Interest in Wizards is high

Hunt hopes team will stay in KC, but won't guarantee itBy BOB LUDER The Kansas City StarThe man who 40 days ago announced his intentions to sell the Wizards made his strongest statement to date Tuesday regarding his hopes that the MLS franchise stays in Kansas City.Yet Wizards owner Lamar Hunt stopped short of guaranteeing that the team would operate here, even for the quickly approaching 2005 MLS season.Hunt said in a phone interview from his Dallas office that the Wizards' sale process was ongoing, and that there had been substantial interest communicated to him “both from Kansas City and, surprisingly, from interests outside the area.”