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Michael Jordan's Vision For Charlotte
Roy Jones, Jr. Knocks Out Fan In $100,000 Challenge
Hornets Finally Paying Dividends
Boxing legend Roy Jones Jr. knocked out one of his fans, part-time MMA fighter Vyron Phillips, in the second round of a pay- per-view event “Knockout” on Sunday (Mar. 20).
Phillips was selected out of about 1,500 possible con- tenders via Facebook who wanted the chance to fight Jones, Jr.- all for the possi- bility of winning $100,000. The 33-year-old Phillips
Nike Readies LeBron James, Kyrie Irving Easter- Themed Sneakers
KYRIE IRVING And LEBRON JAMES
Nike plans to celebrate Easter weekend with the ar- rival of yet another set of Le- Bron James and Kyrie Irving sneakers.
The Nike LeBron 13 "Easter" will arrive at select Nike Backetball retail stores and online on Friday, March 25. The colorful shoe comes in a white, purple, black, bright mango and action green color scheme.
The graphics are a clear nod to common Easter colors and feature a translucent edged sole. The LeBron 13 "Easter" costs $200.
James isn't the only Cava- lier getting a special Easter shoe from Nike. The company will also release the Nike Kyrie 2 "Easter," a holiday version of Kyrie Irving's signature shoe with a similar color scheme. The Kyrie 2 "Easter" costs $125.
The Easter-themed ver- sions of the Kyrie and Le- Bron arrive Friday, along with special holiday sneakers for Kevin Durant and Kobe Bryant as well.
The Charlotte Hornets are lurking as the NBA's version of a Cinderella team—a small- market squad flying well under the radar.
And now they're slaying Goliaths, as they did during Monday's 91-88 come-from- behind win over the visiting San Antonio Spurs.
But the bigger story is the Hornets' big picture: The shared visions of owner Michael Jordan and general manager Rich Cho have finally come to fruition.
"When I first came to Char- lotte and had dinner with [head coach Steve Clifford],
Roy Jones Jr. and his opponent Vyron Phillips.
MICHAEL JORDAN
I'm like, 'We can surprise the league,'" do-it-all forward Nicolas Batum said. "No- body thinks we can do any- thing right now, but you look at the roster...we've got all the ingredients to be a good play- off team."
did not have any prior expe- rience in the ring, and wrote on his Twitter page before the fight that he believed he and Jones “both are schol- ars in the sport of Boxing.”
The fight clearly didn’t last too long and Phillips didn’t win big, but Jones had some encouraging words for his opponent after the fight.
Veteran Sideline Broadcaster Given 3 To 6 Months To Live
Ex-Financial Adviser To Scottie Pippen, Others Sentenced In $3.2M Fraud Case
During an interview with HBO’s “Real Sports” Tues- day, (March 22) veteran side- line broadcaster Craig Sager revealed the acute myeloid leukemia he’s battled since 2014 is no longer in re- mission, and doctors predict he may only have three to six months to live.
The 64-year-old who’s be- come a celebrated and re- spected figure in the NBA in part because of his colorful, sometimes outlandish wardrobe, confirmed doctors informed him he’s now enter-
A financial adviser who once had former superstar Chicago Bulls player Scottie Pip- pen as a client has been sen- tenced to three years in prison for bank fraud.
U.S. District Judge Charles Norgle gave Robert Lunn, 66, on Tues- day less than the nine-year term that prosecutors sought for him.
Lunn was accused of de- frauding clients and Oak Brook, Illinois-based Leaders Bank of more than $3.2 mil- lion. Prosecutors say Lunn spent most of the money for
his own benefit, in- cluding mortgage payments and paying investment clients.
Pippen
testified against Lunn during Lunn's 2014 trial, saying he received financial papers with his sig- nature forged around the time
Lunn was his adviser.
In addition to prison,
Lunn must forfeit $2.7 mil- lion and pay an additional $1.5 million in restitution.
CRAIG SAGER
ing “uncharted territories” in his battle against leukemia.
“I’ve already had two stem cell transplants. Very rarely does somebody have a third,” Sager told HBO. “So I have to maintain my strength, so I can go through this.”
SCOTTIE PIPPEN
The Houston Rockets on Monday received an official warning from the league of- fice regarding Dwight Howard's admitted use of Stickum in a recent game against the Atlanta Hawks. Sources said Monday that will be the extent of the punish- ment for Howard and the Rockets.
Sources told reporters that the NBA notified its 30 teams Monday via league memoran- dum that the Rockets were is- sued a formal warning because of "the team's use of an adhesive substance on a
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DWIGHT HOWARD
player's hands during a game." According to NBA rules, use of any adhesive sub- stance "is strictly prohibited," and "during games" means the time period from 90 min- utes before tipoff through the final buzzer.
reached a certain level, you're supposed to have people going to Wal- mart for you. You go to places like Walmart to save money. Of course you got to realize this, he's still young and he's still learning, but before you know it, it's going to be too late. I mean, I didn't really un- derstand it. At the end of the day, he's hurting himself; he's not helping himself. He has a lot to learn. He has a lot to
learn.”
Floyd Mayweather Comments On Adrien Broner: “He Has A Lot to Learn”
Retired undefeated former pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather recently shared his thoughts on the re- cent antics of four-division world champion Adrien Broner.
“I think fighters hurt them- selves sometimes. Someone showed me the clip of Adrien Broner the other day. He was in Walmart and what was so crazy about the video when I looked at it, it kind of hurt my feelings. The person gave him his change back, I guess he had bought something and he threw the money or the change up in the air like, "Why are you giving me change back? You don't know who I am?" Actually, a lot of people in the store didn't know who he was. They was
NBA Issues Warning To Rockets Over Dwight Howard's Stickum Use
looking like, "Who are you?" And then, it's so crazy, if you're at such a high status and
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