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May 21
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Monumental Sports & Entertainment CEO Te...

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Monumental Sports & Entertainment CEO, Ted Leonsis, sat down with Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua during the Qatar Economic Forum to talk about his potential sports investments. Leonsis praised women's sports, particularly the WNBA. "The quality of the game in the way the game is being presented looks like the NBA," he told Lacqua as he recommended investors to buy women's soccer or basketball team.

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