NBA
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Stephen A. Smith Says Courtside Confrontation With LeBron James Was NSFW | Video
The ESPN star says he “can not repeat the words” James told him “because they ain’t suited for FCC airwaves”
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Reggie Miller Finds New Home at NBC Sports After Longtime TNT Gig
The basketball Hall of Famer will serve as the network’s lead game analyst starting with the 2025-26 NBA season
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NBA’s Victor Wembanyama Asks Fans to Meet in Manhattan to Play Chess
The French superstar used social media to invite players to Washington Square Park for a sparring session of the minds
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NBA Christmas Day Viewership Gives League Best Regular Season Ratings in 5 Years
The Los Angeles Lakers’ victory over the Golden State Warriors averaged 7.76 million viewers, peaking at 8.32 million
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Why the NBA’s Ratings Are Down Big — and Why Its New Media Partners Should Care
“There’s just too much awareness that an individual game really doesn’t matter,” one league analyst tells TheWrap
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Warner Bros. Discovery Investors Sue Over ‘Significant Losses and Damages’ Caused by NBA Rights Fallout
The suit filed Monday is on behalf of all shareholders who acquired WBD securities between Feb. 23 and Aug. 7
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NBA Fines LaMelo Ball $100K For Anti-Gay Slur
The Charlotte Hornets guard made the comment in a media interview
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WBD and NBA Settle Rights Dispute, ‘Inside the NBA’ to Air on ESPN and ABC
Bleacher Report and House of Highlights will continue to have NBA content as the games move off of TNT starting in 2025
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Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid Shoves Columnist Who Referenced His Son and Dead Brother
The journalist had called the former MVP “the least-dependable superstar in the history of the game” and questioned his efforts to stay in shape
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NBA Files Motion to Dismiss WBD Matching Rights Lawsuit
The media giant is suing after the league rejected its proposal to match Amazon’s $1.8 billion per year package of games
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Warner Bros. Discovery CFO Calls NBA Loss a ‘Triggering Event’ to ‘Reevaluate’ Strategy
However, Gunnar Wiedenfels notes the reevaluation wasn’t “a response to one individual factor”
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Warner Bros. Discovery Sues Over NBA’s ‘Unjustified’ Rejection of Matching Rights Proposal
A league spokesperson says WBD’s claims are “without merit” and that their lawyers will address them
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Charles Barkley Laments Warner Bros. Discovery’s NBA Loss: ‘Not Sure TNT Ever Had a Chance’
“It’s a sad day when owners and commissioners choose money over the fans,” the ‘Inside the NBA’ analyst added
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Barry Diller Says IAC Bid for Paramount Is Over
“It is unwise to get in an auction with someone who has a pretty much unlimited balance sheet,” the executive says of the Ellison family
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Warner Bros. Discovery Stock Plunges Over 6% on NBA TV Rights Loss
Macquarie Research, which downgraded the stock Thursday, argued that while WBD intends to litigate the decision, it’s “hard to see an amicable endgame”