ATLANTA -- A group headed by billionaire Antony Ressler has agreed to purchase the NBA's Atlanta Hawks for $850 million. The team announced the deal Wednesday night during the first half of the Hawks' ...

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Thabo Sefolosha stood along the baseline, a basketball under his right arm as he watched a drill on the first day of training camp for the Atlanta Hawks. Just routine stuff. But ...

ATLANTA, GA - MAY 22: A view of center court before Game Two of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Atlanta Hawks and the Cleveland Cavaliers of the 2015 NBA Playoffs at Philips Arena on May 22, ...

By the time Tony Ressler acquired the Atlanta Hawks in 2015, he was already a multi-billionaire navigating the world of private equity. While Ressler was certainly no stranger to ...