Stern: Jordan approval as Bobcats owner next week (AP)

March 12th, 2010

FILE - This March 1, 2010, file photo shows Michael Jordan looking over a stat sheet in the first half of the Charlotte Bobcats' 89-84 loss to the Dallas Mavericks in an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C. The NBA has signed off on Michael Jordan's bid to buy the Charlotte Bobcats, and commissioner David Stern expects the league's board of governors to approve the purchase by the end of next week. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)AP - The NBA has signed off on Michael Jordan's bid to buy the Charlotte Bobcats, and commissioner David Stern expects the league's board of governors to approve the $275 million purchase by the end of next week.