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Janie McCauley | Associated Press

WNBA awards expansion franchise to Golden State Warriors

San Francisco Mayor London Breed, second from right, reacts after WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert announces an expansion franchise for the San Francisco Bay Area during a news conference at Chase Center in San Francisco. (AP)

SAN FRANCISCO — Joe Lacob’s love and support of women’s basketball dates back nearly three decades to when he became one of the original investors in the now-defunct American Basketball League.

It became one of his first big sports ventures after watching Tara VanDerveer lead the Americans to a gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

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