Both franchises have also submitted bids to host the 2015 All-Star game, a decision that could be announced sometime around the NBA Finals.
But by the time the quarter-finals came around it was, mostly, the big names which had made it through - with the honourable exception of Zambia's Chipolopolo, who deservedly made it through after playing with verve and style.
However, Estanguet finished a surprising ninth in his first run on the whitewater course and did not qualify for the finals this time around.
For LeBron it was carrying the team to his first championship with one of the greatest all around performances in the NBA Finals Series history despite his reputation as a fourth quarter non-closer.
Uefa spokesman William Gaillard has suggested future finals could be rotated around stadiums with a capacity of at least 70, 000 and Parry would back such a plan.
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Only 32 students from around the entire United States made the semi-finals, which took place in New York.
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Even as World Cup Finals in the 60s and 70s were beamed around the globe we never really knew what to expect from most of the competing nations.
Additionally, ESPN's NBA Tonight postgame shows, along with Pardon the Interruption, Around the Horn and ESPN2's First Take, will include Finals content.
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The UK team has battled through to the semi-finals of the competition and now is poised to take on Sweden around the same time that the England football players are taking on the Swedes in the World Cup.
Except during finals, I was thrilled to work until closing, add extra hours around spring and winter breaks, and shifts that others dreaded.
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