NBA/Feature writer at Sports Business Journal; DC native; Mizzou, ESPN, WaPo, NY Times, LA Times alum; 3-Time Emmy-Nominated Writer, Author, Director, Producer
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Behind almost every Big Leaguer is a story...about Little League. I have one about the @Yankees Spencer Jones, who I've known since he was 10 and already towering over me. Get a load of this @SBJ:
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Sources: best option for WNBA Game 6 is for Hawks to move Thursday’s Cavs matchup at State Farm Arena to Friday. It means W gets the arena Thursday night and Hawks play a back to back Saturday game in New Orleans and Cavs a back to back Saturday game in Milwaukee. Decision soon.
Kobe Bryant grabbing his agent by the collar? Vintage Mamba. The story behind Arm Tellem and the trade that made him a Laker.
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Profiled Arn Tellem, the super agent now running the Pistons. This anecdote about his one-time client Joel Embiid staying at his house while rehabbing a foot injury rookie year, OMG. Tellem and his wife come home after dinner only to find Embiid in their master bedroom. (1/3)
“...to the music. I go, ‘Joel. It’s like 11 o’clock. [My wife] has to pack for a trip early tomorrow. Can you get out and get back to your bedroom?”He’s nodding his head, although it took him a half-hour. My wife’s ready to kill me. But Joel’s like a son.”
Full article here: sportsbusinessjournal.com/Ar…
Cathy Engelbert’s send-off yesterday came essentially with a warning. Story @SBJ:
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John Walsh👏
I’ve always loved Charley, and he arrived @espn a TV virgin (loosely described)but immediately made the kind of impact that made those of us that doubted John Walsh a print guy that started to run @SportsCenter in 1988 look really good! Charley above all else loved what he did brought old school radio pipes to the set and he became a cable/culture icon. We often discussed our dreams of PXP together. It was hard hearing all he’s been thru, but man couldn’t be happier for him now! Keep on delivering the goods Charley. 🎙️🎧⚾️💜
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I’ve always loved Charley, and he arrived @espn a TV virgin (loosely described)but immediately made the kind of impact that made those of us that doubted John Walsh a print guy that started to run @SportsCenter in 1988 look really good! Charley above all else loved what he did brought old school radio pipes to the set and he became a cable/culture icon. We often discussed our dreams of PXP together. It was hard hearing all he’s been thru, but man couldn’t be happier for him now! Keep on delivering the goods Charley. 🎙️🎧⚾️💜
In 2024, long-time @Dodgers announcer Charley Steiner had his broadcasting dream disrupted by a single word: cancer.
Tom Rinaldi tells the story of Steiner’s fight to return to the job he loves.
Sources to @SBJ: The Ricketts family’s real estate arm Marquee Development is tied to the Bill Foley group bidding for a Vegas expansion team. They would either upgrade T-Mobile Arena or build a new arena near the strip. Already handling the new Spurs $1.3B downtown project.
Breaking from @SBJ: Raiders minority owner and Silver Lake CEO Egon Durban fortifies the Nancy Walton-Bill Laurie bid for a Las Vegas NBA expansion team.
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One man (LeBron) can hold up an @NBA schedule. It takes a village to fix it. My story @SBJ: sportsbusinessjournal.com/Ar…
From my @SBJ piece on the W: "In '25, the Valkyries led the W in avg. tickets sold at 17,000+, while the Dream were 2nd lowest at 3,300. The Valkyries also led league in avg gate receipts with $1.5M, while the Dream were dead last at $222k. Now, here they are in '26 Finals.
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The Dream’s 3,500-seat arena could limit the WNBA league office’s Finals revenue.
Teams contribute 20% of net Finals gate receipts to the league, capped at $500,000. Golden State’s 18,064-seat Chase Center offers a much greater chance of reaching that mark.
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In essence, the NBA sees a merger as the best scenario for European basketball, but will continue to pursue NBA Europe in some, shape or form.
With a EuroLeague merger stalled, the NBA & FIBA released: “A partnership between the EuroLeague, FIBA and the NBA to unify the European basketball ecosystem would unlock the game’s enormous potential across Europe for the benefit of clubs, players and, most importantly, fans.1/2