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Letter of the Law: The NBA From A to Z

A to Z.It sounds like the 1952 NBA All-Star Game, which featured Paul Arizin and Max Zaslofsky.It sounds like the 1971 champion Milwaukee Bucks, who had Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Zopf.It sounds like the history of Lithuanian centers, from Arvydas Sabonis to Zydrunas Ilgauskas.It also sounds like a good way to take a...

Nets' (Soon-to-Be) Owner Reportedly Drops $19K on Lunch

The uber-rich are people, too, right? Well, they may put their pants on one leg at a time, but they certainly don't eat meals like we do. Consider this: Mikhail Prokhorov, the Russian billionaire expected to purchase a majority stake in the New Jersey Nets, recently celebrated a positive meeting with the NBA's governors...

Will New Nets Owner's Social Reputation Hurt or Help?

Yahoo!'s Adrian Wojnarowski has a tour de force column on what the kids would refer to as Mikhail Prokhorov's steez. The new Nets owner has quite the social reputation (that's one way of putting it), and Woj investigates fully ...... just as the NBA plans to. One of the conditions for the sale of the Nets to the Russian...

New Owner Can Revive the Nets Quickly

The Nets are not expected to do particularly well in the win-loss ledger this season. The squad missed the playoffs in the East last season, and has since swapped All-Star caliber Vince Carter for Courtney Lee and a few role players, and while Terrence Williams is expected to be a solid rookie he's not exactly superstar...

Mikhail Prokhorov, Russian Billionaire, Buys the Nets

Well, that got out of hand fast: Russian tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov has officially purchased the New Jersey Nets. Speculation about Prokhorov has been building over the past week, despite Nets officials denying the team was up for sale. But Prokhorov and incumbent owner Bruce Ratner announced the deal today. According to a...

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Elena Ulansky: Mikhail Prokhorov: Putin's Controversial Adversary

Putin celebrates his 60 birthday this year, which makes him 66 by the time his current presidential term is over.

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05/30/12 Bloodbath: All But Two Billionaires Lose Big Money On... Source: Forbes On Wednesday, Wall Street tumbled and it took the world's billionaires down with it.
05/24/12 Prokhorov seeks political comeback Source: RosBusinessConsulting (RBC) Businessman-turned-politician Mikhail Prokhorov has waited until the ruling tandem of President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced the new government to dispel uncertainty surrounding his political ambitions.
05/16/12 Nets guard Williams now on Prokhorov's home turf Source: New York Post - New York NY Paris is supposed to be wonderful this time of year.
05/14/12 Skullcandy Debuts Brooklyn Nets and James Harden with... Source: Chip Chick Just over a month ago, on April 13th, the NBA officially approved the move of the New Jersey Nets to Brooklyn.
05/01/12 Elena Ulansky: Mikhail Prokhorov: Putin's... Source: The Huffington Post Putin celebrates his 60 birthday this year, which makes him 66 by the time his current presidential term is over.