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DealBook: S.E.C. to Appeal Mark Cuban Ruling

Oct. 7, 2009
The Securities and Exchange Commission is not backing down in its insider trading case against Mark Cuban, the entrepreneur-turned-professional basketball team owner.
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SEATTLE, April 15 (UPI) -- Former Seattle SuperSonics owner Howard Schultz may sue to get the team back because its new owners plan to move it, an attorney said.

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The Game buys share of ABA team

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Jayceon Taylor, aka hip-hop superstar The Game, has become part-owner and member of the Inglewood (Calif.) Cobras ABA basketball team.

Nelly goes from music to basketball

CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 20 (UPI) -- Rapper Nelly has bought partial ownership of a North Carolina National Basketball Association franchise team.

Charlotte NBA team nicknamed

CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 12 (UPI) -- The NBA expansion franchise in Charlotte, N.C., will be nicknamed the Bobcats.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch