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More Bollywood and Basketball...
The NBA continues to search for ways to bring about awareness of basketball in India, and it appears they’ve found a fan in another Bollywood star. Following in the steps of Dino Morea and Lara Dutta, who visited the Lakers in LA in 2008, popular actor Ranbir Kapoor recently attended a New York Knicks-Los Angeles Lakers game at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Ranbir didn’t seem very familiar with the...
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Preity Zinta adds Basketball team to her portfilio!
Preity Zinta adds Basketball team to her portfilio...
Bollywood actress and savvy businesswoman, Preity Zinta, has a new business in the works; she is starting an all-girl’s international basketball team, called the Dream Girls. Zinta already has a strong imprint in the Indian sports market as a board member and chairperson of the Kings XI Punjab team, which is part of one of cricket’s biggest and most profitable leagues - the Indian Premier League. “Nobody...
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PRESS RELEASE: Hoops India presents the first ever ‘Mumbai Basketball Field Day’ at The Dhirubhai Ambani International School on May 1st
PRESS RELEASE: Hoops India presents the first eve...
Hoops India presents the first ever ‘Mumbai Basketball Field Day’ at The Dhirubhai Ambani International School on May 1st New York-based Hoops India Inc will host the first-ever Mumbai Basketball Field Day on Friday May 1st at the Dhirubhai Ambani International School in Bandra from 8-11AM. The event will bring together 3 institutional participants of the Hoops India workshops for a competitive series of...
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NBA’s in town today; basketball’s indie movement not far behind
NBA’s in town today; basketball’s indi...
Written by Shivani Naik for the April 8th edition of The Indian Express Mumbai, India - Numerous rings hanging from peeling basketball boards in tucked-away corners of schools and playing grounds across Delhi and its outskirts - many rusting red.  And in Mumbai, Indian hoopster hero Abbas Moontasir’s effervescent mind that ticks and talks away impressively about NBA’s legendary Larry Bird - showing no signs...
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NBA bets big on India - Basketball is the second fastest growing sport in India
NBA bets big on India - Basketball is the second f...
NBA bets big on India Basketball is the second fastest growing sport in India Suvi Dogra New Delhi, March 2, 2009 Popular American basketball league, the National Basketball Association (NBA), has embarked upon aggressive plans to promote the sport and subsequently increase its business in India. “NBA has a long-term plan for the development of basketball and its business in India. Despite the current economic challenges,...
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THE NBA’s LA CLIPPERS HONOR INDIA REPUBLIC DAY
THE NBA’s LA CLIPPERS HONOR INDIA REPUBLIC D...
This is just another huge step for the NBA to reach an Indian audience. The National Basketball Association (NBA) dedicated an entire event to South Asian culture and the desi community in honor of India’s Republic day. The Clippers teamed up with Rukus Avenue to present a Republic Tribute game. The event took place on January 26, 2009 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles during a basketball game between the...
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Bollywood meets Kobe Bryant
Bollywood meets Kobe Bryant...
In mid-December, Bollywood actors Lara Dutta and Dino Morea were spotted with US Basketball superstar Kobe Bryant! The hot couple flew out to Los Angeles, California for an all-access VIP weekend with the Los Angeles Lakers. The couple sat in the VIP box alongside Hollywood A-listers, Jack Nicholson and Andy Garcia! The stars were also invited to a Lakers practice where they got to meet their favorite player, Kobe Bryant....
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UD delegation promotes basketball in India
UD delegation promotes basketball in India...
By Neil Thomas | UD Daily “There is no reason why India could not become a basketball power in Asia within the next ten years” says FIBA president Robert Elphinston. Aug. 26, 2008—-A delegation from the University of Delaware traveled to New Delhi, India, in July to conduct a Youth Basketball Management Seminar as part of a U.S. Department of State-funded International Basketball Initiative. The program...
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Inside the NBA’s Play for India
Inside the NBA’s Play for India...
By Sean Gregory | Time Magazine NBA commissioner David Stern has already executed a beautiful pivot move into China, where, thanks in part to Houston Rockets center Yao Ming, hoops is hotter than Sichuan cooking. There’s still work to be done in Europe, even though it is now a source of many NBA players, including seven Frenchmen and six Slovenes. Before the season, the Philadelphia 76ers and Phoenix Suns played...
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