Three Boston businessmen have been said to be interested in the purchase of the Boston Globe, Boston.com reported Thursday.

Just one day after owner The New York Times Co. hired Goldman Sachs, to oversee the potential sale of the paper, sources close to group told the Boston Globe that Stephen Pagliuca, a Boston Celtics co-owner; Jack Connors, co-founder of a major advertising firm and chairman of Partners HealthCare; and Stephen Taylor, former Globe executive and part of the family that owned the Globe before the Times Co. bought it in 1993, are all potential buyers of the newspaper.

The anonymous sources said each group is reviewing the financial situation of the Globe and looking for investors to help finance the purchase.

The Washington Post also announced another potential buyer, Boston-based Intercontinental Real Estate Corp., in an article on Thursday. The company confirmed its interest in the paper to The Post, saying the Globe "fits its investment profile and that is has been pursuing a purchase for about 10 weeks."

The investment management company added that it, "is interested in any good investment that offers superior returns for our investors, as well as opportunities for job preservation, and even job growth, for our union investors."

All three potential bidders declined to comment about their potential purchase of the Globe.

"Like a lot of other readers and concerned citizens of Boston, I have high hopes for the future of the Globe," said Taylor, according to the article on Boston.com.