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 New Jersey Nets (1967-Present)
The Nets were not jamming at all in a year of transition mired in last place from the start of the season the Nets decided to start the rebuilding process by trading Buck Williams to the Portland Trailblazers on draft day.
Despite the new additions failing to help, the Nets proved their previous season was not a fluke by leading the Atlantic Division most of the season as Richard Jefferson and Kenyon Martin both established themselves as 2 of the better up and coming players in the NBA.
In the playoffs the Nets were matched up against the New York Knicks, the series seemed to reenergize the Nets as they dominated their Hudson River rivals in a 4-game sweep.
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 Remember the ABA: New York Nets
New York and Kentucky both ended up with 58-26 records, and a special one-game playoff was played at Kentucky to determine the division champion.
In addition, because the Nets would play in the "territory" of the New York Knicks, the terms of the merger dictated that the Nets had to pay the Knicks an additional $4.8 million.
The Nets were swarmed by their fans on the Nassau Coliseum court, their coach was hoisted on sturdy shoulders.
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 New Jersey Nets/New York Knicks NBA recap on ESPN
NEW YORK (AP) -- A year older and a year wiser, Stephon Marbury refused to say anything negative after the game about Charlie Ward or Chris Childs.
New Jersey had a chance to win on the final play, but Marbury flung up a hapless airball with one second left while looking for a foul call.
The Nets coaches told the team that their only option was to inbound to Marbury, who freed himself from two defenders to get the ball before failing to hit the biggest shot of the night.
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 THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE NEW JERSEY NETS
The good news for Josh Boone is he has been cleared to start running; the bad news is he's still months away from getting his first taste of NBA action.
The Nets will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their 1975-76 ABA championship by sporting the team’s retro uniforms seven more times during 2005-06 season.
Nets radio broadcaster and former college basketball coach Tim Capstraw will hold a basketball camp from November 9-10 in Wayne, N.J. Sly has put together a photo gallery of some of his favorite moments from the season.
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 Nets Fan in New York
The good news is that the Nets dominated the four games with the starters at the helm.
The league counters that the new model is suited for outdoor play and has “moisture management that provides superior grip and feel throughout the course of the game.” Interestingly enough, these were the same reasons given when the league decided to change to a leather ball thirty-five years ago.
The Nets are slated for a 2009 Brooklyn opener.
www.netsfannewyork.com   (3452 words)

  
 Nets Fan in New York
The stink being made over the new Nets arena is worse than the subway stench on a hot summer day.
Supporters argue that a new sports facility will bring forth a renaissance of economic development for Brooklyn while protestors argue that professional sports have no effect on economic growth whatsoever.
New Yorkers are inherently skeptical about EVERYTHING and have been hit over the head with talk of new stadiums/arenas for not one but six different teams (Nets, Yanks, Mets, Jets, Giants, Rangers).
www.netsfannewyork.com /2006/08/no-sleep-till-brooklyn.html   (913 words)

  
 New York Rangers Official Web Site :: 11 Days of Mark Messier
Four different New York baseball teams, including the Yankees (14 times), the Mets (twice), and the old Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, had all won the World Series during that stretch.
Both New York football teams had won the Super Bowl, and in basketball, the Knicks had won a pair of NBA titles in the 1970s.
In the 54 years between Rangers Stanley Cup championships, the total number of championships won by New York City teams in the three other major professional sports was an impressive 24.
www.newyorkrangers.com /tradition/messier/11days.asp?Article=day11   (1637 words)

  
 New York's 2005 Deer Outlook Part 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
New York's hunters took more than 80,000 adult females, which was an anticipated decline resulting from the DEC's reduction in the total number of deer management permits (DMPs) available during the 2004 season.
New York's western counties saw significant harvest reductions in almost all counties and WMUs, but hunters in this part of the state still took more deer than most other counties.
Western New York produced 120,608 deer, or 58 percent of the statewide count.
www.newyorkgameandfish.com /hunting/whitetail-deer-hunting/NY_1005_02   (714 words)

  
 New Jersey Nets - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the 2002 NBA Finals, the Nets were swept by Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers.
This would leave New Jersey with the Devils of hockey, the New York Red Bulls of soccer, as well as the NFL's New York Giants and New York Jets as the state's major league professional sports teams.
In September of 2006, the team and the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority are announced an extension of their lease to keep the team in the Meadowlands until 2013, with a provision to leave as early as 2009 if the Brooklyn arena is completed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Jersey_Nets   (3955 words)

  
 New Jersey Nets/New York Knicks NBA recap on ESPN
NEW YORK (AP) -- After their gut-wrenching loss in Miami last weekend, winning the Atlantic Division seemed out of the question for the New York Knicks.
The Nets were missing three starters, playing the second night of back-to-back games and coming in with a seven-game losing streak.
The Nets had a chance to win at the end of regulation, but Jamie Feick was unable to convert a 3-footer off the glass just before the buzzer.
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 New York Nets Mitchell & Ness Jerseys
This is the same style jersey worn by Julius 'Dr. J' Erving with the 1975-76 New York Knicks.
Julius Erving was traded to the N.Y. Nets by the Virginia Squires on August 1, 1973.
Led by Dr. J, the Nets defeated the heavily favored Denver Nuggets to win the 1975-76 ABA Championship.
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 NewsNet5.com - NBA - New Jersey Nets - NBA Game Summary - New York At New Jersey
The win was the Knicks' first against New Jersey this season in four games and snapped a six-game overall losing streak to the Nets.
The Nets got as close as five on Vaughn's layup with 3:40 to go in the fourth, but the Knicks were able to keep the Nets at arms length and pull out the victory.
New Jersey led 24-22 after the first quarter, but the Knicks closed out the second frame on a 6-0 run, with all six points coming from the free throw line, to lead 46-39 at half.
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 Official New Jersey Nets Gear - Web Showcase
New Jersey Nets were one of original eleven clubs of the old ABA where the club won 2 titles in the 9 year history of the ABA.
This club was began life in 1967 with the name the New Jersey Americans.
The name was changed from the New York Nets, to the New Jersey Nets in 1977.
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 New York Daily News - Nets - New Jersey of old   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
It's a group that - in Kidd's opinion - is as talented as any since his first season with the Nets, and is capable of the same result: reaching the NBA Finals.
As the Nets begin camp today in East Rutherford, their faith is rooted in what they did last season and in the offseason.
The Nets won the Atlantic Division and lost to the eventual champion Miami Heat in the second round with the same starters and without much of a bench, which has since been restocked - though mostly with youngsters.
www.nydailynews.com /sports/basketball/nets/story/457854p-385294c.html   (607 words)

  
 New York Rangers Official Web Site :: Broadcasters
He won the New York Emmy award for "On-Camera Achievement" in both 1995 and 1996, after being nominated for the honor in 1992 and 1994.
In 1995, he won a New York Emmy for his writing work on the Marathon, and two national Emmy's for his writing on NBC's Ironman Triathlon.
A former New York Islanders stickboy and New York Nets ballboy, Trautwig lives on the north shore of Long Island with his wife Cathy and 10-year-old son Alex.
www.newyorkrangers.com /pressbox/broadcasters.asp?Broadcaster=Trautwig   (532 words)

  
 Hoophall | New Jersey Nets Hall of Fame Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The New Jersey Nets history dates back to 1967 when the franchise joined the American Basketball Association.
Originally the New Jersey Americans, the team moved to New York for the 1968-1969 season and became known as the New York Nets.
After one season in the NBA, the Nets moved their franchise back to New Jersey, where it has remained ever since.
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 Hangout - New Jersey Basketball - New Jersey Nets
The next season the Americans moved to Long Island, New York, and changed their name to the Nets.
The Nets stumbled to a 22-60 record in their first year back in New Jersey.
The New Jersey Nets played their home games at Rutgers Athletic Center until the Brendan Byrne Arena was completed at the Meadowlands in 1981.
www.state.nj.us /hangout_nj/200202_basketball_p2.html   (231 words)

  
 Remember the ABA: New York Nets Fan Memories (Page 3)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Julius and the New York Nets taking on David Thompson and the Denver Nuggets for the ABA title -- it was the sixth game of the series.
The Nets trophy is a large bowl shaped trophy (silver?) on a large wooden base.
After the Nets won the last ABA title the following Spring, and after the merger, the Nets challenged the NBA Champion Celtics to a series for the benefit of the 1976 Olympic Team.
www.remembertheaba.com /NewYorkMaterial/NetsFanMemories3.html   (3089 words)

  
 Community Development - Federal Reserve Bank of New York
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York provides information and technical assistance to financial institutions, non-profit organizations and others on issues related to community development, economic development and access to credit and capital in low- and moderate-income communities.
The Federal Reserve Banks of Philadelphia and New York, with the support of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, hosted this conference on December 9-10, 2004.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Aspen Institute co-sponsored this conference held at the New York Fed on Monday, May 22.
www.newyorkfed.org /regional/commdev.html   (357 words)

  
 Buy Cheap New Jersey Nets Tickets - Basketball New Jersey Nets NBA Tickets
The late 1980s and early 1990s saw the Nets' slow rise to respectability in the NBA's Eastern Conference and, following a 43-39 mark in 1997-98 and an appearance in the playoffs, the franchise appears to be back on solid ground.
The franchise was the result of the ABA's desire to field a team in New York City, the nation's media center and glamour capital.
Zaslofsky had starred for the Chicago Stags, the New York Knicks, and the Fort Wayne Pistons from 1946 to 1955.
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 Bruce Ratner - Brooklyn - Nets - Basketball
The Nets were first the New Jersey Americans in 1967, an original franchise of the freewheeling, if short-lived, American Basketball Association.
The Newark plan was a variation on the very nineties build-it-and-they-will-come concept of urban renewal, a notion that swept the country after new ballparks in Baltimore and Cleveland reinvigorated once-desolate urban cores.
Soon, the Boss and the Nets and even hockey’s New Jersey Devils were squeezed shoulder to shoulder into an ungainly entity known as YankeeNets.
www.newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/news/sports/features/n_9393   (1466 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Home (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-3.cs.princeton.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
They rallied for New York and America in the terrible hours after the World Trade Center collapsed - and ever since, thousands have paid with their health.
But New York families who have adopted outside of their racial and financial backgrounds say it takes some extra work, but the results are happy, well-adjusted kids.
Guess no one ever told Naomi Campbell that "pretty is as pretty does." The catwalk queen was arrested yesterday on suspicion of assault after another woman charged that the supermodel attacked her, police and media reports said.
www.nydailynews.com.cob-web.org:8888   (1134 words)

  
 New York Magazine -- Daily NYC Guide -- New York Metro (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-3.cs.princeton.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Succumb to French allure at the new crowd-pleasing "Americans in Paris" exhibit at the Met.
Catch the U.K.'s tiniest rap sensation, Lady Sovereign, at one of her biggest New York shows to date.
The new show at the Met recalls the years when, if you wanted to paint, you moved to Montmartre.
www.nymag.com.cob-web.org:8888   (1981 words)

  
 Nets @ New York Preseason - JBB 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
New Jersey Nets Basketball Stats - Unique and detailed stats you can't find anywhere else.
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Sometimes in pre-season, a player will be trying out new things, or the coach could be doing something different with him that he's not so comfortable with, just to see how it works, so who knows.
www.justbball.com /forums/showthread.php?p=696091   (710 words)

  
 MTV News | Music News, Movie News, Features and Interviews, Artist Photos
The NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved the sale of the New Jersey Nets on Thursday to an ownership group that includes the star rapper.
In January, the group, led by developer Bruce Ratner, had its $300 million offer accepted by the New Jersey Nets, though the sale still needed approval from the league (see "Nets Accept Bid From Jay-Z Group; Brooklyn Move Closer").
Ratner recruited Jay-Z and a number of prominent Brooklynites with the idea of moving the franchise from the swamps of New Jersey to downtown Brooklyn.
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J was an overpowering force within a struggling league as he led his New York Nets to the final ABA title.
Erving was named the final MVP of the crumbling ABA after he established himself as the leagues top scorer, averaging 29.3 ppg.
NEW JERSEY NETS 92-93 Rd Jerse KENNY ANDERSON
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 New York Debut Nets Mechel $291M
NEW YORK -- Steelmaker Mechel became Russia's first metals firm to list on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday after it placed about 10 percent of its stock there at the top of the expected range.
Mechel raised $291 million from the initial public offering, making it the second largest by a Russian company and values it at $2.9 billion.
You might also be interested in our free E-mail News Summary, which delivers our entire edition every day straight to your inbox.
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 Endogenous Deposit Dollarization - Federal Reserve Bank of New York
The distortion arises because dollar deposits are the only source of default risk in the model, but dollar depositors share the burden of the default with peso depositors.
The incentive to dollarize is reinforced by common banking system safety nets such as deposit and bank insurance.
Our findings suggest that regulators in bi-currency economies would potentially benefit by departing from the currency-blind benchmark and differentiating among currencies in a way that prevents undesirable currency mismatches.
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 New York Daily News - Nets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Read all the latest Nets scores, roster moves and news.
Go to the Nets' official site for information on individual game ticketing and an arena seating plan.
Along with America's Line, you'll get the latest odds and up-to-the-minute news about the hottest matchups.
www.nydailynews.com /sports/basketball/nets   (95 words)

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