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Liverpool FC set for cash boost as Hicks considers Stars sale
Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks is considering selling his NHL ice hockey franchise the Dallas Stars.
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Tom Hicks rules out the need to sell Liverpool FC or Dallas Stars
Tom Hicks, the American businessman who owns the Texas Rangers, Dallas Stars and half of English soccer club Liverpool has denied reports that financial problems will force him to sell any of his sporting interests other than the Rangers.
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A moment frozen in time
31 August 2009 | Comment | Ice HockeyWhen a team of amateur and collegiate American ice hockey players took to the ice against the repeated Olympic champions of the USSR at the 1980 Winter Olympics, few gave them much hope. What was to happen, at the height of the Cold War, would go down as one of the greatest moments in the history of US sport.
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Scott O’Neil: Marketing made simple
Scott O’Neil is a man on a mission. Having being named as one of the top 40 sports executives under 40 years of age by Sports Business Journal and as one of the top marketing executives by Advertising Age in 2006, the 39-year-old now has his sights set on continuing the commercial development of New York’s legendary sports venue, Madison Square Garden.
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Reinsdorf wins NHL approval for Coyotes purchase
30 July 2009 | Rumour | Ice HockeyThe National Hockey League's board of governors has unanimously approved Jerry Reinsdorf's US$148 million bid for the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes, and will ask the court to follow suit.
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George Gillett ‘will dodge millions in taxes’
14 July 2009 | Rumour | Ice HockeyGeorge Gillett, co-owner of English soccer club Liverpool, will reportedly save US$55 million in taxes through clever structuring of his sale of the Montreal Canadiens National Hockey League franchise.
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Sochi takes another step towards 2014 Olympics
Alexander Ovechkin, one of the world’s foremost ice hockey players, has been named the first official Sochi 2014 Olympic Games ambassador.
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Reinsdorf to hijack Phoenix Coyotes’ move from the desert
01 July 2009 | Rumour | Ice HockeyChicago sports mogul Jerry Reinsdorf is set to table a bid for the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes NHL franchise.
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Liverpool owner receives takeover bid for NHL team
11 June 2009 | Rumour | Ice HockeyGeorge Gillett, co-owner of Liverpool Football Club in England, seems set to relinquish his control of the Montreal Canadiens National Hockey League franchise.
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Judge closes on relocation fee for Phoenix Coyotes
10 June 2009 | Rumour | Ice HockeyThe judge ruling on Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie's plans to move the Phoenix Coyotes NHL franchise to southern Ontario is expected to authorise a relocation fee of US$100 million.
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Florida Panthers owners close to US$240 million sale
03 June 2009 | Rumour | Ice HockeyThe Florida Panthers ice hockey team will be sold for US$240 million after league approval is secured, according to an insider.
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