Storen Mike

American sports executive in basketball, baseball, and football. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame and a stint in the US Marines, he began his career with the Chicago Zephyrs and became their promotions director after their move to Baltimore. He subsequently served as the first general manager of the Indiana Pacers from 1967 to 1969, before assuming the positions of GM and part-owner of the Kentucky Colonels. He became the commissioner of the American Basketball Association (ABA) in 1973, and played an instrumental role in the leagues merger with the National Basketball Association (NBA) three years later. Mike Storen had three children, including Hannah Storm who is a broadcast personality on ESPN. He died on 7 May 2020 at age 84 at the Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, having suffered from a rare form of cancer. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less