Tag: NBA

NBA star on golfing with Obama: ‘The president was talking trash’

NBA star on golfing with Obama: ‘The president was talking trash’

Joshua Axelrod · August 19, 2015 5:59 pm

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker holds up the Bucks arena financing legislation, Senate Bill 209, after signing it at the Wisconsin State Fair in West Allis, Wis. (Michael Sears/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

Scott Walker signs bill authorizing public funding for new basketball arena

Ryan Lovelace · August 13, 2015 4:04 pm

Shortly after Christie's appearance at a basketball game, his super PAC America Leads received a check for $750,000 from Cavaliers owner Daniel Gilbert.Â (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Slam dunk: Christie PAC receives $750K from NBA team owner

Gabby Morrongiello · July 31, 2015 9:52 pm

As a society, "we are becoming addicted to wanting particular outcomes, not living with the outcomes we don't like," Thomas said during rounds of questioning at the May 6, 2022 11th Circuit Judicial Conference (AP Photo)

Clarence Thomas: NBA reveals problem with Court’s race case

Barbara Boland · June 26, 2015 5:31 pm

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker used Twitter to announce his run for president Monday, after a false start Friday. (AP Photo)

Walker shows his priorities with $250 million subsidy to NBA billionaires

Timothy P. Carney · June 11, 2015 10:21 pm

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker talks about a deal to pay for a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks at a news conference in Madison, Wis. Taxpayers would pick up half the cost of a new $500 million arena for the NBA basketball team under a financial deal that would rely on current and former team owners for the rest, Walker said. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

How Milwaukee’s Bucks could cost Scott Walker

Ryan Lovelace · June 9, 2015 12:46 pm

Twitter asks Obama about sports, not climate

Twitter asks Obama about sports, not climate

Nicole Duran · May 28, 2015 8:16 pm

"The truth is that hardly any young person in this country is going to grow up to play for the NFL or the NBA," Michelle Obama told a group of students.Â (AP Photo)

Cold water: Michelle O says NBA, NFL ‘not a viable career path’

Paul Bedard · May 1, 2015 8:52 pm

As Roger Goodell noted, money generated from television deals, licensing agreements, sponsorships and ticket sales was already taxable through the 32 teams. (AP Photo)Â

Beltway Confidential

NFL giving up its tax-exempt status

Jason Russell · April 28, 2015 6:11 pm

One of the Bucks' billionaire owners, investor Marc Lasry, has jumped on the Hillary Clinton bandwagon in a big way. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

NBA owner, Hillary bundler to get big bucks from Scott Walker

Byron York · April 16, 2015 4:30 pm

Claire McCaskill: Reform NCAA basketball

Claire McCaskill: Reform NCAA basketball

Kelly Cohen · April 15, 2015 3:41 pm

Former NBA players Steve Nash, (above), and Dikembe Mutombo, former WNBA player Ticha Penicheiro and the Cuban men's and women's national teams will lead the clinic. (AP Photo)

NBA announces clinic to be held in Cuba later this month

Kelly Cohen · April 7, 2015 9:00 am