enjoytheenjoyment.com - 4/10/2008
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When Clay Bennett bought the Sonics, he signed, to quote the Times' fantastic Jim Brunner , "an agreement requiring a 'good-faith' effort until Oct. 31 [2007] to seal an arena deal here." The emails that have come to light today show that the effort to keep the team here was not made in good faith. Not only were Bennett and his co-owners talking amongst themselves about moving the team as ...
Clay Bennett Lied to David Stern
enjoytheenjoyment.com 4/10/2008 — Bombshell! Emails obtained from the Oklahoma City ownership group are part of a motion the city of Seattle filed in federal court yesterday, and Jim Brunner of the Seattle Times got them . And boy is there ever a smoking gun. You'll remember that ...
Reading Clay Bennett's E-Mail
myespn.go.com 4/10/2008 — Unbelievable. Attorneys for the City of Seattle, as part of their legal tussle with Sonic owners over the KeyArena lease, have discovered some shocking emails. Jim Brunner of the Seattle Times tells the story . (The Times has also posted copies of ...
E-mails Prove Clay Bennett is a Lying Jerk
undraftedfreeagent.blogspot.com 4/10/2008 — Last spring, Sonics owners told fans they would work to stay in Seattle. Instead, new e-mails show they worked on ways to weasel their way to Oklahoma City.
Shocking Newsflash: Clay Bennett Is A Liar [Clay Bennett]
deadspin.com 4/10/2008 — Since they bought the Seattle Sonics, Clay Bennett and company have claimed that they did not have the initial intention to move the team to Oklahoma City. (They even told David Stern as much.) No one has ever believed them, and now there's proof . ...
Did Clay Bennett Lie About His "Good Faith" Intent to Keep Sonics in Seattle? —
Sports Law Blog
Jim Brunner and Jonathan Martin of the Seattle Times have an interesting piece today on new e-mail evidence suggesting that Oklahoma City businessman Clay Bennett and other members of his SuperSonics ownership group violated the "good faith" contractual pledge to keep the franchise in Seattle. The city of Seattle has sued to keep the franchise in Seattle, while the Bennett group, which ...
Northwest Sports: In the Morning —
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Bennett email fallout... Seattle is showing its mettle in the fight against Clay Bennett, writes Steve Kelley. Those emails reveal that Clay Bennett is a master manipulator , writes John McGrath. Let's give up on the Sonics and build around the Sounders and Storm, writes Crosscut publisher David Brewster. (He has a healthy bit of enmity for Art Thiel. MEDIA FIGHT!) Downtown Fred Brown's been ...
Looking Forward —
Supersonicsoul - The Sonics Blog!
So where do the Sonics go from here? After Thursday’s shocking revelation (well, not so shocking really) that Clay Bennett and his partners were sending titillating e-mails to one another regarding relocating the team to Oklahoma City while denying it to everyone – including Bennett’s evil overlord, Commissioner David Stern. Gov. Gregoire stuck her finger in the air yesterday, saw the wind was ...
Clay Bennett is a liar: Bennett lied to David Stern, no surprises there —
Hail Mary Jane
Ever since Clay Bennett acquired the Sonics in 2006, he has been saying to everyone that he does want to keep the team in Seattle and that he was making an honest effort to just get a new arena for the squad. I don’t know if he actually expected us to believe that or not but he lied to us and to David Stern anyway. Now theres proof of that .
Some emails that Bennett sent have surfaced ...
Clay Bennett's a Terrible Liar —
FanHouse
What's that? Oh, Clay Bennett was not actually negotiating in good faith with the city of Seattle and the Washington State Legislature to work out a deal to get a new building for the Sonics in the Emerald City? Oh, that's surprising. Really surprising . The Seattle Times has released emails from the Sonics owner indicating that no, Bennett did not want to find a workable solution in ...
Thursday afternoon man love —
Basketbawful
Today's spoonful of syrupy man love was nominated by Basketbawful reader Jim in KFalls : "My suggestion for 'Thursday afternoon man love' is the caption from the Clay Bennett e-mails directed to David Stern that Henry Abbott quoted on TrueHoop ." Good call, Jim. Very good call. Here's the full text of Clay's e-mail, which shall hereafter be referred to as An Ode To My Big, Stern Man. As ...
Sonics owners never wanted to stay —
Blazers Blog
The Seattle Times obtained e-mails from April 2007 which show how the new Seattle SuperSonics owners desired to leave Seattle as soon as the 2007-08 season. The Times reports: On April 17 last year, team co-owners Clay Bennett, Aubrey McClendon...
Northwest Sports: In the Morning —
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Clay Bennett--CAUGHT! The big story is that emails obtained by the city of Seattle show Clay Bennett caught in a lie--not just to Sonics fans, but to David Stern himself. Jim Brunner broke the story . Here's my take . Sonics fans direct their anger at Howard Schultz , mostly, writes Jayda Evans. The Seattle Times had superfan Big Lo infiltrate Starbucks HQ (with apologies to Michael Moore) in ...
Sonics Owners’ Not-So-Secret Plan Revealed —
SLAM Online
by Marcel Mutoni
It has never been much of a secret that Clay Bennett and the rest of the Sonics’ ownership group never truly intended to stay in Seattle when they took over the club. Even when Bennett said he would do everything to stick around the Emerald City, nary a soul believed him.
Which is why the following should surprise absolutely no one
Lawyers for the city of ...
"I am a man possessed!" —
Supersonicsoul - The Sonics Blog!
Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive —Sir Walter Scott The Seattle Times is on top of the story, with Jim Brunner explaining how Clay Bennett, Aubrey McClendon, and Tom Ward were excitedly discussing moving the Seattle Sonics to Oklahoma City last April , six months before the October 30 deadline they had given Seattle for coming up with a new arena. There is ...
Clay Bennett Named His Son "Gaylord" —
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Looks like Clay Bennett doesn't just make our lives miserable, he's extended his Midas touch to his own kids. A little research on Clay Bennett for a piece in the magazine reveals this tidbit, from a press release announcing Bennett's induction into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame: "Bennett is married to the former Thelma Louise Gaylord; together they have three children, Mollie Inez, Christine ...
