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A very common question to NBA and NHL executives, coaches and industry experts during the 117+ day work stoppage the National Basketball Association is encountering this fall is whether the National Hockey League can benefit from the lost games of the NBA lockout. In most cases, the sports industry mavens take the high road and respond with a vanilla bean non-answer of "No one benefits," or "the entire sports industry never likes to see one of its major players suffer through labor stoppages or strikes." However, the truth is that life and business move on. That means, keep your friends c...

Just before the lockout was officially lifted and the proverbial floodgates were about to open, the trade rumors flowed like fine wine at a millionaire's wedding. Instead, the deal ended up in the gutter, like a drunkard on Bourbon Street and the wine turned sour, into whines. Free agent NBA All-Star guard Chris Paul was reportedly headed to the big market LA Lakers in a deal that allegedly tagged Lamar Odom with a ticket to New Orleans while Pau Gasol was nearly sent packing to the Houston Rockets. Instead, it all came tumblin' down. Multiple media reports, all originating after an ext...

Right smack in the middle of the lockout-resolving love-fest, the man who helped save football couldn't resist and cracked wise. "I hope we gave a little lesson to the people in Washington," said New England Patriots team owner Bob Kraft, " because the debt crisis is a lot easier to fix than this was." Kraft was standing alongside the NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell, and the Patriots owner spoke to the assembled media while being televised in living color and in high definition by the NFL's very own network. Kraft spoke after DeMaurice Smith, the former executive director of ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder broadcast team earned a Heartland Regional Emmy Award for it's live game telecast of the Thunder vs. the LA Lakers on Dec. 22, 2009, airing on Fox Sports Oklahoma. "To receive this honor after just two seasons of existence is a testament to the hard work and teamwork exemplified by this remarkable group of broadcasters,” said Thunder Senior Vice President and Executive Producer Ken Adelson. “It could not have been achieved without terrific support from the entire Thunder organization and the players gave us an incredible canvas to work from." (Quoted in an ...