Seattle Fans: Meet Your New Best Friend

Empty the Bench found this 4/15/2008 on myespn.go.com [flag]

You know how the Sonic owners have had an obligation to make a "good faith" effort to keep the team in Seattle? That was not, legally speaking, an obligation to the fans of the team (ultimately the most important stakeholders in any team, yet a group that is almost never represented during a sale). It was not an obligation to the NBA. It was not an obligation to the City of Seattle, nor to ... [link]

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Reading is Great! Tuesday’s NBA Links
Published 4/15/2008 by Brian Spencer at Empty the Bench
... - Blazers Blog - It’s finally made official what we’ve known about Darius Miles for awhile. - HOOPSWORLD - The Dallas Mavericks made the playoffs, but that’s simply not enough. - FanHouse - Statistical proof (in chart form) that any playoff team can win the title. - Detroit Bad Boys - The NBA, where fans mingling with talented bloggers happens. - TrueHoop - The saga of the Seattle SuperSonics takes yet another turn. - ...

Too Little, Too Late for Schultz With the Sonics
Published 4/15/2008 by Berger at Sports Business Radio blogs
... You've got to hand it to Starbucks Chair & CEO Howard Schultz. He's got a flair for the dramatic and knows a good PR opportunity when he sees one. Just when Sonics fans thought they'd seen their last Sonics home game at Key Arena this week, Schultz, who sold the team in 2006 for $350M, announced today that he is preparing to file a lawsuit against the group he sold the team to in order to rescind the sale. Too bad Mr. Starbucks didn't show this kind of care for his team before he sold them to Clay Bennett and his fellow Oklahoma investors. ...

Texas Tech Wednesday Morning Notes - He's Family Edition
Published 4/16/2008 by Seth C <info@doubletnation.com> at Double-T Nation: Front Page Posts
Double-T Nation News: In no particular order, DTN's Top Five: Forner Seattle Sonics owner Howard Schultz is set to sue the current owners for bad faith. Interesting. Stephen Jackson turning up the bottle of vodka. At least Texas Tech isn't on this list (via DMN Colleges Blog). Get ready for the NBA's new ad campaign, There Can Only Be One. Texas Tech lost $200,000 going to the Gator Bowl. ...

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Intentional Foul found this 4/15/2008 on sports.aol.com

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