NBA owners approve Sonics' move, but legal fight continues in Seattle
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For months, this day loomed on the calendar, the result loomed as a certainty, and sadness loomed as the foregone emotion. (article 12)
NBA owners on Friday approved the Seattle SuperSonics' move to Oklahoma City for the 2008-09 season, provided the team can settle its lawsuit with Seattle. (article 4)
One of the most magical rookies to ever step foot in Seattle has already caught a plane to his hometown of Washington, D.C., to begin an offseason of schoolwork and working out. (article 15)
The situation with the Sonics has stunk since the league approved the sale of the team to Clay Bennett, an Oklahoman whose idea from the beginning was to ensure Seattle's failure... and then move the team to Oklahoma City. (article 8)
The Sonics start their second season today after a 126-121 victory at Golden State on Wednesday, which concluded their worst season in franchise history. (article 7)
The NBA fined Sonics minority partner Aubrey McClendon $250,000 for comments he made last week in The (Oklahoma City) Journal Record about his hopes of moving the team to Oklahoma City. (article 2)
Fans are in denial because of the unknown variables and possible outcomes in what has been a seven-year saga over arena improvements, public responsibility and corporate welfare. (article 13)
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Source articles
- Anger: Sonics fans have their say (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 04/17/2008, 1101 words)
- Sonics co-owner McClendon fined $250K (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 04/17/2008, 515 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > U.S. (FOX News, 04/18/2008, 854 words)
- NBA won't stop Sonics' move to Oklahoma City (cbc.ca, 04/18/2008, 683 words)
- NBA owners vote to approve the SuperSonics' relocation (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 04/19/2008, 1064 words)
- NBA owners approve Sonics' move, but legal fight continues in Seattle (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 04/19/2008, 1226 words)
- A lost cause? Sonics exit one court for another (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 04/17/2008, 733 words)
- What the national media is saying about the Sonics (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 04/17/2008, 632 words)
- The Five Stages of Grief (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 04/17/2008, 1175 words)
- Sonics fans need Paul Allen to just say no to fellow owners (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 04/17/2008, 847 words)
- Oklahoma House passes tax package designed to help lure Sonics (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 04/17/2008, 765 words)
- Seattle Times Newspaper (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 04/19/2008, 861 words)
- The Five Stages of Grief (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 04/17/2008, 621 words)
- Depression — losing team means misery (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 04/17/2008, 387 words)
- Seattle saw Sonics rookie Kevin Durant bloom (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 04/18/2008, 705 words)
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