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If You Build It…Will They Come?
Although it's not in the middle of a cornfield, John Q. Hammons did construct a $32 million stadium without having a team to play in it. Did his gamble pay off? [Feature]

Tamburro Swings Into Chairman of the Board for the NABPL
Pawsox Prez Presides Over NA's Board of Trustees Until 2006 [Article]

Wrangling A Hockey Following in Sin City
Las Vegas has been hard on all kinds of sports, but particularly hockey. That is, until Charles Davenport rode into town with a hockey stick and a dream. [Article]

Can Anyone Translate 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame' into Canadian?
For The Lynx, with attendance at a dismal 3,000 a game, staying put In Ottawa is the good news & the bad news. [Exclusive to MLN]

"And The Award Goes To..."
Brenda Yoder wins the Rawlings Award [Article]

And Then There Were Two
The WCHL folds into the ECHL; The ECHL and the CHL slug it out for the heart and soul of AA hockey. The question remains now, what's in it for the ECHL? [Article]

Northern League Central Finds Their New Commissioner
Mike Stone will be filling the shoes Miles Wolff left empty in the Northern League Central. (Article)

Northern League Central Division Commissioner Wolff Resigns
The founder of the Northern League announced his resignation as the Central Division Commissioner. (Article)

Fans Interest In Brooklyn Cyclones At Fever Pitch
NY-Penn team nearly sold out for entire season after first day of single ticket sales. [Article]

The IronMan's IronBirds
Aberdeen Announces Team's Nickname [Article]

Northern League Central Finds Their New Commissioner
Mike Stone will be filling the shoes Miles Wolff left empty in the Northern League Central. (Article)

Northern League Central Division Commissioner Wolff Resigns
The founder of the Northern League announced his resignation as the Central Division Commissioner. (Article)

Future Franchise Finds GM
The current Cannons may have no name as yet in Albuquerque for 2003, but they do have a new GM. [Article]

WAFL May Fold Over Leadership Struggle
In-Fighting In The Front Office Shutters The WAFL;
Owner says league official misrepresented league, may have been involved in "racketeering." New league may form. (Article)

Pop Penguins' Pen Packed
There are plenty of NHL teams that wish they had these kinds of problems. The bad birds of coal country are an AHL season sell-out. (Article)

10 With MLN: A One-on-One Interview
with PCL President Branch B. Rickey III
Minor League News' Sr. Editor Brian Michael Ross sits down for a chat about the new dynamics of the business of baseball, and how the Pacific Coast League's president views the rebuilding of Albuquerque and other franchise cities of the league. [Article]

Cancer Claims Former Albuquerque Dukes G.M. McKernan
One of the unique characters of Minor League Baseball, part of a vanishing breed, McKernan put his stamp upon the game. (Article)

Mandalay's Stormy Holdings In Southern California Prompt League-Enforced Sale of the Franchise
The Storm is sold after the NAPBL rules that CEO Hank Stickney's interests in Lake Elsinore and Rancho Cucamonga conflict. (Article)