Sam addresses the Chico tea party

Sam Aanestad’s Facebook page shows him addressing a Tea Party meeting at Chico this week. This time around, Sam is running for Congress against Doug LaMalfa among GOPers. (photo credit: Sam Aanestad’s Facebook page).

Jet Blue pilot “flips out,” subdued by passengers

Dodgers sold to Magic Johnson group

“Basketball legend Magic Johnson led a group that won an auction for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team Tuesday night, marking the final chapter in a soap-opera-style saga for the legendary franchise,” the Wall Street Journal is reporting.

“With a bid of $2.15 billion, including the surrounding land, Mr. Johnson, controlling partner Mark Walter and partners Peter Guber, Stan Kasten, Bobby Patton and Todd Boehly beat out a group of some of the wealthiest businessmen in the country to land a team that is one of Major League Baseball’s flagship franchises. The sales figure shatters the previous record sales price for a U.S. sports franchise, Steve Ross’s purchase of the Miami Dolphins for $1.1 billion three years ago.

“But buying the Dodgers now comes with a unique opportunity to launch a potentially lucrative regional sports network in the country’s second-largest market, or sign a new local broadcast deal with the current broadcaster, News Corp.’s Fox unit, which has already offered the team a 17-year extension valued at nearly $3 billion. (News Corp. also owns The Wall Street Journal).

The rest of the article is here.

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