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David Stern added to Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame class

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Common performs before the NBA All-Star basketball game Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Huh)

Column: Kobe, Ex-Comish Stern Waked as Only NBA Can

By JIM LITKE - Associated Press

In this Aug. 7, 2014, file photo, David Stern, a member of the 2014 class of inductees into the Basketball Hall of Fame, listens to a question during a news conference in Springfield, Mass. A tribute to late NBA Commissioner Stern is to be held at New York's Radio City on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File) **FILE**

Magic Johnson at David Stern memorial: I’m going to miss my angel

By Brian Mahoney - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, June 6, 2013 file photo, David Stern, NBA Commissioner, right, and Adam Silver, Deputy Commissioner, speak before the start of Game 1 of the NBA Finals basketball game between the San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat in Miami. David Stern, who spent 30 years as the NBA's longest-serving commissioner and oversaw its growth into a global power, has died on New Year’s Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. He was 77. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Stern was a big-city guy and a friend to the small markets

By BRIAN MAHONEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2019, file photo, Golden State Warriors COO and President Rick Welts is shown during the ribbon cutting ceremony of the Chase Center in San Francisco. Welts spent nearly two decades at the NBA working for David Stern. And to say the Golden State Warriors' president and chief operating officer will miss his former boss is putting it very lightly. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Warriors’ Rick Welts will be forever grateful to David Stern

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013 file photo, Former Boston Celtics basketball player Bill Russell, left, hugs National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern during an award ceremony for the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. David Stern, who spent 30 years as the NBA's longest-serving commissioner and oversaw its growth into a global power, has died on New Year’s Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. He was 77. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, FGile)

Remembering David Stern, and some of his top accomplishments

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 7, 2009, file photo, NBA Commissioner David Stern announces Los Angeles will be the site of the 2011 NBA All-Star basketball game, at a news conference, in Los Angeles. David Stern, who spent 30 years as the NBA's longest-serving commissioner and oversaw its growth into a global power, has died on New Year’s Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. He was 77. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

Former NBA Commissioner David Stern dies at 77

By BRIAN MAHONEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 18, 1996, file photo, Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan, left, receives the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player trophy from Commissioner David Stern during a ceremony in Chicago. David Stern, who spent 30 years as the NBA's longest-serving commissioner and oversaw its growth into a global power, has died on New Year’s Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. He was 77. (AP Photo/Charles Bennett, File)

In appreciation: David Stern made the NBA what it is today

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, May 15, 2013, file photo, then-NBA Commissioner David Stern takes a question from a reporter during a news conference following an NBA Board of Governors meeting in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) ** FILE **

David Stern, former NBA commissioner, dies at 77

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, May 15, 2013, file photo, then-NBA Commissioner David Stern takes a question from a reporter during a news conference following an NBA Board of Governors meeting in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) ** FILE **

Former NBA Commissioner Stern has emergency brain surgery

By BRIAN MAHONEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2013 file photo, then NBA Commissioner David Stern smiles during a news conference after an NBA board of governors meeting in New York. Stern, 74, is more businessman than sportsman now, advising venture capital firms from his position atop DJS Global Advisors and investing in a number of startups, some of them in sports technology. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

David Stern suffers brain hemorrhage

By Jay LeBlanc - The Washington Times

Costume shop in vacant storefront is boon to town

By SUSAN SMALLHEER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2013 file photo, then NBA Commissioner David Stern smiles during a news conference after an NBA board of governors meeting in New York. Stern, 74, is more businessman than sportsman now, advising venture capital firms from his position atop DJS Global Advisors and investing in a number of startups, some of them in sports technology. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Ex-commissioner David Stern tells AP he’s bullish on NBA

By BRIAN MAHONEY - Associated Press

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver addresses the media during a news conference, in New York, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Silver announced that he is banning Los Angeles Clipper owner Donald Sterling for life from the Clippers organization over racist comments in a recording. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Column: Silver’s leadership exam only beginning

By JIM LITKE - Associated Press

Former NBA player Sarunas Marciulionis, of Lithuania, greets former NBA player Alonzo Mourning, right, on stage during the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class of 2014 announcement, Monday, April 7, 2014, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Mourning, Richardson, Williams make Hall of Fame

By SCHUYLER DIXON - Associated Press

Recent editorials published in Indiana newspapers

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Cuban gives thumbs up to Silver on officiating

By BRIAN MAHONEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2013, file photo, NBA Commissioner David Stern smiles during a news conference after an NBA board of governors meeting in New York. The recently retired Stern was elected Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and will be enshrined with the class of 2014. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

David Stern elected to Basketball Hall of Fame

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FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2013, file photo, NBA Commissioner David Stern smiles during a news conference after an NBA board of governors meeting in New York. The recently retired Stern was elected Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and will be enshrined with the class of 2014. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

David Stern elected to Basketball Hall of Fame

By BRIAN MAHONEY - Associated Press

Adam Silver, the new NBA Commissioner, talks with Sacramento Kings majority owner Vivek Ranadive as the Kings play the Toronto Raptors during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. Silver replaced David Stern Feb. 1, who retired after 30 years as the head of the NBA. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Silver makes first trip as NBA commissioner

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