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Power Point: Keep it close
"Proximity is power. Give yourself a chance to win by keeping the score close." -- Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts offered this insight to guests who honored her at yesterday's WNBA...
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The WNBA grows up
"You've come a long way, baby." That was one of many heartfelt messages that Robin Roberts, co-anchor of ABC's Good Morning America, shared with the WNBA and its guests last week at in San Francisco....
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Power Point: Always be authentic
"Is it authentic? Money is not the issue...I don't want to do it if it doesn't feel authentic." -- NBA star LeBron James in a 2007 Fortune cover story. Last night, James became the fastest player in...
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Power Point: It takes character
"It's not just about talent, it's about character." -- Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson, who became the most winning coach in NBA history Sunday night when his team beat the Orlando Magic 99-86 in...
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Duke's Coach K on what makes a champion
Great leaders are made, not born. Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski drilled that point home when he came to New York this week to accept Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year award. Speaking...
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Jonathan Bender’s off-court rebound
Fifteen years ago Jonathan Bender was basketballs hottest product, a 6-foot-11, 202-pound action figure with an explosive perimeter game that no right-minded GM could afford to pass up. An early...
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Sterling agrees to cooperate on sale of L.A. Clippers
Donald Sterling has agreed to cooperate with his wife’s sale of the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team and drop his $1 billion lawsuit against the NBA, his lawyer said on Wednesday. Maxwell Blecher,...
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Surprise, LeBron wants a lot of money to play basketball
NBA star LeBron James is cutting straight to the chase after announcinglast week that he’d become a free agent: He wantsa contract for the maximum amount possible, ora little over $22 million annually,...
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With LeBron’s return home, the Cavs and Cleveland are set to cash in
LeBron has made his decision. “Im ready to accept the challenge,” NBA starLeBron James toldSports Illustratedon Friday. “Im coming home.” With that, the four-time MVP announced his blockbuster return...
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Universal Health Services CEO: How the military, sports and biz are alike
Alan Miller founded Universal Health Services UHS in 1978, and it has since grown to be one of the largest healthcare companies in the U.S. Miller, whose father ran a dry cleaner and mother was a...
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In major blow to NCAA, judge rules that colleges can pay athletes
A federal judge struck a major blow against the NCAA’s ban on paying college athletes by ruling that they are entitled to a limited share of licensing revenue. The landmark decision on Friday that...
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Durant deal could shift balance of sneaker power
For years, the basketball apparel wars have been about two combatants: Nike and Adidas. But the swoosh and the bars may be getting a new rival: Under Armour. The Baltimore-based sports apparel company...
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Former NBA Commissioner David Stern isn’t worried about DISH streaming ESPN
Former NBA Commissioner David Stern doesn’t sound overly concerned about Sling TV and the prospect of live sports streaming over the Internet. The Dish Network’s recently-announced video streaming...
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Seattle just paid off its Kingdome debt 15 years after destroying the stadium
The city of Seattle has finally collected enough money in taxes to pay off debts for a stadium destroyed 15 years ago. But while it took over a decade to cobble together enough funds to finance the...
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What sets LeBron James truly apart? His mind.
Some years ago, I got a call from Lance Blanks, who was then the assistant general manager of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. I'd known Lance since his days as a basketball player for the University of...
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The NBA has a new uniform partner
Nike added a major client to its roster Wednesday, signing an eight-year contract to provide all of the uniforms for the NBA, the NBA Development League, and the WNBA starting in the 2017-2018 season....
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Shaq wants to make IPOs a slam dunk for the average investor
Shaquille O’Neal wants to recruit more individuals to invest in IPOs at a time when more and more of the deals are turning out to be air balls. The legendary basketball payer is investing in Loyal3, a...
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How the NBA Finals are beamed across the globe without hiccups
Golden State Warriors forward Harrison Barnes stood unguarded in the corner during the waning minutes of overtime in the opening game of the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers. He grabbed a...
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How NBA star Steph Curry inspired this 13-year-old philanthropist
When Stanford University Professor Jennifer Aaker and her venture capitalist husband, Andy Smith, wrote The Dragonfly Effect, which is about ways to use social media to drive social change, they hoped...
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Nike earnings and, for a change, Greece — 5 things to know today
Hello friends and Fortune readers. Wall Street stock futures are set to open higher, while crude oil prices are down slightly, hovering just above $60 a barrel as talks over ending Iran’s sanctions...
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