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David Joel Stern (September 22, 1942 – January 1, 2020) [1] was an American lawyer and business executive who was the commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1984 to 2014. Stern oversaw NBA basketball's growth into one of the world's most popular sports during the 1990s and 2000s. [ 2 ]
(Reuters) - A new era began for the National Basketball Association (NBA) on Saturday when David Stern's 30-year run as commissioner ended with his deputy, Adam Silver, taking over the helm. Stern ...
David Stern was the commissioner of the NBA during the 1998–99 lockout. Before 1998, there had been two lockouts in the previous three years: a labor dispute that lasted more than two months in 1995 and a brief work stoppage in 1996 that ended within three hours.
“Every member of the NBA family is the beneficiary of David’s vision, generosity and inspiration," said current commissioner Adam Silver. David Stern, former NBA commissioner, dead at 77 Skip ...
As president of the Stern Family Fund — the foundation the family operated until 2007 — David Stern expanded the work of his father, philanthropist and author Philip Stern. [ 6 ] During his tenure as president, the Stern Family Foundation created the Public Interest Pioneer program that provided seed money to social entrepreneurs to launch ...
It’s now clear what it takes for a former NBA Commissioner to emerge from retirment. David Stern, who was at the helm of the league for three decades starting in the 1980s, has now thrown his ...
Originally the Deputy Commissioner from 2006 through 2014, he was a protege of David Stern, who endorsed Silver to be his replacement in October 2013. [15] Previously, Silver worked as senior vice president of NBA Entertainment , president of NBA Entertainment, a special assistant to the commissioner, NBA chief of staff, and Deputy Commissioner ...
Stern fined the San Antonio Spurs $250,000 in 2012, when they sat their stars in a TNT matchup against the Heat, and he then publicly apologized to NBA fans. Seerat for Three: David Stern and load ...