An Open Letter to Sonics Fans

By TokenCanadian, Section NBA
Posted on Tue Aug 05 2008 at 10:56 AM EST
More on: Seattle, Sonics, Supersonics, Winnipeg, Jets, basketball, hockey, Gary Bettman, David Stern, Canada (all tags)

By Scott Gilmour

Dear Seattle;

First off, we would like to officially welcome you to our hell. You see, our city is a charter member of that small fraternity of places that know what it's like to lose their team. Actually, let us rephrase that: have their team ripped away from them under the watchful eye of a short, New York-living commissioner with a law degree. More than that, we felt that we should pull you aside for a man-to-man, city-to-city talk. The kind of talk that almost certainly has to take place in an old bar over a tall pint of beer.

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What's Next?

By matt Jordan, Section NHL
Posted on Thu Dec 21 2006 at 2:12 PM EST
More on: Pittsbugh Penguins, Winnipeg, Houston (all tags)

The verdict was handed down, and the jury said no. Mario Lemeiux and company is back to square one with the Penguins. Isle of Capri was not granted a gaming license, which would have signaled that the Penguins future in Pittsburgh was secure. This comes on top of the news that Jim Bastille has severed ties with the Penguins ownership after the NHL's Board of Governors blocked the sale over concerns that he would move the team.

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