Golden state warriors sell for $450 M

July 19, 2010

In a startling turn, the frontrunner to be the next owner of the Golden State Warriors basketball team, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has come up short. The new owner will be Joseph Lacob. The Mercury News reports that Lacob, a managing partner with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a venture capitalist firm in Menlo Park is also part owner of the Boston Celtics. His Golden State Warriors group includes Peter Guber of Mandalay Entertainment. Guber’s Mandalay Baseball Properties owns a bunch of minor league baseball teams and was reportedly once interested in buying the Oakland Athletics.

There seems to be some controversy over the decision. Ellison has claimed that he submitted a higher bid but his bid may have come too late. “This is my dream come true,” said Lacob, in a statement and he stated that he and Peter Guber are committed to building the team into a championship organization that will “make all of us in the Bay Area proud.”

As now-former owner Chris Cohan hoped it would, the sale price broke the record of $401 million set by the Phoenix Suns sale. Lacob and his group paid $450 million for the Warriors. Cohan bought the team for $120 million in 1995.

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Lebron James to announce which team he plays with in a 1 hour ESPN special

July 7, 2010

LeBron James is planning to announce the team with which he will sign during a one-hour special on ESPN Thursday night, ESPN The Magazine’s Chris Broussard has learned through independent sources.

ESPN would only confirm that active discussions for the special are ongoing. But sources tell Broussard that representatives for James contacted the network, proposing that James makes his announcement during a 9 p.m. ET special.

Those sources said that James’ representatives requested they be allowed to sell sponsorship for the one-hour special, with the proceeds going to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and that ESPN agreed to the proposal but had not been told what James has decided.

The NBA’s most prized free agent opened a Twitter account on Tuesday and posted his first message on the social networking site. While he provided no information about his future plans, at least he offered something as the NBA awaits the decision on where he’ll play next.

“Hello World, the Real King James is in the Building,” said the tweet on the kingjames feed, which by 9 p.m. ET had more than 167,000 followers.

James’ publicist, Keith Estabrook, confirmed the superstar’s entrance to Twitter, a place where fellow prized free agents Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh often post details about their public lives off the floor. Source

Billionaires line up to own the Golden state Warriors

July 1, 2010

The Golden State Warriors basketball team is up for sale and the billionaires are lining up. Who is in the running? There are four main suitors. One group is led by Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison with others who already own a minor share of the team. He has been the front-runner for a long time and many hope that his billions and billionaire acumen will bring the team new glory.

Another contender is led by 24-Hour Fitness founder Mark Mastrov whose group includes Magic Johnson. Mandalay Entertainment chair Peter Guber is also in the running. His Mandalay Baseball Properties owns a bunch of minor league baseball teams and was reportedly once interested in buying the Oakland Athletics. Bay Area News Group says the fourth contestant is David Bonderman. Bonderman, a founding partner of TPG Capital, is a Texas billionaire perhaps most known in the media for having one of the most expensive birthday parties ever. For his 60th birthday he hired the Rolling Stones, John Mellencamp and Robin Williams to perform, spending around $7 million. He has a fortune of around $1.7 billion.

All four groups have had a tour of the Warriors’ facilities and will be preparing their bids. Warriors owner Chris Cohan is rumored to be hoping for at least $400 million and if possible, breaking the $401 million record set when Robert Sarver bought the Phoenix Suns. Cohan bought the team for $120 million in 1995. It is hoped that the deal will be wrapped up this summer, giving the new owners time to set a direction for next season. Die-hard Warriors fans are hoping that the new owners will bring plenty of enthusiasm and cash to revive the floundering franchise.

Batman Golf cart..Make me say UGHH

June 24, 2010

Golf cart remodeled after Batman’s Tumbler in The Dark Knight.

Ron Artest – Champions + Lakers interview

June 21, 2010

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Annoying buzz sound at the world cup!

June 14, 2010

If you’ve watched any of the World Cup this year you’ll have noticed the drone of the Vuvuzela. A German engineer has created a Vuvuzela Filter that takes the ambient noise and removes it from an audio track. It look like an in-line hardware box for the removal of noise. If you can read the German, check out this project, here, english, here(google translate).  Source

Phil Jackson tells Cris Rock to STFU!!

June 4, 2010

GORE! Bullfight gone wrong

May 23, 2010

Mr Aparicio had to have two emergency operations to install a tracheotomy and reconstruct his jaw and the roof of his mouth

A spokesman for the hospital said: ‘He remains in the intensive care unit of the hospital, has regained consciousness and his vital signs are stable.’
His father, also called Julio Aparicio, said there were no complications during the surgery.

He said: ‘It was a serious goring. Almost his entire mouth was destroyed.
‘It’s too early to talk of recovery, we must wait and see.’
The injury happened as Mr Aparicio was attempting the faena, a series of passes in which he uses his cape and sword before delivering the death blow – or estocada.
It is not known what has happened to the bull.

Mr Aparicio, from Seville, comes from a well-known family of matadors. He is in a grave condition in hospital.
Evening bullfights are watched by sell-out crowds at the 25,000 seat Las Ventas bullring and are broadcast live on cable television.

Six bulls are killed in each bullfight.

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