Tough owner to follow

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    The 2009-10 Washington Wizards suffered arguably the worst season of any franchise in any sport, ever — seriously, remember that Gilbert Arenas is still in a halfway house. So the announcement Tuesday that the sale of the team from the Abe Pollin family to Ted Leonsis and his Lincoln Holdings investment group is nearly complete feels like the opening of an on-ramp to a flyover that will enable the franchise to escape from a traffic-snarled Beltway.

    But is that fair to the legacy of a man who brought the NBA to D.C.? Doesn't that disparage the memory of someone who defiantly believed in and is almost single-handedly responsible for the rebirth of downtown Washington?

    Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s...h-owner-to-follow-92341984.html#ixzz0mhBch6Db
     

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