Magic Johnson might buy Dodgers

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Magic Johnson seeks to buy Dodgers



By Buster Olney
ESPN The Magazine
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At a time when Major League Baseball wants to restore the Los Angeles Dodgers' brand following years of damage under the ownership of Frank McCourt, Earvin "Magic" Johnson -- arguably the most popular athlete in the city's history -- is a major player in a group that wants to buy the team.

"I'm a big baseball fan," Johnson said by phone Friday, "and you think about what the Dodgers have meant to baseball and to Los Angeles, and that part's a no-brainer. ... I've been to that place [Dodger Stadium] hundreds and hundreds of times."

 

[Mitchrapp]

I thought he was dead.

 

[beez]

Mitch[/color]]I thought he was dead.

He has special medication that will keep him alive forever. Aidsnomo

 

[lonesometiger]

I was thinking about buying the Dodgers, and then I woke up!!!

 

[jimrice]

The headline is misleading. Magic would be the public face of the franchise owned by the same group that has the Atlanta Hawks. I don't know what Magic knows about baseball, but he would probably be an upgrade in the PR department over the disastrous McCourts.

I'm not overly interested in the Dodgers either way, but they are one of the historical franchises and it would be nice if they were relevant on the field and not in the courts.