Editing David Stern (section)

==Early life==
David Stern was born in [[Manhattan]], New York City, one of three children of Anna (née Bronstein, 1918&ndash;1990) and William Stern (1918&ndash;1980), a Jewish family.<ref name = NYT/> He grew up in [[Teaneck, New Jersey]], and his father ran a Jewish [[delicatessen]] in the [[Chelsea, Manhattan|Chelsea]] neighborhood of Manhattan.<ref name = NYT/> Stern grew up a [[New York Knicks]] fan, considered [[Carl Braun (basketball)|Carl Braun]] his hero,<ref name="aldrigeObit">[https://theathletic.com/1502570/2020/01/01/he-made-the-lamps-rattle-remembering-david-stern-in-all-his-momentous-bluster/ He made the lamps rattle: Remembering David Stern, in all his momentous bluster]</ref> and attended games at [[Madison Square Garden (1925)|Madison Square Garden]] with his father.<ref name = NYT/> He played basketball briefly in adulthood before sustaining a serious right knee injury during a New York Lawyers League game.<ref name = NYT/><ref name="LATHowardCooper">{{cite news|url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-02-12-sp-3002-story.html |title = He Passed a Rather Stern Test : NBA No Longer on Rebound, Thanks to Commissioner |work = [[Los Angeles Times]]|date = February 12, 1989|access-date = January 1, 2020|last = Howard-Cooper|first = Scott}}</ref>

After graduating from [[Teaneck High School]] in 1959, Stern went to [[Rutgers University]], where he was a member of the [[Sigma Alpha Mu]] fraternity and graduated in 1963 with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in history. He then attended [[Columbia Law School]], receiving a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] in 1966.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sargeant|first=Keith|title=How did ex-NBA commissioner David Stern become the unofficial 'senior advisor' to Rutgers?|date=January 28, 2017|work=NJ.com|url=https://www.nj.com/rutgersbasketball/2017/01/how_did_ex-nba_commissioner_david_stern_become_the.html|access-date=January 2, 2020}}</ref>