May 21, 2013

NBA: NBA Board of Governors votes to reject Kings relocation to Seattle

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — The NBA’s Board of Governors voted at a meeting in Dallas on Wednesday to reject an investment group’s effort to relocate the Sacramento Kings to Seattle for the 2013-14 season. NBA commissioner David Stern told reporters that the Board followed the lead of the league’s Relocation Committee, which unanimously recommended in [...]

NBA Trade News: Thunder ship Harden to Rockets

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Lebron James (R) #6 talks with teammates James Harden (L) #12 and Kobe Bryant (C) #10 of United States during a break play against Tunisia in the Men’s Basketball Preliminary Round match on Day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Basketball Arena on July 31, 2012 in London, England. (July 30, 2012 – [...]

MLB: Red Sox owner denies report Boston is for sale

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Boston Red Sox principal owner John Henry denied a published report that the storied franchise was up for sale. “A sale of any kind is so far from our thinking it hasn’t even come up apart from technical planning issues involving death or disability. This report is completely without foundation,” [...]

N.Y. to L.A.? Dodgers asked Yanks about Sabathia, Teixeira

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — The Los Angeles Dodgers’ free-wheeling spending spree that brought former Boston Red Sox players Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford and Josh Beckett to the team has many in baseball calling them the New York Yankees of the West. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the Dodgers, managed by former [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Need for federal oversight of horse racing debated

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WASHINGTON (AP) – Top horse racing industry figures took different sides before Congress on Thursday over whether the sport needs federal oversight to ban doping. “We need a new and tougher federal law,” said Barry Irwin, whose Team Valor ownership group won last year’s Kentucky Derby with Animal Kingdom. He said at a Senate Commerce [...]

Golf: Mickelson joins group trying to buy Padres

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Phil Mickelson of the United States plays an approach shot at the sixteenth hole during the final round of the HP Byron Nelson Championship at TPC Four Seasons Resort on May 20, 2012 in Irving, Texas. (May 19, 2012 – Source: Darren Carroll/Getty Images North America) DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Phil Mickelson wants to be [...]

Fox, MLB file objections to Dodgers sale

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Magic Johnson is part of the group looking to purchase the Los Angeles Dodgers. (Photo: AP/Lenny Ignelzi) NEW YORK (AP) — Fox is objecting to the proposed sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers, saying the incoming ownership group that includes Magic Johnson has not disclosed whether Time Warner Cable is involved in the purchase. Fox’s [...]

MLB: New Dodgers structure takes shape with Magic Johnson, Kasten

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Chairman and CEO of Magic Johnson Enterprises Earvin “Magic” Johnson (L) speaks during a Urban Economic Forum co-hosted by White House Business Council and U.S. Small Business Administration at Loyola Marymount University on March 22, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. Topics discussed at the forum included the Obama administration’s support for policies that create private [...]

NHL: Roenick part of group interested in buying Coyotes

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Jeff Skinner (C) of the Carolina Hurricanes for Team Staal speaks to Kevin Weekes (R) and Jeremy Roenick as he arrives at the NHL All-Star red carpet part of 2011 NHL All-Star Weekend on January 29, 2011 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (January 28, 2011 – Photo by Harry How/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA [...]

NBA approves sale of 76ers as lockout drags on

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(Reuters) – The sale of the Philadelphia 76ers to a group led by Apollo Global Management co-founder Josh Harris was approved by the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) board of governors, the league said on Tuesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Comcast-Spectacor, led by Ed Snider, purchased the 76ers in 1996 and the [...]