Frank McCourt
A woman walks past an advertising billboard for the Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball team, near Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles on March 28 2012, in California. A group led by NBA legend Magic Johnson won an auction for the Dodgers on March 27, with a record two billion USD bid, the bankrupt baseball club announced. The purchase price from current owner Frank McCourt is the highest sum ever paid for a North American sports franchise and does not include iconic Dodger Stadium, which went for 150 million USD in another deal.
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Dodgers reach deal with Magic Johnson group
Group."I am thrilled to be part of the historic Dodger franchise and intend to build on the fantastic foundation laid by Frank McCourt as we drive the Dodgers back to the front page of the sports section in our wonderful community of Los Angeles," Johnson Read more »
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Los Angeles Dodgers have begun the transition into a new era - MLB
Dodgers' players have exercised gallows humor in recent years, as Frank McCourt's ugly financial situation manifested itself in organizational cutbacks. "I don't write any checks," one player said privately last summer, "until I know for sure that my pay from ESPN Read more »
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Dodgers put Kemp on DL after streak ends
Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt (back C) and center fielder Matt Kemp (back L) pose with children after the unveiling of a new Dodgers baseball field for children in Compton, Los Angeles, California November 14, 2011. (Reuters) - The Los Angeles from Reuters Read more »
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Bud Selig needs to take a stance on Athletics' stadium issue
Of all the indignities visited upon Frank McCourt over the last couple years — fan boycotts, pickets outside Dodger Stadium, "Frankrupt" T-shirts — McCourt never had to pick up a copy of the Los Angeles Times and stare at a full-page advertisement in whi from Los Angeles Times Read more »
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Rachel Robinson is happy the McCourt era is over
It was not just the common fans who grew disenchanted with Frank McCourt’s ownership of the Dodgers. So did Jackie Robinson’s widow, Rachel. Robinson was at Monday’s game, the first home game under the Dodgers’ new ownership, at the invitation of Magic J from Los Angeles Times Read more »
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Dodgers' owners to pay $14 million a year to rent parking lots from McCourt entity
The Dodgers' new owners will pay $14 million per year to rent the parking lots from an entity half-owned by Frank McCourt, according to land-use documents intended to "facilitate the orderly development" of the property surrounding Dodger Stadium. The po from Los Angeles Times Read more »
