Tag Archives: owners
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Lakers Owner Jerry Buss Dies, ‘World Series of Poker’ Considers Renaming an Event in His Honor
As you have probably heard, Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss passed away on Monday at the age of 80. With his passing, the NBA lost a true giant. Buss was born in Utah and raised in Wyoming. He graduated from the University of Wyoming with a B.S. in just two and a half years, [...]
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16 Winningest Team Owners
The sports world lost a giant on Monday. Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss died as the result of renal failure brought on by cancer. He was 80 years old. Of course, anybody who follows the NBA at all knows that, under Buss, the Lakers became what they are today: a championship juggernaut. So today, [...]
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Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones: “I Want Me Some Glory Hole”
So what is a “glory hole”? Well, that depends. If you’re a rich Texas oil tycoon like Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, a “glory hole” is a specific type of oil excavation. On the other hand, if you’re pretty much anybody else, a “glory hole” means something else altogether. (It has to do with sexual [...]
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16 Celebrities Who Own Sports Teams
If you were a movie star making $15 million per movie, or a hip hop mogul worth $500 million, what would you do with all that dough? Build a school in Africa? Fund a new cancer wing at the hospital? Invest in mutual funds? Hell no. You’re a sports nut. So you’d buy a sports [...]
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13 Worst Team Owners In The History Of Pro Sports
Determining the worst team owners in the history of pro sports is no easy task. There are a surprisingly large number of people out there who managed to become extremely rich despite not having a clue about how to run a successful business. Nevertheless, I’ve managed to cut the list down to the worst 13. [...]
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9 Team Owners Who Look Like the Crypt Keeper
Ghouls and professional sports franchise owners have a lot in common. Both are usually evil, despised, feared, and stuck somewhere between this world and the next. As such, we thought we’d compare some well known sports owners to one of the most well known ghouls of all: the Crypt Keeper from HBO’s “Tales From the [...]
