{
  "id": 697790,
  "title": "Timeline of Record-Setting Sports Team Sales: Data Viz",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/timeline-of-record-setting-sports-team-sales-data-viz",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-12T20:10:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sportico",
    "slug": "sportico",
    "url": "https://www.sportico.com/feature/most-expensive-sports-team-sales-timeline-1234732390/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "For the fourth time in four years, a sports franchise has sold for the highest price tag ever. Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger have reached an agreement to buy the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers for more than $12 billion, according to ESPN, a surprise deal that will end Mark Walter’s ownership of the team after less than a year. That number is eye-popping considering no team had sold for even a quarter of…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}