Owners of NBA's Hawks approve plan to sell the team

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By Steve Ginsburg (Reuters) - The owners of the Atlanta Hawks said Thursday they have unanimously approved a plan to sell the franchise, a move triggered last year by a racism controversy. Bruce Levenson vowed to sell his majority interest in the club last September after his email became public in which he made racist remarks that included "the black crowd scared away the whites" at Phillips Arena. The Hawks announcement comes less than a year after the National Basketball League forced owner Donald Sterling to sell the Los Angeles Clippers because of racial comments he made. ...

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