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...servants are getting restless. Ma Jian, a 32-year-old forward, has taken the unprecedented step of suing his former team, the Beijing Olympians, in a highly publicized contract dispute. A few of the most talented players would like to move to the greener pastures of the NBA (center Wang Zhizhi, 23, became the first Chinese national to play in the NBA when he joined the Dallas Mavericks last year). But the government and the clubs themselves are the ones who decide who goes and who stays. "China views its athletes not as people but as tools that...
...sharecroppers than entrepreneurs. They want a bigger piece of the action. "The reason we have so many conflicts is because the CBA doesn't treat us as partners, they treat us as something they own," explains Li Yaomin, general manager of the Shanghai Sharks. "We should be like the NBA with truly independent franchises...
...Lions' first season. Still, the U.S.-educated Tu, former president of STAR TV in Taiwan, and his partner Daniel Chiang, chairman of China's largest Internet portal, Sina.com, say teams must be given more autonomy if China is to kick-start the high-voltage basketball culture promoted by NBA franchises. "The best policy would be to give the clubs the rights to earn money, then if they don't have the professional sense to earn a profit, they shouldn't even belong to the league," says Tu. "Sports should definitely be market-oriented and market-driven," says Chiang. "The less...
Before Sunday, when they defeated the St. Louis Rams 20-17 despite being 14-point underdogs, the Patriots had never won a championship. In fact, the last time a Boston team won a professional championship in any sport was in 1986 when the Celtics brought home the NBA title...
...Boston. Beginning at Copley Square, the celebratory procession will eventually take them to a rally at City Hall Plaza hosted by Mayor Thomas Menino. Boston sports fans—who haven’t had a professional championship to celebrate since Larry Bird’s Celtics won the NBA title in 1986—will be out in force to cheer a team whose unity, determination and professionalism led their franchise to its first-ever Super Bowl win over the St. Louis Rams this past Sunday...