Posts About "Greg Jamison"
Phoenix Coyotes Status Is Still Unclear
March 20th, 2013 Currently battling a playoff threatening mid-season slump, the Phoenix Coyotes remain unsure of their long term future in Glendale. While the staff and team deny the constant pressure and uncertainty negatively affects their performance on the ice, four years of bankruptcy and a bottom of the barrel budget must wear on the humans. The...
After the Winnipeg Jets, the Quebec Nordiques?
February 1st, 2013 20 years ago today, on February 1st, 1993, Gary Bettman was named the commissioner of the National Hockey League. However, after yesterday's announcement by Greg Jamison, a close friend of Gary, that he failed to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes by the January 31st deadline imposed by the City of Glendale, Gary is certainly not in the mood...
Phoenix Coyotes Ownership: Jamison Misses Deadline, Continues Effort
February 1st, 2013 Yesterday came and went without the purchase of the Phoenix Coyotes to proposed buyer Greg Jamison. The news of such a possibly was made public when ESPN's Scott Burnside reported Thursday that Jamison didn't have the proper funding in place. While this news is a dagger to the hearts of many Coyotes fans, its only the latest and for...
Greg Jamison Breaks His Silence: Coyotes' Future Remains Bleak
January 28th, 2013 With a little over three days left before the January 31, 2013 deadline, prospective Coyotes owner Greg Jamison finally broke his silence on Monday when he told The Arizona Republic that he expects to complete his purchase of the Coyotes on Wednesday or Thursday this week
Phoenix Coyotes: The Clock Is Ticking In Glendale
January 22nd, 2013 More than two months after my last article on the messy situation in Glendale (The Phoenix Coyotes: Things Get Messier In Glendale), the future of the Phoenix Coyotes remains in limbo in the Arizonian desert. Greg Jamison, the former CEO of the San Jose Sharks who has been interested in buying the Coyotes since August 2011, has yet...
Optimism Abounds For Phoenix Coyotes and Fans
January 12th, 2013 A tired, beaten and upset Phoenix Coyotes was the last fans saw of the league's enfant terribles. The deep playoff run of last season could've been what catapulted the desert franchise to front page news in Arizona but as everything else for the Coyotes it wouldn't be that simple. A lockout forced the season into a 113 day halt,...
Jamison and Coyotes Get A New Lease on Life, For Now
November 29th, 2012 While the lockout continues, hockey fans in the desert and northern Providences are occupied with the Phoenix Coyotes. Taking the stand at Tuesday's Glendale city council meeting, prospective Coyotes owner Greg Jamison, Coyotes supporters and opposers had the chance to speak on the major item on the meeting's agenda, the arena...
New Phoenix Coyotes Deal On Table; Will Glendale Accept It?
November 21st, 2012 In yet another fun and exciting chapter in the ongoing Phoenix Coyotes ownership saga (rumors that rights to the story have been sold to Paramount Pictures are non-existent and untrue), the Glendale City Council met again on Tuesday to discuss the parameters of a new lease deal with potential owner Greg Jamison. The former CEO of the San...
Greg Jamison Ready to Purchase the Coyotes 'As Quickly As Possible'
November 21st, 2012 Prospective Coyotes owner Greg Jamison, like the rest of the Coyotes fans is ready to drop the puck and get the sale of the NHL owned team done as soon as possible. Given that the lease agreement that was proposed gets voted in his favor. Having spoken to Arizona Republic's Sonu Munshi after the Glendale Workshop last night,...
The Phoenix Coyotes: Things Get Messier In Glendale
November 16th, 2012 More than two months after my last article on the messy situation in Glendale, the future of the Phoenix Coyotes remains bleak in the Arizonian desert. Greg Jamison, the former CEO of the San Jose Sharks who has been interested in buying the Coyotes since August 2011, has yet to officially purchase the team from the NHL despite...Phoenix Coyotes Sale Near Completion According to Councilwoman
Glendale council member Joyce Clark chatted with local Arizona sports talk radio station, The Fan 1060 late last week. Speaking about the progress of the Phoenix Coyotes sale and the on-going negotiations between the city and prospective ownership group led by Greg Jamison, Councilwoman Clark says a deal that would push the sale...
In the Phoenix Coyotes Ownership Drama, The Time for Patience is Over
October 22nd, 2012 The NHL may have postponed another round of games on Friday afternoon, but for fans of the Phoenix Coyotes, there still isn’t an ironclad guarantee that those games would have been played in Glendale anyway. The three year ownership saga that has become central to the team’s identity over that time is still going strong, and even...
Will the Phoenix Coyotes Be Hurt Or Helped By the NHL Lockout?
September 19th, 2012 As the immortal Yogi Berra once said, “it’s like déjà vu all over again.” The NHL locked out its players at midnight on Saturday, and a new labor impasse has crippled the same league that dealt with a full season lost only eight years ago. Ever since, we have been hearing folks talking about players signing overseas, about...
