THE NBA IN CANADA When the city of Toronto was granted an NBA franchise, the team was faced with a very unique challenge. How can a team, which plays a winter sport, effectively market itself in a hockey-crazed country? Although basketball was popular in small pockets around the province despite ...

Some people would say that the way professional sports were played in the 50s and 60s seemed exactly the same. In some cases, that statement is true. The same changes occurred, such as the expansion and development of the professional leagues, the increasing popularity of television broadcasts ...

Anabolic Athletes Drugs in sports can cost a player his or her scholarship(s) and more seriously, their lives. Everyday athletes that you may not think are doing anabolic steroids or the human growth hormone are the athletes who are the big users. 1. There are three major performance-enhancing dru...

Zack Price 9-21-00 Michael Jordan: Man or God? They say being on the cover of Sports Illustrated is a jinx, that one is doomed for failure as soon as their image is displayed on the nation's most popular sports magazine. It has previously happened to many athletes, and even entire teams...

WOMEN'S NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE Marketing Management Michelle Jones November 24, 1999 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY It is the intent of the WNBA to provide great basketball action to sport lovers. They intend to do this by increasing the visibility of the WNBA, normalizing repeat buyers, and of...

Rid of age limit in professional basketball. Enforcing an age limit upon professional basketball has always been a topic of concern because of the many accepting and opposing views regarding the issue. While there are many professional sports which do not currently enforce an age limit (Major L...

The Legacy of Michael Jordan The NBA is one of the oldest leagues in the history of sports, and the Chicago Bulls one of the oldest and most famous teams in the history of basketball. The one person who has taken the Chicago Bulls to such heights is none other than Michael Jordan. Desp...

Peter Press Maravich is arguably one of the best basketball players ever to play the game. Born June 22, 1947 in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania where he learned to love basketball from his father, Press Maravich, who spent many hours teaching him the game's most important fundamentals. Maravich brok...

Are High School Athletes Ready for Pros? Imagine being eighteen years old again. You are a broke high school teen who struggles to make it day to day on the joke of a paycheck that you get from your minimum wage job down the street. You wonder if your rusted and sputtering car is going ...

It wasn't long ago that I was a young boy cheering on the Lakers from my home in SoCal. I watched in awe as one of the great dynasties in NBA history dismantled one opponent after the next. Kobe Bryant was a young superstar being called the next Jordan and Shaq was making his defenders look lik...

Clash of the Titans "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em." (2,v, 77, Twelfth Night.) What makes a great basketball player? The National Basketball Association (NBA) consi...

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