(CNN) The Atlanta Dream, the WNBA team previously co-owned by former US Sen. Kelly Loeffler , has been sold to executives from a national real estate firm and a former player. The sale of the team to Larry Gottesdiener, chairman of the real estate firm Northland, was unanimously approved by the WNBA and the NBA Board of Governors, the league said in a statement Friday. The new, three-member ownership group will also include Northland's Chief Operating Officer Suzanne Abair and former Dream player Renee Montgomery -- making her the first former player to become an owner and executive of a WNBA team. "My Dream has come true," Montgomery said in a statement. "Breaking barriers for minorities and women by being the first former WNBA player to have both a stake in ownership and a leadership role with the team is an opportunity that I take very seriously. I invite you to join me as the Dream builds momentum in Atlanta!" WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a statement the approval of the sale "marks a new beginning for the Atlanta Dream organization and we are very pleased to welcome Larry Gottesdiener and Suzanne Abair to the WNBA." Read More "I am also thrilled that former WNBA star Renee Montgomery will be joining the ownership group as an investor and executive for the team," she added, calling Montgomery a "trailblazer who has made a major impact both in the game and beyond." Atlanta's WNBA team supports Black Lives Matter after pushback from co-owner, a US senator Montgomery sat out the 2020 season to focus on social justice issues and subsequently retired after 11 seasons in the WNBA. Ownership of the franchise had been in limbo after the exit of Loeffler, who lost support among team members and other league players after she said she didn't support the Black Lives Matter movement and called for the depoliticization of sports. Last summer, Dream players released a unified signed statement -- over ...
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WWII Plane Flyby Honors Britain’s ‘Captain Tom’ at Funeral
LONDON - Church bells rang and a World War II-era plane flew Saturday over the funeral for Captain Tom Moore, the veteran who single-handedly raised millions of pounds for Britain's health workers by walking laps in his backyard. Soldiers performed ceremonial duties at the private service for Moore, who died February 2 at age 100 after testing positive for COVID-19. Captain Tom, as he became known, inspired the U.K. during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic with his humble endeavor that raised almost 33 million pounds ($46 million) for Britain's National Health Service last year. The service was small, attended by eight members of the veteran's immediate family. But soldiers carried his coffin, draped in the Union flag, and formed a ceremonial guard. Others performed a gun salute before a C-47 Dakota military transport plane flew past. "Daddy, you always told us, 'Best foot forward,' and true to your word, that's what you did last year," Moore's daughter Lucy Teixeira said at the service. "I know you will be watching us, chuckling, saying, 'Don't be too sad as something has to get you in the end.' " His other daughter, Hannah Ingram-Moore, said the world was "enthralled" by her father's "spirit of hope, positivity and resilience." "They, too, saw your belief in kindness and the fundamental goodness of the human spirit," she said. The service featured music that reflected the man being honored, opening with the rendition of You'll Never Walk Alone that Moore recorded for charity with Michael Ball and the NHS Voices of Care Choir. The song topped the U.K. singles charts last April. Singer Michael Bublé recorded a version of Smile for the funeral, and as requested by Moore, Frank Sinatra's My Way was played. A bugler sounded The Last Post to close the service. A church in Bedfordshire, England, where the family is based, rang its bell 100 times in Moore's honor. A post on Moore's Twitter account invited his admirers to remember him ...
John Cribb: Is Presidents Day next on cancel culture’s hitlist?
close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for February 12 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, Feb. 12, kicks off this year’s Presidents Day weekend. It comes at a time when Lincoln and other American icons are under attack. In parts of our country, statues of Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, and others have been toppled or defaced. A New York Times columnist has insisted that "even George Washington" statues must be removed since he was a slave owner. Last month, the San Francisco school board voted to strip the names of dozens of historical figures, Lincoln included, from area schools. One board member explained that the action was a "moral message." It makes you wonder: Will Presidents Day be the next to go? GUTFELD ON THE LEFT USING CANCEL CULTURE TO SILENCE OPPOSITION Let’s take a minute this weekend to recall why we need those old heroes. Let’s begin by stating why we should revere Abraham Lincoln. As author and former Secretary of Education Bill Bennett writes in the forward to my novel, "Old Abe," there are enduring reasons to know and honor our sixteenth president. First, we should remember Lincoln because of his achievements. He led the effort to save our country when it was literally falling apart, and he helped lead the effort to free millions of enslaved Americans. For those two deeds alone, if nothing else, he deserves our gratitude. If you’re looking for a hero from history, you can’t do better than Abe Lincoln. Second, we should honor Lincoln for defending our American principles , the ones he referred to in the Gettysburg Address when he spoke of a nation "conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." Lincoln remained fiercely dedicated to those principles when others sought to cast them aside. Third, we should know Lincoln because of the words he left ...
The one thing impeachment accomplished
Sign up to get our new weekly column as a newsletter. We're looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. (CNN) On March 2, 1797, President George Washington wrote a letter comparing himself to a "wearied traveler who sees a resting place, and is bending his body to lean thereon." The idea of retiring after his controversy-filled second term was "most grateful to my soul," Washington confided to his former secretary of war, Henry Knox. "Tomorrow, at dinner, I shall as a servant of the public, take my leave of the President Elect," John Adams, "...And the day following, with pleasure, I shall witness the inauguration of my Successor." The first president was also the first person to hand over the power of his office peacefully, setting the template for more than two centuries of such transfers. That tradition was put at risk for the first time on January 6, when a mob invaded the US Capitol seeking to stop the final certification of Joe Biden's election victory. This week former president Donald Trump went on trial in the Senate, accused of setting the stage for that event, and was acquitted two days before the Presidents Day holiday that honors George Washington. All 50 Democrats and seven Republicans voted against Trump, but that fell short of the 67 votes needed to convict him. Whatever else it may have accomplished, the impeachment trial surely burned the memory of the Capitol riot into American history forever. House impeachment managers wove together horrifying videos, some seen publicly for the first time—along with Trump's speeches and tweets around the election and its aftermath—to present a timeline of a president who pushed a big lie that the election was rigged, helped assemble and ignite an angry crowd and sent it toward the Capitol, just as Congress was doing its constitutional duty. "The then-President knew that the crowd he had summoned was prone to violence," wrote Doug ...
San Jose Sharks Beat The St. Louis Blues On Awful Hand Pass No-Call In Overtime
The St. Louis Blues got robbed Wednesday night in an overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks. Sharks forward Timo Meier appeared to clearly hand pass the puck in front of the Blues net, and his squad scored a goal almost immediately afterwards, which ended the game 5-4. The refs didn’t blow the play dead and the call isn’t reviewable . After the atrocious no-call, there was nothing the refs could do to take a look at the play, which resulted in the Sharks winning in bogus fashion. Watch this absurd play below. That’s honestly one of the biggest screw jobs I’ve ever seen. If San Jose had any pride as an organization, they would have refused to accept the goal. (RELATED: Vast Majority Of America Is Cheering For The Blues And Bruins To Win The Stanley Cup) The Sharks players would have demanded the goal not stand and kept playing. Apparently, pride and honor is something in short supplies these days in the Sharks organization. View this post on Instagram A post shared by San Jose Sharks (@sanjosesharks) on May 15, 2019 at 8:36pm PDT I thought hockey was supposed to be a sport of honor and class. It’s a sport that rises above the rest. It’s a sport for gentlemen who enjoy finesse and violence at the same time. It’s not a sport for people who want to cut corners and accept awful goals. I hope the Sharks are proud of themselves. Any one of them who looks in the mirror and thinks they won that game fair and square is just lying to themselves. It’s really that simple. San Jose now has a 2-1 lead, and game three will be Friday night. I think everybody in America who values fairness, honest and integrity will be cheering for the Blues. Follow David Hookstead on Twitter ...
