John Corn
01-22-03, 11:43 AM
LOS ANGELES - Former New York sports executive David Checketts has made a $650 million offer to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers (news), but the deal must include one of News Corp.'s moneymaking cable channels, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
Checketts, the former president of Madison Square Garden, made his pitch Monday, according to the newspaper, which cited anonymous sources.
News Corp., owner of the Dodgers, had no immediate comment, but chairman Rupert Murdoch has indicated in the past that he would be willing to sell the team, the Times said.
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Checketts, the former president of Madison Square Garden, made his pitch Monday, according to the newspaper, which cited anonymous sources.
News Corp., owner of the Dodgers, had no immediate comment, but chairman Rupert Murdoch has indicated in the past that he would be willing to sell the team, the Times said.
Rest of the Story (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030122/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_dodgers_sale_3)