Tag: Madison Square Garden

On October 2, a group of Seattle investors will make what might be their final pitch to the 31 National Hockey League owners in an effort to land an expansion franchise that could start in 2020.

The National Hockey League could grant Seattle a conditional franchise today. But the people behind the Seattle NHL expansion bid already have NHL ties so it would be fairly hard for the NHL to say listen Oak View Group we thank you for your expansion fee but no thanks.

Steve Ballmer, the former Microsoft CEO and the owner of the National Basketball Association’s Los Angeles Clippers, wants a new arena for his basketball business and has decided that Inglewood, California is a great place to relocate his business.

Neither the National Basketball Association nor the National Hockey League is looking to add another team in the New York City metropolitan area but that apparently is not dissuading an investor in Suffolk County or county officials from putting up a building in Ronkonkoma.

The status of the WNBA’s New York Liberty has nothing to do with the passage of the latest New York State budget yet the two are connected in future budget talks.

  Cuomo is a big spender in sports. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N-nRzCzLes&t=2s   For those who have not noticed, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been instrumental in facilitating New York...

Gary Bettman and the NHL had a very good year.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMk_sUCrF0Q   The calendar year is flipping to 2018, but for the National Hockey League and Commissioner...

Fred Wilpon's large campaign contribution to Andrew Cuomo has been noticed.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etpn91lLkBM   There was, at least to New York Post editors, a curious contribution from the...

John Tavares is waiting to see what happens with the Belmont bid.   The National Hockey League’s New York Islanders on ice team returned to the...

Steve Ballmer wants a new Inglewood home but is fighting with NBA brothers.     It appears that Steve Ballmer is going to have a slightly more...