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Rockets-Lakers: A Tipping Point For The NBA?

Posted 03 May 2009 | By | Categories: Sports | No Comments

As a Golden State Warriors fan – and admittedly a fair-weather one – I could not have found the 2008-09 NBA season much duller or depressing. The play of this uninspired, oft-injured squad and its possibly insane coach drove me well away from following the team despite a raft of discount ticket offers. My inner [...]

Sports franchises need to take a cue from airlines and Apple

Posted 28 April 2009 | By | Categories: Business & The World, Essays, Oakland & The Bay Area, Sports | No Comments

With all the fuss over the empty luxury seats at the new Yankee Stadium, I was mildly surprised to find something similar happening in my own backyard.  At Sunday’s A’s-Rays game at the Oakland Coliseum, all the ingredients for a great day at the ballyard were in place: sunny April weather, last year’s AL champions [...]