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Turner Enterprises, Inc. (TEI) is a private American company that was founded in 1976 and manages the business interests, land holdings and investments of Ted Turner, [85] including the oversight of Turner's 24 properties across the United States and Argentina.
Van Wieren was hired by Turner Sports as a play-by-play broadcaster for the Atlanta Braves in December 1975. [2] [4] From 1976 to 2008, he called the team's television and/or radio broadcasts, teaming with a number of on-air partners including Ernie Johnson Sr., Don Sutton and Skip Caray (who was hired by the club at the same time as himself). [5]
Joe Torre was the next manager to manage the Braves into the postseason, but like Harris, led the team into the NLCS with a losing result. [10] Bobby Cox was the manager of the Braves from 1990 till 2010. Under his leadership the Braves made the postseason 15 times, winning five National League championships and one World Series title in 1995. [11]
Ted Turner/Turner Broadcasting: January 6, 1976–October 1996 [19] Time Warner: October 1996–May 16, 2007 ... List of Atlanta Braves owners and executives.
Ted Turner, the 86-year-old media mogul and philanthropist who founded CNN, is recovering from pneumonia and “is doing well in rehab,” a spokesperson said Monday. ... who died by suicide in ...
Turner Field was a baseball stadium located in Atlanta, Georgia.From 1997 to 2016, it served as the home ballpark to the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). ). Originally built as Centennial Olympic Stadium in 1996 to serve as the centerpiece of the 1996 Summer Olympics, it was converted into a baseball stadium to serve as the new home of
Turner was said to be recovering at a rehabilitation center in Florida after a "mild case of pneumonia," one of his representatives told TMZ. CNN founder Ted Turner, 86, hospitalized after bout ...
The Braves' manager, Ben Geraghty, tried his best to help Aaron on and off the field. Former Braves minor league player and sportswriter Pat Jordan said, "Aaron gave [Geraghty] much of the credit for his own swift rise to stardom." [28] That same year, Aaron met his future wife, Barbara Lucas.