sports.espn.go.com - 7/3/2008
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Just hours before a federal judge was to decide whether a lease would require the SuperSonics to play two more seasons in Seattle, the city agreed to let the team immediately move to Oklahoma City, Okla., in return for $45 million and Seattle's retention of the team's name, logos, colors and history. The settlement resolved a contentious legal dispute that included six days of trial. However, ...
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A small hope
Rip City Project | A Portland Trailblazers blog —
Sonics fans, I implore you to read this. Those of you in Oklahoma City, read this. While everyone waits for Howard Schulz, the onus is now on the media to help find the truth to Bennett's actions. All those investigatory journalism teams, E:60, it's time to forget for a moment about Miguel Tejada's true age, steroids and Adam Jones. If the truth can bring the Sonics back, then the sports media can do its part by doing its job. There's no need for a crusade against Bennett, only to put a little elbow grease into being something that may be a little old fashioned ...
Douchebags of The Week: A SuperSonic Bust
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... Schultz is filing a lawsuit against Bennett, claiming he fraudulently promised the team would stay in Seattle. According to ESPN legal expert Lester Munson (he has a law degree and stuff, so it's true) it is therefore conceivable that the Sonics could play in Oklahoma City for a year and then be forced to return to Seattle. That would leave OKC as the city with its pants around the ankles in the whole matter, which would of course create a whole new layer of douchebaggery to be explored at a later date. ...
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