Georgia Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, a co-owner of the WNBA s Atlanta Dream, lost to Democrat Raphael Warnock in a special election for Loeffler s seat, according to projections by ABC News and The Associated Press.
LeBron James might be in the market for his own WNBA team.
The Los Angeles Lakers star tweeted early Wednesday morning that he was interested in putting together an ownership group to purchase the Atlanta Dream from Republican senator and co-owner of the team Kelly Loeffler shortly after she was projected to lose her seat to Democrat Raphael Warnock in the Georgia Senate runoff on Tuesday.
Loeffler purchased the team along with Atlanta businesswoman Mary Brock in 2011, but according to ESPN, she is not involved with the team’s daily operations and stepped down from her seat on the WNBA board of governors in October 2019.
WNBA players celebrate Raphael Warnock s projected win over Atlanta Dream co-owner Kelly Loeffler By Zoe Christen Jones, Christopher Brito
January 6, 2021 / 3:55 PM / CBS News History made in Georgia runoffs
Some WNBA players celebrated on Wednesday after Democrat Raphael Warnock was projected to defeat incumbent Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler in a critical Senate runoff election in Georgia. WNBA players campaigned for Warnock after Loeffler, the co-owner of the WNBA team the Atlanta Dream, criticized the league s support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Woke up and just smiled remembering that one time Kelly Loeffler tried to come for the W and we helped @ReverendWarnock take her senate seat, New York Liberty player Layshia Clarendon tweeted Wednesday. Winning never felt so damn good.
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