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MLB Takes Over Operation of Los Angeles Dodgers

NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball is taking the extraordinary step of assuming control of the Los Angeles Dodgers, a team increasingly paralyzed by its owners' bitter divorce. Once among baseball's glamour franchises, the Dodgers have been consumed by infighting since Jamie McCourt filed for divorce after 30 years of...

Giants Fan in Induced Coma as Cops Chase Down Numerous Leads

LOS ANGELES -- A San Francisco Giants baseball fan who was beaten nearly to death at the Dodgers season opener last week remains hospitalized in critical condition today while detectives sort through dozens of leads in an effort to track down the attackers. Bryan Stow, 42, from Santa Cruz, Calif., has signs of brain...

Dodgers May Not Win World Series, but They're Shoo-Ins for 'The Smiley'

GLENDALE Ariz. -- Every team in the National League West except the Dodgers owns a league pennant from the last 13 years, two claiming the World Series, most recently the Giants last fall. The Dodgers have gone nearly twice as long without a league flag. In that time, all four expansion teams from the 1990s cracked the...

The Dugout: Los Angeles Dodgers Spring Training 2011

Remember when the defining image of the Dodgers was of Kirk Gibson, struggling against his own body, doing the unthinkable and hitting a home run in the World Series against one of baseball's best pitchers? Or when it was the image of a brave African-American man breaking the color barrier and setting the standard for how...

Report: Bud Selig Vetoes Proposed $200M FOX Loan to Frank McCourt, Dodgers

Bud Selig vetoed a proposed loan of about $200 million from FOX to Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, the Los Angeles Times reports. Selig made the decision several weeks ago, according to the Times, denying McCourt a much-needed source of financing as he continues to struggle through a messy divorce and attempts to maintain...

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What The Feds Want With Frank McCourt

Federal authorities have requested documents from former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and his ex-wife as part of a criminal investigation into their dealings with the team and associated businesses.

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Glenn Rothner: Magic's Kingdom? Let's Establish a Vehicle for Community Input

New financiers and their lieutenants have purchased the Dodgers, the stadium, and the choice surrounding parking parcels.

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Magic Johnson Lied To Dodger Fans

Magic Johnson stood up on a podium at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday and flat-out lied to Dodger fans.

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Dodger Parking Lots: Why Have Magic Johnson And The New Owners Been Lying To Dodger Fans? (PHOTOS)

Magic Johnson stood up on a podium at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday and flat-out lied to Dodger fans.

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05/31/12 What The Feds Want With Frank McCourt Source: The Huffington Post - Local Federal authorities have requested documents from former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and his ex-wife as part of a criminal investigation into their dealings with the team and associated businesses.
05/15/12 Glenn Rothner: Magic's Kingdom? Let's Establish a... Source: The Huffington Post New financiers and their lieutenants have purchased the Dodgers, the stadium, and the choice surrounding parking parcels.
05/07/12 Magic Johnson Lied To Dodger Fans Source: The Huffington Post - Local Magic Johnson stood up on a podium at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday and flat-out lied to Dodger fans.
05/07/12 Dodger Parking Lots: Why Have Magic Johnson And The... Source: The Huffington Post Magic Johnson stood up on a podium at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday and flat-out lied to Dodger fans.

Background on frank mccourt

Francis "Frank" McCourt (August 19, 1930 – July 19, 2009) was an Irish-American teacher and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer, best known as the author of Angela's Ashes, an award-winning, tragicomic memoir of the misery and squalor of his childhood.

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