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Ex-Pats Malcolm Butler, Dion Lewis To Sign Big Contracts With Titans
Former Patriots CB Malcolm Butler and RB Dion Lewis sign big contracts with the Tennessee Titans.
LeBron James: ‘I'm Like Fine Wine’
   LeBron James secured his 14th triple-double of the season with a 28-point, 13- rebound, 11-assist perfor- mance -- setting a career high in that category on Tuesday.
Topping his 2016-17 sea- son of 13 triple-doubles-- the Cleveland Cavaliers super- star said it's a credit to his ability, not to the evolving state of NBA basketball.
"You can just say I'm like
LeBron beat his own record of triple-doubles on Tuesday.
fine wine; I get better with age. That's what it says," James said after a 129-107 win over the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday.
When it was suggested that teams around the league playing at a faster pace could have something to do with it -- because more possessions mean more chances to rack up statistics -- James shot down that premise.
    Soon to be former New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler and run- ning back Dion Lewis in- tend to sign major contracts with the Tennessee Titans, a sources stated.
Butler is in line for a five- year, $61 million deal that in- cludes $30 million guaranteed, and Lewis is ex-
pected to sign a four-year, $23 million deal that in- cludes $11.5 million guaran- teed.
Butler, was the player that Coach Belichick pun- ished and would not allow to play in the Patriots' 41-33 Super Bowl LII loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, calling the move a coaching decision.
Stephen Curry will miss at least another week because of his troublesome right ankle, which he re-in- jured last Thursday against San Antonio.
The Warriors said Tues- day their two-time MVP would be re-evaluated in a week. That means he will sit out the next four games -- Wednesday at home against the Lakers, Friday at home against the Kings, then road games at Phoenix on Satur-
STEPHEN CURRY
day and at San Antonio on Monday.
Curry rolled his ankle in the first quarter in the win against the Spurs.
Golden State did not practice Tuesday as origi- nally planned a day after the team celebrated Curry's 30th birthday, which was Wednesday.
Warrior head coach Steve Kerr was in atten- dance and even danced on stage with his players in so- cial media videos that were shared of the festivities.
Stephen Curry Out For At Least Another Week
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