 'DIDDY' WANTS TO BUY KNICKS
July 23, 2003 -- Sean "P. Diddy" Combs hopes to take a shot at being a hoops honcho - the hip-hop mogul wants to buy the New York Knicks.
"I'm trying to buy 'em," he said yesterday on the Howard Stern show. "I think I could do an excellent job with the organization."
"I'm publicly putting it out there, but they're not taking my calls," he said.
The Knicks are owned by Cablevision, whose other holdings include Madison Square Garden, the Rangers, the Liberty and Radio City Entertainment. Joe Favorito, a Knicks spokesman, asked about Combs' wish to put in a bid for the team, said "we're not going to comment on it." When Stern asked how much money it would take, Combs replied: "Whatever amount of money I need to raise."
Though he was short on specifics, Combs said he'd make the Knicks better.
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