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Barry Bonds: Being MLB Pariah Is A ‘Death Sentence’
Floyd Mayweather’s Ex-Girlfriend Found Dead
JOSIE HARRIS
LeBron James is not only respected on the court, but he’s a hero off the court: especially in his hometown of Akron, Ohio.
In 2019, he opened the I PROMISE school, a public school with students attend- ing grades three and four. On Tuesday, he dropped a trailer for a series about the first year of the school.
The series will air on Quibi, which is a short-form mobile video platform, and is produced by SpringHill En- tertainment in with Verizon
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Media’s RYOT and Blowback Productions.
“The series tells the story of James’ efforts to close the achievement gap in his
hometown of Akron, Ohio through the eyes of the stu- dents, featuring an in-depth look at the first academic year inside the I Promise School.”
Barry Bonds feels like he’s gone from comparisons to Murderers’ Row to being on Death Row.
Baseball’s single-season record holder and all-time leader in home runs believes Major League Baseball has handed him a “death sen- tence,” telling The Athletic he feels like a pariah in the sport since retiring from the game in 2007.
The greatest slugger ever said his heart is “really bro- ken” by his exclusion from baseball, although he served as a hitting coach under manager Don Mattingly for the Miami Marlins in 2016 and as a special adviser with the San Francisco Gi- ants since 2017.
“A death sentence. That’s
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what they’ve given me,” Bonds said of MLB. “If they don’t want me, just say you don’t want me and be done with it. Just be done with it.”
The seven-time National League MVP belted 762 home runs, including 73 in 2001, over a 22-year major- league career with the Pitts- burgh Pirates and the Giants.
Charles Barkley Selling MVP Trophy And Dream Team Memorabilia To Build Affordable Housing
LeBron James Drops Powerful Trailer For Series About The First Year Of His I Promise School
Dwyane Wade Has Issue With Son Zaire’s High School Coach
Sierra Canyon advanced to the semifinals of the Cali- fornia state boys basketball championship on Tuesday night with a dramatic 63-61 comeback win over Eti- wanda, but Dwyane Wade wasn’t exactly stoked about it. Wade’s son Zaire plays for Sierra Canyon, and ap- parently the 18-year-old has not been playing as much as D-Wade would like.
Ziaire Williams, one of the top college recruits in the nation, hit a buzzer-beater to complete the comeback for Sierra Canyon after the Blaz- ers trailed by 11 with fewer than three minutes remain- ing. The highlight of Williams’ shot was shown during the NBA on TNT
Dwyane Wade, right, and his son, Ziaire, left.
postgame show, and Wade was asked if he will be at the state semifinal. Things took a very uncomfortable turn.
“I will not be there,” Wade said. “When my son ain’t playing ... and I don’t want to do nothing to the coach. I won’t be there. I won’t be there but I’ll be rooting for the kids.”
Charles Barkley has revealed that he plans to sell his NBA MVP trophy and 1992 Olympic basketball team memorabilia to help build affordable housing. In an act of charity, all the funds from the sales will go to housing in his hometown, Leeds, Alabama.
He revealed the news on WJOX 94.5, as USA Today points out, expressing a de- sire to help out the commu- nity of his hometown.
"We probably got 30 eye- sores, as I call them, where houses used to be when I was growing up. Either a rotted- out house or there's just weeds that have overgrown," Barkley explained. "So, what I'm trying to do—I want to work with the city of Leeds, I want them to give me the spaces, number one. I want them to give me the houses, and I'm going to use my own money selling my
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memorabilia."
There is one item from
his time with the 1992 Dream Team that he plans to keep, however, and that's his Olympic gold medal. He said that his daughter wants it, but everything else will be up for grabs. "I want to do something really nice for Leeds," he continued. "And if I could build 10 to 20 afford- able houses—I want to do green housing too—(and) if I could sell all that stuff, it would just be a really cool thing for me."
Josie Harris, the ex-girl- friend of Floyd May- weather, Jr. and mother of three of the boxing cham- pion’s children, has died at 40.
Law enforcement sources confirmed that Harris was found unresponsive in her car outside her home when police were called to the scene at around 9:30 p.m. Monday night. Investigators do not suspect foul play, and the case is being treated as a death in- vestigation and not a homi- cide.
Harris and May- weather had a long and tu- multuous history with one another. Harris accused Mayweather of beating her on multiple occasions, and a 2010 incident led to a 90-day jail sentence for May- weather. Harris also ac- cused Mayweather of assaulting her in 2005, but she later dropped the charges and admitted she was lying.
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