Astros' President Ryan Puts Fans First Ranadive Wants Kings To Make Up For Lost Time Bobcats Reportedly Begin Name Change Haslam Expected To Stay As Browns Owner Bills' Brandon Leading Franchise's New Direction Steinbrenner Talks Yankees Ticket Prices NBA Franchise Notes Maloofs Agree To Deal With Sacto Group Astros To Name Reid Ryan President Buffalo Bisons Tap Into Canadian Market
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Astros' Reid Ryan Vows To Focus On Business Side, Put Fans First05 / 20 / 13The Astros on Friday named Reid Ryan as the club's new President of Business Operations , and Ryan "vows to focus on the business side and leave the baseball decisions" to GM Jeff Luhnow, according to Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the HOUSTON CHRONICLE. Ryan said, “I kind of look at what my vision i... Tags: Franchises, MLB, Houston Astros |
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Ranadive Wants Kings To Make Up For Lost Time
The NBA Kings' sale to the Sacramento-based group led by Warriors Vice Chair Vivek Ranadive "won’t close for two more weeks," but the team still “effectively reopened for business” on Friday, according to Kasler, Lillis & Bizjak of the SACRAMENTO BEE. Team employees "geared up ...
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Bobcats Reportedly Begin Name Change
The Bobcats are in the "process of changing their name back to 'Hornets,'" including arranging digital assets that would "allow a return to their original nickname," according to a source cited by Will Brinson of CBSSPORTS.com. Still, there is "no timetable for the switch." A WhoIs.net search for t ...
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Haslam Expected To Stay As Browns Owner
As Browns Owner and Pilot Flying J CEO Jimmy Haslam III faces legal issues with the company, there is "no real sense the sky is falling in Cleveland and that Haslam's legal troubles will seriously imperil his ownership and completely snuff out the optimism his presence brought to town, almost before ...
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Bills' Brandon Leading Franchise's New Direction
Bills President & CEO Russ Brandon "holds the ultimate power" in the organization, but it is "in Brandon's interest to see" new GM Doug Whaley succeed, according to Mark Gaughan of the BUFFALO NEWS. Brandon "executed the transition of power from" former GM Buddy Nix to Whaley. Whaley is "going t ...
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Steinbrenner Talks Yankees Ticket Prices
Yankees Managing General Partner & co-Chair Hal Steinbrenner said in terms of attendance the Yankees are "definitely not the only team that is down," according to Andrew Marchand of ESPN N.Y. Steinbrenner said, "I think it is obvious by watching other games on TV. I think there are a lot of ...
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NBA Franchise Notes
In Oakland, Monte Poole wrote prior to Warriors co-Owner Joe Lacob's arrival, the franchise was "globally insignificant and, on the whole, an object of civic ridicule." But a "mere 30 months after the Lacob-Warriors marriage was consummated with a solemn vow of superior quality and eternal commitmen ...
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Maloofs Agree To Deal With Sacto Group
The Sacramento-based group bidding for the NBA Kings has "reached a deal with the Maloof family to buy its controlling stake" in the team, with the agreement expected to be unveiled Friday, according to a front-page piece by Bizjak, Lillis & Kasler of the SACRAMENTO BEE. A source said that if th ...
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Astros To Name Reid Ryan President
The Astros Friday afternoon are expected to announce Reid Ryan, son of Rangers CEO Nolan Ryan, will become the club's new President, replacing George Postolos, who resigned on Monday . Reid Ryan is currently the CEO of Ryan-Sanders Baseball, owners of the Triple-A PCL Round Rock Express and Double- ...
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Buffalo Bisons Tap Into Canadian Market
The Blue Jays prior to this season moved their Triple-A affiliation from Las Vegas to Buffalo, and while the move has had “business implications for both teams," there has been a "more profound effect for the Bisons, where both the team and Buffalo’s beleaguered downtown core have new op ...
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L.I. Ducks A Viable Option For Former MLBers
The independent Atlantic League Long Island Ducks have "become a viable option for talented players looking for one last shot" at the majors, according to Albert Chen of SI. Long Island has "become the unlikely island of baseball misfits" -- there are former All-Stars like P Dontrelle Willis, former ...
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