Investors miss deadline to buy Astros (AP)

[ASFN Admin]

Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane is apparently keeping his team. McLane, who bought the team in November 1992 for about $117 million, set a Jan. 31 deadline for an investment group to make an offer. On Monday, McLane said "nothing materialized" and he was looking ahead to the 2010 season. McLane recently acknowledged that he listened to another offer to sell the team to Houston...

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