NBA sees bigger TV deal with partners
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National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern said on Tuesday he expects to sign a new television deal, one that includes a "healthy" increase over the current $4.6 billion terms, before the end of the 2006-07 basketball season.
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With the NBA trade deadline looming, teams will be hard-pressed to top what already has been accomplished over the past few weeks.
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It's difficult to discern whether ABC and its corporate brother ESPN want Kobe and Shaq to kiss at midcourt or rumble in the lane when they play on Saturday.
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The NHL has partnered with Sling Media Inc. for its upcoming video clip-sharing service, signaling a professional sports league's support for an emerging technology that has some media companies on edge.
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The Sporting News - It was a minor deal -- Mike James and Justin Reed to Houston, with Juwan Howard going to Minnesota -- but, symbolically, it was big. That&#39;s because the trade was completed a full two weeks before the NBA draft, extraordinarily early for an offseason swap. &quot;That&#39;s not something you see,&quot; says one NBA general manager. &quot;Usually, you wait for something like that. But I think a lot of teams are eager to get started on making changes.&quot;
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The Wizards will host a series of dating games this season in a marketing effort to lure people to watch some basketball.
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During last season&#39;s NBA Finals, Doc Rivers slid a note to his broadcast partner, Al Michaels, during a timeout. &quot;It just said Gary (Payton) can still play,&quot; the Boston coach recalled the other day.
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National Basketball Association  Commissioner David Stern said on Tuesday he expects to sign a  new television deal, one that includes a "healthy" increase  over the current $4.6 billion terms, before the end of the  current 2006-07 basketball season.
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Gary Payton's offseason was marked by a cross-country trade, a missed deadline for taking a physical and an arrest for investigation of driving under the influence. Now the people who run his new team, the Boston Celtics, are eager to see the point guard on a basketball court.
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The WNBA announced a new television contract with ESPN/ABC on Sunday in a landmark deal that will give the league rights fees for the first time.
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NEW YORK -- The NBA announced extensions of its television contracts with ESPN/ABC and TNT on Wednesday, deals that will include rights for digital media content.
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Good thing Dwyane Wade and LeBron James got their big contract extensions last summer. Their teams might pay less now after proving they can win without their stars.
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The Patriots-Giants game will be available to fans throughout the nation under a simulcast agreement reached by NBC and CBS.
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NBA China, a new company that will conduct all National Basketball Association business in the world's most populous nation, was unveiled Monday with major US and Chinese corporate support.
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The Denver Nuggets have reached an agreement in principle to acquire former MVP Allen Iverson from the Philadelphia 76ers, according to NBA sources.
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ESPN, ABC and the NBA are hoping that a drama-laden doubleheader makes a nice Christmas Day basket for all concerned. Both nationally televised games have potential drawing power.
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - The NBA has entered into a new  five-year collective bargaining agreement with the National  Basketball Referees Association (NBRA), thus eliminating the  possibility of having replacement officials work the upcoming  season.