On this day, April Fool’s Day, the sports world got a litany of breaking news that had everyone and their mother double-checking for the Twitter checkmark and whether or not accompanying links were real or not. The stories ranged from college basketball to MLB to the NFL, and no other “Breaking News” stopped Chargers fans in their tracks like this one from the L.A. Times:
“Fate of Chargers ownership at stake as Dean Spanos’ sister asks court to force sale.”
Wait a minute. What?
As it turns out, Dea Spanos Berbarian, one of Dean’s younger sisters, is reportedly attempting to force her three siblings to sell their remaining stake in the Los Angeles Chargers to put an end on the mounting debt that “has imperiled the family’s finances.