How television has changed the game of basketball 8 Articles

by Jerry Curtis

Television has transformed the game of basketball into a glitzy, commercial event with instant replay and instant access to statistics and records. It has also provided a collegiate recruiting platform for the big-money co...read more

by Michael Cannata

There's no doubt that TV has had a major impact on basketball as a sport. Yet, for all its impact I don't think it has changed the game or how it is played. More accurately, it has changed the way basketball, the teams and...read more

by Royce Radcliffe

Despite the fact that television was introduced to the United States in 1928 the first basketball game broadcast would not occur for another twelve years. It happened on February twenty eigth of 1940 from Madison Square Ga...read more

by Trent Lorcher

Every Saturday I'd hear it: "You'll see the best in basketball when you watch the NBA, when you watch the NBA on CBS." It remained my favorite song for several years. Every time it played, my heart rate accelerated and m...read more

by Jeremy Peters

The biggest way television has changed the game of basketball is the same way television has changed everything else: it brought advertising dollars into play. Before television, teams made money by selling tickets and co...read more

by J.E. Klein

One of my most salient memories from my childhood is staying up late to watch the NBA Finals with my Dad. The games were not played live. Games were tape delayed so we would watch a game whose outcome had already been dete...read more

by Tully Corcoran

There are more dunks attempted, now. The celebration of a blocked shot is greater, especially if it sails into the stands, and there is certainly more posing in basketball than there once was. Television normalizes the...read more

by Joseph Gallagher

Television allows for millions of people all across the nation and world to watch whatever they want directly from their house. However, at the same time, TV stations need to constantly improve their entertainment, so as ...read more