19 March, 2010

Category Archives: Ted Leonsis

Lisa Hillary Sits Down with Ted Leonsis

13 March, 2010

In a two-part interview series Comcast Sportsnet’s Lisa Hillary visited with Capitals’ majority owner Ted Leonsis this week and honed in on some real meat and potatoes issues with him: his satisfaction level with where the Caps are in the league and locally, the participation of NHLer’s in the Olympics, past and future, his role [...]

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Bears, Caps an ‘Extended Honeymoon of Achievement’

11 March, 2010

Tremendous overview of the Washington-Hershey affiliation in the Patriot News blog of Tim Leone today: ‘Hershey Bears, Washington Capitals a Dynamic Duo.’
The timing of Leone’s work is understandable; the Caps are mere hours away from clinching their third consecutive Southeast division title, while the Bears, also runaway leaders of the AHL’s East division, soon will [...]

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Let There Be (Good) Music and Dancing Amid All This Winning

7 March, 2010

When I think of the two most significant advances/evolutions in Caps’ hockey over the course of 35 years, and their impact on hockey culture here, I point to the rabid red atmosphere enveloping the team at home in Chinatown and the team’s new-age approach to cultivating media coverage.
Ron Weber on Saturday night told me that [...]

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The State of the Capitals’ Union, January 2010

27 January, 2010

Red Army, fellow Washington puckheads, late January again finds the Washington Capitals in an enviable competitive position: in first place — by a Grand Canyon chasm — in the Southeast division, but also first overall in the Eastern conference. And of late, establishing some separation from the rest of the East. The Capitals’ brand of [...]

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Rockin’ the Road in Red

22 January, 2010

Have you noticed, as we have, the conspicuous presence of Caps’ fans attired in red in enemy rinks during televised road games? It’s been most noticeable to us in the front row immediately behind the Caps’ bench during the telecasts, seemingly for every road game this season. The owner on his blog this afternoon happened [...]

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From the Author of Gabby, a First-Rate Take on New Media and Hockey

18 January, 2010

A reporter of Tim Leone’s accomplishments and stature doesn’t need any advice from me on how to tackle a story, but when he interviewed me last month about bloggers and their role in covering the Caps, I emphasized the importance of talking to Off Wing Opinion’s Eric McErlain. With my Sunday morning diner coffee in [...]

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Washington Needs a Night To Honor Its New Hockey Hero

8 January, 2010

(An Open Letter to the Owner)
Mr. Leonsis,
I saw you briefly in the victorious locker room at Verizon Center last night, so I know that you saw and heard what I did when the in-game entertainment crew shared with the Red Army footage of John Carlson’s gold-medal-winning goal for the United States from Tuesday night. It [...]

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The Legacy of a Favored Child: Abe Pollin’s Basketball and Hockey Teams

25 November, 2009

Parents take pains to shower — equally — their children with love. Children must be so loved. Woe is the child who feels slighted with respect to the love of mom and dad.
An owner of two professional sports teams — say in professional basketball and hockey — could be said to preside [...]

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Ted Leonsis Statement on Abe Pollin

24 November, 2009

Here is Ted Leonsis’ statement on the passing of Abe Pollin, released by the Washington Capitals.
Nov. 24, 2009
Ted Leonsis
Majority Owner
Lincoln Holdings
Statement on the passing of Abe Pollin
We are all saddened by the news of Mr. Pollin’s passing. We extend our deepest sympathies to Irene, Robert, Jimmy, the rest of the Pollin family and his many [...]

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Abe Pollin Has Passed

24 November, 2009

Washington Wizards and Verizon Center owner Abe Pollin passed today at age 85. He formerly owned both the Washington Bullets and Capitals, selling the Capitals to Ted Leonsis in 1999.
Leonsis subsequently formed Lincoln Holdings LLC, an investment partnership which holds 100 percent of the Caps and 44 percent of Washington Sports & Entertainment — the business [...]

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