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R.I.P. Al Davis

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday October 8, 2011 @ 8:55am PDTTags: Media and Sport, NFL football, Oakland Raiders

The defiant longtime owner of the NFL’s Oakland Raiders was a rebel who embraced Hollywood (and vice-versa) when he moved the team to Los Angeles in 1982. The NFL Hall of Famer had been in failing health with an undisclosed ailment for some time when he died. He was 82. The team won the first and only Super Bowl for Los Angeles in 1984, the city’s Olympic year, the last of three titles that Davis won for the Raiders all told (the others coming in 1976 and 1980). He moved the Raiders back to Oakland in 1995, and LA has been without an NFL team ever since. But Davis will forever be known as the guy who brought Hollywood bright lights and Super Bowl glamour together, even if the party was all too brief. He’ll also be remembered for the battle cry, “Just win baby!” His teams wound up doing quite a bit of that.

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UK Ready To Clear News Corp’s Long-In-Works Takeover Of BSkyB

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday June 30, 2011 @ 9:55am PDTTags: BSkyB, Jeremy Hunt, Media and Sport, National Union of Journalists, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is one step closer in its long regulatory fight to take control of British Sky Broadcasting, with UK Culture Secretary telling the House of Commons today that he is ready to approve the merger. He did … Read More »

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LeBron James Day Tomorrow On ESPN

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday July 7, 2010 @ 11:15am PDTTags: Boys & Girls Club of America, Cable TV, ESPN, LeBron James, Media and Sport, Sports, The Decision ESPN, TV
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lebron-jamesLeBron James’ decision about where he will play next season is certainly newsworthy but to devote a one-hour prime-time special on it?! That’s what ESPN is doing with the dramatically-titled The Decision tomorrow night at 9PM. (That name is usually used … Read More »

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