The Arizona Coyotes on Thursday morning issued a response to posts on Twitter from Forbes media personalities reporting that the team is for sale again.
"This is false. Totally false. We're not selling. We're not moving. The Coyotes are 100 percent committed to playing in Arizona," the Coyotes statement said.
Forbes, citing an unnamed banking industry source, tweeted that the Coyotes were for sale with the idea of the buyer moving the team to a new arena in Houston. The team's ownership has changed hands a few times since it left Winnipeg and began playing in the Phoenix area in 1996, and numerous rumors, reports and actions suggesting a move out of the area have been part of the organization's history ever since.