“This is a moment of profound grief in the sports industry and the basketball world as we mourn a titan, an innovator, a perfectionist, a taskmaster, a role model, a mentor and, most of all, a dear friend. David Stern revolutionized what it means to be a sports league — and a sports leader — in an age that demands global awareness, technological savvy and a grasp of social currents in all their forms. We will sorely miss his boundless energy, his unquenchable intellectual curiosity, and his irrepressible habits of asking hard questions, never backing down and always speaking his mind.
BIG EAST Commissioner Val Ackerman on the passing of NBA Commissioner David Stern
