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Spartak owner's death is big loss for game

By Mechelle Voepel

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

The murder of Spartak owner Shabtai von Kalmanovic in Moscow on Monday will have some kind of effect on the entire world of professional women's basketball. Exactly what that will be is what we'll have to wait to find out. MORE ON SPARTAK In the Russian pro league, Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi are paid and pampered like Shaq and Dwyane Wade. Revisit Jim Caple's E-Ticket from May 2007, Rolling In Rubles. Kalmanovic, who was shot to death in his car, paid stars such as Diana Taurasi, Sue B ...

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