McCourt takes on critics

After being a target of jokes all winter, Frank McCourt is taking his turn at telling them. Kevin Modesti in the Daily News.

The Dodgers owner, back in public after lying low in the early days of the Frank vs. Jamie McCourt divorce battle, opened and closed with wisecracks in a speech and Q&A session Tuesday in front of San Fernando Valley business leaders in North Hollywood.

"(Planning the speech), I couldn't think of much going on in my life this offseason, so I didn't know where to begin," McCourt said to laughter from about 50 members of the Valley Industry & Commerce Association.

McCourt quickly addressed what he called "the elephant in the room," trying to reassure Dodgers fans the