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Red Sox trying their hand, and foot, at new sport

Published Oct. 6, 2010 1:27 p.m. ET

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The Boston Red Sox owners have tried their hand in golf, auto racing, U.S. college sports and - of course - baseball.

They even kicked a little soccer around before making a deal to buy Liverpool of the English Premier League.

New England Sports Ventures, a holding company for the Red Sox, reached an agreement with the Liverpool board on Tuesday night to buy the team for $477 million.

It's not the ballclub's first investment outside of baseball.

The Red Sox are half-owners of Roush Fenway Racing, a team that competes on the NASCAR circuit. Through their Fenway Sports Group subsidiary, they have helped market Boston College football and basketball, professional beach volleyball, and Fulham, a lower-profile English soccer team.

This summer, they staged ''Football at Fenway,'' a soccer game at their historic ballpark between Sporting Lisbon and Glasgow Celtic.

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