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Re: Jerry Richardson selling the Panthers
Unless you’ve been in a coma for the last 24 hours, you’ve certainly heard that Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson plans to sell the team at the end of the…
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The Big Cat: Nailed
Think we’ve overstated the negative impact on the Panthers caused by Jerry Richardson’s hardball labor stance? Word of Richardson’s low-rent slamming of Drew Brees and Peyton Manning is echoing across…
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NBA Assumes Control of Shinn's Hornets
Ah, but it can never be said that George wasn’t a Working Man — in fact his grubby trade-school pedigree had the Uptown crowd holding him at arms length for…
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NBA to Bailout George Shinn?
ESPN thinks so. The league would buy the New Orleans Hornets from Shinn, now that his proposed sale of the franchise to a minority partner has collapsed. The league would…
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Should Richardson Sell the Panthers?
Not some knee jerk reax to another Panther blow out. But the Big Cat has already drawn local comparisons to George Shinn and I wonder if he isn’t on a…
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LeBron is No Art Modell
Bron-Bron didn’t rip up a beloved franchise leaving nothing but an empty hole behind in order to claim a $300m. taxpayer bonanza offered by a corrupt cabal of local and…
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The future for Winston-Salem’s downtown stadium?
I couldn’t help but think about what the future might hold for Winston-Salem’s downtown stadium deal as I read this Uptown paper of record article on the uncertainty surrounding the…
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Big Cat Overpays Jake. By Millions.
Jake Delhomme just got a $20m. guarantee. And Jerry Richardson may have just crippled his franchise for years to come. This move is eerily similar to George Shinn handing $100m.…
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Bailout for the Bobcats?
Sports Business Journal is reporting that Bank of America — holder of $45b. in taxpayer bailout dollars — and JP Morgan are extending a $175m. loan to the NBA in…
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The other big score
Possibly obscured by news that the Bobcats scored Larry Brown was Mandalay Properties’ anouncement that NBA exec Kevin Terry was hired to prep the Winston-Salem Warthogs for their first season…
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Open Letter to The Sports Guy
Bill: You are The Man right now in sportswriting. You almost always nail the issue and leave me laughing. That’s why I cannot make heads or tails out of your…
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Bobcats Business Update
Forbes is back with its latest look at the business of basketball and once again Charlotte’s NBA franchise is lagging. The magazine pegs the value of the team at $287…