Expos&#39; move to Washington could be in jeopardy
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Baseball&#39;s plan to move the Expos to Washington might come apart after the District of Columbia Council voted Tuesday night to require private financing for at least half the cost of a new ballpark.
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Major League Baseball will announce Wednesday that Washington will be the new home of the Montreal Expos, The Associated Press has learned.
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Expos president Tony Tavares told reporters of the move after the Expos&#39; final home game. That news was later confirmed to Washington mayor Anthony Williams by MLB officials.
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MLB owners have voted 29-1 to approve the proposed move of the Montreal Expos to Washington for the 2005 season. The decision is still subject to the District of Columbia government enacting funding for a new stadium.
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Major League Baseball is poised to cancel the move of the Montreal Expos to Washington after the District of Columbia Council Tuesday night amended the agreement for a riverfront stadium by requiring 50 percent private financing.
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The Montreal Expos appear to be near the end of a long road, mere inches from finally becoming the Washington Nationals. And Mayor Anthony Williams believes the District of Columbia is making similar progress
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WASHINGTON : Major League Baseball is expected to announce that the Montreal Expos will move to Washington for the 2005 season, North American media reported.
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Major League Baseball is poised to cancel the move of the Montreal Expos to Washington after the District of Columbia Council on Tuesday amended the agreement
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The Montreal Expos appear to be heading to a new home in Washington, but the most pressing concern is the negotiation to compensate Orioles' owner Peter Angelos.
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com. Almost 33 years to the date of the Senators&#39; final game in Washington, DC, the District and Major League Baseball on Wednesday announced that the Montreal Expos are moving to the nation&#39;s capital.
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The D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission will apparently announce that the Montreal Expos will be moving to Washington, an executive said.
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A three-judge panel yesterday cleared a legal path for the Expos to move to Washington by ruling against an attempt by the team&#39;s former owners to keep the franchise in Montreal.
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The Montreal Expos are expected to become the Washington Nationals if they move to the District, according to two published reports this morning, but the name could be a temporary one.
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NEW YORK Several baseball officials say an announcement on the relocation of the Montreal Expos to Washington, DC could come Thursday.
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WASHINGTON - Major League Baseball will announce Wednesday that Washington will be the new home of the Montreal Expos, bringing the national pastime back to the nation's capital for the first time in 33 years, The Associated Press has learned.    A city official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Washington has been notified by Major League Baseball of the impending announcement...
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District officials disclosed plans Tuesday to build a publicly financed stadium costing more that $400 million, and it appears the owners&#39; relocation committee might recommend the Montreal Expos relocate to Washington DC, according to the Washington Post.
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As Major League Baseball&#39;s deadline for funding a Washington stadium nears, the debate has gotten down and dirty. For months, Northern Virginia officials had been good sports about losing the Montreal Expos to the District of Columbia in September.