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From the June 25th Issue:The ratings for the Spurs' NBA Finals sweep suggest otherwise, but former NBA assistant coach Tom Newell beleives there are people who want to watch fundamentally sound, team-based basketball.  That's why last Saturday in Seattle, Newell staged a game with rims raised to 11 feet.  The idea:  Foot-higher ...

Seattle Times sports columnist Jerry Brewer analyzes the ''For the Love of the Game'' exposition... To be a purist now, you have to be a futurist. To show people the right way, you have to accept they'll first consider it wrong. Newell scared the dunks right out of basketball with his higher rims, and it was boring at first glance. To be ...

Bob Condotta's article in Sunday's Seattle Times article complained about the lack of drama of the game, but does discuss the quick adjustment required to the raised rim... [UW Men's Basketball Coach Lorenzo] Romar was curious enough to shoot around himself for a while and said, ''If you practice long enough, it's not that big of a change. You ...

From the Everett Herald... SEATTLE - Can an extra foot save basketball?   Tom Newell thinks so. Newell, a former NBA and WNBA assistant coach, doesn't like what he sees happening to the game he loves, which explains why on Saturday a game was being played at Hec Edmundson Pavilion with the hoops raised from 10 to 11 feet. ''We're in ...

Sunday's Tacoma News Tribune says that the ''11-foot rim eliminates dunks, puts emphasis on fundamentals...'' Tom Newell took a step forward in spreading his gospel of a return to basketball fundamentals Saturday afternoon at Hec Edmundson Pavilion. Newell – a former NBA assistant and son of former big-man coach Pete Newell – organized a ...

supersonics.com reports on ''For the Love of the Game''...  If Tom Newell is right, fans got a look at the future of the NBA yesterday at Hec Edmuson Pavilion on the UW campus. Under the guidance of the former Sonics assistant coach, two teams of former college players, mostly with Seattle ties, played a game of basketball. That wasn't ...

The below article was published nationwide describing the ''For the Love of the Game'' basketball exhibition with 11-foot hoops.  You might have seen it on ESPN, Yahoo Sports, MSN, or your local newspaper. SEATTLE (AP) -- Brayden Billbe caught the pass on the block. He drop-stepped and turned to dunk, just as he usually would. Nope, not ...

In Michael Hiestand's column on June 15th, he proposes some ideas for TV.  He also mentions ''For the Love of the Game'' which mentions the Qwizdom interactive remotes available to observers. If you think 21st-century basketball has outgrown the 10-foot height of the baskets, you don't have to just imagine how raising baskets would change ...

An article in today's Seattle Times previews the game.  Players and coaches are excited as they face the new challenge of raised hoops. ''Just walking in the gym, it just looks massive,'' Binetti said Tuesday as he glanced up at a rim 11 feet above the court at Edmundson Pavilion. Earlier that day, University of Washington athletic ...

A story in Thursday's Seattle Post-Intelligencer provides some background on history on the ''For the Love of the Game'' exposition... ''Most people are unaware of the origins of the 10-foot hoop,'' Newell said. ''The reason why (James) Naismith put the first peach baskets at 10 feet is because that's how high the overhang in the gym he ...