Cleveland Cavaliers

At last season’s close, NBA broadcasters sulked to the bus, heads down, defeated. Across Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)’s ABC and ESPN, NBA TV and Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX)’s TNT, the league’s regular-season average viewership had fallen 6 percent year-over-year. TNT, in...

LeBron James lost his fifth NBA Finals, but it surely wasn't due to a lack of effort, as he became the first player ever to average a triple-double in the NBA Finals series. Despite his incredible performance, the Golden State Warriors simply had too many weapons. This was a team that went 73-9...

A post-season playoff packed with lackluster, lopsided games finally got the rematch that apparently everybody wanted. And maybe needed. The result? Ratings gold for ABC and its parent, Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS), which has posted numbers not seen since Michael Jordan won his sixth and final NBA...

Who says what happens in the media on a day-to-day basis doesn't impact individual stocks? Look no further than the recent rally in shares of Under Armour Inc (NYSE: UAA). Keep in mind, the stock is a casualty on the prolonged retail route, and as of late, there has been rotation out of some...

Morgan Stanley is giving Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co (NASDAQ: GT) a double upgrade from Underweight to Overweight, crediting a technological revolution in mobility that may drive growth significant future growth for the bump.  Miles traveled are at twice historic levels, which bodes well for...

Reigning NBA champions, the Cleveland Cavaliers have officially signed a deal securing a jersey sponsorship with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co (NASDAQ: GT) that will begin in the 2017 season. Since the NBA became the first professional North American league to approve jersey sponsorships 13 months...

2016 was certainly a year of surprises. Benzinga recently conducted a Twitter Inc (NASDAQ: TWTR) poll to determine the biggest shockers of 2016. Donald Trump Wins Election Donald Trump winning the presidential election was overwhelmingly the biggest shock according to the poll, garnering 76...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) ABC's summer has been stellar so far thanks in large part to the NBA Finals and a rematch between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers. On Sunday night, the best-of-seven game series wrapped up in nail-biting fashion and over 30 million people tuned...

No one can deny that Cleveland Cavaliers Kyrie Irving had a huge series. Irving essentially sealed the deal Sunday night, hitting a big three pointer in the final minute of the game to give Cleveland the lead and eventual NBA Championship. Irving's marketability will undoubtedly receive a...

No team in NBA history had ever come back from a 3-1 deficit in the NBA Finals to take home the championship. Until Sunday. LeBron James led the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 93-89 victory in a winner-take-all Game 7 by recording a triple-double. James collected his third NBA championship ring and...

Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors hope to wrap up the NBA championships with a victory Thursday evening over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Under Armour Inc (NYSE: UA) investors are likely rooting the Warriors, as Curry is the company's most visible and iconic endorser. A Golden State...

Steph Curry led his Golden State Warriors to a 104-89 victory of LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday to take Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Meanwhile, investors and traders are likely looking at the finals from a business perspective as many basketball fans will likely purchase gear and...

Steph Curry led the Golden State Warriors to a 96-88 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night and will now face Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA finals. Not only did Golden State come back to win the best of 7 series after trailing 3 games to 1, they did so in...

If you take the league’s Most Valuable Player off of any team in any sport in any league, the chances of that team winning a championship are going to take a big hit. With reports that NBA MVP Stephen Curry will now be out two weeks with an MCL sprain, the Golden State Warriors will be...