Gift ShareThe NBA swanned back into sports fans’ lives Thursday night with meaningful gestures toward , what could’ve been a preview for the Western Conference finals and a little bit of poetry, for good measure. In the league’s first games in 140 days, both came down to the final minute and there was — blissfully, thrillingly — something for everyone.Interested in the rousing debate over whether the New Orleans Pelicans are proceeding too cautiously when it comes to their rookie sensation Zion Williamson? As the first game of the night, before the Lakers edged the Clippers 103-101 in the...…Gift ShareThe NBA swanned back into sports fans’ lives Thursday night with meaningful gestures toward , what could’ve been a preview for the Western Conference finals and a little bit of poetry, for good measure. In the league’s first games in 140 days, both came down to the final minute and there was — blissfully, thrillingly — something for everyone.Interested in the rousing debate over whether the New Orleans Pelicans are proceeding too cautiously when it comes to their rookie sensation Zion Williamson? As the first game of the night, before the Lakers edged the Clippers 103-101 in the...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareFresh out of grad school in 2015, Amber Nichols was looking for a job in the NBA and life experience that would force her to grow.She had never sold a thing in her life, nor had she ever lived more than a day’s drive from her hometown of Raleigh, N.C. When she took a job working in ticket sales for the Sacramento Kings, she kept things simple and leaned on what she knew: The former Richmond basketball player tapped into her alumni network. She dialed up a former Spiders football player living in the area named John Hurley...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareFresh out of grad school in 2015, Amber Nichols was looking for a job in the NBA and life experience that would force her to grow.She had never sold a thing in her life, nor had she ever lived more than a day’s drive from her hometown of Raleigh, N.C. When she took a job working in ticket sales for the Sacramento Kings, she kept things simple and leaned on what she knew: The former Richmond basketball player tapped into her alumni network. She dialed up a former Spiders football player living in the area named John Hurley...WW…