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 December 12, 2006 - KTVT CBS-11 aired a story on the decision of the NBA to drop the new microfiber composite ball and bring back the leather one beginning Jan. 1. The story mentioned a research study conducted by The University of Texas at Arlington's physics department this Fall on the differences between the synthetic and leather basketballs.
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 November 2, 20066 - Physics Chair James Horwitz did a two-minute live interview segment about the results of the investigation of the differences in the new and old NBA basketballs at 1:50 p.m. Wednesday with Jane Skinner of Fox News
 November 1, 2006 - KDFW Fox 4, The Ottawa Citizen, Canada, the Times Picayune, Louisiana, Detroit Free Press, Vancouver Sun, the Houston Chronicle, the St. Petersburg Times, Florida, USA Today, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Forbes, San Francisco Chronicle, The Los Angeles Times and more than 130 newspapers ran a story on the research study conducted by Jim Horwitz, chair of the physics department, and Kaushik De, physics professor, on the differences between composite and leather basketballs.
 
 
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