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Mayor Garcetti To L.A. Fans: Oh, Yes, We’ll Celebrate Dodgers And Lakers Titles
Bo Jackson Says He Would
Within minutes of the Dodgers winning the World Series on Tuesday, LeBron James took to Twitter, pleading for a championship parade.
“I know we can’t but ... I wanna celebrate with our Lakers and Dodgers fans!!!” James wrote. “LA is the city of CHAMPIONS.”
This just in, from the mayor of Los Angeles: The Lakers and Dodgers will in- deed celebrate with their fans.
“I definitely intend to have the opportunity for Angelenos to celebrate the Lakers and,
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Shaq Received His Best Financial Advice
The Dodgers pose with the championship trophy after de- feating the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 to win the World Series.
Bo Jackson lamented the quality of tackling going on in today’s NFL and be- lieves he would be racking up the stats if he played now.
Jackson joined Deion Sanders’ “21st & Prime” podcast on Monday. During his interview, Jackson talked about how much MLB and NFL have lost their fun- damentals.
“Nobody wrap up and tackle no more,” Jackson said, talking about the NFL. “With me being a ball carrier, my coach taught us, number one, he said, ‘I know you can run, but I’m gonna teach you how to carry that football.’ He said, ‘that football is like your newborn baby, don’t ever put it on the ground. And keep it away from the enemy.’
“It’s like this – and I watch technique – I don’t see no- body hitting or wrapping up. Everybody’s running into each other and trying to use their shoulder pads to knock the ball carrier down. And I’m like, if I played during this era, man, I’d be averaging 350-400 yards a game ... be- cause nobody wraps up any- more. They run into each
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other with their pads.” Jackson also had some
thoughts on what MLB is lacking.
“When was the last time you watched a baseball game and saw a baseball game to where everybody is doing the basics? When was the last time you saw a hit-and-run? Everybody is swinging for the fence now. You either hit it out the park or strike out. No- body practices base stealing, nobody practices hit-and- runs, hitting the cutoff man and so forth and so on and in football I’ll say the same thing. Nobody wraps up and tackles no more...If I played during this era I’d probably be averaging 350-400 yards a game.”
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Clippers To Pursue Rajon Rondo In Free Agency
RAJON RONDO
The Los Angeles Clippers are in the market for help at the point guard position this off- season, and Rajon Rondo is a name that could be high on their list.
The Clippers are expected to pursue Rondo when free agency begins next month. The Los Angeles Lakers want to keep Rondo, but he is ex- pected to decline his $2.7M player option and shop his services.
Rondo played a significant role for the Lakers in the post- season. He averaged more minutes per game during the playoffs than he did in the reg- ular season and averaged 8.7 points, 5.5 assists and 5.2 re- bounds per game against the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals. You can understand why the Lakers don’t want to let him leave.
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From Magic Johnson
Shaquille O’Neal is a savvy investor and business- man, but that wasn’t always the case. In fact, the former NBA star says that he was bad with money for a long time. What changed was when he signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1996 and received financial advice from Magic Johnson.
Shaq spoke with “Shark Tank” star Daymond John for a Black Entrepreneurs Day event. He shared his financial journey.
Shaq was so bad with money at first that when he made $1 million from a trad- ing card endorsement deal, he blew it in one day. He spent it on three Mercedes cars for him and his family, some jew- elry, and an extravagant trip to Las Vegas.
Shaq spent so much that he was called in by the presi- dent of the bank, who advised him to slow down on his spending. That’s when Shaq learned about taxes and the difference between gross and net incomes.
The Big Fella says he did- n’t have things under control until he was in his mid-20s
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and with the Lakers.
“When I first got to L.A.,
[Johnson] said ’Shaq, it’s okay to be famous and all that but at some point, you want to start owning things,’” O’Neal said.
O’Neal decided he wanted to own a clothing line. From there, he began learning a lot more.
Shaq works as a broad- caster for TNT and has multi- ple product endorsement deals. He makes more now than we he did as a player. He owns multiple restaurant franchise stores, franchise gyms, several car washes, and he’s on the board for Papa John’s. That’s not at all bad from a guy with an SAT score like Shaq’s.
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