Basketball Times was launched in October 1978, created by Jay Myers and financed by Edward Bomze.
In 1998, he was presented the Curt Gowdy Award by the Basketball Hall of Fame for service to the sport over his career.
[2] After Donald died of an apparent heart attack in November 2000, his wife Nanci continued to run Basketball Times.
John Akers, the managing editor of BT from 2001–11, became publisher of Basketball Times in September 2011.
[3] Done annually for the past five seasons, every projected Division I starter is run through an efficiency rating known as the "Larry Bird formula" - a plus/minus system of positive and negative statistics - and takes note of those players who jump out unexpectedly.