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No NFL Team for Rush: Investors Dropping Him

Controversy too intense, say sources

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 14, 2009 3:19 PM CDT

(Newser) – It looks like Rush Limbaugh's hope of becoming an NFL owner is kaput. Dave Checketts—the man putting together a team of investors to buy the St. Louis Rams—is dropping Limbaugh, three league sources tell ESPN. Checketts, who already owns the St. Louis... Read full story »

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