OKC NBA team to buy D-League’s Tulsa franchise (AP)
July 31, 2008
Oklahoma City's new NBA team will buy its NBA Development League affiliate in Tulsa. Clay Bennett, the chairman of the Oklahoma City team's ownership group, joined the team's general manager, Sam Presti, and D-League President Dan Reed for the formal announcement of the deal on Thursday. When the purchase of the Tulsa 66ers is complete, Oklahoma City will be the third NBA team to own its D-League...WNBA leads in sports diversity study (AP)
July 29, 2008
The WNBA has received the first A-plus given in Richard Lapchick's annual diversity report card on race and gender. The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport study, which grades professional leagues on the number of participating women and minorities, shows women own three WNBA teams, up two from 2007 and one the previous year.