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The new owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers will officially be announced today. As Buster Olney writes, there will be significant change coming to the franchise, possibly beginning by recommitting to scouting efforts in the international market.

Blog | Conversation | May 02, 2012

With the cloud of Frank McCourt lifting, the Dodgers simply need to win.

So that happened. Frank McCourt's $2 billion sale of the Dodgers to a consortium led by Mark Walter, Stan Kasten, and Magic Johnson should eventually prompt a big spending spike for a team that fell to middle-of-the-pack status in major league pay...

The paperwork for the $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Magic Johnson group could arrive at the commissioner's office as soon as today, and there are folks there and with the other teams who cannot wait to see the fine print. Bec...

Blog | March 29, 2012

Buster Olney writes that while league executives say there is no way the new Dodgers ownership group can make money given the sticker price of the club, this isn't strictly a business investment for the purchasers.

Blog | Conversation | March 29, 2012

Several economists believe that the Magic Johnson group overpaid for the Dodgers.

For a reported $2 billion, Magic Johnson and Stan Kasten -- backed by Guggenheim Partners -- will run the Los Angeles Dodgers. And the changes will be almost immediate. (The New York Times is reporting that the sale was for $2.15 billion, which f...

Blog | March 28, 2012

Buster Olney writes that with the Dodgers' new ownership group, significant change for the franchise could come immediately. No longer will the Dodgers have a sagging payroll and fail to be impact players in the free-agent market.

Blog | Conversation | March 28, 2012

Ten potential ownership groups hoping to purchase the Los Angeles Dodgers have advanced to the second round of bidding, a source close to the situation said Friday night on condition of anonymity.

Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes is going to be on a lot of (if not all) teams' free agent lists very, very soon. If you watch him play, he sort of looks like Gary Sheffield at the plate, Vernon Davis working out and Magic Johnson in the field. How ...

Nats may have next, but Yanks have 27. Titles, that is. This weekend will be fun.