Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Which sports league's commissioner has a last name that can be found on the periodic table?"
Adam Silver is the current commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Silver was unanimously elected NBA Commissioner on Feb. 1, 2014, by the NBA Board of Governors. Since joining the NBA in 1992, Silver has also held the positions of Senior VP & COO, NBA Entertainment, and NBA Chief of Staff. Before joining the NBA, Silver was a lawyer at the New York law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore. In 2015, he was named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People and one of Fortune's 50 Greatest Leaders.