What you don’t know about NBA

By Sherleen Maina

The National Basketball Association previously known as the Basketball Association of America is a professional basketball league in Northern America composed of 30 teams. The franchise is worth 90 billion dollars, including team related businesses and real estate held by owners. Individual NBA teams primarily make money via ticket sales, merchandise sales and TV deals. through these arrangements, every teams in the league is worth at least i billion dollars and the top three are worth over 6 billion dollars. The richest team, Golden State Warriors, is worth 7 billion dollars.

There has been a rising trend in the collection of revenue from the 2001/2002 season, with the 2021/2022 season amounting to 10 billion dollars. Some of the revenue has been utilised in NBA Cares that works with national and international youth-serving programs that support education, youth and family development and health-related causes.

The players are also making great fortunes with the average annual pay for a professional basketball player being 47,840 dollars. However, most players are making more with then highest paid player being Stephen Curry of Golden State Warriors earning around 48 million dollars.

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How much do professional sports balls cost?

Vincent Adhiambo

Considering the  value of sports ball in kenya I did a purchase of the  cheapest   sports ball. The fake version of Mikasa ball , one  was about ksh 1100 .Being fake  i thought that i kinder overpaid for it.

 I also did a research  on the amount  paid to acquire original versions  of professional  sports balls and here is what I got

The most expensive is an Official NBA basketball by Spalding. $170.

This is an Official NFL american football by Wilson. $99.

Here’s an Official MLS soccer ball by Adidas. $99

Official MLB baseball by Rawlings. $27 (for Souvenir version). Unofficial similar quality ball ~$4.

Pro V1 golf ball by Titleist. It’s one of many balls that pros are allowed to hit. But it’s the one used by the most pros. $52/dozen.

Wilson US Open tennis ball. $2-$3 when you buy in bulk.

 This shows that  the sports equipment  are expensive  and that sports require a good investment.

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Tottenham score late as they get a win over Brighton

Mathu Alex

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Tottenham faced Brighton as they hosted the game at North London, England on the eight of April, 2023. After the visitors had dominated the early stages of the game, Son Heung-min put Spurs in front with a glorious effort curling just inside the far post from the left edge of the penalty area. Eventually after a lot of pressure, Brighton were able to get a leveler as Solly March’s corner found Lewis Dunk unmarked at the far post to head home.

Brighton should have been further ahead before Kane’s winner with two goals disallowed by VAR, understandably for handball from Kaoru Mitoma and Alexis Mac Allister, but incredibly only seconds were taken to decide Mitoma should not have had a penalty when he was stood on in the penalty area.

After an altercation on the touchline which saw both Italian managers sent to the stands – as much for not controlling their staff as for their own conduct – Kane gave his side an undeserved victory 11 minutes from time when he left Jason Steele with no chance after Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg found him alone on the edge of the box with a perfect pull back.

The win puts Spurs in fifth spot, three points behind Manchester United and Newcastle, while Brighton slip to seventh.

https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2023/04/08/tottenham-vs-brighton-video-highlights-reaction/