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Mark Cuban's Dallas Mavericks Now Accept Meme Crypto Dogecoin
Thursday, March 4, 2021 - 5:00pm | 365“Because we can,” Mark Cuban said in a press release. What Happened: The basketball team has announced today it will be accepting the cryptocurrency Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) as payment. “The Mavericks have decided to accept Dogecoin as payment for Mavs tickets and...
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LA Lakers Beat Miami Heat 106-93 To Emerge As NBA Champions
Sunday, October 11, 2020 - 11:57pm | 360The Los Angeles Lakers emerged as the new NBA champions after defeating the Miami Heat 106-93 on Sunday night at the Walt Disney Co's (NYSE: DIS) ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Florida. The Lakers won Game 6 of the NBA Finals, clinching the best-of-seven series after...
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NBA All-Star Game 2020 Preview: 10 Unreal Prop Bets, Betting Lines, Odds
Saturday, February 15, 2020 - 3:33pm | 1009The NBA's 2020 mid-season classic is underway Feb. 15 and 16, and all eyes are on Chicago for the annual festivities. Whether you are an NBA fanatic or consider yourself fresh to the pro basketball scene, there are plenty of storylines to follow ahead of this weekend...
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Teens Find 100-Year-Old Converse To Be Cooler Than Under Armour
Wednesday, April 5, 2017 - 2:23pm | 496The current fashion cycle is favoring retro styles; companies with long, storied histories are bringing back and refreshing old classics. This bodes well for adidas AG (ADR) (OTC: ADDYY), Puma and Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE)'s Converse and poses a problem for Under Armour Inc (NYSE: UAA)'s...
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Exclusive: Adidas' Mark King Talks About The Company's Comeback, Turning The Corner In North America
Wednesday, March 22, 2017 - 11:57am | 1054With North American President Mark King at the helm, adidas AG(ADR) (OTC: ADDYY) has quickly become the most exciting company in the industry. Following a strong fourth quarter earnings report that saw the company raise guidance, Adidas shares are approaching all-time high territory. The stock is...
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2016-17 NBA Season: Basketball Shoe Preview
Monday, October 24, 2016 - 8:16am | 516In 2015, Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE) had nearly a 96 percent share of the basketball shoe market. When it comes to fashion, when close to complete market share is on the table, consumers will look to other brands to differentiate themselves for the pack. The problem was, for the longest time, there weren'...
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Under Armour's Elite 24 Game Highlights Battle With Nike For Basketball Supremacy
Friday, August 19, 2016 - 1:59pm | 685Under Armour Inc (NYSE: UA) kicks off its annual Elite 24 game this Saturday on ESPNU (Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS). Over the years, the Elite 24 has risen to be a premiere grassroots basketball event featuring the top 24 high school seniors in the nation. The event is played in a one-of-a-kind...
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Under Armour Set To Dominate The California Basketball Market
Thursday, July 28, 2016 - 2:46pm | 677Under Armour Inc (NYSE: UA) was very bullish on its future prospects in the basketball market on its Q3 earnings call this week, and its expanse is far stretched. Considering the California basketball market for one, it's no surprise that Under Armour is a big brand in the Bay Area, with the brand'...
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March Madness Is Huge For Vegas Casino Operators
Monday, March 14, 2016 - 12:05pm | 395Maybe the only place more excited about March Madness than the campuses of the schools that made the tournament is Las Vegas. Around $9 billion in legal and illegal bets were placed on the tournament last year, and Vegas casino operators Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS), Wynn Resorts, Limited (...
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LeBron James' Off-Court Deal With Beats Reportedly Nets Him Over $30 Million
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 12:15pm | 515One of journalism's cardinal sins is “burying the lede,” the act of putting a key piece of headline-making information too far down in a story. Some financial writers are wondering if a recent ESPN posting deliberately buried the lede – when it nonchalantly dropped a big...
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NBA Brings Down The Hammer On Clippers' Owner: Now What?
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 3:09pm | 1003NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is just three months into his job, but has already set a precedent that could define him for a lifetime. "I will urge the board of governors to exercise its authority to force a sale of the team," said Silver on Tuesday afternoon. Following the league'...
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Will Warren Buffett And Quicken Loans Repeat Their Billion Dollar Bracket?
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 2:25pm | 348It was a huge success, but will they repeat it? Warren Buffett, billionaire investor and Berkshire-Hathaway president, recently called into The Dan Patrick Show to discuss his partnership with Quicken Loans for the "Billion Dollar Bracket" contest and whether or not March Madness college...
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March Madness' Top Corporate Seeds
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 3:14pm | 719As March Madness fires up this week, office managers all over the country will on guard, to catch employees watching NCAA games or checking their brackets instead of doing their jobs. Lost productivity at basketball tournament time could cost companies up to $1.2 billion, according to...