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* Obol Investment, a Swedish company involved in a major fraud scandal
Basketball and League
The city had one basketball team in Turkish Basketball League, Tofaş S. K.
Anheuser-Busch has placed Budweiser as an official partner and sponsor of Major League Soccer and Los Angeles Galaxy and was the headline sponsor of the British Basketball League in the 1990s, taking over from rival company Carlsberg.
He has been an in-studio host for NBC's National Football League coverage and a play-by-play man for National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball coverage.
* Cape Breton Breakers, former team of the defunct National Basketball League
However, the " Oasis Hobart Chargers " team does represent Hobart in the South East Australian Basketball League.
* NBA Development League, the official minor league basketball organization of the National Basketball Association
The league adopted the name National Basketball Association in 1949 after merging with the rival National Basketball League ( NBL ).
Although there had been earlier attempts at professional basketball leagues, including the American Basketball League and the NBL, the BAA was the first league to attempt to play primarily in large arenas in major cities.
In 2001, an affiliated minor league, the National Basketball Development League, now called the NBA Development League ( or D-League ) was created.
Allen also owns two professional sports teams, the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League ( NFL ), and the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ).
Philips owns the naming rights to the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia and to the Philips Championship, the premier basketball league in Australia, traditionally known as the National Basketball League.
Winfield was also drafted by the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League, the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association and the Utah Stars of the American Basketball Association.
* April 23 – The Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League ( Which is now the CBA ) is founded.
* Baltic Basketball League, a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004
* Salem Stampede, a Salem, Oregon team in the International Basketball League
Basketball team Brighton Bears were in the British Basketball League before dropping out at the end of the 2005 / 06 season.
Basketball and former
In 1987, shortly after it was decided that Charlotte would receive an expansion National Basketball Association franchise ( the Charlotte Hornets ), former NFL player Jerry Richardson met with a group of potential backers to discuss the possibility of bringing an NFL expansion team to the Carolina region.
* May 26 – Laurence Wild, 1913 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American, former head coach for the Navy Midshipmen men's basketball, and 30th Governor of American Samoa ( d. 1890 )
* Ron Mercer, American former basketball player at the University of Kentucky who also had a career in the National Basketball Association
* Kevin Ollie ( born 1972 ), American former National Basketball Association player and current men's collegiate basketball assistant coach
This article is about the former Western Baseball League team, for the American Basketball Association team, go to Long Beach Breakers ( ABA ).
The Spurs are one of four former American Basketball Association teams to remain intact in the NBA after the 1976 ABA-NBA merger and is the only former ABA team to have won an NBA championship.
An eleven-year NBA veteran and former NBA All-Star ( 2004 ), Martin joined the Clippers after signing with the Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association the previous summer.
The entrance to the former site of the Basketball Hall of Fame near Metro Center, Springfield, Massachusetts | Metro Center Springfield.
Greenwich was one of six host boroughs for the 2012 London Olympics and events were held at the Royal Artillery Barracks ( Shooting ), Greenwich Park ( Equestrianism ) and The O < sub > 2 </ sub >- former Millennium Dome ( Gymnastics ; Basketball ).
Named in honor of the late legendary sports broadcaster and former Basketball Hall of Fame President Curt Gowdy, the prestigious awards are given annually to one member of the print and one member of the electronic media whose efforts have made a significant contribution to the game of basketball.
Warrior is also home of the 1992 / 1993 Class 2A ( AHSAA ) Boy's Basketball Champions from the former Warrior High School.
His college baseball coach was former MLB player Dick Siebert, and his basketball coach was Bill Musselman ( who went on to serve as a head coach in the American Basketball Association and National Basketball Association ) who would later refer to Winfield as the best rebounder he ever coached.
* Geoff Petrie-Sacramento Kings President of Basketball Operations and former NBA player with the Portland Trail Blazers
* Rick Mount, 1966 Indiana " Mr. Basketball " award recipient, former Purdue basketball player, member of the 1972 ABA Championship Indiana Pacers team.
Steve Lochmueller, Bob's son, is also a Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame center and former University of Kentucky star.
The former Caneyville High School, despite its small enrollment, was well known for its boys ' basketball team, which reached the " Sweet 16 ," the Kentucky State Boys Basketball Tournament, in 1962 and 1968.
Former College Basketball player and assistant coach for the Kentucky Wildcats, and former Minnesota Timberwolves head coach
* Jimmy " Cooch Eye " Jones, former National Basketball Association ( NBA ) player with the ( Baltimore Bullets )
* Dana " Pokey " Chatman, former LSU Head Women's Basketball Coach
* Rebecca Lobo, television basketball analyst and former player in the professional Women's National Basketball Association ( WNBA )
Basketball and name
The team was founded as the Denver Larks in 1967 as a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association ( ABA ) but changed its name to Rockets, because has made famous in the movie BASEKETball, they due not allow Larks in Denver.
* Wilt Chamberlain, full name Wilton Norman Chamberlain, ( 1936-1999 ), American Basketball player
Sports are fairly popular in Hawley, with the team name being the Golden Nuggets for Football, Basketball, Wrestling, Baseball, Volleyball, Softball, Golf, and Dance.
Oakland was home to the Swedish Basketball Classic from 1993-2006, which has since moved to Midland University in Fremont, NE and changed its name to the Warrior Classic.
The team's name, logo, and color scheme originated with the Memphis Sounds of the American Basketball Association ( ABA ), who used them for one season in 1974 before the team relocated and became the Baltimore Claws.
The league began as the Midwest Basketball Conference in 1935, but changed its name in 1937 in an attempt to attract a larger audience.
Stripped of its best teams and prime gate attraction, the NBL lasted only one more season, the Anderson Duffey Packers winning the league's last championship before six of its members were absorbed by the BAA, which changed its name to the National Basketball Association.
The league's original name was the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League ; it fielded six franchises – five in Pennsylvania ( Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton, Allentown, Lancaster, and Reading ) – with a sixth team in New York ( Binghamton, which moved in mid-season to Pottsville, Pennsylvania ).
The song's title is often thought to have been a pun on the name of the American capital city's National Basketball Association franchise, which later went on to change its name to the Washington Wizards in 1997, but The Clash have denied any knowledge of the basketball team previous to the song's release.
* On The Hub's game show Family Game Night, there is a game under the name " Connect 4 Basketball " in which teams use colored balls.
In 1970, Finley also purchased the Memphis Pros of the American Basketball Association, changing the team's name to the Memphis Tams, the name being an acronym for Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi.
On April 12, 2003, Rebecca changed her last name from Lobo to Lobo-Rushin after marrying Sports Illustrated writer Steve Rushin at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Apparently the copyright to the Bayrunners logo, name, and color scheme has been bought by a group proposing a revival, for the 2004-05 season, of the former All-American Basketball Association, a failed effort at a basketball minor league in the late 1970s ; whether this proposed league ever materializes and whether the Bayrunners will be part of it remains to be seen.
Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work The Basketball Diaries, which was made into the 1995 film of the same name, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Carroll.
The remaining NBL teams reformed and changed the name to the National Industrial Basketball League ( NIBL ) where teams such as the Denver Truckers, Chicago Saints, Akron Wingfoots, Phillips 66ers, Peoria Cats, Philadelphia Tapers, Lexington Marathon Oilers and Cleveland Pipers thrived as club teams.
* Continental Basketball Association, the former name of Australian Basketball Association, the second-tiered semi-professional men's and women's basketball minor leagues in Australia
* Basketball Association of America, the former name of the National Basketball Association
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