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Calling all Preakness angels…
The news today about Orioles owner Peter Angelos meeting with state officials last night about saving the Preakness Stakes got me thinking — does anyone remember when Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank bought Sagamore Farm a couple years back? At the time, Plank said his motivation was, in part, the Preakness: “Could you imagine someone […]
Parking garage paradox?
A neat little story in the latest issue of Style magazine provides some helpful historical context for the ongoing legal dispute between Peter Angelos and the Pittsburgh restoration firm that recently renovated his 2 Charles Center Garage in downtown Baltimore. (The Style story is not available online. How various media outlets strive to survive in […]
Angelos employees backing Biden
USA Today has a story today about Joe Biden’s ties to lawyers who specialize in asbestos litigation and his votes on measures that would affect this area of the law. (Hat tip: WSJ Law Blog.) Here’s the lede (yes, that’s how we spell it in journalism) of the story: Sen. Joe Biden worked to defeat […]
Bisciotti and Angelos: A double standard
First things first. Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti seems to be a great guy. He even returned my phone calls when I covered the sports-business beat at The Sun. Bisciotti seemed genuinely torn up about firing Coach Brian Billick. But here’s a question: Why haven’t Baltimore’s sports columnists and sports talk show hosts beaten up […]
Bisciotti and Angelos: A double standard
First things first. Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti seems to be a great guy. He even returned my phone calls when I covered the sports-business beat at The Sun. Bisciotti seemed genuinely torn up about firing Coach Brian Billick. But here’s a question: Why haven’t Baltimore’s sports columnists and sports talk show hosts beaten up […]
