No, this is not the big reveal. That’s coming in a few hours. Relax. I’m only putting up this post to cover some news items of interest. Lew Wolff is the first owner to publicly call for Frank McCourt’s ouster. Wolff said he did not speak out as a way to curry favor with Selig, [...]

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While the mad scramble to cut, sign, and trade players happens this week, a clearer picture of stadium financing has also emerged. Last week, Tim Kawakami wrote about so-called stadium credits that would be available for cities that embarked on building new venues. Now, thanks to further digging by the Chronicle’s Kevin Lynch and by Niners [...]

While the media has been vigilant in its reporting of the NFL collective bargaining travails (sometimes to its detriment), reporting on the NBA has been scarce for the first month of the hoops lockout. And unless you asked around, you’d have every right to think that MLB’s own CBA was not expiring after this season [...]

Brian Clark, the former Virgin America exec who is seeking to bring a North American League franchise to San Rafael, is about to embark on a quest to bring a franchise to Dublin. According to the CoCo Times’ Robert Jordan, Clark is working at adding four NAL franchises to the Bay Area, though he hasn’t identified [...]

A judgment in a Delaware bankruptcy court will force Frank McCourt to accept a $150 million loan from MLB instead of hedge fund Highbridge. The judge may have been swayed by the revelation that McCourt would have to pay $5.25 million to Highbridge if that loan wasn’t approved, creating an apparent conflict of interest. The [...]

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The Chronicle’s Raiders beat writer Vittorio Tafur has a pretty big scoop: the Raiders and 49ers have been in talks about sharing a future Bay Area stadium. Tafur goes on to mention where the Niners are regarding the Santa Clara stadium concept, but mentions nothing about the new Coliseum proposal for the Raiders. At this [...]

Amidst the general uncertainty about the impact of the new redevelopment laws on new projects, Padres owner Jeff Moorad announced that he will sell his recently acquired AAA franchise if a deal to build a ballpark in Escondido doesn’t come to fruition. Moorad stated that he will give the situation “until the end of the [...]

I’ve been flipping through the 126-page court filing (warning: 12 MB PDF) for the redevelopment lawsuit, and to be completely honest, I don’t know how lawyers get through all of this stuff. Court filings aren’t page turners – well, unless you’re Frank McCourt. My enjoyment of the literature aside, there are some interesting things in the [...]