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We'll bring you our usual in-depth storytelling today, but first, we want to take the time to

remember a sports icon.

Long time NBA commissioner David Stern passed away on Wednesday after suffering a brain hemorrhage.

He was 77 years old.

Here's Jeremy Shapp with the remembrance of the man who left an indelible mark on the sport of

basketball.

In his 30 years as commissioner, David Stern made it possible for the NBA to scramble from the

brink of bankruptcy and irrelevance to a position of global significance unthinkable in the

dark days of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

When the league was beset by drug problems, teams were going bankrupt, and the finals were untaped to

let.

That stunning reversal of fortune is why Stern will be remembered as perhaps the greatest leader of

any sports league ever.

Of course, the league's rebirth can't be attributed solely to Stern's savvy and toughness.

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