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LeBron James
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TIERA
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Cleared To
Unlikely To Remain
Practice
With Buccaneers
For Lakers
LEBRON JAMES
The Los Angeles Lakers got some good news Wednesday about LeBron James’ progress, but they’ll still have to weather an arduous stretch of games without him.
James has been cleared to practice after being examined by Lakers doctors, the team an- nounced. He didn’t travel with the Lakers for a two-game trip to Oklahoma City and Hous- ton, and his status is uncertain for Monday’s game against the Western Conference-leading Golden State Warriors.
In their announcement, the Lakers said that once James returns to practice, he will make “progress toward game play.”
LaVar Ball Is Requesting $3,500 From Anyone Planning On Recording Son During Tournament
LAVAR BALL AND LAMELO BALL
LaVar Ball goes above and beyond in terms of making sure his sons become the superstar basketball players he wants them to be. His youngest son LaMelo is currently playing for SPIRE Institute in Ohio, and they have an upcoming tournament taking place in Kentucky. Mr. Ball is report- edly asking outlets to pay $3,500 at the door to videotape his son playing.
"All games are free to film except for the Spire Institute games,” an email reportedly sent by LaVar read. “To film either of the 2 Spire Institute games, you will have to present $3,500 at the gate, as per rules of the Big Baller Brand media credential... If you accept these conditions, you may present this email at the gate as proof of our approval where you will be given a media pass.”
New Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians intends to re- recruit Jackson back to Tampa Bay, but the wideout has expressed a desire to leave and even requested a trade- during the season.
Jackson, who still has one year remaining on his deal with the Bucs, has per- formed better with Ryan Fitzpatrick under center than with Winston calling the shots. The wideout fin- ished 2018 with 41 receptions for 774 yards and four touch- downs in 12 games.
Jackson is owed $10 mil- lion in base salary next sea- son, but Tampa Bay can cut him this offseason and incur no cap penalty.
All this makes it unlikely for Jackson to rejoin the Bucs next season.
"Bruce, you've got your work cut out for you, buddy," Garafolo said. "From what I
DESEAN JACKSON
gather, DeSean Jackson... So we're focusing on Antonio Brown, this offseason, I be- lieve this is going to be the No. 2 wide receiver storyline with DeSean Jackson."
Asked by reporters on Thursday whether he had spo- ken to Arians yet about his place on the team, Jackson said he had not.
"That's what I got an agent for, bro," Jackson said. "I don't know, I just go play, bro. That's all I worry about."
Behind Brown is Ran- dall Cobb and Golden Tate.
Pacquiao Defeats Broner To Defend WBA
Welterweight Title
Let the Mayweather- Pacquiao 2 speculation begin.
Eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao turned in a dominant perform- ance Saturday night to earn a unanimous decision victory over Adrien Broner in front of a sellout crowd of 13,025 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and a Showtime PPV audience. With Floyd May- weather, Jr. seated ringside, the attention immediately shifted from Pacquiao's per- formance to a rematch be- tween the two fighters, which smashed pay-per-view records in 2015 but left fans with a sour taste in their mouths due to Mayweather's dominance.
Although he recently turned 40, Pacquiao (61-7-2, 39 KOs) proved that his career is still alive and kicking as he stormed Broner (33-4-1) from the opening bell and rarely let his foot off the gas. From the outset, it was Pac- quiao plucking away with the jab and deploying a stiff jab to the body that began to open up Broner's guard. Broner — 12 years Pacquiao's junior — decided to sit back and at- tempt to counter the advances
ADRIAN BRONER AND MANNY PACQUIAO
of his opponent. He had mild success but landed little to nothing that deterred Pac- quiao from pressing forward and launching punches from peculiar angles.
When the final bell sounded, the decision was never in doubt. The scorecards read 117-111, 116-112 and 116- 112 in favor of Pacquiao.
As expected, Broner re- fused to bow out graciously.
"I beat him. Everybody out there knows I beat him," Broner barked. "I controlled the fight, he was missing. I hit him clean more times. I beat him."
The numbers didn't lie, but Broner felt there was a con- spiracy at hand.
"They are trying to get that money with Pacquiao and Floyd," he said before depart- ing.
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