NBA around the world during 30 years as its longest-serving commissioner and oversaw its growth into a global powerhouse, died Wednesday. He was 77.
ESPN “First Take” co-host Stephen A. Smith went on a rant Thursday in opposition to former NBA Commissioner David Stern proposing to remove marijuana from the ban list in the NBA. Smith called the idea of NBA players showing up
David Stern, former commissioner of the NBA, says that rules in sports governing marijuana use are “antiquated,” and that it’s time for the sports world to embrace weed.
Hollywood producer Ahmos Hassan has teamed with attorney David Stern to launch a new production studio aimed at developing projects that will portray Muslim characters in a “positive but not flawless light.”
ESPN’s racially divisive website that goes by the name of The Undefeated has been asking why certain athletes and those in the sports world haven’t been speaking out about social issues, politics, or anything that would allow someone of note to comment about injustice.
In the wake of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s popularity plunging, friends push former NBA Commissioner David Stern, a munificent donor to the Democratic Party, to run as a 2017 New York City mayoral candidate.
Arizona Senator John McCain says we need a debate about sports gambling.
“The NBA owners know it’s a lot more than the TV contract that brought the values up,” an NBA team source tells Breitbart Sports, “It’s the sports betting.”
Following the Tim Donaghy scandal David Stern worked passionately to restore the integrity of the NBA by assuring fans that gambling by a referee on games he officiated was simply an isolated incident. But less than a decade later, Stern, his successor, and league owners look to collect.