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Inside Golden State's Owners Box: Talking With Joe Lacob and Peter Guber

SAN FRANCISCO -- There's really no getting around that dateline. The new owners of the team from Oakland did almost all of their media relations work this week in the fancier city by the Bay, an unmistakable sign that they won't be adhering to any borders or boundaries in this endeavor that has officially begun. Venture...

The Works: Dreary Doings in Denver; Z-Bo's Strange Desire

In The Works today: charting the cha-ching! NBA owners have heard over the past 20 years and how Zach Randolph's alleged desire to be a Piston is weird. But first we take a look at the machinations, or lack thereof, of the Nuggets front office. Downsizing in Denver The latest shake-up in the Denver front office is news,...

Monta Ellis Opens Up on Rift With Warriors, Pledge to Mend Fences

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The chair is nothing special. Metal framework. Thin cushion for the back and butt. It's a glorified bar stool, really. But as Golden State guard Monta Ellis sits and talks from that very piece of furniture on a recent day on the Warriors practice facility floor, you'd swear it was a therapist's...

New Owners Could Mean New GM, Head Coach for Warriors

LAS VEGAS -- The last thing Larry Riley wanted to do was spoil the fun for his team's fans, so the Golden State general manager said all the right things in the wake of the long-awaited ownership change that was finalized Thursday. "There's a lot of excitement in the Bay Area, and for good reason," he opined from UNLV's...

Warriors Sold for Record $450 Million

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Golden State Warriors owner Chris Cohan reached an agreement Thursday to sell the franchise for a record $450 million to Boston Celtics minority partner Joe Lacob and Mandalay Entertainment CEO Peter Guber (right). "I am incredibly excited to have the opportunity to be the next steward of this...

Chris Cohan News From the Web

05/11/12 Tim Kawakami: It's the five-year anniversary of Baron... Source: Marin Independent Journal - Novato CA This snuck up on me, and I'm guessing it might have snuck up on you, too -- five years can go by quickly when everybody leaves, sells, gets traded, ex-communicated or fired!
06/22/11 Warriors Bid Adieu To Robert Rowell Two Days Before... Source: SB Nation Bay Area Robert Rowell was considered the last (and most offensive) remnant of the Chris Cohan regime.
04/01/11 Golden State Warriors: Chris Cohan vs Joe Lacob, Who's... Source: Bleacher Report A mere mention of the name "Cohan" near any Warriors fan is an assault, first to the mind then moving south to the heart.
02/25/11 Tim Kawakami: Warriors ownership has familiar look Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz CA Warriors co-owner Joe Lacob is not Chris Cohan.
12/03/10 Editorial: New Warriors owners on the right track Source: Inside Bay Area - Oakland CA WE ARE happy to see that the new ownership group of our hometown Golden State Warriors has changed the tenor and tone of the team's relationship with its landlord, which we hope bodes well for the stability of the franchise in Oakland.

Background on Chris Cohan

Christopher J. Cohan is the former owner of the Golden State Warriors of the NBA. He assumed control of the team in 1995 and helped renovate the Warriors' arena (now known as the Oracle Arena).

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