Mr. CHRISTGAU: James Brown is Chuck D.

NPR: A Tribute to James Brown

Kevin Brown, Benito Santiago, Lenny Dykstra, Chuck Knoblauch, David Justice and Mo Vaughn were among former players named.

FORBES: Baseball Gets An *

But not as proud as Chuck D. is to tell the world about Mr. Brown.

NPR: A Tribute to James Brown

My bet is that the entire franchise gets sold in a similar fashion to the process by which Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan acquired the Texas Rangers and, as my friend and SportsMoney contributor Maury Brown pointed out to me, a new television deal with News Corp.

FORBES: McCourt Considering Partial Sale of Dodgers

Chuck Berry, Martha and the Vandellas, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, the Everly Brothers, James Brown, Lesley Gore, Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon, the Kingsmen, the Drifters, Fabian, the Coasters, Little Eva, the Ventures, Sam the Sham.

CNN: What's better than a Grammy? Immortality