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November

John Riccio of Endpoint.

This ex-big four partner has automated his LinkedIn posts

An AI-driven tool helps former big four consulting partner John Riccio take only about five minutes a week to create and schedule five LinkedIn posts.

  • Edmund Tadros

June

Robyn Denholm has officially been Elon Musk’s boss at Tesla for a few years.

Robyn Denholm, Larry Kestelman buy slice of women’s basketball

The WNBL, currently run by Basketball Australia, has struggled to make money for years. The two businesspeople will buy a controlling stake in the league.

  • Zoe Samios
Australian NBA star Josh Giddey is proof of the US sports behemoth’s local strategy.

How Australia became a big money-maker for the NBA

NBA says Australia is the highest revenue-generating market for merchandise and its streaming service, NBA League Pass.

  • Zoe Samios
The Southside Flyers celebrate with the WNBL trophy earlier this year.

Denholm, Kestelman in joint play for big stake in women’s basketball

Tesla chairwoman and the Dodo founder already have significant interest in basketball. Others to have submitted offers for a 30 per cent stake include IMG, sources say.

  • Zoe Samios

May

Lauren Jackson shoots for the Flyers in a game against Townsville last year.

Women’s basketball chases investors for $20m-plus slam dunk

The WNBL is for sale. It’s attracted interest from Aussie rich-listers to offshore funds.

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  • Zoe Samios
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September 2023

The Breakers were one of the top teams in the NBL, second only to the Sydney Kings.

New Zealand’s NBL side assembles bank dream team in search for deal

The high-performing Breakers basketball team has four advisers stretching from Los Angeles to Sydney as they prepare to test the appetite of potential buyers.

  • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

August 2023

RJ Hampton turned his back on American colleges to play for the NZ Breakers, before applying for an NBA draft.

Moelis woos NBL team NZ Breakers as sporting M&A action heats up

Sources said the investment bank has its teams in the United States and more locally working on the pitch. However, it hadn’t been formally hired yet.

  • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

June 2023

Former Vicinity boss Grant Kelley.

Former mall king gets his bonus erased

Former Vicinity Centres chief executive Grant Kelley has had almost $4 million of unvested stock rubbed out by Vicinity Centres.

  • Mark Di Stefano

May 2022

The Tasmanian Jack Jumpers have built a winning team using a recipe based on character.

No money, no talent and playing in the finals: meet Australia’s newest sporting heroes

They’ve been described as the “least talented team in the competition” but the Tasmanian JackJumpers are in the NBL finals, which start tonight.

  • Julie Hare

March 2022

SA’s Energy Minister and Deputy Premier Dan van Holst Pellekaan (right) in March 2021 when Brett Redman (left) was still the boss of AGL.

Ex-NBL basketballer dodges leadership questions

Dan van Holst Pellekaan, who became Deputy Premier of SA last year, has plenty of fans in the outback, but his next step could be tricky.

  • Simon Evans

July 2021

Basketball cancelled.

New basketball chief a chip off the old block

His wife Nickie Scriven was until very recently a board director at the very same institution.

  • Myriam Robin

January 2021

Thaddeus Young is negotiating a deal to buy a stake in the NBL’s Brisbane Bullets.

Chicago Bulls forward buying into NBL’s Brisbane Bullets

Chicago Bulls forward Thaddeus Young is joining a growing contingent of current and ex-NBA players buying into Australian teams.

  • Max Mason
NBL owner Larry Kestelman.

Rich Lister hails NBL's record haul of NBA talent

With more ex-NBA players than ever before, and two 2021 NBA draft prospects, National Basketball League owner Larry Kestelman believes the reworked season will be the game's best.

  • Max Mason
"I’ll be disappointed if we don’t win a lot of games this year," says Hawks part-owner Dorry Kordahi of the NBL team.

Why this former Young Rich Lister is trying to save a sporting club

New Hawks owner Dorry Kordahi knows a pandemic is not the ideal time to try to save a struggling basketball club. "But there’s always opportunity in tough times," he says.

  • Jessica Gardner
The Perth Wildcats walked away with the NBL title after last finals games were cancelled.

NBL postpones season opener on virus outbreaks

The COVID-19 outbreak continues to wreak havoc on sporting codes. Now the NBL's opening games will be in Cairns and Perth.

  • Jessica Gardner
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November 2020

Larry Kestelman: "I want to have it done and dusted by August next year."

Larry Kestelman shoots basketball and property goals in Glenorchy

The Rich List developer and National Basketball League owner has plans approved for a $200 million sports precinct on Hobart's northern edge.

  • Michael Bleby

March 2020

Destructive: Pangai Jnr during his brilliant performance against the Cowboys.

Ban throws NRL, AFL seasons into disarray

The National Rugby League and AFL are contemplating playing to empty stadiums this season after the government ban on gatherings of more than 500 people.

  • Mark Ludlow and Patrick Durkin

July 2019

The NBL was previously broadcast for four seasons on Fox Sports and on 9Go! last year.

NBL set to go free-to-air under new deal

Fans will be able to broadcast or stream the entire season live on SBS' channels and platforms from October, with ESPN also broadcasting 59 of the season's prime-time games.

  • Lucas Baird

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