Washington Wizards Owner Abe Pollin Dies. November 25, 2009 / 9:25 AM EST / AP The Washington Wizards played the Philadelphia 76ers in a neighborhood that was torched during the 1968 riots.

Wizards owner helped transform D.C. Son of immigrants rose to top of sports, charity and business worlds. By Peter Perl. November 25, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. EST ...

Former Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin struggled with the decision to part ways with Michael Jordan, admitting that he “agonized over it for days and nights”. Maddow Blog | Pressed on Gabbard’s ...

Ted Leonsis is going in on his team’s former franchise player. The Washington Wizards owner Leonsis was interviewed this week by Mike Unger of MoCo360. In the interview, Leonsis was asked about ...

Washington Wizards Owner Ted Leonsis has signed General Manager Tommy Sheppard to a multiyear extension. ... CHARLOTTE — Amid the Washington Wizards’ best start to a season since 1974-75, ...

They were the NBA’s longest-tenured owners when they sold the franchise to Leonsis in 2010. Irene Pollin is perhaps best remembered for her excited reaction to the Wizards winning the 2010 NBA draft ...

The Wizards and Capitals moved to D.C.’s Chinatown in 1997, when former owner Abe Pollin relocated the franchises from Capital Centre in Landover, Md., the city where the Washington Commanders ...

The Wizards’ only postseason appearance during that time came in 2021, when Washington advanced through the Play-In round, then lost in the first round to Philadelphia in a quick five-game ...

WASHINGTON — Abe Pollin was the NBA’s patriarch, an old-school owner who won a championship and had the mettle to stand up to Michael Jordan. He introduced luxury boxes and the large replay ...

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WASHINGTON -- Abe Pollin, the Washington Wizards owner who brought an NBA championship to the nation's capital and later had the mettle to stand up to Michael Jordan, died Tuesday. He was 85.