“Cuban said that the decision to sit key players at the end of last season was a simple move to give the Mavs youngsters some bonus in-game reps and playing time, not an act of revenge against the Knicks following the Brunson debacle.”
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“American businessman and Shark Tank judge Mark Cuban recently revealed that he turned 300 of his employees into millionaires when he sold an audio streaming service to Yahoo for $5.7 billion in stock in 1999.”
“Dallas was eventually fined $750,000 for sitting healthy players, a decision that NBA commissioner Adam Silver defended in his state of the league address prior to Game 1.”
“Cuban and others around the NBA are still quite interested to see how the name, image and likeness money coupled now with the ability of schools to directly pay athletes will shake out. Itâs very much a Wild West vibe â even to seen-it-all businessfolk like Cuban.”
“The nice thing about seasons of plenty is that itâs clear going in that the losers will be in good company. (In 1960, Ethel Merman and Carol Burnett lost to Mary Martin, and A Raisin in the Sun fell to The Miracle Worker.) In a season with diverging box office receipts, critical responses, and audience reactions, the Tonys […]
“Predicting the winners of the Tony Awards this season feels a little like playing ping-pong without a paddle. Simply put: Itâs next to impossible. In a highly competitive season with 15 original musicals, six musical revivals, 10 new plays, and five play revivals, this Broadway season is stacked.”
“Broadway favorites Jesse Tyler Ferguson and RenĂ©e Elise Goldsberry will announce the 2024 Tony nominations April 30, beginning with a selection of categories on CBS Mornings at 8:30 AM ET. A full nomination list will broadcast live beginning at 9 AM ET via the Tony Awards YouTube channel as well as on Playbill.”
The WWE might be seeing more crossovers with the UFC soon. Dana White expressed an interest in having his MMA fighters cross over to the Connecticut-based promotion, building off being under the same TKO Holdings umbrella. Already, both promotions are partnering together for more ambitious projects. That includes NXT Battleground, an event happening at UFC […]
“The NBAâs long-term television media deal expired in 2023. Since 1989, professional basketball games have aired on networks under the TNT umbrella. Despite the long-term success of the deal, the NBA is moving forward with a new deal that will leave TNT out of the mix. The deal will continue to include ESPN, as well […]
“The ongoing battle for the television rights to the NBA could lead to as much as a $76 billion payout to the league â three times more than the leagueâs current deal â over an 11 year-term”