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Former Canadian Olympic sprinter Donovan Bailey has joined Los Angeles-based producer Neko Sparks in an offer to buy the NHL’s Ottawa Senators, the 55-year-old announced on Twitter.
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At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Bailey won gold medals in the men’s 100-meter dash and 4×100-meter relay.
He joins rapper Snoop Dogg on the list of high-profile names looking to join Sparks’ bid to become the first black-led ownership group in the NHL.
On Wednesday, the Quebec First Nation community Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg confirmed that they support Spark’s bid. The community has a land claim on LeBreton Flats, one of the locations where senators are considering building a new arena.
The board of Senators Sports & Entertainment announced in November that a process to sell the club had been launched. Monday was the deadline for submitting bids to buy the team, of which there are said to be four.
Senators owner Eugene Melnyk died on March 28, 2022 at the age of 62 of complications from an illness. He left the team to his daughters Anna and Olivia.
This report from The Canadian Press was first published on May 19, 2023.
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