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Thousands Gather Today to Protest Tom Hicks -- In England, Alas.

FC Dallas' Coach Steve Morrow Comes to Tom Hicks' Defense

Tom Hicks Wants It All?

Meet the Woman Who Has Royally Pissed Off Tom Hicks

Which Dallas Sports Team Owner Said: "You Can't Shit On Your Fans"?

Apparently, George Gillett Did Not Choose His Partner, Tom Hicks, Wisely

Hicks and Gillett Do Not Appear to Have a "Rational Relationship"

Tom Hicks Choose Arlington Over Anfield. Rangers Fans ... Um ... Rejoice?

Tom Hicks Is Burning Liverpool Bridges Left and Right This Morning

Tom Hicks, Looking for Some Positive Press, Throws Another Log on the Fire

U.K. Cops Warn Tom Hicks to Stay Outta Liverpool Tonight. Not Gonna Happen.

Tom Hicks' Delay in Arlington Has 'Em Up in Arms in Liverpool. Again.

The Cavern Club: Tom Hicks Needs Money for Liverpool FC, ASAP

Tom Hicks' Liverpool FC Partner Meets With Detractors, Who Still Want Duo to Shut Up and "Sell Up"

After All the Fussin' Over Liverpool FC, Tom Hicks May Have to Sell

From the U.K., More Fiscal Woes for Tom Hicks as Liverpool FC Posts Enormous Loss

George Gillett and Tom Hicks may have to take their ball and go home.Soon enough, the breaking news of Tom Hicks's financial woes in England will make its way Stateside. Till then, these fresh headlines from the U.K.: "Liverpool owners Hicks and Gillett suffer £42m loss due to loans," says the Guar ... More >>

Amidst Accusations of "Financial Doping," Tom Hicks Not Ready to Sell Liverpool

Over the weekend, the rumors started mounting: Tom Hicks had approached Grandhi Mallikarjun Rao -- a builder of Indian infrastructure whose wealth ranks him among the world's wealthiest 200 -- about buying at least a piece of Liverpool FC. Folks close to the owner of the Texas Rangers and Dallas Sta ... More >>

There's No Anarchy in the U.K. For Tom Hicks, Who's Not Defaulting on This Loan

George Gillett and Tom Hicks will keep their ball, for now.Never did get an official response from The LeMaster Group concerning last week's news that Tom Hicks and George Gillett's Liverpool FC lost a ton o' debt-service dough despite making a pile of cash at the turnstile. Oh, well -- the Guardian ... More >>

From the International Desk, Dirk Nowitzki Is Tingling, and Tom Hicks Is Refinancing

And, in international headlines this morning, Dirk Nowitzki wants to play with the German national team in the EuroBasket2009 tourney in Poland, which runs September 7-20. At least, if I read my Babel Fish translation correctly: "I believe already that it tingles/swarms." He needs to get that checke ... More >>

Saudi Prince Might Want All of Liverpool FC. Not Sure How Tom Hicks Feels About That.

George Gillett and Tom Hicks, who may have to cut that ball in half​On Tuesday, Nolan Ryan and Jon Daniels said that, well, it is possible that Tom Hicks could maintain a majority interest in the Texas Rangers, despite his efforts to sell the club since April. But how, with all that debt here and ... More >>

At This Point, It's Almost Like Tom Hicks is the Bad Guy in a Really Good British Soccer Movie

This is Anfield, devoted to all things Liverpool FC, posted today a rather lengthy laundry list of all the things Tom Hicks has done wrong, far as Reds fans are concerned, since he bought the club with George Gillett more than two years ago. The sum-up -- headlined "Hicks & Gillett love the gree ... More >>

Christmas Comes Early For Tom Hicks

​Last night, Texas Rangers exec VP of communications John Blake sent the word since heard 'round the sports world: Tom Hicks has 30 days to get a deal done with Pittsburgh sports attorney Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan before asking MLB (and his myriad creditors) if it's OK, pretty please, to sell ... More >>

U.K. Papers Full of Reports That Tom Hicks Might Have to Sell Liverpool FC By Summer

George Gillett and Tom Hicks​Word out of Major League Baseball HQ is that yesterday's meeting among the creditors concerned about Tom Hicks's deal to sell the Texas Rangers to Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan yielded little of note. In short: "no deal killer," says here, which means the $530-$570 mi ... More >>

In Three Weeks' Time, Tom Hicks Might No Longer Control Liverpool FC

Spirit of Shankly​Well, this is quite the surprise: Turns out Tom Hicks may be out as majority co-owner of Liverpool FC before the deal's done to make Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan the keepers of Your Texas Rangers. Over the last few days, the story's been bending to the point of this morning's b ... More >>

U.K. Reports: Hicks Rejecting Offer for Liverpool, Bank Threatens to Repo Club

George Gillett and Tom Hicks​Word out of the U.K. has Tom Hicks refusing Rhone Group's offer of a £100 million for a majority piece of Liverpool FC, the exact amount he and George Gillett owe the Royal Bank of Scotland come July. I've asked Hicks's local spokesperson, Lisa LeMaster, wot the wot, ... More >>

U.K. Reports Say Hicks Passed on Taking Money, Giving Up Control in Liverpool

​It's been three weeks since New York-based Rhone Group offered to take 40 percent Liverppool FC off Tom Hicks's hands for a lousy £100-million investment, which would have been enough to satisfy the Royal Bank of Scotland's demand for a pay-down on that huge hunk o' debt. Which means the 20-day ... More >>

Was Tom Hicks in England "Trying to Push Through a Deal" to Exit Liverpool?

​Directly below you'll find an interview with Mike Modano, who, for now, plays for one of the teams Tom Hicks owns, for now. But what about the other two? Like, oh ... let's say Liverpool FC. There appears to some breaking news on that front courtesy the U.K. Telegraph, which is reporting that Hic ... More >>

Word Out of England: Bank Extends Liverpool Loan If Hicks Looks for Buyer

​At 9 this morning, I asked Tom Hicks's local spokesperson Lisa LeMaster to comment on reports out of England that he's finally ready to sell Liverpool FC. No word yet -- perhaps because The Official Word's not expected till later this week. So, instead, looks like we'll have to go with U.K. sourc ... More >>

News & Notes: Tom Hicks Is Almost Out of Liverpool (?), Cell Phones in School Zones ... and, Coming Soon, Balloon Dirk!

From Chris Howell's Sweet Science, which screens again at the DIFF Thursday at 4:30 p.m. at the Angelika​Some news and notes while we wrap up some wrap-ups:On Sunday we noted that U.K. reports have Tom Hicks this close to becoming a sports-team owner without a sports team. Overseas papers insist t ... More >>

Before Hicks Looks For Liverpool Buyer, AP Says He Already Missed One Shot

​The U.K. papers say that today's the day Tom Hicks and Liverpool FC co-owner George Gillett will announce that, yes, they've asked hired Barclays Capital to find a buyer for their soccer team -- that's been the story ever since Sunday. And as we noted only yesterday, the Royal Bank of Scotland, t ... More >>

You Say Goodbye, And I Say Hello: Tom Hicks Is Finally Getting Out of Liverpool.

​Significant dates in Liverpool break-up history:April 17, 1970: Paul McCartney releases first solo album in the United Kingdom. It is accompanied by a self-interview, in which McCartney acknowledges, after much speculation, that the Beatles have broken up. He attributes his departure from the ban ... More >>

Listen Up, Texans Rangers Fans: This Right Here Is How You Get Shi ... Um, Stuff Done

See, Rangers fans, we shoulda taken out billboards along I-30.​It's very possible, if not downright likely, that at any second now word will come down that Major League Baseball has seized ownership of the Texas Rangers in order to wrap up the sale of the team to Chuck Greenberg -- after which tim ... More >>

Sure. It's a Liverpool FC Thing. But There's Something About How Hicks Holds a Bat ...

Dallas Cowboy by Kit Nelson​Yesterday -- which is to say, shortly before The Dallas Morning News ran this press release fromprofile of Tom Hicks -- a Friend of Unfair Park directed our attention to the Facebook page Liverpool FC Is Being Bled Dry - You Can Do Something About It. There I found, ... More >>

Report: Hicks Means It When He Says He'll Make Up Stars, Rangers Losses With Liverpool

Dallas Cowboy by Kit Nelson​In its Tom Hicks puff piece a couple of Sundays ago, The Dallas Morning News noted that Hicks expects to lose, oh, maybe a "couple hundred million" on the sales of the Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars. But no worries: Hicks told the paper he'd make up those losses when he ... More >>

In Liverpool on July 4, Reds Supporters Are Declaring their Independence from Tom Hicks

Dallas Cowboy by Kit Nelson​Texas Rangers fans know, sooner or later, Tom Hicks will no longer own the club -- probably not before the trade deadline, not in time to get Cliff Lee, but some day. Soon. Ish. And besides, for now, there's an 11-game win streak to cushion the blow; even better when it ... More >>

News & Notes With Tom Hicks, Mark Cuban, Luke Wilson and The Wyly Bros' Broker

Kit NelsonOne of Liverpool FC supporters' myriad posters advertising their disgust with Tom Hicks's asking price for the club​Some start-o-the-week news and notes while I roll a few fat blunts in preparation for this afternoon's Public Safety Committee meeting ...Remember when Tom Hicks said, why, ... More >>

Tom Hicks Is "Toxic" In Liverpool

Spirit of Shankly​Hit it, Lozninger: Baby, can't you see what the Royal Bank of Scotland just did -- it moved Tom Hicks and George Gillett's £237 million debt in Liverpool FC to the totally-teffed-list. Meaning: After asking somewhere between £600 and £800 million for the Reds (which, I believe ... More >>

Tom Hicks Is Unfreakingstoppable, or: Have You Seen His Latest Plan for Liverpool?

Kit Nelson​A week ago today we told you that the Royal Bank of Scotland has given Tom Hicks till October 6 to find a buyer for Liverpool FC, or else it's taking over. Hicks and George Gillett owe the bank £237 million. Hicks and Gillett want £800 million for the club, said to be worth about £15 ... More >>

Today in Tom Hicks: Would-Be Stars Buyer Backs Out, Liverpool Board Poo-Poohs Refi

Kit Nelson​I just left a message on Bill Gallacher's voice mail at his Calgary HQ to see if ESPN's correct in saying he's no longer interested in buying Your Dallas Stars. No reason to doubt Big Richard Durrett and ESPN's Pierre LeBrun, or other reports outta Canada. Just curious, that's all. Beca ... More >>

Wherein Ian McCulloch, That Guy from Snatch And an Angry Mob of Liverpool FC Supporters Offer Some Not-So-Kind Words to Tom Hicks

Well, there's no Shaft of Austin Powers or James Bond after all. But filmmaker Mike Jefferies has, as promised, just posted to the YouTube his short film Dear Mr Hicks, aimed at you-know-who over you-know-what. There are some familiar faces mixed in there, not that that's important. But for some rea ... More >>

The "Breathtaking Arrogance" of Tom Hicks

George Gillett, left, and Tom Hicks​It's déjà vu all over again this morning in the U.K.: On the one side of the courtroom are attorneys repping the creditors trying to force the sale of a sports team owned by Tom Hicks; on the other side are Hicks's attorneys. So perhaps it's not an exact repla ... More >>

Tom Hicks Files Suit Over Liverpool FC Sale -- and Finds Judge in Dallas to Stop It! For Now.

Dallas Cowboy by Kit Nelson, never more appropriate than today​[Update at 4:41 p.m.: The original petition filed this afternoon has been added. It's after the jump.]This morning we told you the U.K. courts had cleared the path for New England Sports Ventures to buy Liverpool FC -- thus ending Tom ... More >>

As Liverpool FC Sale Moves Back to English Court, a Motion for Contempt Filed in Dallas

George Gillett and Tom Hicks​Following yesterday's surprising turn of events that landed the sale of Liverpool FC in the 160th District Court at the George Allen, attorneys representing the Liverpool board and Royal Bank of Scotland were back in U.K. High Court this morning trying to push through ... More >>

Update: Dallas District Judge to Rule Early Tomorrow Morning on Temporary Restraining Order in Liverpool FC Sale

Outside Judge Jim Jordan's courtroom, TV cameras awaited the judge's decision. Till tomorrow!​I'm at the George Allen this very moment, where attorneys representing New England Sports Ventures and Kop Holdings (which is to say, Tom Hicks) are squaring off over who owns Liverpool FC. In light of th ... More >>

Live from the George Allen Courts Building in Beautiful Downtown, the Liverpool FC Hearing

Left: Rob Ashfield, a native-born Englishman with season tickets to the LFC. At right: Tony Godfrey of Burleson.​Or perhaps not.When last we left this saga we were told that 'round about 8 a.m. this morning, 160th District Court Judge Jim Jordan would rule on that temporary restraining order Tom H ... More >>

Hicks Is Getting Ready to Take His $1.6 Billion Challenge of Liverpool FC Sale Back to Court

Hicks in October, when he told all of the U.K. that the sale of Liverpool was an "epic swindle."​Moment after a Dallas court date that cleared the way for the sale of Liverpool FC to New England Sports Ventures, attorneys representing Tom Hicks called it an "extraordinary swindle" and vowed to "ap ... More >>

If You Thought Tom Hicks Had Forgotten About "Epic Swindle" In Liverpool, You Were Wrong

Kit Nelson​It's been a whole two months since last we contemplated Tom Hicks's threat to sue for $1.6 billion over the sale -- pardon, "epic swindle" -- of Liverpool FC to New England Sports Ventures way back in October. But right on schedule, Paul Girolami, a barrister repping Hicks and George Gi ... More >>

Maybe Tom Hicks Was Right?

​On Wednesday we noticed Tom Hicks's UK attorney was back in court, trying to convince the judge to lift the order keeping him (and his former Liverpool FC partner George Gillett) from suing over the soccer club's £300m sale to New England Sports Ventures back in October. Hicks, you'll recall, br ... More >>

On Our Summer Reading List: The U.K. Book About Tom Hicks's Days as Liverpool FC Owner

​Well, this is certainly is disappointing -- there goes my first book. While using the Google Machine to find something Tom Hicks-related this evening, I came across this: a review published two days ago in The Independent of a book called An Epic Swindle: 44 Months With a Pair of Cowboys, which i ... More >>