myespn.go.com - 8/14/2007
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Remember when Clay Bennett and all those rich men from Oklahoma City bought the Seattle SuperSonics? And everyone involved said no, no, no, good people of Seattle, you don't understand, these people aren't trying to take your team ! Don't be silly! Bennett made meaningful noises about being committed to Seattle. Here I'll quote him from a freakishly prescient 2006 Ted Miller column in the ...
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David Stern Has Given Up On Seattle
FanHouse —
... screwed this up. At this point, there's no fixing it. Henry Abbott made a passioned plea at True Hoop this morning, urging everyone to wave the evidence in front of Stern and the other 29 owners, those who can approve or deny relocation papers for Bennett. There obviously has not been a good faith effort to get a local arena funded, and this kind of foolishness shouldn't be allowed. I agree. But there's no way Stern can stop this locomotive now. ...
Rick Ankiel-Mania Mark Cuban Gives In Grady Sizemore Whiffes
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... . TRUE HOOP is not pleased knowing the Sonics may soon skedattle from Seattle for Sooner Country . CBS SPORTSLINE does a 1040 in reporting that Darryl Strawberry ...
Sonics Co-Owner’s Turn-Ons Include Tailgaiting, Duke Lacrosse, Making Money..
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... True Hoop’s Henry Abbott previously linked to ...
Abbott: Enough With The Lying, Everybody
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... I don’t suppose we’ll ever know the unvarnished truth behind whatever is happening in Seattle. But somebody is flat out lying. The new owners arrived in a hailstorm of happy, smiley balloons to go along with bright, shiny trophies. They talked about honoring agreements and bright futures in Seattle. If you’re someone who loves having the Sonics in Seattle, and you like being told the truth, invest in good earplugs. (If this was happening to the team I grew up loving, I’d be going a little psycho, at this point, demanding the real deal.) Take the team or not, but don’t think some balloons and trophies are going to make me just not notice — through great big faux-cheery optimism and platitudes — that I no longer have a local NBA team. ...
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deadspin.com 8/14/2007 — So you know Sonics fans were holding out hope that the Kevin Durant acquisition might spur the new ownership group -- which hails from Oklahoma City -- to keep the team in Seattle? We wouldn't hold your breath on that. In an incredibly odd interview with an Oklahoma newspaper , Aubrey McClendon, one of the new Sonics owners, blantantly admitting that they're gonna move the team to OK City
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en.wikipedia.org 8/13/2007 — From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Aubrey Kerr McClendon is the CEO , chairman, and co-founder of Chesapeake Energy and co-owner of the Seattle Supersonics and Seattle Storm basketball teams. McClendon is on the board of directors at Chesapeake, ...
