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  Bruce McNall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
McNall raised Gretzky's annual salary from less than $1 million to $3 million, which, in turn, triggered a dramatic rise in NHL salaries throughout the 1990's.
In 1991, McNall, Gretzky and actor/comedian John Candy purchased the CFL's Toronto Argonauts.
McNall was released in 2001 after his sentence was reduced by 13 months for good behavior.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bruce_McNall   (358 words)

  
 ESPN.com: NHL - McNall faces new release on life
Was, as in the past tense, because four years ago this month McNall was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 70 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to two counts of bank fraud, one count of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy.
McNall, 50, was transferred from the Milan facility, some 50 miles southwest of Detroit, to a Los Angeles-area halfway house on Wednesday, where he will be required to live for as long as six months.
McNall is, by most accounts, a changed man. His belly, once as expansive as his network of executives, politicians and actors, is said to be lean.
espn.go.com /nhl/s/2001/0305/1131288.html   (962 words)

  
 Results in   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Bruce McNall, the Los Angeles businessman who is waiting sentencing on federal charges of bank fraud, has put his remaining holdings of the Los Angeles Kings hockey team into bankruptcy.
McNall's bankruptcy attorney also said the filings do not affect the operations of the team.
Various investigations eventually led to McNall, 45, pleading guilty in December to four felony counts of defrauding several banks of $236 million in loans.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m5072/is_n22_v17/ai_17111082   (489 words)

  
 The Last Word
 McNall views the War in Iraq as the charade that it was and sees a correlation between a government willing to distort truth and one willing to undertake his incarceration as somehow linked.
And the notion that a government with a penchant for starting phony wars means the judicial process is, in itself, corrupt, would garner at least a silver were rationalizations ever legislated into an Olympic sport.
In person or in his book, there is no guilt in Bruce McNall.
www.canoe.ca /Slam030715/col_ulmer-sun.html   (882 words)

  
 Hyperion Books
Bruce McNall, the nerdy son of a biochemistry professor, became obsessed with coin collecting.
It was never enough -- McNall diversified into other fields, becoming a film backer and producer, buying the Los Angeles Kings hockey team and luring Wayne Gretzky to play for him, and even dabbling in horseracing.
McNall befriended many in Hollywood and produced 20 films.
www.hyperionbooks.com /titlepage.asp?ISBN=1401307639   (250 words)

  
 L.A. Observed: At the races with Bruce McNall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The New York Times' Rick Lyman goes to Hollywood Park with Bruce McNall, the wunderkind of coin collecting and sports who turned con man, and finds that everybody knows his name.
McNall's book, out this month, confesses many of his crimes and tells interesting tales on doing business in Hollywood and bringing Wayne Gretzky to Los Angeles.
Hey Bruce, remember me? we used to hang out with your dad and whitey.
www.laobserved.com /archive/000283.html   (206 words)

  
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 Wayne Gretzky & Bruce McNall poster 1991   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
An advertising poster published by PSA Sportscard Authenticators in 1991 for the National Sportscard and Collectibles show.
It features Wayne with jailbird Bruce McNall back in their chummy days, showing off the rare baseball card they purchased together.
A great, rare item for the Gretzky collector who must have everything.
www.puresportsart.com /warehouse/gretzmcnall91.htm   (123 words)

  
 Fun While It Lasted - Compare Prices & Reviews at Smarter
Bruce McNall became obsessed with coin collecting at the age of 10.
During college, he traveled the world buying coins stolen from ancient sites and tombs.
McNall's first major sale was to Sy Weintraub, the head of Panavision, who bought $500,000 worth of coins in one sitting.
www.smarter.com /books-1/product/fun_while_it_lasted-656613   (187 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Bruce McNall
Perhaps no event led to this phenomenon more than when one of the highest touted prospects in college ball, Notre Dame wide receiver and speedster Raghib "Rocket" Ismail skipped out on the NFL altogether and opted for the Canadian Football League's (CFL) Toronto Argonauts in 1991.
While Ismail had cited social and personal reasons for choosing the CFL, the Argonauts ownership trio of Bruce McNall, John Candy and Wayne Gretzky was running the show and decided to show Ismail the money in the hopes of bringing the Grey Cup to Toronto.
Rocket signed a four-year, $18.2 million contract with the Argonauts.
www.askmen.com /sports/business/56b_sports_business.html   (491 words)

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