Mark Cuban

Baseball Great Steve Garvey Bidding For LA Dodgers

Filed under: Sports

Former Los Angeles Dodger first baseman Steve Garvey says he has put together an investment group interested in buying his former team, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The future of the Dodgers has been thrown into doubt since a judge threw out a post-nuptial agreement between Frank and Jamie McCourt that would have given Frank McCourt sole ownership of the Dodgers. That makes the former Mrs. McCourt half-owner of the team.

Garvey, who recently fell short of election to the Baseball Hall of Fame, did not disclose how much his group has offered for the team, or whether it would have a controlling interest, according to the report. He said he had "three to five" investors from the business and entertainment fields, but did not identify them.

Frank McCourt has said that he doesn't want to sell the team. But there is public pressure building because of the disarray the team has been in during the last two seasons. The divorce proceedings were a major distraction to running the ball club, and contributed to manager Joe Torre retiring from the job after last season.

Garvey said he would serve as the general managing partner if the bid were successful. "I think I know what it takes to put a winner on the field," he said, according to the report.

Frank McCourt's spokesman, Steve Sugerman, said McCourt wants to keep the team within his family.

"There are some great treasures out there that people would love to buy, the Dodgers among them. But, like the Mona Lisa and the Pacific Ocean, the Dodgers aren't for sale," Sugerman said, according to the report.

Dallas Mavericks owner owner Mark Cuban said a year ago that he might be interested in buying the Dodgers, having ben rebuffed in his attempts to buy the Chicago Cubs.

Tags: Frank McCourt, Jamie McCourt, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mark Cuban, Steve Garvey

Did Mark Cuban Buy The Utopia II?

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Yachts & Sailing

Has Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban bought the Utopia II or is he just renting? NBC6 in Miami has a story of Cuban's controversial "Go Mavs" sign on the Utopia II which Cuban had parked out in front of the American Airlines Arena. Miami police and code enforcement inspectors laid down the law, telling Cuban that if the sign didn't come down, the yacht would have to move. NBC 6 cameras caught Cuban's yacht pulling away from the AAA on Wednesday. I'm curious to know if Cuban has made the yacht his since last time I looked it was for sale for $4.95 million.

UPDATE: As our commenters have pointed out, Cuban said on his blog that the yacht is not his. According to NBC5, it belongs to a Dallas resident who was given the banner by Cuban.

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Tags: dallas mavericks, mark cuban, MarkCuban, utopia ii, yachtspotting