How Las Vegas Sands Helped Get the N.B.A. Back Into China NYT | Top Stories Tania Ganguli and Mara Hvistendahl 11 October 2025 at 17:01 Las Vegas Sands, owned by the Adelson family, was under pressure in Macau, with billions at stake. That created an opportunity. © Tyrone Siu/ReutersAn N.B.A. preseason game between the Phoenix Suns and the Brooklyn Nets, at the Venetian Arena in Macau, on Friday. The game was part of the N.B.A.’s return to the lucrative Chinese market after a six-year absence.
N.B.A. Head Criticizes Chinese Party Paper Over LeBron James ‘Op-Ed’ NYT | Top Stories Mara Hvistendahl and Tania Ganguli 11 October 2025 at 17:01 The People’s Daily newspaper put the star player’s name on an opinion article, an example of the political perils the N.B.A. could face in China. © Zhang Lang/China News Service/VCG, via Getty ImagesLeBron James went to the western Chinese city of Chengdu while on a tour of China this year.
N.B.A. Head Criticizes Chinese Party Paper Over LeBron James ‘Op-Ed’ NYT | China Mara Hvistendahl and Tania Ganguli 11 October 2025 at 17:01 The People’s Daily newspaper put the star player’s name on an opinion article, an example of the political perils the N.B.A. could face in China.
The W.N.B.A. Gets More Attention Now. That’s Not Always a Good Thing. NYT | Top Stories Tania Ganguli and Ken Bensinger 11 October 2025 at 10:28 The league’s popularity has given rise to online sexism and racism — and misinformation that traffics in both. © Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesThe basketball player Brittney Griner, with the ball, has become a target for online misinformation.
The W.N.B.A. Is Making More Money Than Ever. Why Aren’t the Players? NYT | Opinion David J. Berri 3 October 2025 at 17:03 Other professional sports leagues give their players roughly 50 percent of the revenue, but the W.N.B.A. players get less than 10 percent.
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