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    2007, "Abe Pollin Day" in Washington, D.C. Jewish Washington: Scrapbook of an American Community retrieved May 13, 2015 Washington Post: "Abe Pollin Timeline"...
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  • Louis, Missouri on June 29, 1924. She married Abe Pollin in 1945 and moved to Washington, D.C. In 1963, Pollin's 16-year-old daughter Linda died from a congenital...
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  • Pollin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Abe Pollin (1923–2009), American sports team owner Andy Pollin (born 1958), American radio...
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    He is the son of Irene Pollin and Abe Pollin, the former owner of the NBA's Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals. Pollin was part of the family...
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  • were purchased from original franchise managing partner Dave Trager by Abe Pollin, Earl Foreman and real estate investor and former NBA referee Arnold Heft...
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    Abe Pollin became the owner of the National Basketball Association's Baltimore Bullets and wanted to reconnect the sport to the DC region. Pollin announced...
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    not up to the standards of other NBA and NHL venues. In December 1993, Abe Pollin, the owner of both teams, began studying options to move the teams to...
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  • survivor Abe E. Pierce III (1934–2021), American educator and politician Abe Poffenroth (1917–1997), American football and baseball coach Abe Pollin (1923–2009)...
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  • Robert Pollin and Gerald Epstein, both economists at the university. Funding for its foundation came from Pollin and his businessman father, Abe Pollin. PERI's...
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  • National Basketball Association team, the Washington Bullets (both owned by Abe Pollin). After graduating from college, she began her career working for the...
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  • award. The prize was created in 2002 by Irene and Abe Pollin, and funded by the Linda and Kenneth Pollin Foundation. It was administered by the NewYork-Presbyterian...
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  • block was the presence of the Caps in Washington. Baltimore Bullets owner Abe Pollin wanted to move his team to Washington, but did not want the Caps there...
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  • Cervi died at the age of 92. On November 24, Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin died at the age of 85. On November 25, ten-time All-Star Allen Iverson...
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    Director of Basketball Operations in 2002. On May 7, 2003, Wizards owner Abe Pollin fired Jordan from the role. Jordan later stated that he felt betrayed...
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    NBA Finals, with the Sonics winning 4 games to 1. In 1995, team owner Abe Pollin announced the Bullets would change their name out of sensitivity to the...
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  • expansion cousins, the Washington Capitals. However, Capitals' owner Abe Pollin was far better financed than the 37-member consortium that owned the Scouts...
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    possible penalties. As a statement against gun violence, Bullets owner Abe Pollin sought to change the franchise's name. The Bullets became the Washington...
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  • cede control of club to his son, Mark". The Washington Post. "Irene and Abe Pollin Humanitarian Award" (PDF). Bender Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington...
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  • David Rubenstein and the late Washington Wizards basketball team owner Abe Pollin. Planet Word, which opened in October 2020 at a final cost of $60 million...
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  • for the 1974–75 season. The team was owned by Abe Pollin, owner of the NBA's Washington Bullets. Pollin had built the Capital Centre in suburban Landover...
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    The Capitals were owned by Abe Pollin (also owner of the National Basketball Association's Washington Bullets/Wizards). Pollin had built the Capital Centre...
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  • the NBA were underway, and the owner of the NBA's Baltimore Bullets, Abe Pollin, wanted to move his team to Washington, and didn't want the Caps there...
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  • opted to sell. While the Capitals were far worse on the ice, their owner, Abe Pollin, had the financing and the patience to absorb the typical struggles of...
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  • Haywood led in blocks at 1.5. After the season, Wizards' majority owner Abe Pollin fired Jordan as team president, much to the shock of teammates, associates...
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    Washington Bullets on his 48th birthday. Upon Johnson's death, Bullets owner Abe Pollin remarked "Gus was the Dr. J of his time, and anyone who had the privilege...
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    the 2006–07 season to local D.C.-area schools, while Wizards team owner Abe Pollin matched that contribution for each away game. He has also mentored a D...
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  • dispute in 1998, then-player Jordan told Washington Wizards then-owner Abe Pollin, "If you can't make a profit, you should sell your team." Whitlock called...
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  • WNBA MVP Theodore N. Lerner (1948), owner of the Washington Nationals Abe Pollin (1945), owner of the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals Jerry...
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    owner of the Washington Nationals Phil Perlo, American football player Abe Pollin, Owner Washington Bullets, Washington Capitals Sharon Pratt (Sharon Pratt...
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    Honorary Legum Doctorem St Anselm College; Rotary Paul Harris Fellow; Abe Pollin Leadership Award '03, Marine Corps League "Iron Mike" Award; and Military...
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