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The Dodger Divorce Case Is Finally, Officially, Really Over

Jamie McCourt​Hard to believe it's really over. But yes, finally, we have a copy of the settlement that ends the single messiest, costliest, and most spectacular divorce in sports history.Frank and Jamie McCourt have patched up their differences. Gives you hope for the Israelis and the Palestinian ... More >>

Dodger Owner Frank McCourt Has A Price, And It Is Very High

Frank McCourt​The Times' Bill Shaikin reports this evening that Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban offered to buy the Dodgers earlier this year. But Cuban balked at owner Frank McCourt's asking price of $1 billion to $1.2 billion."At the right price, I'm interested," Cuban told the Times. "Not if t ... More >>

The Pie Hole: Love At First Crust

Guzzle & NoshCoffee and lemon meringue pie at The Pie Hole.​Opened just last week in a gritty-chic corner of downtown L.A., The Pie Hole hopes to do for pies what nearby Wurstkuche did for sausages. That is, reinvigorate a staple dish, make it feel hip and modern, and, hopefully, fill the plac ... More >>

Frank McCourt Could Keep Dodgers Under Reported $130 Million Divorce Settlement With Wife Jamie

Frank McCourt.​The Frank and Jamie McCourt saga that has dragged down the Dodgers and the city's enthusiasm for baseball this season might finally be over. The Los Angeles Times and Associated Press report that the pair appear to have reached a divorce settlement that would give Frank the tea ... More >>

Major League Baseball Asks Court To Force Frank McCourt To Sell The Dodgers

Frank McCourt​This is a big day in the history of the L.A. Dodgers. Major League Baseball has asked a bankruptcy judge to order that the team be sold at auction.This is not a surprise, but it is quite something to see MLB lay out its case in black and white. The motion, posted after the jump, argu ... More >>

When Will Dodger Divorce Case End? Wait Till Next Year.

Frank McCourt​If you're a Dodger fan, September is when you start to say, "Wait till next year." Not for the Dodgers to win the pennant, but for the McCourt divorce case to finally end.It certainly won't happen this year -- but maybe next? Outside court today, Michael Kump, one of Jamie McCourt's ... More >>

L.A. Dodgers Revenue Dropping; Protesters Plan Aug. 27 Boycott

Frank McCourt​Big surprise. According to bankruptcy documents filed today, the L.A. Dodgers have seen a sharp decline in revenue since Frank and Jamie McCourt separated in 2009.The Times recently ran a story speculating about the decline. Well, speculate no more. Here are the actual numbers:2009: ... More >>

Jamie McCourt Wanted to be Mayor of Los Angeles?

Jamie McCourt.​Vanity Fair's take on the Frank and Jamie McCourt saga is rife with details about the couple's ostentatious living, gross even by our standards: A five-home-buying spree in L.A. and Baja, a $10,000-a-month hairstylist. But what really stopped us in our tracks were Jamie's appa ... More >>

McCourt Divorce Settlement Leaves Dodger Future Uncertain

​After a late night of negotiations, Frank and Jamie McCourt reached a settlement this morning in their bitter divorce feud.The settlement, however, leaves a lot unsettled. Most of all, it does not even resolve the question of who owns the Dodgers. That will have to be determined at a one-day tria ... More >>

Dodger Divorce Settlement Gives Frank McCourt A Narrow Path to Victory

Frank McCourt​As we detailed earlier, the Dodger divorce settlement announced this morning is a bit of a fraud. Ordinarily, you'd expect a settlement to resolve the issues, put all the nasty litigation in the past, and allow everybody to move on.This does not do that. In the likely scenario that M ... More >>

MLB Takes Control Of L.A. Dodgers

Frank McCourt, during a break from trial last fall​Updated below: Frank McCourt readies his weary legal armies for battle. MLB Commissioner Bud Selig, who has sat in Sphinx-like silence as the Dodgers have unraveled over the last 18 months, today took control of the team.As commissioner, Selig has ... More >>

Tax Day Blues: Super Rich Pay Low Tax Rate; Some, Like the Dodgers' McCourts, Don't Pay at All

Frank McCourt is poorer than you (on paper).​Ah, tax day. Don't let the complicated line items and nonsensical deductions get you down. That's all gravy compared to this fact: Nearly half of U.S. households don't even pay income taxes. And the super rich are paying less than they did a few y ... More >>

In Wake Of Criticism, Dodgers Hire Bill Bratton To Review Stadium Security

Bill Bratton​Following last week's brutal parking lot beating, the Dodgers have hired former LAPD Chief William Bratton to advise them on security.That's a sharp reversal from Saturday, when Frank McCourt said he was satisfied that Dodger Stadium was already as safe as it could be.Since retiring f ... More >>

Jamie McCourt Wants A Look At Dodger Books

Jamie McCourt​Jamie McCourt, ex-wife of Dodger owner Frank McCourt, is getting annoyed that she has to find out about Dodger financial dealings from the newspaper. So today she's asking a judge to force Frank to turn over financial documents so that she -- and potential bidders for the team -- can ... More >>

Dodger Divorce Trial, Round 2, Is At Least A Year Away, Jamie McCourt's Lawyers Say

Jamie McCourt​The second phase of the Dodger divorce trial won't be heard for at least another year, Jamie McCourt's lawyers said today.Speaking after a brief court appearance, Dennis Wasser said it will take at least that long for attorneys on both sides to prepare."The discovery on the second ph ... More >>

Dodger Divorce: Despite What Bill Plaschke Says, It's Too Soon To Celebrate

Frank McCourt will cling the Dodgers with every legal argument at his disposal.​There was much rejoicing over last week's ruling in the McCourt divorce case, which made it more likely that the Dodgers will be put up for sale. Bill Plaschke started rounding the bases. T.J. Simers wanted to put a st ... More >>

Judge Voids Marital Agreement That Would Have Cut Jamie McCourt Out Of Dodgers Ownership

Jamie McCourt.​By Gene Maddaus and Dennis Romero Judge Scott Gordon dealt a major blow to Dodgers owner Frank McCourt on Tuesday, voiding a 2004 marital agreement that would have deprived his ex-wife Jamie of a stake in the team. The ruling does not automatically make Jamie a co-owner of th ... More >>

Jamie McCourt Wins, Starts Putting Together A Team To Buy The Dodgers From Frank McCourt

Frank McCourt​Fresh from today's legal victory, Jamie McCourt has hired a banker to help her assemble a team of local investors to buy out her ex-husband's stake in the Dodgers.A source familiar with the matter says that Jamie has hired Joseph Ravitch, formerly of Goldman Sachs, to help put togeth ... More >>

Frank McCourt Accepts Dodger Divorce Deal, But Jamie Refuses [Updated]

Frank McCourt​Settlement talks between Frank and Jamie McCourt are at an impasse, clearing the way for Judge Scott Gordon to issue a ruling in the contentious Dodger divorce case.In a statement to the media, Frank's attorney, Marc Seltzer, said that Frank accepted the deal offered by mediator Pete ... More >>

Frank McCourt Divorce: Settlement Talks Break Down

Frank McCourt​Frank and Jamie McCourt met with a mediator on Saturday, but came away no closer to a settlement that would end their contentious divorce proceedings, according to an attorney involved in the case.The two sides remain miles apart. Frank continues to refuse any arrangement that would ... More >>

Frank McCourt Dodger Divorce Trial: Hapless Lawyer Larry Silverstein Perfect Target For Malpractice Suit

Larry Silverstein: The man who brought down Bingham?​As word spread that Frank and Jamie McCourt will go into a closed-door mediation session on Friday, it started to feel like this whole trial is an elaborate trap for the hapless Larry Silverstein, the lawyer who drafted the McCourts' ... More >>

Frank McCourt Divorce: Larry Silverstein's Boner Is Key, But On The Stand He's Not Sure What Year This Is

Ted Soqui Fred Merkle committed the most famous mistake in baseball history in 1908, when, in a game against the Chicago Cubs, he failed to touch second base as the winning run scored. Merkle's Boner cost the New York Giants the game and the pennant.   That was nothing compared to Larry ... More >>

Frank McCourt Divorce Trial: As Jamie's Testimony Resumes, How Will Frank Reconcile With Dodger Fans?

Frank McCourt​Jamie McCourt will be back on the stand today as the Dodger divorce trial returns from a two-week break.So far, there's no sign of a settlement -- though the trial has already taken a brutal toll on what remained of the McCourts' public standing. First, there was Bud Selig's hand-wri ... More >>

Jamie McCourt's Chauffeur Hits Woman With Car

​Jamie McCourt's chauffeur hit a woman pedestrian outside a downtown LA courthouse Monday morning. The woman, who is an employee at the Los Angeles County Courthouse, was struck at a crosswalk near the corner of Temple and Hill streets. The woman was fitted with a neck brace and taken by amb ... More >>

Dodger Divorce Trial: With Jamie McCourt On The Stand, Steve Susman Sharpens His Knives

Jamie McCourt takes her star turn. ​Three weeks after the McCourt divorce trial began, Steve Susman finally got his chance to cross-examine Jamie McCourt this morning. Like a bull that has been prodded and starved to make it angry, Susman charged right out of the gate, asking rapi ... More >>

A Matter of Impressions

The Frank and Jamie McCourt Divorce — and the Dodgers' Future — May Well Come Down to Indentations From Signatures

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Frank McCourt On The Stand Today In Dodger Divorce

Frank McCourt will be on the stand today.​The fight for the Dodgers between Frank and Jamie McCourt continues today, as Frank McCourt again takes the stand. His opponent: Super lawyer David Boies, who, as the Weekly's Gene Maddaus noted last night, "has a reputation for turning witnesses aga ... More >>

Dodgers Divorce Day Two; Frank McCourt Will Take Stand

​On Day One of the Dodger divorce case between Frank and Jamie McCourt, our own Gene Maddaus summed up proceedings, helpfully noting the Dodgers began the day six and a half out of the wild card, though last night Hiroki Kuroda threw a gem, taking a no-hitter into the eighth inning for the win ... More >>

McCourt Divorce Trial: Steve Susman Goes On The Attack

Steve Susman If Frank McCourt had been born in Texas instead of Boston, and had become a lawyer instead of a real estate developer, he probably would have ended up a lot like his lead counsel, Steve Susman. Both are aggressive guys with appetites for big risks. Like McCourt, Susman w ... More >>

Frank McCourt and Jamie McCourt Trial: Dodger Divorce Underway

Frank McCourt​The trial to decide who owns the Dodgers begins today in front of Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott M. Gordon. The trial, to be decided by a judge and not a jury, will address the narrow question of whether a document signed by the couple during their marriage gives Frank M ... More >>

Team Owner Frank McCourt Gives More Than $1 Million Worth Of Dodgers Tickets To LAPD Officers

​Dodgers owner Frank McCourt might be fighting over every penny in his divorce from wife Jamie, but that doesn't mean the guy can't be a city patron on a grand scale. LA Observed reports that McCourt, who recently accepted an award from the Los Angeles police union's charitable Eagle & Badge F ... More >>

Fraud Alleged In Dodger Document Switch

Frank McCourt​Less than two weeks before the Dodger divorce case heads to trial, Jamie McCourt is raising new allegations of fraud against husband Frank, who claims to be the sole owner of the franchise.The case hinges on a marital property agreement signed in 2004, which gave Jamie the couple's h ... More >>

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Frank McCourt's Wife Is Only the Latest to Get the Raw End of a Deal

Frank McCourt's Past Business Deals Left Some Partners Sour

Frank McCourt.​In Thursday's LA Weekly cover story staff writer Gene Maddaus looks into the business dealing of Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and finds a man who has been as ruthless in his past as he has been in the battle over property, cash and holdings with his soon-to-be-ex-wife Jamie McCou ... More >>

Holy Crap: Dodgers Hired Russian Psychic To Boost Team's Chances

​The Dodgers didn't have the money to give salary arbitration to pitcher Randy Wolf this offseason. But they did have a few hundred thousand dollars to hand to a Russian psychic, who was hired to help the team win by sending positive energy from his home in suburban Boston.Holy crap.This is accord ... More >>

Jamie McCourt Can Live With $637K a Month

​Jamie McCourt, the estranged wife of Dodgers (co-?)owner Frank McCourt, is "satisfied" with Commissioner Judge Scott Gordon's ruling giving her $637,000 per month in spousal support, her attorney said today.Jamie McCourt had been asking for nearly $1 million per month. Frank McCourt, who original ... More >>

McCourt trial set for Aug. 30, will run through stretch drive

​The Dodger divorce trial will begin on Aug. 30, a Superior Court commissioner ruled today. The divorce trial of Frank and Jamie McCourt is expected to run at least through the end of September, meaning it should add some extra drama to the Dodgers' pennant run.At stake is the ownership of the tea ... More >>

McCourts Split As Dodgers Vie For Championship

What would baseball be without drama outside the diamond? On the eve of the Dodgers' National League Championship Series opener against the Phillies today, team owner Frank McCourt confirmed he is separating from wife Jamie.MLBFrank McCourt​The question is, do the billionaires jointly own the team ... More >>