The National Basketball Association's franchise based in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, the Jazz were founded in 1974. They played in New Orleans until 1979, when they moved to Utah. Although they have not won an NBA Championship, the Jazz won back-to-back Western Confrence titles in 1997 and 1998, powered by the duo of Karl Malone and John Stockton. Other notable players to play for the Jazz include Pete Maravich, Mark Eaton, Darrell Griffith, Jeff Hornacek and Andrei Kirilenko.
On a United States men's basketball team loaded with high-octane, high-wire hoops artists who are jamming and juking their way around all comers at the Beijing Olympics, it may seem strange to say that one of the smallest American backup players hitting one of the team's dozen 3-pointers provided the shot of the game in a 116-85 quarterfinal rout of Australia.
Publ.Date : Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:27:25 GMTBEIJING — The five-date slate of preliminary pool games for the 12 men’s basketball teams at the Beijing Olympics has accomplished its purpose — providing the seeding for the eight quarterfinals and reflecting how dominant the gold-favorite United States really is.
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:39:12 GMTThe Utah Jazz had John Stockton and Karl Malone. The Chicago Bulls had Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. In the late 90s at Elko High, it was Kathryn Symmes and Lauren Beckman.
Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:55:56 GMTRussian basketball standout Andrei Kirilenko has had the Utah Jazz on his mind lately more specifically, Jazz owner Larry H. Miller.
Publ.Date : Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:24:04 GMTThe U.S. men's basketball team put a perfect finishing touch on Group B preliminary pool play with a 106-57 rout of Germany Monday Night at the Beijing Olympics.
Publ.Date : Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:09:14 GMT
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The nickname, the Jazz, is left over from the team's time in New Orleans, which is of course the birthplace of jazz music.
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