** FILE ** Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks talks about the dismissal of General Manager Doug Melvin at a news conference in this Oct. 7, 2001 file photo, in Arlington. Hicks, owner of the Dallas Stars and the Texas Rangers, is close to adding England's Liverpool soccer club to his list of sports holdings. Hicks has agreed to join Montreal Canadiens owner George Gillett Jr. in a bid to purchase the five-time European champions, a person familiar with the negotiations said Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007, speaking on condition of anonymity because no announcement had been made. (AP Photo/Bill Janscha)