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1999:

  1. A conversation with Dave Checketts about the New York Knicks
    A conversation with Dave Checketts about the New York...

    with Dave Checketts on May 7, 1999

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  2. A conversation out basketball with Dave Checketts
    A conversation out basketball with Dave Checketts

    with Dave Checketts on Jan 12, 1999

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    11 min
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1997:

  1. A conversation about the NBA
    A conversation about the NBA

    with Dave Checketts on Apr 7, 1997

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    20 min
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1995:

  1. A discussion about Michael Jordan
    A discussion about Michael Jordan

    with Dave Checketts, Roy S. Johnson and William Rhoden on Mar 10, 1995

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    60 min
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Dave Checketts is an American sports manager. At 28, he became president and general manager of the Utah Jazz, making him the youngest chief executive in NBA history. He then spent a year as the general manager of NBA International. Chacketts became president of the New York Knicks in March 1991. The team set records for attendance, television ratings and revenue under his watch.

Checketts became president and CEO of Madison Square Garden. In September 2001, he founded Sports Capital Partners Worldwide, a consulting and investment service firm for sports teams. In 2002, SCP acquired SportsWest Communications, a syndicated broadcaster of college sports. In July 2004 he bought into Major League Soccer and established a team in Utah, Real Salt Lake, which began play in April of 2005. He purchased the St. Louis Blues in 2005.

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