Nick Mileti was a member of the Theta Chi fraternity at BGSU.
11 Facts About Nick Mileti
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Nick Mileti became involved in sports after serving as chairman of the Bowling Green alumni association and organizing a BGSU game at the Cleveland Arena.
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Nick Mileti spearheaded a group that purchased the ownership rights to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1970 to enter the league as an expansion team, paying a fee of $3.7 million; he eventually sold his twenty percent interest in the team in 1980 for $1.4 million.
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Nick Mileti then moved the radio play-by-play rights for the Indians and Cavaliers, as well as pioneering sports talk host Pete Franklin's Sportsline, to WWWE.
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Nick Mileti only paid for controlling interest with $500,000 of his own money, with the rest secured through loans.
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Nick Mileti was forced to name Bonda as the team's executive vice president and chairman.
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Nick Mileti founded and was the principal owner of the short-lived CFL team, the Las Vegas Posse in 1994.
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Nick Mileti became a writer in retirement; he published three books.
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Nick Mileti was inducted into the Cavaliers Wall of Honor in 2019.
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Nick Mileti died on August 21,2024, at the age of 93 in Rocky River, Ohio.
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In 2019, Nick Mileti was inducted into the Cavaliers "Wall of Honor", which recognizes prominent figures in team history.