Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore, who became fast friends during the pandemic, are about to become majority owners of the Timberwolves and Lynx in a $1.5 billion deal. Rodriguez was trying to buy the New York Mets in 2020 when a friend told him: “You have to meet this Walmart guy,

A former Walmart executive has teamed up with baseball legend Alex Rodriguez to purchase the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves and the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx, according to a report from the Associated Press.