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Rayshad Lewis, Son Of Ray Lewis, Transferring To Maryland
Former NFL Star Picks Up Richard Pryor’s Estate For $2.5M
RASHARD MENDENHALL
Retired professional football player Rashard Mendenhall scooped up the former home of late comedian and actor Richard Pryor last week for $2.5 million, or $424 a square foot.
The estate, in the San Fer- nando Valley’s Sherwood For- est, was the site where Pryor once set himself on fire after days of freebasing cocaine.
The 2.2-acre property fea- tures six buildings totaling more than 9,000 square feet of living space, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The home first hit the market in June 2016 with an asking price of $2.9 million.
Kobe Bryant Happy To Aid Isaiah Thomas; Says He's Open Book For NBA's Players
Utah State wide receiver Rayshad Lewis, the son of 13-time Pro Bowler Ray Lewis, announced Monday that he is planning to transfer to Maryland.
"I just felt at home and very comfortable with the coaching staff, the offense and how I would fit in ... and their direction and plan for the program," Lewis told the Orlando Sentinel on Mon- day.
Lewis posted 40 recep- tions for 476 yards and two touchdowns in his freshman season at Utah State. He said
RAYSHAD LEWIS
he was transferring from the Aggies last month.
Kobe Bryant might be retired but he hasn't stopped watching game film. He tells ESPN.com he keeps his per- sonal laptop handy at the of- fices of Kobe Inc. and continues to make it readily available when he arrives home in the evening.
"You never know who might call," Bryant chuck-
les.Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas revealed last week that Bryant has been tex- ting him before and after each playoff game and has engaged in a film session with him. Bryant took to Twitter to declare IT had a "Mamba mentality" and nicknamed him "Mighty IT."
Bryant confirms he has had "many conversations" during the playoffs with Thomas, but says the Celtics star is just one of many current NBA stars who have reached out to him for advice. Bryant says he also talks regularly with Cavaliers
ISAIAH THOMAS AND KOBE BRYANT
point guard Kyrie Irving, MVP candidates James Harden and Russell Westbrook, and Utah Jaz- zstar Gordon Hayward.
LaVar Ball: Michael Jordan
Wednes- day night, it was Avery Bradley who scored 29 points to lead Boston to a victory over the Wizards 123-101.
Can't Sell $495 Shoes
Because He's Not Lonzo
AVERY BRADLEY
LaVar Ball says his son Lonzo Ball is doing some- thing Michael Jordan could never do: sell shoes for $495.
During a panel discussion on Fox Sports 1's "Undis- puted" about the new $495 ZO2s that debuted last week under the Big Baller Brand, co-host Shannon Sharpe advised LaVar Ball that "Michael Jordan couldn't command [$495] for shoes."
"Because he ain't Lonzo Ball, that's why," LaVar Ball said. "Did he have his own brand coming in? It's a new era called the Ball era."
This is also not the first time LaVar Ball has refer- enced Jordan. He previously said he could beat Jordan in
The Celtics lead the series 3- 2. Game 6 is Friday in Wash- ington.
LAVAR BALL
one-on-one when they were both younger athletes.
"Back in my heyday, I would kill Michael Jordan one-on-one,'' LaVar Ball told USA Today in March. Ball averaged 2.2 points and 2.3 rebounds while playing for Washington State in the 1987-88 season.
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