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    Which Way, L.A.?

    The Dodgers, the McCourts and the Money

    Fans know that the Dodgers ' payroll is down, while owners Frank and Jamie McCourt borrowed $108 million from the team to help finance a lifestyle they now admit was excessive. Seven homes, seven country clubs, private jets and $150,000 a year for haircuts.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Fans know that the Dodgers' payroll is down, while owners Frank and Jamie McCourt borrowed $108 million from the team to help finance a lifestyle they now admit was excessive. Seven homes, seven country clubs, private jets and $150,000 a year for haircuts. Their contentious public divorce has made for licentious headlines, and now Gene Maddaus of the LA Weekly has gone back to Boston to see where it all started.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Julia Flucht

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Darrell Satzman

      Producer

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Gene Maddaus

      senior media writer for Variety

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    Job Creation Proposals from CA Gubernatorial Candidates
    1. 0:00Creating Jobs in California
    2. 9:55The Dodgers, the McCourts and the MoneyYou’re reading this
    3. 15:18Same-Sex Marriage, Gender and the Prop 8 Ruling
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