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Born | 1952 or 1953 (age 70–71)
Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
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Spouse | Fran Drucker |
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Jim Drucker (born 1952 or 1953 (age 70–71)) [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. [2]
Drucker was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Ukrainian parents and is Jewish. [1] [3] 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] [4] [5] [6]
Drucker grew up in East Meadow in Long Island, New York. [1] [6] [7] He attended SUNY Buffalo, obtaining a bachelor's degree in political science and communication, and then a law degree from Duke Law School. [7] [1] [6] He next taught at the Temple University School of Law. [6] [1] He is married to Fran Drucker and now lives in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. [7]
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] [5] [6] [8] He was ESPN's on-camera legal analyst from 1989-1994. [9] [7]
He was commissioner of the Arena Football League (AFL) for three seasons, starting in 1994, [6] [10] [11] during which time, the league expanded from 11 to 18 teams. [6]
In 1999, with his own collection of 850 comic books, Drucker founded NewKadia.com, the world's largest online-only comic-book seller. [6] [9] [12] In 2017, it sold 250,000 comic books. [1] [6]