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LeBron James, Drake, And Naomi Osaka Invest In Sports Technology Firm That Could Be Worth Billions
LEBRON JAMES, DRAKE, AND NAOMI OSAKA
Floyd Mayweather Shows The World His ‘First Car’
Floyd Mayweather has re- vealed his journey from owning a banged up Indy Beretta car to boarding his private jet as a billionaire.
Floyd Mayweather is one of the greatest and one of the richest boxers on the planet.
Alongside his boxing skills, Mayweather used his business prowess to make millions of dollars from every boxing outing. Moreover, he also took a bold step to pro- mote his own fights, thus rolling out his fights under his own banner, Mayweather Promotions. This saw him earn large sums from his bouts rather than just getting a cut.
Mayweather is one of those boxers who spends his millions on maintaining his lush lifestyle. That said, right from a fleet of cars to jets, to mansions, Mayweather has everything.
Recently, the Champ grabbed everyone’s attention as he posted about the first car that he bought way back in 1994.
Taking it to his Instagram, Mayweather wrote, ”How It Started Vs. How It’s Going. My first car was an Indy Bar- retta in 1994. Now I travel the world whenever I want to on my private jet. I never stopped believing, it’s all about Hard Work & Dedica- tion.”
Tiger Woods Swings
LeBron James, Drake, and Naomi Osaka have made some important investments throughout their careers. And now, they’re all jumping on the same one.
The three superstars have invested in a sports technol- ogy company that lives in an industry projected to be worth $57 billion by 2027, according to a press release. It’s a sports tech and gaming firm called StatusPro, which uses extended reality to “cre- ate training and fan engage- ment products.”
The firm currently works alongside multiple NFL
teams, including the Balti- more Ravens, the NFL Play- ers Association, and NCAA collegiate teams. Other in- vestors include Verizon, KB Partners, Greycroft, and Leeds United stakeholders.
“It’s incredibly humbling that pioneers of their level believe in us as founders and in our vision for this indus- try,” said founder and former NFL player Andrew Hawkins, who previously worked at James’ SpringHill Entertainment. “We always say StatusPro is only as strong as our team, and our team just got a whole lot stronger.”
Tiger Woods
posted an amazing update on his health months after suffering a devas- tating leg injury in a Los Angeles car crash that put his professional golf ca- reer in jeopardy.
Woods posted a
video with a two-word mes- sage: "Making progress."
The video showed him swinging a golf club and looking like he still has it. It appeared to be the first visual evidence of him hitting a ball and swinging a club since the February crash. He still had the black compression sleeve on his right leg while he was on the course.
He’s been spotted in plenty of pictures and video in recent months walking
TIGER WOODS
around. Last week, he was seen with his girlfriend Erica Herman. Woods was walking very carefully while getting out of his car and heading into a hotel.
Questions have sur- rounded Woods over whether he would continue to pursue Jack Nicklaus’ record for most major titles.
Justin Thomas re- vealed recently that Woods was "going to try" a come- back.
Golf Club In Video With
Outstanding Health Update
Charles Barkley Claps Back
After Scottie Pippen Takes
Shots At Michael Jordan
Scottie Pippen has never been one to mince words, but the legendary bas- ketball player has been par- ticularly vocal over the past few weeks.
The Hall of Famer re- cently marked the release of his memoir, Unguarded, in which he aired some brutally honest thoughts about former teammate Michael Jordan. Pippen has taken shots at Jordan for a number of rea- sons, from his style of play to his handling of The Last Dance docuseries.
Fans and NBA veterans have since shared their own personal thoughts on the va- lidity of his comments.
And now, Charles Barkley has clapped back at Pippen with an honest take on the matter.
“I feel bad, because it seems like he’s just trying to go big-game hunting because he’s selling a book. I’m never going to tell another person what to say, we got to all have our own opinions. But this seems like he’s got a book coming out... When you write
CHARLES BARKLEY AND SCOTTIE PIPPEN
a book, in my opinion, it should be your personal thoughts about everything about you. [It’s about] you letting the world know what you think. It just seems like, to me, when you go after Phil Jackson, Michael Jordan [and] he came after me a lit- tle bit, you’re just going big- game hunting because you know it’s going to get some clicks. And I’ve always liked Scottie, I thought he was a very good player. But like I say, it just seems like, ‘I just got to go big-game hunting because if I talk bad about big-time people, it’s going to get clicks, and I’m going to sell some books.”
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