Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks listens to a question during a news conference at baseball spring training in Surprise, Ariz., Friday...

...Jan. 26, 2010. Major League Baseball still has to approve the sale of the team from Tom Hicks. (AP Photo/Mike Fuentes) LIVERPOOL, UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 06: American businessmen Tom Hicks talks to the...

...Jan. 26, 2010. Major League Baseball still has to approve the sale of the team from Tom Hicks. (AP Photo/Mike Fuentes

...Jan. 26, 2010. Major League Baseball still has to approve the sale of the team from Tom Hicks

Tom Hicks jnr (l) with his father at Anfield

1. Alex Rodriguez

...news conference in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2000. Looking on in background is Rangers owner Tom Hicks

Texas Rangers president Nolan Ryan talks with owner Tom Hicks, right, before a spring training baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels Friday, Feb. 29, 2008...

Tom Hicks and George Gillett

George Gillett and Tom Hicks: Co-owners under scrutiny again

Liverpool co-owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks: Finally agreed a refinancing deal yet that may bind the hands of their manager

Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks

Tom Hicks: Reports suggest he could be about to sell

...Ryan will be part owner when Major League Baseball approves the sale of the team from Tom Hicks. (AP Photo/Mike Fuentes

...Ryan will be part owner when Major League Baseball approves the sale of the team from Tom Hicks. (AP Photo/Mike Fuentes

Tom Hicks and George Gillett (R): Anfield's answer to Statler and Waldorf