Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Magic Johnson’s group reaches agreement to purchase Dodgers for $2 billion - Yardbarker - The group is officially named Guggenheim Baseball Management and, aside from Magic, includes Mark R. Walter (the controlling partner), Stan Kasten (former president of the Washington Nationals), Peter Guber, Bobby Patton and Todd Boehly.
Magic Johnson-led group is picked as Dodgers' next owner - LATimes.com - Bill Shaikin - The group, headed by the Lakers legend known for community involvement, agrees to pay $2 billion for the team. The sale, if approved, would end a contentious McCourt era for the storied team. --If the deal closes as expected, the Dodgers would be owned by an entity called Guggenheim Baseball Partners and run by Stan Kasten, the former president of the Atlanta Braves andWashington Nationals. "Stan Kasten is my man," Johnson told The Times in announcing his bid last December. "He's a winner. He's built two incredible organizations, and he's well respected. That is what was important to me. I had to get with a winner, a guy who understands baseball inside and out."
Funeral for Ada Sharpton Was Held in Newville AL - PHOTOS - RickeyStokesNews.com - Today in a little church just north of Newville Alabama Ada Sharpton was laid to rest. Her son Al Sharpton was in attendance along with Rev. Jessie Jackson, Martin Luther King III and Senator Harri Anne Smith and others. Many wondered why Sharpton wanted to be buried in Newville, her sons says it’s because this is the place she considered home.
Tebow Professes His Evangelical Faith Carefully - NYTimes.com - John Branch and Mary Pilon - As he demonstrates in interviews and throughout his book, in his frequent appearances at churches and prisons, and even at his hugely anticipated and nationally televised introductory news conference for the Jets on Monday, Tebow is far from a firebrand evangelical. With unflappable optimism and politeness, using his gift for artfully preaching without sounding preachy, Tebow mostly discusses his life story — a child of Southern Baptist missionaries in the Philippines who prayed for a son to become a preacher, named for Timothy in the Bible. Football, Tebow says, is his platform for greater good. He talks about the charitable works of his family and his own foundation. And he repeatedly invokes Jesus Christ’s name and the good that comes from committing to a life lived by his creed. He has more followers than most preachers, and evokes more passion than most politicians. But, unlike so many of them, Tebow shows little interest in using his pulpit to take controversial stances.
'We're all going down. Say your prayers': Berserk JetBlue captain has to be restrained by PASSENGERS after being ejected from cockpit in mid-flight and running up and down screaming | Mail Online
Hundreds mourn the Rev. Al Sharpton's mother - WSJ.com -Hundreds of people packed a small rural church in southeastern Alabama to remember Ada Essie Sharpton, who died at 87 on Thursday after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. "The journey of her existence was the journey of this country," Al Sharpton said.
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