Howard Schultz plans to sue Clay Bennett to get Sonics back
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tziller +3I bet this story made Clay spit up his coffee. -
RedBaron Great PR move for Schultz - hopefully that's not all it turns out to be.
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The Shocker! Howard Schultz to sue Bennett to get Seattle Sonics back!!!
Published 4/14/2008 by Mr. Baker at Sonics basketball will return!
... of Seattle, our team here, relied on promises made by Clay Bennett and his ownership that they desired to keep the team in Seattle and intended to make a good-faith effort to accomplish that.”
When Bennett purchased the Sonics and its sister franchise in the WNBA, the Storm, for $350 million, he agreed to a stipulation that he would make a good-faith effort to keep both teams in Seattle. He has since sold the Storm to four Seattle women who will keep the team here.
Percy Allen of the Seattle Times has the full-on story here!
And a belated ...
The Roundup: Sonics Not Quite Gone … Yet
Published 4/15/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... stunt … ESPN’s ratings for the Masters were massive, so expect the WWL to start covering Golf more … one of the Wayans brothers is apparently dating either Winkie or Blinkie, the twins who were in The Basketball Diaries (and also were in a show called Sweet Valley High, says the female reader who sent in this link) …
Howard Schultz, the man who sold away the Sonics, now plans to sue in an effort to keep the team in Seattle. (Seattle Times)
Sean Avery’s such a douche, he got his own rule. (Ranger Pundit) ...
Schultz To Bennett : Gimme Back My Sonics!
Published 4/15/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... In which the former owner of Seattle’s doomed NBA franchise either a) saves the day or b) exercises some very expensive P.R. damage control. From the Seattle Times’ Percy Allan : ...
Schultz Will Sue!
Published 4/15/2008 by Seth at Enjoy the Enjoyment
Ha! Ha! Exciting! Howard Schultz will sue to get the Sonics back, reports Percy Allen of the Seattle Times. Said Schultz' lawyer, Richard Yarmuth: "The damages that are being sought is to rescind, unwind the transaction. It's not money damage. It's to have the team returned." We're talking about fraud at the time the contract was signed. It's not merely what activities, good faith or otherwise, were engaged in after the contract was signed so far as lobbying for a new stadium." This is exactly what Professor Joel Ngugi told us all last ...
Seattle Fans: Meet Your New Best Friend
Published 4/15/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... that the current owners have not honored that commitment, the question has been -- well, does Howard Schultz want to do anything about it? Are those former owners hot under the collar about this, and do they want to go to the trouble of trying get their (newly well-managed low payroll/high draft pick) team back? It seemed that would be the best possible ray of light for anyone who wanted, and it also seemed like a longshot. But it is happening. Percy Allen of the Seattle Times: Nearly two years after ...
Starbucks CEO Wants the Sonics Back
Published 4/15/2008 by Tom Ziller at FanHouse
Filed under: SuperSonics, SeattleThis story falls in the "holy s#!%" category, as well as those denoted above. From the Seattle Times's Percy Allen, via SonicsCentral: Howard Schultz says he wants the Sonics back. Nearly two years after selling Seattle's NBA franchise to Oklahoma City investors, the Starbucks mogul has hired a lawyer and is preparing to file a lawsuit against Sonics chairman Clay Bennett to rescind the July 2006 sale.Schultz's lawyer says the "good faith" clause in the sale ...
BREAKING NEWS: Maybe Starbucks Isn’t So Bad After All…..
Published 4/15/2008 at Real Sports Bloggers
... to sleep at 8:00 pm PDT last night (or 2000 hours, as I am wont to call it), not a whole lot new and different was going on in Seattle. The Mariners were losing…AGAIN. The NBA Board of Governors was planning to vote affirmatively on the request to relocate the Sonics to OKC. A lot can change in seven short hours. I awoke at 0300 (that’s 3:00 am to you non-military, non-healthcare types, AKA O’dark thirty) to find that this man [image] Starbucks founder and CEO Howard Schultz, had announced last evening that he has retained legal counsel to litigate for nullification of the ...
Starbucks Mogul Wants His Sonics Back
Published 4/15/2008 at The Sporting Blog
... floating around in the court system. But no matter how confused, or disconnected, you've become from the fate of the NBA's worst team, this latest bombshell deserves your attention: Howard Schultz might sue Clay Bennett to get the team back. No joke whatsoever . Nearly two years after selling Seattle's NBA franchise to Oklahoma City investors, the Starbucks mogul has hired a lawyer and is preparing to file a lawsuit against Sonics chairman Clay Bennett to rescind the July 2006 sale. [...] [Attorney Richard Yarmuth confirmed that] "It's not money damage. It's to have ...
The Internets are alive: Sonics soap opera
Published 4/15/2008 at Ball Don't Lie
... dream will not die. Former Sonics owner Howard Schultz, who sold the team to Clay Bennett and his Oklahoma City investors, has hired a lawyer and is preparing to file a lawsuit against Bennett to rescind the July '06 sale. Here's what they're saying out in the ether about this latest legal development ... ...
See You in Court, Clay Bennett
Published 4/15/2008 by Marcel Mutoni at SLAM Online
... Howard Schultz, the Starbuck mogul who sold the Sonics in 2006, is planning a lawsuit against Clay Bennett in the latest attemp to keep the team in Seattle. ...
Howard Schultz Sues for the Seattle SuperSonics Back
Published 4/15/2008 by Tuffy at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... and he feels he’s been lied to. You don’t cross the CEO of Starbucks, Clay. He wants his toys back. Now. If you don’t go quietly into that misty Seattle night and back from whence you came, he will sue your pasty white posterior there . Clay, you must have been a little concerned when Howie swept back into the Starbucks top spot as the gleaming savior. Certainly, a messianic complex would convince Schultz that he could save every fallen soul in Seattle, especially Kevin Durant . (Can’t get him to play defense, though; he’s a savior, not a miracle worker.) Maybe you ...
Howard Schultz suing Clay Bennett to get Sonics back: Good must prevail
Published 4/15/2008 by houroc at SportFiends
... So there is some good news in sports today. Howard Schultz is planning on suing Clay Bennett to try and get the Sonics back in keep them in Seattle. This is the best move Starbucks has made since the White Chocolate Mocha (:-D!). ...
Save the Sonics
Published 4/16/2008 by Gilbert at Obscure Sports Quarterly
... So it’s great news that former Sonics owner Howard Schultz is suing current owner Clay Bennett for breach of contract. From the Seattle Times: ...
Slade Gorton, You Genius You
Published 4/16/2008 by Seth at Enjoy the Enjoyment
... . Stern's comments would've been the story in yesterday morning's papers. Instead, on Monday night, news broke about Howard Schultz' lawsuit against Bennett. ...
Help Save the Sonics, Magic Fans
Published 4/16/2008 by Ben Q Rock <info@thirdquartercollapse.com> at Third Quarter Collapse: Front Page Posts
... Two days ago, the Seattle Times reported that Schultz is preparing to sue Bennett to rescind the sale and take-back the team, citing breach-of-contract. ...
Kevin Durant May Be Starting for the Oklahoma City Slickers Next Season
Published 4/28/2008 at The Sporting Blog
[image] Warning: What follow may strike some as unfettered snobbery. As the future of the Sonics remains a total mess the Howard Schultz suit certainly looks like the best exploitation of the obvious . But those happy folks in OKC aren't interested in dwelling on the perfidy of their local energy barons. No, they just want to have some fun, or at least as much as they can have without the team firmly within their grasp. Hence, ...
