Word: nba
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...major league ever lost more than the NBA has in the last two years? Magic, Larry and Michael, the Holy Trinity of the hoops court have walked away...
...years and lives. In 1988, after Beloved had been passed over by judges for the National Book Awards and the National Book Critics Circle, a group of 48 black authors signed and sent a letter to the New York Times Book Review complaining that Morrison had never won an NBA or a Pulitzer Prize. The gesture was well meant but unfortunate. Two months later, when Beloved received the Pulitzer -- based on merit, the judges insisted, not the public protest -- the honor could hardly fail to be perceived, at least in some quarters, as tainted...
Because of this, baseball has serious competition for the first time in its history. Over the last 12 years, the National Basketball Association has become the fastest growing professional sports league in the world. Under the leadership of its marketing guru, Gary Bettman, the NBA has grown from relative obscurity into a household acronym. The National Football League has also gained popularity, albeit coming from a stronger initial position...
Baseball should follow the lead of the NBA and begin a strong marketing campaign, rather than changing the structure of the sport. Some simple rule changes to help speed up the pace of the game wouldn't hurt, and won't distort the game the way the new proposal surely will...
Many argue that "big-time" players like, say, Michigan sophomore Chris Webber--virtual semi-pros, preparing for a lucrative NBA career--deserve to be scrutinized and their play criticized. By the same token, outgoing men's basketball captain Tyler Rullman, as an Ivy League student-athlete (and more the former than the latter), doesn't deserve as much scrutiny because he's playing at a different level...