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LeBron James
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World basketball star LeBron James is investing again in other sports.
The superstar of the Los Angeles Lakers, who already held shares in the English soccer champions FC Liverpool, announced on Tuesday evening after the 137: 121 victory in the NBA against the Minnesota Timberwolves that he and his business partner Maverick Carter had acquired shares in the Fenway Sports Group to have.
"It's bloody cool for me and my partner Maverick to be the first two black men to be part of the ownership group," James said. "It gives people who look like me hope and inspiration that this can be achieved." A cooperation between his marketing company LRMR and Fenway Sports, the basketball player has held two percent shares in Liverpool FC since 2011.
The Reds were taken over by Fenway in 2010.
With the shares in Fenway, James is now also part owner of the traditional baseball team Boston Red Sox and the Nascar racing team Roush Fenway Racing.
The Fenway Sports Group (FSG), based in Boston (Massachusetts), has owned Liverpool FC and its Anfield stadium since 2010.
In addition, the company has owned the Boston Red Sox and its home stadium, Fenway Park, since it was founded in 2001.
In addition, the FSG owns 80 percent of the sports broadcaster New England Sports Network and half of the Nascar motorsport team Roush Fenway Racing.
In addition to James and his partner, the owner consortium also includes the media company The New York Times Company, which publishes the newspaper “The Boston Globe” in addition to the “New York Times”.
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