Warriors Gaming Squad drafts NBA 2K League’s first woman player
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-03-06-warriors-gaming-squad-drafts-nba-2k-leagues-first-woman-pl
Chiquita Evans: “Barriers are made to be broken... I’m just the beginning”
]]>Esports : $1B teams ? (NBA in the 1980s)
▻https://hackernoon.com/esports-1b-teams-nba-in-the-1980s-b3ffcb54c4f7?source=rss----3a8144eabfe
Today, every #nba team is worth over $1B (USD) and we believe that esports organizations could be worth the same, or more, in the near future. History is repeating itself, but much faster this time.After noticing the deals taking place with esports teams like Cloud9 raising $50M, TSM raising $37M, Team Liquid raising $25M, and the lucrative expansion fees for OWL franchises, it reminded us of what happened in the NBA in the 1980s. The investments in these esports teams and franchises are very similar to the prices paid for NBA franchises in the 1980s.The path to a $1B valuation will happen faster for esports organizations than it did for the NBA.Main Takeaways:1) Team transaction values are similar2) Expansion fees are similar3) Global viewership for esports will drive higher valuations (...)
]]>Take-Two and NBA extend partnership in $1.1bn deal
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-01-16-take-two-and-nba-extend-partnership-in-usd1-1bn-deal
Multi-year licensing agreement enables 2K to continue making its best-selling basketball game
]]>The architects of fantasy
▻https://africasacountry.com/2018/11/the-architects-of-fantasy
A pink fish, a fierce lion, an NBA basketball, or even an octopus. These are all
]]>NBA superstar Michael Jordan leads $26m investment into aXiomatic Gaming
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-10-29-nba-superstar-michael-jordan-leads-usd26m-investment-into-
Jordan invests in parent company of third-most valuable #eSports organisation, Team Liquid
]]>NBA 2K League reflecting on its rookie season
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-09-25-one-year-in-nba-2k-league-succeeding-through-accessibility
Managing director Brendan Donohue talks Twitch, Olympics, and player diversity as the #eSports effort enters its sophomore campaign
]]>UK charts: Slow start for Tomb Raider as Spider-Man reigns supreme
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-09-16-uk-charts-slow-start-for-tomb-raider-as-spider-man-reigns-
NBA 2K19 debuts at No.3
]]>Microtransactions “an unfortunate reality in modern gaming” - NBA 2K19 dev
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-09-04-microtransactions-an-unfortunate-reality-in-modern-gaming-
Every game tries to get additional revenue from players in some way, says senior producer Rob Jones in wake of NBA 2K18 criticism
]]>2K Games alters NBA 2K MyTeam mode to comply with Belgian loot box laws
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-08-22-nba-2k-alters-myteam-mode-to-comply-with-belgian-loot-box-
Card packs no longer available for premium currency, though 2K “disagrees with this position”
]]>High school #eSports firm PlayVS raises $15 million
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-06-05-high-school-esports-firm-playvs-raises-USD15-million
Series A funding round led by firms with ties to NFL, NBA, Twitch, and Nas; inaugural season set for October
]]>Twitch signs multi-year deal with NBA 2K League
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-04-18-twitch-signs-multi-year-deal-with-nba-2k-league
First media rights deal for the NBA and Take-Two’s #eSports endeavor will see up to 199 games aired live on streaming site
]]>The Israeli Sports Minister Is Using the NBA to Further an Anti-Palestine PR Campaign
The NBA in fact was shocked by Regev’s PR offensive. It may have been particularly disturbing for the league offices because Regev is best known for whipping up hatred against African migrants, calling them “a cancer” in 2012. She has also been accused of whipping up violence against these impoverished refugees. The NBA not only does a great deal of work in Africa, and it not only has several star players from the African continent, but their brightest young star is arguably Giannis Antetokounmpo, who was born to Nigerian migrants in Greece, where African immigrants have become the targets of Greek fascists exploiting the global refugee crisis—like Regev and Trump—to achieve political power.
▻https://www.thenation.com/article/the-israeli-sports-minister-is-using-the-nba-to-further-an-anti-palestine
]]>Israeli minister gets ’Palestine’ removed from NBA site
▻http://www.tampabay.com/israeli-minister-gets-palestine-removed-from-nba-site-ap_world20a56324e0bc
Israel’s sports minister says she got the words “Palestine-occupied territory” removed from an NBA website.
Miri Regev, in her letter to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, called Palestine “an imaginary ’state’.” She said the listing was not in line with President Donald Trump’s recent recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
]]>Reviews vs. revenues: Mixed messages for Take-Two
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-11-10-reviews-vs-revenues-mixed-messages-for-take-two
NBA 2K18 players say they hate virtual currency, but sales figures say they’re spending more than ever; Take-Two listens to the latter at its peril
]]>NBA 2K18, GTA Online drive Take-Two’s Q2
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-11-07-nba-2k18-gta-online-drive-take-twos-q2
CEO Strauss Zelnick says despite complaints of aggressive microtransactions, player spending “probably the best barometer of how a title’s being received”
]]>Watch NBA Games in the Terminal
▻http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/11/watch-nba-games-in-terminal-cli
NBA Go is a CLI app that displays real time NBA scores in the terminal app, as well as providing detailed stats and player information. This post, Watch NBA Games in the Terminal, was written by Joey Sneddon and first appeared on OMG! Ubuntu!.
]]>Putting video games on gallery walls - Chicago Tribune
▻http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-video-game-art-chicago-1102-story.html
▻http://www.trbimg.com/img-59fa17a0/turbine/ct-ent-video-game-art-chicago-1102
If you’re like most people I know, you think of video games as the thing you try to keep your kids from playing so much — and then you muddle the message at gift-giving time by delivering the latest edition of “NBA 2K” or “Call of Duty.”
But you are also aware that a whole game-playing culture has sprung up, that millions of well-adjusted people play video games even after they start paying taxes, having kids of their own, etc.
]]>NBA: “Esports is a massive industry, and we think we have a place in it”
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-10-16-nba-esports-is-a-massive-industry-and-we-think-we-have-a-p
The basketball league’s #eSports boss discusses decades-long plans for professional competitions with 2K Games
]]>UK Charts: NBA 2K18 tops PES as the biggest new game of the week
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-09-18-uk-charts-nba-2k18-tops-pes-as-the-biggest-new-game-of-the
Destiny 2 remains at No.1
]]>Take-Two argues fair use in NBA 2K tattoo lawsuit
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-08-15-take-two-argues-fair-use-in-nba-2k-tattoo-lawsuit
Eventual ruling may have an impact on ownership laws around the video game medium
]]>Echo Fox names Jared Jeffries new president
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-07-14-echo-fox-names-jared-jeffries-new-president
Esports organization hires former NBA player and Denver Nuggets director of player personnel to oversee player recruiting, team development
]]>NBA considering Chinese #eSports league - Report
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-06-07-nba-considering-chinese-esports-league-report
Basketball league’s ambitions to expand in the country and competitive gaming could overlap
]]>Study links late-night tweeting by NBA players to worse game performance
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170601193411.htm
NBA players had worse personal statistics in games that followed a late-night tweet between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m, preliminary data from a new study suggests.
]]>NBA 2K eSports league appoints Brendan Donohue as managing director
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-04-25-nba-2k-esports-league-appoints-brendan-donohue-as-managing
NBA executive to oversee the new eSports league kicking off its inaugural season in 2018
]]>NHL sizing up #eSports opportunity
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-03-22-nhl-sizing-up-esports-opportunity
Commissioner Gary Bettman envisions something like the NBA 2K eLeague, with each team running its own gaming squad
]]>NBA and Take-Two launch NBA 2K eLeague
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-02-09-nba-and-take-two-launch-nba2k-esports-league
Pro hoops franchises to run their own #eSports teams as licensing partners announce first competitive gaming outfit operated by a US pro sports league
]]>The dream is free
▻http://africasacountry.com/the-dream-is-free-serge-ibaka-son-of-the-congo
I must have been looking elsewhere at first, because all I remember was moving closer to the screen at one moment, saying to myself: “Who is this and how did.....
#SPORTS_PAGE #basketball #documentary #Film #NBA #Serge_Ibaka
]]>The #NBA comes to Africa: Interview with the NBA’s man in Africa, #Amadou_Gallo_Fall
▻http://africasacountry.com/the-nba-comes-to-africa-interview-with-the-nbas-man-in-africa-amado
Today is game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors, and the Cleveland Cavaliers. On August 1, the NBA will play its first game in Africa. The.....
]]>Un match de basket d’anciens de la NBA en cadeau d’anniversaire à Kim Jong-Un
Rodman Leading Team of Improbable Emissaries - NYTimes.com
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/sports/basketball/rodman-leading-team-of-improbable-emissaries.html
The Americans are scheduled to play against a North Korean team on Wednesday in a game that Rodman has described as a “birthday present” for Kim, whose birthday is reportedly Jan. 8, 1983. Rodman is 52. Most of the spectators are expected to be members of North Korea’s elite, as well as foreigners willing to pay $8,500 for a four-day tour of the country that includes tickets to the exhibition game. As with many things involving North Korea, it was unclear how widely the event was being publicized.
The game was Kim’s idea, according to officials at Paddy Power, the Irish online betting company that originally sponsored the trip but withdrew last month amid a storm of negative publicity that arose after Kim executed his uncle, and presumed mentor, on charges of sedition.
]]>Portland Trail Blazers Become First NBA Team to Support Marriage Equality Bill | Advocate.com
▻http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2013/10/17/portland-trail-blazers-become-first-nba-team-support-marriage
Portland Trail Blazers Become First NBA Team to Support Marriage Equality Bill
The Trail Blazers were joined by Portland’s men and women’s soccer team in supporting a push to put marriage equality on the Oregon ballot in 2014.
BY Sunnivie Brydum
October 17 2013 5:54 PM ET
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After both the men’s and women’s professional soccer teams in Portland, Ore., endorsed marriage equality last week, the city’s professional basketball team followed suit, marking the first time an NBA team has formally come out in support of marriage equality, according to The Oregonian.
“The Portland Trail Blazers are in support of the Freedom to Marry and Religious Protection ballot initiative," reads a statement from the NBA team released October 11. “We do so as believers in individual choice as a fundamental right of all people.”
The Trail Blazers issued the statement after the chief operating officer of the Portland Timbers — the men’s Major League Soccer team — and the Portland Thorns — who play in the National Women’s Soccer League — published a video explaining his clubs’ support for marriage equality. The video was then posted to YouTube by the statewide equality organization Oregon United for Marriage.
The Freedom to Marry and Religious Protection Initiative is the proposed ballot measure for which LGBT advocates in Oregon are currently collecting signatures, hoping to include the issue on the 2014 ballot. If passed, the law would repeal Oregon’s 2004 voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage and replace it with language establishing the freedom to marry in the Beaver State.
It appears marriage equality may be headed to Oregon through any one of several logistical avenues. Earlier this week, two same-sex couples in Portland filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, and on Wednesday, a state official announced that in light of this summer’s landmark Supreme Court rulings in favor of marriage equality, Oregon will begin recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states and countries.
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