Topic: Stan Kasten

Magic Johnson eyes Dodgers purchase

Former Los Angeles Lakers star Magic Johnson is teaming up with a group of investors that are looking at buying the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball club.Johnson, who is also a former part-owner of the Lakers, is joining a group that also ...
Losses mounting, attendance low, Stan Kasten resigning as president of Washington NationalsStan Kasten says he will resign as president of the Washington Nationals at the end of the season.Kasten's announcement Thursday comes with the Nationals headed toward a third consecutive ...
Put me in, Coach! Detroit's Rick Porcello (14-9, 4.14 ERA) and Philadelphia's J.A. Happ (11-4, 2.79 ERA) even could play key roles in the postseason.Porcello was among the 11 rookies who started games around the majors ...
'I took the long road': Mike Rizzo drops 'acting' tag, promoted to Washington Nationals GMWhen he was a kid, Mike Rizzo wanted a job in the majors. When his boss in Washington, Jim Bowden, abruptly resigned as GM during spring training March ...
Kasten to AP: Deal with No. 1 pick Strasburg might not get done despite record-breaking offerNationals president Stan Kasten acknowledged Saturday there is a " very real possibility" the team will not reach an agreement with No. 1 overall draft pick Stephen Strasburg ...
Manny Acta was fired on Monday as manager of the Washington Nationals, leaving Major League Baseball's worst team with a bench boss and general manager that are both serving on an interim basis.Acta was dumped on the first day of ...
Less than an hour before game time, Boog Powell, the former Baltimore Orioles slugger turned stadium restaurateur, stands in his usual spot, greeting fans lined up for his sizzling pork and beef dishes at Boog's Barbeque Pit, along the concourse beyond ...
Nats' Kasten calls himself 'village idiot', says Acta has 'potential' to be long-term managerThe president of the worst team in baseball is going through his " "Washington Nationals president Stan Kasten took the optimistic but self-deprecating approach when he appeared Thursday before the ...
Mother Nature outlasts Big Unit: Randy Johnson's bid for 300 wins was postponed Wednesday night after a series of thunderstorms left the field at Nationals Park unplayable for Johnson's San Francisco Giants and the Washington Nationals.At 10:47 p ...
THE INFLUENCE GAME: The International Olympic Committee will decide in October.Many of the diplomats in attendance Wednesday night had never been to a baseball game. "The Nationals president, Stan Kasten, told the AP that the team was behind the effort. Manager ...