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  • Metta World Peace agrees to two-year contract with Knicks

    07/15/2013 1:56:18 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 15 replies
    New York Daily News ^ | 07/15/2013 | BY FRANK ISOLA
    Metta World Peace agreed to a two-year deal with the Knicks, 14 years after the club passed him over in the NBA draft. World Peace, formerly known as Ron Artest of Queensbridge, reportedly accepted the remaining portion of the Knicks mini mid-level which will pay him $1.6 million this year. World Peace, who played at St. John's, was released by the Lakers via the amnesty clause.
  • Ellison Won't Buy Warriors: NBC

    07/15/2010 11:29:12 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 4 replies
    NBC Bay Area ^ | Thu, Jul 15, 2010 | LORI PREUITT
    Just a day after several media sites, including this one, had Larry Ellison minutes away from a microphone to announce he was going to buy the Golden State Warriors-- came the news that the deal is off. Instead, Comcast Sports Net, the Bay Area News Group, and CNBC are reporting that Joe Lacob, managing partner at private equity firm Kleiner Perkins, and Peter Guber, chairman of Mandalay Entertainment and producer of "Batman," have won the bid for the team. Their winning bid, according to CNBC, was a record $450 million. That was apparently enough cash to cause Ellison to fold...