NBA

Apple removes HK Map app from its store

Several Twitter posts showed security interacting with protesters around Capital One Arena.

The NBA needs to explore other options now that it's facing roadblocks in China - a look at the league's efforts in Africa and India.

The NFL, NHL and MLB have all either held games in China or made it clear that the home of the world’s second-largest economy is a priority destination.

Asked for his reaction to China pressuring the NBA over Morey’s tweet, Trump said the two parties “have to work out their own situation.”

The NBA's business with China has become politically fraught since Daryl Morey, the general manager of the Houston Rockets, tweeted in support of the protesters.

Absent a new effort to placate Chinese fans and sponsors without rankling U.S. onlookers, the fallout from Moray’s tweet poses a long-term threat to the NBA’s plans in the region.

The NBA has spent the last two decades cultivating a devoted fan base in China.

Silver’s statement comes after Morey on Sunday tweeted in support of pro-Democracy protesters clashing against police forces in Hong Kong.

Dolan’s firm, the Madison Square Garden Company, has filed two lawsuits in a bid to block Ballmer from building a new arena in Inglewood, California.