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LeBron James Spends An Absurd Amount On His Body
BEAUTY UNLIMITED
ASIA
This week’s Beauty Unlimited feature Asia, can be de- scribed as the answer to the question, “What took you so long?” This young lady showers with confidence and if you can keep from staring at her picture, enjoys the cam- era and just being the center of attention. Asia is not afraid of hard work and sacrifice. We appreciate Asia for being this week’s Beauty Unlimited feature, and hope she will grace us with her presence again in the near future.
LeBron James is a freak of an athlete, and obviously, that’s in the best possible way.
The NBA and it’s fans have simply never seen someone like James who’s able to drib- ble so well, rebound so well, pass so well, and score so well. He can get his teammates in- volved, then change his mind and go on a scoring burst. He’s done all this while playing an absurd 38,660 regular season minutes and 8,383 postseason minutes (42,498 in total) in his 13 year career. How does James still look like he can outrun most of the league and bounce out of the gym? We know James takes good care of his body, but did you know it was THIS good?
Former editor-in-chief of Grantland, Bill Simmons, had a conversation with jour- nalist Malcolm Gladwell on
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the Bill Simmons’ podcast, and Simmons brought up a old conversation he had with James’ business partner, Maverick Carter, about one of the biggest misconceptions people have about LeBron. Carter said the process, which fans take for granted sometimes, comes at a price of around $1.5 million a year.
And [Carter’s] like, “Well, he’s replicated the gym that whatever team—whether it was Miami or Cleveland—he’s replicated all the equipment
they have in the team’s gym in his house. He has two trainers. Everywhere he goes, he has a trainer with him.” I’m para- phrasing what he told me, so I might not be getting all these facts right. He’s got chefs. He has all the science of how to sleep. All these different things. Masseuses. Everything he does in his life is con- structed to have him play bas- ketball and to stay on the court and to be as healthy as possible and to absorb pun- ishment when he goes in to the basket and he gets crushed by people.
It’s no wonder James has been able to stay so ready dur- ing all parts of the grueling NBA season. Despite being al- most 32 years of age, James still has the body of a 19-year old, as coach Tyronn Lue said before the season started.
Louisville Football Players Shot Celebrating Heisman Trophy Win
JAMES HEARNS AND HENRY FAMUREWA
Three University of Louisville students were shot, including two football players, at an off- campus apartment party early Sunday morning while celebrat- ing Lamar Jackson’s Heis- man Trophy win.
According to WHAS11 in Louisville, junior linebacker James Hearns and sopho- more linebacker Henry Fa- murewa are recovering after the shooting in Louisville. A school spokesman was not re- leasing the students’ names, but they were reportedly all being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
The shooting occurred around 2 a.m., hours after the Cardinals’ quarterback had taken down the award for the best college football player in the nation. A witness said the dis- pute began with an argument at the apartment’s door, then con- tinued into the street.
“A few minutes later I heard chaos,” a Jefferson Community Technical College student, who said he attended the party, told reporters. “It was five or six guys just going at it, fighting on one side and then I see a flash come from the other side. Then I just took cover.”
Hearns, from Tallahassee, Fla., led Louisville in sacks this year with eight. Famurewa, a backup from Powder Springs, Ga., recorded two sacks and three tackles for a loss this year.
No. 13 Louisville plays No. 20 LSU on Dec. 31 for the Citrus Bowl.
Le'Veon Bell Shattered Multiple Records In Historic Game Vs. Bills
Due to the emergence of
David Johnson, Ezekiel Elliott and Jay Ajayi, Pitts- burgh's Le’Veon Bell some- times gets pushed aside when talking about the league's best running backs. It’s safe to say that shouldn't happen.
Bell turned in a historic performance against the Buf- falo Bills on Sunday, carrying the Steelers to a 27-20 vic- tory. He rushed for 236 yards, which is the most in franchise
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history. The previous high was 223 by Willie Parker.
Louisville Quarterback Lamar Jackson Wins The Heisman Trophy
Lamar Jackson with the Heisman Trophy on Satur- day. He became the youngest player to win the award.
Fifteen months ago, Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson began his college career in the least award-worthy way possible.
On the first play of the Car- dinals’ 2015 season opener, against Auburn, Jackson lined up as a running back for a trick play. The quarterback split out in motion, and Jack- son took the snap instead, rolling to his right and under- throwing a double-covered receiver. The pass was cor- ralled by an Auburn defensive back.
Jackson had thrown his first interception — on his first play.
On Saturday, before be- coming the first Louisville player to win the Heisman
Trophy, Jackson recalled that moment. Acknowledging that he had been nervous he would throw an interception, he said that as he walked off the field, he could not wait for Coach Bobby Petrino to call his number again.
“Coach got to put me back out there,” Jackson recalled thinking. “I know I’m going to do something now because I got it out of the way.”
Petrino did stick with Jackson, and Jackson did more than just something: He became the youngest player to win the Heisman Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in college football.
Jackson, a sensational sophomore from Pompano Beach, Fla., received 2,144 total points and 526 first- place votes, beating out the junior Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson, who had 1,524 points and 269 first- place votes. Oklahoma quar- terback Baker Mayfield, a redshirt junior, finished third, followed by his top receiver, the redshirt senior Dede Westbrook. Jabrill Pep- pers, Michigan’s do-every- thing junior linebacker, finished fifth.
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