Alabama linebacker Dallas Turner, actress Issa Rae part of group buying sailing league’s Team USA
Associated PressSAN DIEGO — Alabama linebacker Dallas Turner and actress/producer Issa Rae are part of a diverse group of investors joining founding Uber engineer Ryan McKillen and professional sailor Mike Buckley in buying the United States SailGP Team in tech titan Larry Ellison’s global sailing league. “I think I can say we’ve put together the most diverse ownership group in the history of our sport,” said Buckley, who will be team CEO. On Saturday, former Team USA CEO and skipper Jimmy Spithill told The Associated Press he was leaving the squad and will start a new Italian team for Season 5 that will begin after the 37th America’s Cup ends in mid-October 2024. Ellison and five-time America’s Cup winner Russell Coutts of New Zealand co-founded SailGP after their Oracle Team USA lost the America’s Cup to Emirates Team New Zealand in 2017.
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Dylan Fletcher is named helmsman of the British SailGP team
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A ride on a fast catamaran led Lindsey Vonn to join U.S. SailGP Team's board of directors
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A ride on a fast catamaran led Lindsey Vonn to join U.S. SailGP Team’s board of directors
Associated PressStar skipper Jimmy Spithill to start an Italian team following his departure from US SailGP Team
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Australia’s Tom Slingsby, South Africa’s Kirsten Neuschäfer win World Sailor of the Year awards
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