Allen Stanford Stanford created and funded the Stanford 20/20 cricket tournament in the West Indies, for which he built his own ground in Antigua. The first Stanford 20/20 Cricket Tournament was held in July and August 2006. The second tournament took place in January and February 2008 with a global television audience of 300 million. Trinidad and Tobago took first place and with it the US $280,000 Stanford Super Series prize after defeating Middlesex on October 27, 2008. In June 2008, Stanford and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) signed a deal for five Twenty20 internationals between England and a West
Tycoon (novel) highly seductive read."" Tycoon (novel) Tycoon (sometimes subtitled "Tycoon: A Novel"), published in 1997, is the 23rd novel by Harold Robbins. Starting in the 1930s and ending in the 1970s, it follows the career and love-life of Jack Lear, an entrepreneur who builds an empire in broadcasting. Typically for a Robbins novel, it contains a large amount and variety of sexual content. "Kirkus Reviews" describes it as a "roman à clef", with Lear's career resembling that of William S. Paley. A review by Reed Business Information inc. concludes: ""Wooden prose notwithstanding, the intricate blend of corporate intrigue and carnal gymnastics