As a kid, Larry King used to sit in the bleachers at Ebbets Field, "calling" the game through a rolled up program. It was his first broadcast experience, the beginning of a career that made him a household name. He returned to Brooklyn this weekend.
Mikhail Prokhorov graces the cover of Forbes billiionaire edition, the one that ranks the richest people on earth. In this year's list, Prokhorov ranks 69th, down from 58th, but still worth $13 billion. In Forbes he talks about his passion, the Nets
On game nights in Brooklyn, the number of people taking the LIRR has increased by 3,400 at the Atlantic Terminal, the number of subway riders at Atlantic Ave/Barclays Center by 6,600. Who gets them home? Bavan Nandakumar. That's who.
It's called "competing with the couch," making an arena experience so full and so fresh that fans will get off their couch, turn off their 60" HDTV screens and head for the game. No team has done more in that regard than the Nets with their new apps
Damning by faint praise is a time-honored rhetorical device. It's a subtle dig, usually done tongue-in-cheek ... and Madison Square Garden CEO Hank Ratner used it recently in dissing Barclays Center as "a secondary play" in New York.
The Nets are two games out of first in the Atlantic Division, but as the stretch run begins, Brooklyn seems to have advantages over their crosstown rivals, Tim Bontemps writes Thursday.
When Deron Williams dished his 379th assist of the year versus the Spurs on February 10, it sparked the first dedication of funds to refurbish borough basketball courts as part of the ‘Brooklyn’s Got Wings’ project, the Nets announced Wednesday.
Musician John Forte penned the Brooklyn Nets "official" to which he has now given us an "official" video for the song. A pretty impressive video, in fact.
Barclays Center architect Gregg Pasquarelli provides the most detailed discussion of how his design evolved from when he and SHoP Architects were first hired in 2008 through the design of the three towers that will surround the arena.
Ken Belson of the Times writes about the next big sports event in New York ... and where it might be. He's talking about the 2015 NBA All-Star Game. Both the Nets and Knicks have applied to host the classic and for whatever reason, they are alone.
