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LeBron James May Buy WNBA’s Atlanta Dream from Outgoing Sen. Kelly Loeffler

HeadlineJan 07, 2021

Basketball superstar LeBron James suggested he’ll try to buy the WNBA team Atlanta Dream from freshly defeated Kelly Loeffler Wednesday. James tweeted, “Think I’m gone put together an ownership group for The Dream. Whose in?” He added a photo of the team’s players wearing ”VOTE WARNOCK” T-shirts. Atlanta Dream’s players endorsed Senator-elect Raphael Warnock in his race against their team’s co-owner, Kelly Loeffler, who has spoken out against the Black Lives Matter movement. Journalist Jemele Hill credited the WNBA players for helping propel Warnock to victory.

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