The news that the Lerner family was thinking about selling the Washington Nationals sent a lot of shockwaves through the DC sports world. Rumors started to buzz right away when the Junkies on 106.7 The Fan mentioned that the current founder, majority owner, and CEO of Monumental Sports & Entertainment Ted Lenosis was interested in purchasing the Nationals. Now, according to a Forbes article, it looks like there might be a new suitor interested in purchasing the Nationals.

According to Forbes, "MLB insiders are saying that the buzz is David Rubenstein and Ted Leonsis are going to team up to make a bid for the Washington Nationals, owned by the Lerner family. Rubenstein is one of three billionaire founders of private equity firm Carlyle Group CG-1% and has a net worth of $4.1 billion."

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