{
  "id": 2109279,
  "title": "Private equity is coming for your kid’s sports league",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/private-equity-is-coming-for-your-kids-sports-league",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-20T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fast Company",
    "slug": "fast-company",
    "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91592344/private-equity-is-coming-for-your-kids-sports-league"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "When the refrigeration system failed at an ice rink outside Kalamazoo, Michigan, last September, the Kalamazoo Optimist Hockey Association—whose club had skated there for six decades—was suddenly without a home rink. A month later, a private investment firm bought the building for $3.5 million and promised to reopen it. No local buyer could have moved that quickly. KOHA is a nonprofit with two…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}