Stanford Super Series with the Superstars and England. The tournament collapsed following the arrest (and subsequent conviction) of Allen Stanford for an $8 billion fraud, part of which funded the prize money for the Super Series. Allen Stanford proposed emphasizing Twenty20 cricket as a way to promote cricket in the West Indies. He created the Stanford 20/20, a yearly tournament featuring teams from the island nations that made up the West Indies. From the first edition of his tournament in 2006 he aimed to have the best players from his tournament play as a team against an international team. Initially South Africa had
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