SPI expects the merger to become effective on December 31, 2015, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the closing conditions in the Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (the Merger Agreement), dated October 30, 2015, by and among SPI, SPI Energy and SPI Merger Sub, Inc.
The Miami Dolphins announced the hiring of linebackers Coach Matt Burke as their new Defensive Coordinator just one day after Vance Joseph jetted off to Denver. The rapidity of this hire points to a wider master plan that brought both Burke and Joseph over from Cincinnati and onto Head Coach Adam Gaseâs staff.
A 1980 advertisement for the Los Angeles Dodgers boasts of the team's high five saluteDodger Stadium, Mark Langill. Burke's tenure with the Dodgers was short-lived, however, and his demise is mired in controversy. Burke was openly gay among his teammates.