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Abe Pollin (December 3, 1923 – November 24, 2009)[1] was the owner of a number of professional sports teams including the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League (NHL), the Washington Mystics in the Women's National Basketball Association ...

WIZARDS: Washington Wizards Owners Irene & Abe Pollin
Washington Sports & Entertainment Chairmen Irene and Abe Pollin remember vividly when their Washington Bullets (renamed the Washington Wizards) captured the NBA Championship in 1978. Their recollection of the Capitals charging to the 1990 Wales...

Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin dies at age 85 - ESPN
Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin has died at age 85 ... "Abe Pollin always wanted the best for his teams, for the fans and for Washington -- and all of those passions combined to create the arena that revitalized the entire downtown community," NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement Tuesday. ...

Friends, Family Remember Washington Wizards Owner Abe Pollin
Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin was laid to rest Friday following a private ceremony for family and friends. The 85 year old died Tuesday following a long fight with a rare brain disease., MyFoxDC Fox 5 News WTTG:

Abe Pollin: A public-spirited life - washingtonpost.com
AS FAR AS Washingtonians are concerned, the most important thing about Abe Pollin is that he was one of us. By that we mean not that he was necessarily a man of the people, whatever that is these days, but simply that he was part of this ...

WIZARDS: Tribute to Abe Pollin (1923-2009)
President Barack Obama Statement on the Death of Abe Pollin...Michelle and I were deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Abe Pollin a giant in the world of professional sports and someone I was proud to call a friend...

Wizards owner helped transform D.C. - washingtonpost.com
He arrived in Washington more than 75 years ago, the gangly son of a Russian metal worker named Morris Pollinovsky who came to America a poor man speaking no English. Through decades of hard work and a seemingly unstoppable will, Abe Pollin rose ...

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Mark Heisler: It's too bad Abe Pollin missed this
The late Wizards' owner would have waded into the middle of the Gilbert Arenas situation. There goes a great Bullet, er, Wizard.

Leonsis, Pollin family at odds on purchase price for Wizards
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ted Leonsis says he offered to buy the Washington Wizards at "one of the highest prices ever paid for an NBA team," an amount that was apparently far short of satisfying the family of late owner Abe Pollin.

Gilbert Arenas Pens Washington Post Op-Ed
"I have done a number of things wrong recently," writes Agent Zero. "Some people may not forgive me for what I've done. But if I help steer even just one young person away from violence and trouble, then I'll once again feel that I'm living up to Abe Pollin's legacy and to the responsibility I owe the kids of the District." Read the whole thing here . It'll run in Tuesday's edition of the Post.

Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin dies at 85
Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin died today, the team announced. He was 85. Pollin bought the Baltimore Bullets in 1964 and moved the team to the D.C. area in 1973.
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Wilbon: Abe Pollin's Legacy
Michael Wilbon's latest column in The Washington Post focuses on the life and legacy of Washington Wizards (NBA) and Capitals (NHL) owner Abe Pollin, who passed away at the age of 85 on Tuesday, Nov. 24. The Sports Courier extends our deepest condolences to Abe's friends and family. In the mid-1990s, nearly 30 years after the riots tore
Abe Pollin Passes Away Today
Abe Pollin Was More Than The Owner Of Th Washington Wizards Or The Longest Tenured Owner In The NBA. We Tell You Right Here Some Of His Accomplishments.
Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin dead at 85
Pollin's photo on the screen during warm-up. Photo/AP Abe Pollin bought the Baltimore Bullets in 1964. Pollin changed the name of the team to Wizards in 1997. The name Bullets invoked violence in a city with a very high crime rate. Pollin had the …