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...exodus has begun. Over the summer, Atlanta Hawks forward and rising star Josh Childress became the first prominent NBA player to go overseas to play basketball. After Childress’ move to the Greek club basketball team Olympiacos, every other American pro-baller might be asking themselves the same question: Should I leave the NBA for more money? While some European teams do not have the financial backing, other better funded teams will surely try to bait American players with hefty contracts. In fact, some major NBA stars have already voiced interest in accepting the European offers...
...most prominent of these stars is Kobe Bryant. At an Olympic press conference in August, he said that he would leave the Los Angeles Lakers for Europe if he received around $50 million dollars from a foreign team to play for one season. Another possibility for the three-time NBA champion is to be both an owner and player for a team in Milan. Twenty-four year-old sensation and Nike cover-boy Lebron James has also expressed interest in such lucrative contracts. With Kobe Bryant and Lebron James leading the pack, other players may follow suit...
...games to date; the gold medal game, for example, was not a rout by the United States but a fairly close 118-107 American win. But this is only a small benefit of the overall destructive process; the deportation of our finest hoops talent will not be benefit the NBA or its fans. As a collective, American basketball fans care little about the international sport, notwithstanding the summer Olympics every four years...
...Cubs title just feels right in '08. Think about the year we've had in sports. A classic Super Bowl between the New York Giants and New England Patriots. Tiger Woods winning the U.S. Open, in overtime, on one leg. The Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA finals. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer at Wimbledon. Michael Phelps. Usain Bolt...
...competitor on South Tryon, considered a merger with Morgan Stanley. And while the rest of the country is sinking, Charlotte is soaring, with 28 construction cranes downtown. It's got the nation's least-battered metropolitan-housing market, lowest office-vacancy rates and fastest-growing airport. It hosts the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats and the NFL's Carolina Panthers. Its center-city population has doubled since 2000, and its light-rail system, just a year old, is already approaching its ridership goal for 2025. Meanwhile, ribbon-cuttings are scheduled for the NASCAR Hall of Fame, three museums, a theater...