600 ESPN EL PASO » magic johnson http://krod.com ESPN and 600 ESPN El Paso, the leaders in sports in El Paso and the world! Tue, 21 May 2013 18:24:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Will the Dodgers' Early Season Success Continue Until October? http://krod.com/will-the-dodgers-early-season-success-continue-until-october/ http://krod.com/will-the-dodgers-early-season-success-continue-until-october/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 22:30:11 +0000 Ned Roach http://krod.com/?p=54405 Before the season started I noted the convergence of prophesies stating that the Dodgers were on their way to something less than the best record in baseball by Mid-May. A season is a marathon not a sprint, and there’s a long way to go until October. Even so, Dodger fans have got to be pretty thrilled with how things are unfolding. Here are 5 reasons to believe the Dodgers early season success will continue.

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]]> http://krod.com/will-the-dodgers-early-season-success-continue-until-october/feed/ 0 'On The Sidelines' Podcast 03/28/12 [AUDIO] http://krod.com/on-the-sidelines-podcast-032812-audio/ http://krod.com/on-the-sidelines-podcast-032812-audio/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 03:56:53 +0000 Chad Middleton http://krod.com/?p=43312 What a day here 'On The Sidelines'!

Finally, the contest winner from the month of February was in studio with me!!

The winner was Marc Schultz a.k.a. Minnesota Marc! It was a blast!! Thank you for listening Marc and thank you for coming in, I really appreciate it!!

Tonight's show topics include: Magic Johnson is apart of the ownership group that bought the Dodgers, a little Final Four talk, Hank Haney sucks and the Masters

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]]> http://krod.com/on-the-sidelines-podcast-032812-audio/feed/ 0 Photo by: Steve Kaplowitz Magic Johnson and 6 Other Former Athletes Who Bought Professional Sports Teams [VIDEOS] http://krod.com/magic-johnson-and-6-other-former-players-who-invested-teams/ http://krod.com/magic-johnson-and-6-other-former-players-who-invested-teams/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:54:23 +0000 Danny Groner http://tsminteractive.com/?p=83771 Magic Johnson and his group of investors were awarded the struggling Los Angeles Dodgers late Tuesday night. It’s the latest business investment in Johnson’s post-retirement portfolio and comes at a pretty hefty sum of $2 billion.

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]]> http://krod.com/magic-johnson-and-6-other-former-players-who-invested-teams/feed/ 0 Dodgers Sold to Magic Johnson's Group http://krod.com/dodgers-sold-to-magic-johnsons-group/ http://krod.com/dodgers-sold-to-magic-johnsons-group/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 04:58:20 +0000 Steve Kaplowitz http://krod.com/?p=43030 2 billion dollars. That is the price tag for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Tonight, a group that includes former Los Angeles Laker star Magic Johnson and longtime baseball excutive Stan Kasten agreed to purchase the Dodgers from owner Frank McCourt for $2 billion.

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]]> http://krod.com/dodgers-sold-to-magic-johnsons-group/feed/ 0 Don Mattingly, meet your new owner...Magic Johnson. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) The Thirty-One Days of Madness [Video] http://krod.com/the-thirty-one-days-of-madness-video-9/ http://krod.com/the-thirty-one-days-of-madness-video-9/#comments Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:15:45 +0000 Andy Lee http://krod.com/?p=39056 A long time ago some dude penned a song about receiving gifts over the twelve days of Christmas.  All the gifts are lame, but they didn’t have Xbox’s or iPad’s back in the day.

One gift that keeps on giving is ‘March Madness

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]]> http://krod.com/the-thirty-one-days-of-madness-video-9/feed/ 0 The Worst Decisions in Sports History http://krod.com/the-worst-decisions-in-sports-history/ http://krod.com/the-worst-decisions-in-sports-history/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:02:57 +0000 Andy Lee http://krod.com/?p=4818 Today is the one year anniversary of 'The Decision.' LeBron James managed to turn his free agency signing into an hour long made for T.V. event where he told Jim Gray and the world he would be taking his talents to South Beach. As much

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]]> http://krod.com/the-worst-decisions-in-sports-history/feed/ 0 A year ago today, Lebron James made the decision to take his talents to South Beach on an ESPN prime time special. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Estabrook Group) Star Power Back in NBA Finals http://krod.com/star-power-back-in-nba-finals/ http://krod.com/star-power-back-in-nba-finals/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 19:25:46 +0000 Andy Lee http://krod.com/?p=3801 Any gen-xer (1964-1982) will tell you the 80s and 90s were the golden era of the NBA.  Things got so bleak in the 70s that the Finals were aired on a tape delay.  Like the deus ex machina from ancient Greek tragedies, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird came in from college to save the drug riddled NBA.  Bird and Magic first met in the finals in 1982, and it was must see TV.

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]]> http://krod.com/star-power-back-in-nba-finals/feed/ 0 American Airlines Arena in Miami will be the site of game one of the 2011 NBA Finals between the Heat and Mavericks. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)