Dodgers Owner McCourt, Ex-Wife Fail to Settle Fight Over Team

Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and his ex-wife, Jamie McCourt, failed to reach an agreement in their divorce dispute over who will control the Major League Baseball team, a lawyer for Frank McCourt said.

Frank McCourt accepted a proposed settlement by a mediator, according to an e-mailed statement by his lawyer, Marc Seltzer. Both sides had until yesterday to accept the proposal and the mediator, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Peter Lichtman, has declared the parties to be at impasse, Seltzer said.