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5:15 pm
Wed January 9, 2013

NBA's Sacramento Kings Move to Seattle Changes Nothing for Louisville, Fischer's Spokesman Says

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The Sacramento Kings are moving to — wait for it — Seattle. That's what Yahoo! Sports is reporting.

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Local News
6:00 am
Wed January 9, 2013

Report: Virginia Beach No Longer Seeking NBA Franchise

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One fewer city is pursuing an NBA franchise.

Virginia Beach's mayor said Tuesday that the city is "withdrawing" from efforts to build an 18,500 seat arena in the community with an NBA team as the main tenant, the Virginian-Pilot newspaper reported.

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Local News
11:30 pm
Thu January 3, 2013

Mayor Greg Fischer Talks NBA, Violence Prevention, Charter Schools and More

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In an interview broadcast live Thursday on WFPL, Mayor Greg Fischer covered a broad array of topics —violence prevention, charter schools, the NBA and more.

You can listen to a podcast of the interview below, and we'll have more stories Wednesday morning on a couple of specific topics. Here are some of the other highlights.

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Local News
10:01 am
Tue December 18, 2012

Forbes Contributor: Louisville Should Top List for NBA Franchise

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Which city should be first in line for an NBA team, should one relocate or an expansion franchise be created?

Louisville, writes attorney Darren Heitner on Forbes.com.

Heitner is a professor of sports management at Indiana University and the founder of the Sports Agent Blog. He writes that Seattle and Virginia Beach are contenders, too, but Louisville has advantages such as an existing NBA-caliber arena and demonstrated support for basketball, albeit at the college level.

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