All posts tagged "college basketball"

  • In this March 9, 2016, photo, Joe Silverman, right, poses in the lobby of his New York computer repair shop while employee Alex Lokshin watches the company's big-screen TV. Silverman realized last year he was losing productivity to the NCAA college basketball tournament, as the 20 staffers of his computer repair company kept checking their phones for scores during the games. His solution was to allow them to have the games on the big-screen TV he had installed for customers, but to let them know they do need to focus on their tasks at hand. Silverman keeps an eye on the games, too. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
    March Madness: Some businesses will let workers watch NCAA

    NEW YORK (AP) — March Madness is taking over at small companies that are letting employees watch the NCAA basketball tournament while they work. Staffers at the marketing company Phelps will be able to keep an eye...

    • Posted March 16, 2016
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  • To honor the men and women of the U.S. military, Oregon and Georgetown opened their college basketball season in a U.S. army base in Korea. (Yonhap)
    Veteran’s Week Special Played in Korea

    Oregon beats Georgetown 82-75  in first ever U.S. college basketball game played in Korea Oregon defeated Georgetown in a college basketball season opener played at a U.S. army base Saturday morning in South Korea. The game, labeled the 2013 Armed...

    • Posted November 9, 2013
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