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David Stern, iron-fisted NBA commissioner, to step down

If David Stern ruled the NBA with an iron fist, he cushioned the blows by transforming a league that couldn't get its championship final live on national TV in the early 1980s into a powerful marketing machine that made players and owners incredibly rich and turned its stars into international icons.

Helene Elliott

October 25, 2012

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