Jim Drucker

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Jim Drucker
Born1952/1953 (age 68–69)
Brooklyn, New York, US
Alma mater
  • SUNY Buffalo
  • Duke Law School
  • Temple University School of Law
Known for
Spouse(s)Fran Drucker
Parent(s)

Jim Drucker (born 1952/1953 (age 68–69))[1] is a former commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association, former commissioner of the Arena Football League, and founder and owner of NewKadia.com, the world's largest online-only comic-book seller.

Biography[]

Drucker was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Ukrainian parents and is Jewish.[1][2] His father, Norm Drucker, was a New York City public school teacher and principal, and then a long-time referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and American Basketball Association (ABA).[1][3][4][5]

Drucker grew up in East Meadow in Long Island, New York.[1][5][6] He attended SUNY Buffalo, obtaining a bachelor's degree in political science and communication, and then obtained a law degree from Duke Law School.[6][1][5] He next taught at Temple University.[5][1] He is married to Fran Drucker and now lives in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania.[6]

Drucker was commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), a precursor to the NBA G League, from 1978 to 1986; while in the position, he acquired additional coverage by offering the first-ever million dollar half-court shot.[1][4][5][7] He was ESPN's on-camera legal analyst from 1989-1994.[8][6]

He became commissioner of the Arena Football League (AFL) in 1994.[5][9][10] Drucker remained in the position for two years while working to expand it from 11 to 18 teams.[5]

In 1999, with his own collection of 850 comic books, Drucker started and became the owner of NewKadia Comics, the world's largest online-only comic-book seller.[5][8][11] In 2017, it sold 250,000 comic books, although Drucker stated he had only "read three comics in the past 18 years".[1][5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Jesse Bernstein (May 8, 2019). "Jim Drucker’s Life Leads Him From Basketball to Comic Books," Jewish Exponent
  2. ^ David McKibben (August 10, 1996). "Piranha Football--Call Them the Lord's Players". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ Smith, Sam (March 24, 1985). "CBA Boss Shows How to Score with Fans". Chicago Tribune.
  4. ^ a b Rosen, Charley (2011). Crazy Basketball: A Life in and Out of Bounds. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0803217935 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Michael Bradley (July 2019). "Meet Norristown's Unlikely Comic Book Mogul; Jim Drucker is the owner of NewKadia Comics, the world's largest online-only comic book retailer". Main Line Today.
  6. ^ a b c d Mastrull, Diane (February 22, 2015). "An online comic dealer with a superpowered sales platform". Philadelphia Inquirer.
  7. ^ "The Sporting News; Volume 193". Sporting News Publishing Company. January 23, 1982 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ a b "World's Largest Comic Book Store - NewKadia.com - Welcomes Shopper #15,000,000 on July 31". Newswire.
  9. ^ Television Guide; Volume 42. Triangle Publications. January 23, 1994 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Cable Television Programming; Issues 186-212. Paul Kagan Associates. January 23, 1993 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ Puleo, Gary (January 10, 2012). "Comics store zones in on Internet success". The Times Herald.
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