When the Knicks and the Rangers do well, every part of the Garden's sprawling empire works better.

Still, some investors ask if Mellon may be a one-man band without the management depth to run its ever more sprawling empire.

Robert Maxwell left a sprawling corporate empire to be divided between two of his three sons.

Now, however, with a sprawling empire of 20 organisations, he has felt the need to appoint a "super fundraiser".

Soulcatcher controlled a sprawling empire she knew only a little about.

Emperor Charles V would go on to rule one of the largest and most sprawling empires in European history.

Albanians had for almost five centuries been at the heart of a sprawling empire in which they enjoyed a privileged position as administrators and generals.

The Campeau Corporation may be on the verge of losing another chunk of its sprawling empire.

Centuries ago, the Mongols did the tossing out, amassing a sprawling Asian empire.

"It's a lot more difficult for one guy at H.H.C. trying to manage a sprawling empire."