Buccaneers Pursue Talks With Angelos but Haven’t Ruled Out Other Offers

Negotiations between Baltimore Oriole owner Peter Angelos and Tampa Bay Buccaneer officials have reached the advanced stages, and Angelos said Monday he is close to buying the team and moving it to Baltimore.

But Steve Story, one of three trustees in charge of the team since the death of owner Hugh Culverhouse, said the trustees will also talk this week with other interested parties, primarily those who want to keep the team in Tampa, including New York Yankee owner George Steinbrenner.

“I would definitely classify our meetings (with Angelos) . . . as going beyond the preliminaries,” Story said. “We are going to move forward with some more in-depth discussion to see if we can consummate a deal.

“We’re interested in consummating a deal with someone quickly.”

Angelos has said he is willing to pay $200 million for the team, an offer many competing bidders said they could not match.