David Stern
David Stern
David Joel Stern is the former commissioner of the National Basketball Association. He started with the Association in 1966 as an outside counsel, joined the NBA in 1978 as General Counsel, and became the league's Executive Vice President in 1980. He became Commissioner in 1984, succeeding Larry O'Brien. He is credited with increasing the popularity of the NBA in the 1990s and 2000s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth22 September 1942
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
To see the impact that sports can have and should have is really the pinnacle for me of what sports is all about.
We think the nature of our fan would change dramatically because (inside) information becomes, you know something, you make a bet, somebody tells you something else and perhaps you even go away from the game unhappy because the home team won but they didn't cover.
Yes, there will be an NBA team here.
We've had a very good year because people are talking about the game. They're complaining about the game, they're praising the game, they think it's good, they think it's bad, but it's about the game. Any time it's about the game it's fine from my perspective.
But more important, as the smoke rises from the incense burned by men and women, their consciousness rides the smoke and blends with the divine emanations of cosmic light, allowing a brief spiritual attuning with the Divine Consciousness.
Neither my wife nor my two sons would agree with that. In fact, they would take strong issue with it.
It's our preference, our strong preference, to have the Blazers in Portland, in Oregon, playing at the Rose Garden and being able to be a financial success.
Everyone in the NBA family is well aware of the enormity of his contributions to the success and growth of the league. For over two decades, Russ has been responsible for the day-to-day operation of the league.
It's going to be that you can get it however you want it. The distinction between over the air, wireless and Internet delivery is going to evaporate.
It's just government speculation, and you cannot send someone to death on speculation.
It seems that maybe we should go to a seeding of the four best teams by their record.
It was the Michael Jordan/Nike phenomenon that really let people see that athletes were OK, and black athletes were OK. Defying a previous wisdom - not only that black athletes wouldn't sell in white America, but that the NBA as a predominantly black sport could not sell in white America.
The use of incense was very common in olden times. It was employed for profane purposes as an antidote to the lassitude caused by very great heat, as perfumes are now used. Mention of its introduction into pagan worship is made by classical writers, but today it has brought people together.
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