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From NBA Courts To Restaurant Fortune: Here's How An NBA Sixth Man Built A $600M Empire
Sunday, September 29, 2024 - 4:00pm | 476In 1988, a curious incident at a Wendy’s in South Milwaukee highlighted the unexpected post-NBA life of Junior Bridgeman, a former professional basketball player who had a successful career with the Milwaukee Bucks and briefly with the Los Angeles Clippers. A woman, after being served by...
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Mark Cuban Empathizes With Rival Giannis Antetokounmpo's Reporter Dust-up And Plays A.I. Journalist
Thursday, April 27, 2023 - 2:42pm | 1047Athletes are often celebrated when times are good and games and championships are won. The same athletes are often criticized when they lose games or fall short of expectations set by fans. This storyline played out in a postgame media session after the Milwaukee Bucks saw an early exit from the...
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Coinbase Shares Jump On NBA Partnership: What Investors Should Know
Tuesday, October 19, 2021 - 5:45pm | 380A leading cryptocurrency platform announced a partnership with the National Basketball Association on the day the league is set to kick off its 75th anniversary. What Happened: The National Basketball Association announced its first cryptocurrency sponsorship in a partnerhsip with Coinbase Global...
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How NBA Champion, MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo Helped Boost Chick-fil-A Marketing
Friday, July 23, 2021 - 4:23pm | 446Fresh off a NBA Finals victory, Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo celebrated by taking both his trophies (NBA Finals and NBA Finals MVP) to the drive-thru of Chick-fil-A. What Happened: A video that went viral online shows Antetokounmpo interacting with fans and placing an order at...
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Milwaukee Bucks Win First NBA Title In 50 Years
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - 12:24am | 207The Milwaukee Bucks have won the NBA championship after a gap of half a century as Giannis Antetokounmpo led the team to victory. What Happened: Antetokounmpo —who has twice won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award — secured 50 points, 14 rebounds, and five blocked shots in the finals as...
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How Much Money The Phoenix Suns And Milwaukee Bucks Are Worth
Tuesday, July 6, 2021 - 7:10pm | 416The NBA Finals tip off for game one Tuesday night with the Milwaukee Bucks at the Phoenix Suns on ABC, a unit of Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS). The matchup features two franchises with quite a title drought: the Bucks last won in 1971 and the Suns have never won an NBA championship....
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How Much A Bettor Might Make From An Atlanta Hawks NBA Finals Run
Friday, June 25, 2021 - 2:30pm | 490The Atlanta Hawks have been one of the biggest surprises of the NBA Playoffs and one bettor could become a millionaire if the team continues its impressive run. What Happened: In the preseason, the Atlanta Hawks had odds of +10000 to win the NBA Championship. The team had a strong NBA season and...
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Daily Fantasy Sports: NBA Top Picks, Value Plays For May 27
Thursday, May 27, 2021 - 5:17pm | 675The NBA Playoffs feature three games on Thursday. Game threes will be featured in the matchups between the Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat and the Denver Nuggets and Portland Trail Blazers. Here is a look at the top costing players by position and some sleeper...
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How Giannis Antetokounmpo Earned His Massive $228M 'Supermax' Contract
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 - 6:40pm | 457The back-to-back NBA MVP signed the largest deal in league history and earned a supermax contract extension. What Happened: Giannis Antetokounmpo signed a five-year, $228 million supermax contract extension with the Milwaukee Bucks, the team that drafted him 15th overall in 2013. The deal, reported...
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NBA Postpones Playoff Games As Milwaukee Bucks Boycott Following Kenosha Police Shooting
Wednesday, August 26, 2020 - 6:47pm | 529The National Basketball Association has made the decision to postpone three NBA Playoff games that were scheduled to take place on Wednesday night. What Happened: The postponement came after the Milwaukee Bucks refused to take the court for their scheduled Game 5 matchup versus the Orlando...
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Durant Joins Irving, Knicks Stand Pat: The NBA Sees Huge Shakeup In Free Agency
Monday, July 1, 2019 - 12:38pm | 488The movement of players in the NBA’s offseason free agency period is so riveting it can rival the play on the court. With over $3 billion in deals made in just one day, this year's NBA free agency is arguably the most exciting one yet, with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving set to join the...
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Nordstrom The Latest To Cut Business Ties With A Trump
Friday, February 3, 2017 - 11:54am | 720Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) has become the latest company to cut ties with the Trump brand by axing President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka’s line of women’s clothing, shoes and handbags. The decision comes amid a flurry of controversy over Trump’s travel ban on seven...
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The Milwaukee Bucks Got Phished: Team Employee Released Tax, Personal Info To Email Scammer
Friday, May 20, 2016 - 1:47pm | 259The Milwaukee Bucks basketball players have become victims of a major security breach, and the technical sophistication of the breach is likely something your grandparents could handle. The franchise has confirmed that players’ 2015 IRS W-2 information, including names, addresses, Social...
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Marc Lasry Thinks Oil Company Senior Debt Is A Solid Bet
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 4:46pm | 336With the recent declines in crude oil pushing below $50 and wiping all the gains it made during the second quarter, investors and traders are confused over the potential future moves of oil prices by year end. However, according to one of the best distressed debt investors, investors do not need to...
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Sports Business Wrap For The Week Of April 14
Friday, April 18, 2014 - 1:08pm | 745Top Stories Milwaukee Bucks Sold To Hedge Fund Managers For $550 Million The Bucks finished the season with the NBA's worst record (15-67), the team's ninth season in the last 10 years with a sub-.500 record. Enter Marc Lasry and Wesley Edens. Lasry is the chairman and CEO of the Avenue Capital...