The New Jersey Nets hope that they can be the "International Face of the NBA". The team will be playing the Toronto Raptors in London this weekend, but have already played overseas in China in the Preseason. Their Russian owner Mikhail Prokhorov has already set up a team website that can be viewed in Russian dialect. The NBA is looking to make moves on the Russian market in the off season which will help expand the international appeal of both the NBA and the Nets.
http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nba/news/story?id=6170843
-Brian Holland
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
The most miserable sports city
Seattle has officially been named the most miserable sports city. Despite their 37 postseason appearances in the NFL, NBA and MLB, they have only one championship win. This win was back in 1979, only thirteen years after the introduction of pro-teams in Seattle. This designation brings a lot of negative press to the city and it would definitely be a PR nightmare. Anything and everything even slightly positive relating to any of their teams needs to be "primetime" on all the news sources to help boost the reputation of both the city and the teams. The players probably have low self esteem because of all the unsuccessful attempts at victory but I feel like putting any of their accomplishments in the news would help their cause also.
http://blogs.forbes.com/tomvanriper/2011/02/28/the-most-miserable-sports-cities/
-Jessica West
http://blogs.forbes.com/tomvanriper/2011/02/28/the-most-miserable-sports-cities/
-Jessica West
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