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News from Greg Bluestein of the AJC RE: sale of Loeffler's WNBA franchise:
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Senator Kelly Loeffler is one of the owners of the Atlanta Dream WNBA franchise. The professional women basketball players on the team supported Raphael Warnock in the recent Senate elections.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/6561177002
LeBron James hints at ownership of WNBA's Atlanta Dream
SCOTT GLEESON | USA TODAY | 1:10 pm EST January 6, 2021
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James hinted at obtaining ownership of the WNBA's Atlanta Dream in a tweet early Wednesday morning.
James tweeted: "Think I’m gone put together an ownership group for the The Dream. Whose in? #BlackVotesMatter"
The Dream and the rest of the league have campaigned vigorously against Republican senator and Dream co-owner Kelly Loeffler, who has sparked significant backlash for comments this summer about the Black Lives Matter movement.
In July, she said: "I adamantly oppose the Black Lives Matter political movement, which has advocated for the defunding of police, called for the removal of Jesus from churches and the disruption of the nuclear family structure, harbored anti-Semitic views, and promoted violence and destruction across the country."
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