Manchester United, Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Malcolm Glazer dies at 85

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Malcolm Glazer, the patriarch of the family that owns the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Manchester United soccer club, died on Wednesday, the teams said. Glazer, a reclusive American billionaire who spearheaded the controversial purchase of one of England's most-storied soccer teams, had suffered a series of strokes in recent years and his sons have managed the operations of both teams. Glazer purchased the Buccaneers in 1995 and led what traditionally had been one of the weakest teams in the National Football League to its first Super Bowl championship eight years later. "A dynamic business leader, Glazer helped mold the Buccaneers into a model franchise and one respected league-wide," the Buccaneers said in a statement on their website.

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