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Wizards owner Ted Leonsis: My teams aren't for sale, but I'm rooting for them to get the highest valuation possible
My teams aren’t for sale, but I’m rooting for them to get the highest valuation possible. It’s a gem of a property. My ...
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‘It’s never easy,’ but Ted Leonsis delivered D.C. a title and a team to take pride in
LAS VEGAS — Ted Leonsis stood on the ice at T-Mobile Arena, no one around him — a rare moment of quiet inside a dream come to life, between the completion of what had been a two-decade quest ...
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Leonsis speaks on Mystics’ growth, rising demands for upgrades
The Mystics owner told Front Office Sports the Mystics have made big strides over 20 years. But fans want a bigger arena and ...
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For the long-patient Ted Leonsis, finally a Ted Talk to remember
Has someone checked on Ted Leonsis lately? Is he okay? Seriously, if there’s anyone available who can pull up to the gates of his Potomac mansion, ring the intercom and ask if all is well ...
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Stung by the backlash, Ted Leonsis is trying to win back Washington
Ted Leonsis has to keep moving forward. Thousands of fans have stuffed the concourse of Capital One Arena to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their beloved hockey franchise. Players past and ...
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How billionaire entrepreneur Ted Leonsis amassed his most important asset – his network
As I walked into my interview with billionaire Ted Leonsis and his son Zach for Uncommon Drive, a video series at USAandMain.com where we talk to inspirational founders and creators ...
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Ted Leonsis is remaking the Wizards’ front office, but he’ll also have to look even harder at himself
WASHINGTON — Ted Leonsis is, as he puts it, a “moonshot junkie,” and as it was just the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s lunar landing over the weekend, the idea of impossible things coming ...
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D.C. Rejected Some of Ted Leonsis’ Requests for a Capital One Arena Deal. But the Billionaire Is Still Getting Plenty of City Money.
“There has to be compromise,” Leonsis told reporters Monday morning. “The leagues have to compromise. The city has to compromise. We have to compromise. The only people so far who don’t ...
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Leonsis Watches Values Of Wizards And Capitals Soar In Sale Of Minority Stake To Fellow Billionaire
Ted Leonsis, the billionaire owner of the NBA’s Washington Wizards and the NHL’s Washington Capitals, is cashing in on the rise in value of his sports empire. In all, MS&E is expected to ...
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Ted Leonsis group is front-runner to buy Nationals, sources say
A group led by Washington Wizards, Capitals and Mystics owner Ted Leonsis is emerging as the clear front-runner to buy the Washington Nationals from the Lerner family, according to sources within ...
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Ted Leonsis
Ted Leonsis talked about his book The Business of Happiness: 6 Secrets to Extraordinary Success in Life and Work (Regnery Press; February 9, 2010). In the book, written with John Buckley ...
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Leonsis’ ‘Nanking’ looks to right a wrong
BEIJING -- "Nanking," AOL vice chairman-turned-producer Ted Leonsis' documentary about the Japanese army's 1937 massacre of civilians in China's pre-war capital, will premiere Tuesday in Beijing.