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A-Rod Lists Miami Home For $15 Million

Yankee Stadium isn’t the only home Alex Rodriguez is saying goodbye to this off-season.

The slugger has put his sprawling South Florida villa up for sale, with an asking price of almost $15 million.

That’s close to $3 million more than A-Rod paid when he and wife Cynthia bought it as their family home in December 2004.

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Trusts Enable Pro Athletes To Protect Their Assets

A trust is an arrangement whereby a “trustee” holds assets for the purpose of preserving and protecting those assets for the “beneficiaries” of the trust.

The trust can pay bills for the beneficiaries, allow the beneficiaries to use trust properties, distribute money to the beneficiaries, and so on - all of this is set out in the written trust document.

The trustee is required by law to strictly follow the directions in the trust document.

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NHL Players To Get Escrow Payments

Anyone who played in the NHL last season can expect to receive a nice little bonus by the end of the month.

A source tells The Canadian Press that the players will be given back all of the money they paid into escrow last season.

Each NHL player had 9.5 percent of his paycheck put into the [...]

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Economic Future Of NHL On Thin Ice

It was fitting that the NHL opened its season with four games overseas last week, because with the U.S. economy being what it is, the league may need every koruna, krona and euro it can get its hands on.

“The big fear is that if the economy continues to fall, fans will simply have to [...]

October 10th, 2008 | PAO | 0 comments | Continued
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Serena Williams’ Book Scheduled For Late 2009 Release

Confirmation that Serena Williams’ take of her, and her family’s, tennis story under the title Queen of the Court, will finally go to print next year came when publishers Simon & Schuster announced they have bought the rights in a pre-emptive deal.

The book will be co-written by Daniel Paisner, who co-wrote 9/11 memoir Last Man [...]

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Jeff Conine Competing In Ironman Triathlon For Bone Marrow Transplant Program

Former MLB player Jeff Conine never has endured a physical challenge as draining, demanding or difficult as the one that awaits. Playing 2,024 games in 17 major-league seasons tested him, but not like the Ford Ironman World Championship will in Kona, Hawaii, on Saturday.

Conine, a member of the Marlins’ two World Series championship teams, must [...]

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Nuggets Forward Nene Seeks U.S. Citizenship

Nene already wears the blue and white of the Denver Nuggets. But he’s also thinking red, white and blue.

Nene said Thursday he has started the process of becoming a U.S. citizen. He would retain ties to his native Brazil and be a dual citizen.

“It’s going to be good,” Nene said. “I’ve got all the papers [...]

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Browns Coach Romeo Crennel Looks To Keep Politics Out Of Locker Room

The Cleveland Browns have been walking on eggs in the locker room for a while now. What’s another dozen?

For weeks, players have talked carefully about the chance Brady Quinn might replace Derek Anderson at quarterback. Going into Monday night’s game against the Giants, Anderson’s 49.9 passer rating ranks ahead of just one 2008 regular, Kansas [...]

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Ambiorix Burgos Jailed For Three Months Ahead Of Hit And Run Trial

New York Mets reliever Ambiorix Burgos will spend the next three months in a Dominican jail awaiting trial after allegedly killing two women in a hit-and-run accident in his home country.

The 24-year-old reliever told The Associated Press that a Dominican judge ordered him to remain behind bars Wednesday night in the city of Nagua out [...]

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PGA Tour’s K.J. Choi Makes Donation To Gulf Coast Ike Relief Fund

In response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Ike, PGA TOUR star and Houston resident, K.J. Choi through his K.J. Choi Foundation has decided to donate $100,000 from his FedExCup bonus pool money to the Gulf Coast Ike Relief Fund.

Choi, a Woodlands resident for five years, was struck with the damage caused by Ike and [...]

October 9th, 2008 | PAO | 0 comments | Continued