As if sensing something wonderful had happened while they slept, New York Islanders fans across the world (well, Long Island) suddenly awoke Friday morning with a sense of joy, a sense of hope. They hadn't felt this way in more than a decade, so where were these almost forgotten emotions of positivity coming from?
Then they checked Twitter from overnight and saw a tweet from TSN's Bob McKenzie that likely caused tears of joy on par with the birth of a first child or hitting your Final Four in your NCAA tournament bracket (hey, joy is all relative):
NYI owner Charles Wang in talks to sell majority stake in NHL franchise. Nothing done yet, no telling if it gets done, but talks underway.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) March 28, 2014
That's right, folks: New York Islanders owner Charles Wang is looking to sell the team after buying it before the 2000-01 season along with partner Sanjay Kumar, who went to prison for securities fraud in 2007 after selling his stake to Wang in 2004. It's very likely the first step in a process that will bring one of the saddest comedic reigns of sports ownership in the modern sports wor ...
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Charles Wang Potentially Selling the New York Islanders Should Make Fans Smile
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