• Sports team owners scoring on blank-check company craze

    Sports team owners scoring on blank-check company craze

    The coronavirus crisis is fueling a craze for blank-check companies, and the billionaire owners of pro sports teams are cashing in. On Monday, Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula said in a securities filing he’s aiming to raise $300 million by selling shares in East Resources Acquisition Co., a blank-check company that’s looking to scoop up …
  • The NBA precedent Roger Goodell should use to punish Dan Snyder

    The NBA precedent Roger Goodell should use to punish Dan Snyder

    The model that Roger Goodell’s NFL should use when it decides to discipline Daniel Snyder for his Animal House workplace is not Jerry Richardson, and it is not Donald Sterling. It is NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. It is somewhat immaterial in this case that Cuban is a championship owner and …
  • Knicks’ coaching search up to nine candidates with Jamahl Mosley added

    Knicks’ coaching search up to nine candidates with Jamahl Mosley added

    The Knicks have not had a permanent head coach in more than six months. At this rate, it’s going to another month before they finally name one. A ninth candidate – and another assistant coach — is in the mix as the Knicks asked Mark Cuban’s Mavericks for permission to speak to Rick Carlisle assistant, …
  • Kristaps Porzingis-Luka Doncic duo will win multiple NBA titles with Mavericks: Derek Harper

    Kristaps Porzingis-Luka Doncic duo will win multiple NBA titles with Mavericks: Derek Harper

    Talk about a pile of salt added to the Knicks’ wounds if Derek Harper’s Kristaps Porzingis guarantee comes true. Harper, who manned the Knicks’ point-guard spot from 1994 to 1996, is a longtime TV analyst for the Mavericks. He never won a title playing for Dallas or the Knicks, but Harper believes he will add …