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ABM · 11-02-2004, 06:21 AM

Hey, it's election day - so lighten up!

From: SBN

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Pro sports team owners can also be big-time players — in politics. NFL, NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball and NASCAR Nextel Cup team owners, commissioners and spouses contributed at least $14.6 million to national political candidates, parties and other political advocacy groups in the two years leading into Tuesday's election. That and this report from the USA Wednesday's Michael Hiestand
That might not seem like much, given total spending is expected to reach about $4 billion.

But less than 1% of Americans make political donations of more than $200, says Larry Noble, executive director of the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics research group.

The sports world, he says, has some "heavy hitters."................