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NFL Owners Reportedly Move Super Bowl LV To Tampa
J. R. Smith And Wife Jewel Take Daughter Home For The First Time
J. R. SMITH
Proud parents J.R. Smith
and wife Jewel Harris fi- nally took home their daugh- ter, Dakota after she spent months in the NICU after being born five months pre- mature.
The 31-year-old NBA star posted a beautiful collage on his Instagram account Tues- day, sharing the news that he and Harris were finally able to leave the hospital with their baby girl.
“We Walked In Together We Walked Out Together!!” Smith wrote in the caption. “Thank you so much to our ex- tended family at the #NICU You all are truly the WORLDS GREATEST! @jewey808 back to #TeamNoSleep #Ko- tasHome.”
Rashad Jennings Claims 'Dancing With The Stars' Win Over David Ross
As a result of the stadium delay in Los Angeles, Super Bowl LV is moving across the country.
Super Bowl LV
(55) in 2021 will
now be held in
Tampa, Florida, at Raymond James
Stadium, the home of the Buccaneers.
Los Angeles will still get its Super Bowl, but it will have to wait until 2022 for Super Bowl LVI (56).
The decision to relocate
Super Bowl LV stems from last week’s news that the Rams-Chargers joint stadium in Los Angeles will be delayed by a year until the summer of 2020. The reason for the delay? Rain.
NFL running back Rashad Jennings and partner Emma Slater won the "Dancing with the Stars" finale on Tuesday night, beating former Chicago Cubs catcher and current ESPN analyst David Ross and Lindsay Arnold.
Fifth Harmony singer Normani Kordei and pro dancer Valentin Chmerkovskiy finished third in the wrap-up of the show's 24th season.
The 32-year-old Jen- nings, a free agent, spent the previous three seasons with the New York Giants.
The winner was chosen based on viewer votes and judges' points from last week and Monday, combined with judges' points from Tuesday night's 24-hour challenge.
Jennings later tweeted that he never would have
Rashad Jennings And Partner, Emma Slater.
imagined he'd appear on the show, let alone win the whole thing. Ross wrote that he "couldn't be happier" for Jennings and Slater.
Jennings follows in the footsteps of previous DWTS winners who played in the NFL: Emmitt Smith, Hines Ward and Donald Driver. Also in past sea- sons, Jerry Rice finished second, Calvin Johnson took third and Lawrence Taylor placed seventh.
Durant Is Finals MVP Favorite
Golden State's Kevin Du- rant opened as the favorite to be named NBA Finals MVP on Wednesday at William Hill, the first Nevada sportsbook ever to offer odds on the Fi- nals MVP.
Durant is listed at 7-5, followed by Warriors point guard Stephen Curry at 8-5.
Cleveland's LeBron James, a three-time Finals MVP, is next at 2-1.
Warriors forward Dray- mond Green opened at 17-2, followed by Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving (10-1) and Cleveland forward Kevin Love (15-1).
While the Warriors al-
KEVIN DURANT
ready have secured their berth in the Finals, the Cavaliers still must finish off the Boston Celtics to advance. Boston hosts Cleveland in Game 5 on Thursday.
The Cavaliers lead the best-of-seven series three games to one.
Kyrie Irving Holds Off
Celtics, Brings Cavs
Closer To Finals Rematch
The Cleveland Cavaliers entered Game 4 of the East- ern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics with one clear goal in mind — bounce back from an unlikely loss in Sunday’s Game 3 and reassert the inevitability of a third- straight appearance in the NBA Finals. For the first half, though, the Cavs’ dominance looked anything but assured.
A poor start for LeBron James and questionable de- fense allowed the Celtics to open up a 10-point lead at the break, which pushed the Cavs out of their comfort zone and at least raised questions about their ability to meet the level of Western Conference champion Golden State War- riors. Win or lose, the Cavs needed to prove something to both neutrals and themselves.
It’s safe to say they did just that in the second half. Led by a terrific performance from Kyrie Irving and a return to form for LeBron, the Cavs shot 71.1 percent (27-of-38) from the field in the second half and controlled the course of crunch time for a 112-99 win. Remarkably, Irving and James outscored the Celtics 48-42 in the second half.
The Cavs’ come-from-be- hind win brings them one vic- tory from the franchise’s fourth conference title and the seventh-straight NBA Fi-
KYRIE IRVING
nals appearance for LeBron James (and James Jones!). Cleveland now leads the series 3-1 and can claim six full days of rest before the start of the next round with a close-out win in Thursday’s Game 5 at TD Garden.
While LeBron’s final line was impressive, Game 4 clearly belonged to Kyrie. The Cavs’ point guard fin- ished with a career playoff- high 42 points (15-of-22 FG, 4-of-7 3FG, 8-of-9 FT), top- ping the 41 he put up in Game 5 of last season’s NBA Finals. This was Irving at his best — taking many defenders off the dribble, finishing at the rim with a variety of acrobatic lay- ups, and scoring even when his opponents did everything right. There is no answer for Kyrie when he plays this well, because his shot-making renders the defense irrele- vant.
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