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Storm Owner Undergoes Emergency Surgery

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By ADAM ADKINS | The Tampa Tribune

Published: March 31, 2009

TAMPA - Tampa Bay Storm minority owner Peter "Woody" Kern is in critical condition after undergoing surgery for an aortic aneurysm, the team announced Tuesday.

Kern, 61, is currently in the intensive care unit at Memorial Herman Heart & Vascular Institute at the Texas Medical Center in Houston. He underwent surgery on March 25.

"Woody is a great friend of mine and we are deeply concerned for his health and well-being," Tampa Bay Storm head coach/general manager Tim Marcum said in a statement released by the team. "We are keeping Woody in our thoughts and prayers."

According to a statement from the team, doctors diagnosed Kern with an aortic aneurysm during a routine check-up.

Kern is president and CEO of PCK management located in Denton, Texas. He purchased the Storm in 1994 and was the principal owner of one of the AFL's most successful franchises before selling a majority stake in the team in December 2007 to local orthopedic surgeon Dr. Bob Nucci, who runs the Nucci Spine Institute in Tampa.

The Storm won three AFL championships (1995, 1996 and 2003) while Kern was the majority owner.

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