Tagged: Charlotte Bobcats

Part One: Art Forgery and Alberto Giacometti. Counterfeits and forgeries plague the art world. Google "Pablo Picasso" or surf over to eBay and you can own your very own Picasso fake. It's something museums, galleries and artists foundations themselves are dedicated to fighting. And there's a lot of money at stake. The most expensive sculpture ever sold at auction was by a Swiss artist named Alberto Giacometti - it sold for $104 million in 2010. Because the artist's work is so valuable, it's ripe for forgeries. We'll meet the person who spends time fighting fraud and counterfeiting for the Alberto and Annette Giacometti Foundation and hear about the Giacometti exhibit now on display at the Bechtler.

  The Charlotte Bobcats face a $3 million decision: Is it worth the investment to change the team’s name to “Hornets,” hoping to capture the nostalgia for Charlotte’s original NBA team?
 Reports Tuesday said Tom Benson, the new owner of the New Orleans Hornets who said he wants to change his team’s nickname to something that represents that city, has chosen “Pelicans” as that new name.

The Charlotte Bobcats finished last season with the NBA's worst record - 59 losses and just seven wins.  This year, the team has a new coach and several new players including #2 draft pick Michael Kidd-Gilchrest.     Team officials are hoping to make new inroads with fans and the community this season.  WFAE's Mark Rumsey spoke with Bobcats' President and Chief Operating Officer Fred Whitfield to learn more about the team's new "gameplan".