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Blogs
August 17, 2012
Liverpool's Soccer Team Still Isn't Very Good, and It's Still Tom Hicks' Fault
In the heady days of early 2007, then-Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars owner Tom Hicks added another major sports franchise to his portfolio with the £435 million purchase of Liverpool F.C. He and his partner, George Gillett, promised to deliver grand things, first-and-foremost a brand-new stadium, b ... More >>
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January 17, 2012
Least Surprising Announcement of the Day: Liverpool FC Not Going With HKS's Stadium
Seems like forever ago we were getting our first look at the then-£300-million Stanley Park stadium Tom Hicks was promising to build for his, um, beloved Liverpool FC; ah, the good ol' days -- January 2008, before the cracks gave way to the complete cave-in. Back then, though, Hicks gave the gig ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
Don Carter Sues Tom Hicks Over Millions Sunk Into Land Around Ballparks in Arlington, Frisco
Photo by Mike MezeulDon Carter at Love Field, upon the Mavs' triumphant return from Miami in JuneMeanwhile, back at the courthouse, this just in: Don Carter, last seen receiving the Larry O'Brien trophy as the Dallas Mavericks' original owner, has sued Tom Hicks over millions Carter says he's sun ... More >>
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May 24, 2011
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 >>
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April 27, 2011
Texas Rangers, Tom Hicks Settle Dispute Over Ballpark Parking. For This Season, Anyway.
Photo by Sam MertenTwo weeks back it came to light that the current owners of the Texas Rangers were feuding with the former owner of the Texas Rangers over some 12,000 parking spots around the Ballpark in Arlington. To recap, quickly: Ray Davis and Bob Simpson's Rangers Baseball Express, LLC too ... More >>
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April 13, 2011
Past, Present Texas Rangers Owner In Legal Spat Over Use of 11,679 Ballpark Parking Spots
Photo by Sam MertenNo doubt the very same look Hicks gave Greenberg when he let him know he was terminating the land use agreementSpeaking of disputes between Texas Rangers ownership past and present ...Courthouse News has the lengthy lawsuit filed Monday in Tarrant County District Court, in whic ... More >>
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February 17, 2011
U.K. Judge Rules That Tom Hicks Can't Bring $1.6-Bil Liverpool FC Claim to Court in Dallas
Kit NelsonAs we noted last week, attorneys representing Tom Hicks in the U.K. were in court trying to get a judge there to overturn his ruling that keeps Hicks from suing in the U.S. over last October's sale of Liverpool FC to New England Sports Ventures. Hicks and his Dallas legal team, of cours ... More >>
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February 11, 2011
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 >>
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February 9, 2011
If You Thought Tom Hicks Had Forgotten About "Epic Swindle" In Liverpool, You Were Wrong
Kit NelsonIt'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 >>
Blogs
December 2, 2010
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 >>
Blogs
November 12, 2010
Ex-Canadian PM Brian Mulroney Says His Pal Tom Hicks Is "A Man of Principle and Honour"
Tom Hicks is friends with Brian Mulroney, who served as Canadian prime minister from September 1984 to June 1993 -- and was, at one time, a senior counselor to Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst. Anyway. In the you-gotta-pay-to-read-it UK Times today, Mulroney op-eds about Liverpool fans' vilification ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
Tom Hicks and His Attorneys Haven't Filed Suit in England. Yet. But Also "Haven't Given Up."
Tom Hicks on SkyNews over the weekendFollowing Friday's hearing at the George Allen, Tom Hicks's attorney in the Liverpool FC case, Fish & Richardson's Steve Stodghill, issued a press release announcing that Hicks and George Gillett's attorneys would "apply all of their legal energies toward ... More >>
Blogs
October 18, 2010
He Sold His Other Two Teams (It Wasn't Easy). But Why Hasn't Tom Hicks Sold the Stars Yet?
Courtesy Dallas StarsTo recap: Tom Hicks no longer owns Liverpool FC (though there's another $1.6-billion-in-damages lawsuit a-comin', guaranteed). Tom Hicks no longer owns the Texas Rangers (and Cliff Lee or no, still very sports nervous about tonight). But Tom Hicks, who paid around $84 mil for ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2010
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 >>
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October 14, 2010
As Liverpool FC Sale Moves Back to English Court, a Motion for Contempt Filed in Dallas
George Gillett and Tom HicksFollowing 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 >>
Blogs
October 14, 2010
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 >>
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October 13, 2010
Rangers Win! Hicks Loses!
TexasRangers.comAs last night's Game Five wore on, the damnedest thing began to happen: My neighborhood, in Northwest Dallas, began echoing with mighty, mighty shouts of joy. A few friends reported the same thing in other parts of town -- you didn't even need to have the Rangers-Rays game on to k ... More >>
Blogs
October 12, 2010
The "Breathtaking Arrogance" of Tom Hicks
George Gillett, left, and Tom HicksIt'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 >>
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October 11, 2010
Tom Hicks Loses Round One In UK Legal Battle
Dallas Cowboy by Kit NelsonThere, on the High Court of Justice Chancery Division's to-do list tomorrow, is one of two U.K. cases in which locals will keep a close eye: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC v Hicks & Others. As in: Tom Hicks, from whom the Royal Bank of Scotland wants the money owed over ... More >>
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September 28, 2010
Seeing Stars, Seeing Red: The Tom Hicks Tee!
Tom Hicks, this shirt's referring to you.For those wondering why's it taking so damned long for Tom Hicks to part with the Dallas Stars, Mike Heika has the answer: The lenders are in control now (wuh-oh). That, coupled with Chuck Greenberg's landing a something-point-something billion-dollar teev ... More >>
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September 24, 2010
Liverpool Fans' Hatred of Tom Hicks Makes Page One of The Wall Street Journal
The picture of Tom Hicks Jr. and his old man that spurred this morning's front-page story in The Wall Street Journal.That Reds fans loathe Tom Hicks -- and have almost from the moment he bought Liverpool FC in August 2007, then began making promises he couldn't afford to keep -- is certainly no s ... More >>
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September 22, 2010
Today in Tom Hicks: Would-Be Stars Buyer Backs Out, Liverpool Board Poo-Poohs Refi
Kit NelsonI 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 >>
Blogs
September 20, 2010
Bad Day at Blackstone For Tom Hicks
In the past few hours, stories from the U.K. began surfacing: Tom Hicks isn't leaving Liverpool after all, but has instead asked a Blackstone Group subsidiary to help him refinance his debt. Which suggested to some that Hicks's has no intention of getting Yanks-out after -- hence this weekend's p ... More >>
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September 17, 2010
Tom Hicks Is Unfreakingstoppable, or: Have You Seen His Latest Plan for Liverpool?
Kit NelsonA 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 >>
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September 10, 2010
Tom Hicks Is "Toxic" In Liverpool
Spirit of ShanklyHit 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 >>
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August 31, 2010
Texas Rangers' Latest Court Filings Reveal That It Sure Does Pay to Be in First Place
Patrick MichelsThe Texas Rangers are out of Chapter 11 and Tom Hicks's hands, but that website devoted to the prepackaged bankruptcy remains alive and well weeks later. New filings are being added to Texas Rangers Baseball Partners Information Site every day, including two docs detailing how well ... More >>
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August 17, 2010
Tom Hicks Gets a Whole Chapter in Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love
Dallas Cowboy by Kit NelsonBased on Friend of Unfair Park PeterK's morning e-mail, I tracked down a copy of Dave Zirin's Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love. Peter hadn't seen the book but wondered whether Tom Hicks makes a cameo. It's much more than that: Chapter 15 is titled "' ... More >>
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August 5, 2010
So What Exactly Were Mark Cuban's Intentions When It Came to Driving Up Rangers' Price?
Sam MertenAs we outlined in last week's paper version of Unfair Park, the lenders owed approximately $600 million from the default of HSG Sports Group's loans tied to the Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars had been pissed that around $75 million of the pre-auction bid by the Greenberg-Ryan group ... More >>
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August 4, 2010
Hours Before Texas Rangers Auction, Tom Hicks and Chuck Greenberg Terminate Land Deal
Tom Hicks's long-dead Glorypark still lives on the city of Arlington's Web site.One hour from now, Your Texas Rangers go on the auction block in a Fort Worth courtroom, immediately after which there will be a confirmation hearing; Sam's headed that way now, lucky fellow. And just when you thought ... More >>
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August 3, 2010
One Day Before Texas Rangers Go to Auction, A Familiar-Sounding Song From Liverpool
Keep in mind -- this man could wind up owning Your Texas Rangers. Not a sure thing, sure, but not impossible.Spent the last hour trying to summon the strength to write this, if only because at this late date the thought of spending one more second on Tom Hicks's attempts to sell his sports teams ... More >>
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August 2, 2010
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 clubSome 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 >>
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July 17, 2010
Tom Hicks Hasn't Said Much About Rangers Sale Lately. Except Tonight. About Parking Lots. Not, Oh, JPMorgan's Suit Over Ballpark Lease.
Seldom is Tom Hicks drawn offside. There's been hardly a peep from Hicks whilst attorneys battle it out over the auction, or not, of Your Texas Rangers -- even after JPMorgan Chase filed a separate suit yesterday contesting Hicks Sports Group's right to sell Rangers Ballpark as part of the packag ... More >>
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June 25, 2010
In Liverpool on July 4, Reds Supporters Are Declaring their Independence from Tom Hicks
Dallas Cowboy by Kit NelsonTexas 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 >>
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June 17, 2010
Liverpool FC Supporters', Um, Dislike For Tom Hicks Inspires a Pretty Catchy Song
Some day, maybe, Tom Hicks will sell Liverpool FC. If, that is, the "asset stripper" (so said a newly elected MP in the House of Commons!) can find someone willing to pay the £800 million he insists the soccer team is worth (if only to make up for what he says are the losses he'll suffer upon parti ... More >>
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June 8, 2010
Report: Hicks Means It When He Says He'll Make Up Stars, Rangers Losses With Liverpool
Dallas Cowboy by Kit NelsonIn 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 >>
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June 3, 2010
Don't Mince Words, Liverpool FC Supporters. How Do You Really Feel About Tom Hicks?
We've run this picture of Tom Hicks, oh, a million times in recent years; so have plenty of others -- it's iconic. So much so that I just saw it again on the UK Telegraph's Web site moments ago. Only this time, it was affixed to an American flag being set on fire by Liverpool FC fans outraged at ... More >>
Blogs
May 30, 2010
Sure. It's a Liverpool FC Thing. But There's Something About How Hicks Holds a Bat ...
Dallas Cowboy by Kit NelsonYesterday -- 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 >>
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May 24, 2010
Greenberg Expects Some Creditors to React "In a Noisy Fashion" To Rangers' Bankruptcy
Photos by Sam MertenLeft to right: Chuck Greenberg, Tom Hicks and Nolan RyanShortly after the Texas Rangers announced the team's plans to resolve its ownership situation in federal bankruptcy court, Tom Hicks said he and his lawyers agreed "about a month ago" that this was the best way to han ... More >>
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May 12, 2010
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 >>
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May 4, 2010
A Lengthy Profile of Tom Hicks in Which He Discovers Sports Teams Are Not Soft Drinks
A Friend of Unfair Park directs our attention to yet another Sports Business Journal story about Tom Hicks -- this one, a massive profile that attempts to reconcile his personal wealth ("The Matisse on the library wall looks utterly appropriate") with his professional woes ("his sports portfolio, ... More >>
Blogs
April 22, 2010
Tom Hicks, Say It Ain't So. Uh-Oh, It's So.
Because of Tom Hicks and some rich dudes at Monarch Alternative Capital, Nolan Ryan may no longer be a vital part of your Texas Rangers. As I hinted at earlier this week, there are last-minute problems with the sale of the team from Hicks to prospective new owner Chuck Greenberg. Big problem ... More >>
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April 22, 2010
How Hicks is Trying to Foul Up Rangers' Sale and Why MLB Won't Let Him
Yesterday, Tom Hicks all but told reporters gathered in Boston that the pending sale of the Texas Rangers to Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan's Rangers Baseball Express is dead. But why, the very week Greenberg had hoped to have the deal done, did Hicks choose to say it now? That's the $570-million ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2010
Bloomberg: Texas Rangers' Creditors, Still Unhappy With Terms of Sale to Greenberg and Ryan, Threaten Bankruptcy Filing
Texas RangersStill no official word on Tom Hicks hiring Barclays Capital to find a buyer for Liverpool FC. But last night, Bloomberg News posted a story that says creditors, led by Monarch Alternative Capital, may throw up a legal roadblock as Hicks tries to complete the sale of the first-place T ... More >>
Blogs
April 14, 2010
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 >>
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April 13, 2010
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 AngelikaSome 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 >>
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April 11, 2010
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 >>
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