June 19, 2013

MLB: Dodgers keep rolling; beat Rockies 7-6

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Starting pitcher Ted Lilly #29 of the Los Angeles Dodgers delivers against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on May 1, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. (April 30, 2012 – Source: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images North America) DENVER (AP) — Ted Lilly threw six solid innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers got home runs from Dee Gordon, [...]

MLB: $2 billion Dodgers sale finalized

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Magic Johnson (L) sits with Frank McCourt during the game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres in the home opener at Petco Park on April 5, 2012 in San Diego, California. (April 4, 2012 – Source: Denis Poroy/Getty Images North America) LOS ANGELES (AP) — The tumultuous Frank McCourt era is [...]

MLB: Judge approves Dodgers’ reorganization plan

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Retired NBA player and one of the latest owners of the LA Dodgers Magic Johnson arrived at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, New York on April 11, 2012 for an appearance on the David Letterman Show. (April 11, 2012 – Photo by FameFlynet Pictures) WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – A bankruptcy court judge [...]

MLB: Dodgers say team on track to emerge from bankruptcy

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Magic Johnson is part of a group buying the Los Angeles Dodgers for $2 billion US. (Seth Wenig/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — The Los Angeles Dodgers filed a revised reorganization plan on Friday and said they are on track to exit bankruptcy as planned by April 30. The amended Chapter 11 plan filed [...]

MLB: Dodgers reach $2B agreement with group led by Magic Johnson

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Chairman and CEO of Magic Johnson Enterprises Earvin “Magic” Johnson 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 sector-jobs [...]

Dodger bidders go to Phoenix for MLB meets: sources

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Chris Capuano looks on during a MLB spring training baseball camp in Glendale, Arizona

(Reuters) – Bidders for the Los Angeles Dodgers are heading to Arizona for meetings early next week to be vetted by Major League Baseball, ahead of the next and third round of bids due around next Friday, three sources familiar with the matter said. Former Los Angeles Lakers star Magic Johnson, hedge-fund billionaire Steve Cohen, [...]

Magic Johnson defends Stern after racial suggestion

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Former Lakers’ star Magic Johnson says NBA commissioner David Stern has always done right by players, noting the number of blacks such himself, Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas who have followed their Hall of Fame playing careers by going into management or ownership positions. (Andrew D. Berstein/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Magic Johnson [...]