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The price of a good intention
Television comedian Dave Coulier's non-profit Coulier Foundation gave only 13 percent of the money it raised to charities. The rest of the money was spent on celebrity friends of Coulier's who appeared in his hockey game or golf tournament. One telling expense: a $160 charge for flying Coulier's dog to Detroit.
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Snow Job
The Weekly Planet does a three-year investigation of the National Hockey League's Tampa Bay Lightning revealed massive debt; mysterious cash; deception of officials; media conflict of interest
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John Spano (Field of Dreams)
When the new owner of the New York Islanders met with Nassau County officials in the spring of 1997, he was looking for more than just a new arena for the hockey team. John Spano demanded the right to develop a half-billion dollar project in the heart of the 1.3-million person county. But when Spano missed a scheduled $16.8 million payment for the team, a small team of Newsday reporters began looking into the dispute and his claims of vast wealth. They unearthed a startling tale of the fraud he used to win approval from the hockey league and major banks.
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Treading on Red Ice: In League With the Russian Mob
Russian criminal groups have infiltrated the hockey business at every level in Russia. It was well known that many National Hockey League stars from Russia have received threats or been targeted for extortion. This article uncovered evidence of organized crime penetration in hockey groups in Russia, and the NHL's involvement, unwitting or not, in funneling money to criminal syndicates through transfer fees and other business transactions.
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Eagle-Tribune reveals previously undisclosed business practices of the 24 - year Executive Director of the National Hockey League Players Association; finds conflicts of interest and instigates federal investigations in two countries, February - October 1993.
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Eagle-Tribune (Lawrence, Mass.) exposes numerous conflicts of interests involving the head of the National Hockey League Player's Union and the president and chairman of the board of the NHL, Feb. 21 - 23, 1993 and Sept. 22 - 26, 1991.
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