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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. ...

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 ...

Abe Pollin Obituary: Abe Pollin's Obituary by the Citizen.
Online obituary for Abe Pollin. Read Abe Pollin's life story, offer tributes/condolences, send flowers or create a Abe Pollin online memorial.

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...

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:

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Calling his own shots: Jordan set for ownership in Charlotte
Michael Jordan is poised to become the first ex-player to own a majority interest in an NBA franchise. When he becomes owner of the Charlotte Bobcats, he'll have no one to fire him the way the late Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin did in 2003.

His Airness' second reign
Michael Jordan, yearning for a second act to his basketball life, may soon fill that dream as owner of the Charlotte Bobcats.

Wizards Coach Flip Saunders holding it all together in a season of upheaval
Flip Saunders arrived in Washington with grand expectations, talking about winning championships and hopeful that his success in Minnesota and later Detroit would mesh with a veteran-laden team hoping to recover from a miserable 19-win season. He brought a hypnotist to training camp, handed out iPods with his playbook and even made motivational T-shirts and caps for his players emblazoned with ...

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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The owner of the Washington wizards basketball team Abe Pollin died at the age of 85 years
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 …