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6 Arrested, 1 At Large In
Tony Parker
LeBron James’ School
$8K Murder Plot Against
Announces His
Collaborates With
Red Sox Icon David Ortiz
Retirement
Olympian Simone
Six men have been ar- rested in the brazen ambush shooting of Boston Red Sox icon David "Big Papi" Ortiz that occurred at a crowded nightclub in the Do- minican Republic.
Prosecutors and police said Wednesday that the sus- pects set out to kill the re- tired baseball player to collect an $8,000 bounty placed on his head.
In a news conference in the Dominican Republic, Ney Aldrin Bautista Al- monte, director of the na- tional police, showed reporters the handgun used in the attempted hit job on Ortiz Sunday.
A manhunt was on late Wednesday for a seventh suspect. He was identified by police as Luis Alfredo Rivas Clase, who also goes by the nickname "The Sur- geon."
Almonte said all seven men were part of the murder plot that left Ortiz with a bullet wound to the back.
The suspected gunman who shot Ortiz was identi- fied by police as 25-year-old Rolfy Ferreyra Cruz. Cruz is among those under arrest, according to police.
The other suspects were identified as Eddy Vladimir Feliz Garcia, Reynaldo Rodriguez Valenzuela, Joel Ro-
Tony Parker is calling it a career.
The long-
time San
Antonio
Spurs point
guard told
The Unde-
feated that
he has decided to retire after 18 NBA seasons.
The 37-year-old native of France played 17 years with the Spurs, winning four NBA titles in the process while teaming up with Tim Dun- can and Manu Ginobili under head coach Gregg Popovich.
Parker, a six-time All-Star, spent the 2018-19 season with the Charlotte Hornets, averag- ing 9.5 points per game in a reserve role. He finishes his career with averages of 15.5 points, 5.6 assists and 2.7 re- bounds per game.
Manuel To Teach Youth
TONY PARKER
LeBron James’ I Prom- ise School just kicked off a new kind of curriculum.
According to ESPNW, stu- dents at the Akron, Ohio cen- ter for learning embarked on a week-long summer camp with a focus on swimming. For more than 100 third and fourth graders, it was their first foray into the water.
The LeBron James Family Foundation organized the camp with instrumental help from Olympic medalist Si- mone Manuel.
The local YMCA hosted the students for a two-hour ses- sion that includes an hour of swim time and an hour of re- flection. They also provided instructors, meals, and addi-
How To Swim
Kyrie Irving To Decline
Celtics Contract Option,
Test NBA Free Agency
Kyrie Irving reportedly will be a free agent after de- ciding he will not exercise his $21.3 million player option for the 2019-20 season.
Although Irving can still return to the Boston Celtics, he will now have a chance to sign with any team in the NBA.
Depending on where he goes, the 2019 All-NBA sec- ond-team guard has a chance to significantly alter the land- scape of the league.
Irving is coming off one of the best seasons of his ca- reer, averaging 23.8 points while setting career highs with 6.9 assists and 5.0 re- bounds per game. He not
KYRIE IRVING
only earned his sixth All-Star selection in the last seven seasons, but at times he was even considered a possible MVP candidate for his high level of play.
Eddy Vladimir Feliz Gar- cia is transferred by police to court in Santo Domingo, Do- minican Republic.
driguez Cruz, Oliver Moi- ses Mirabal Acosta and Polfirio Alende De- schamps Vasquez.
Garcia, 25, was nabbed by onlookers and beaten be- fore being turned over to po- lice minutes after Ortiz was severely wounded at the Dial Bar and Lounge, a nightclub in Santo Domingo, the capi- tal of the Dominican Repub- lic.
After being shot and col- lapsing at the bar, Ortiz un- derwent surgery at a Santo Domingo hospital. During the operation, doctors re- moved parts of his small and large intestines and liver.
He was flown to Boston late Sunday night on an air ambulance jet chartered by the Red Sox team and under- went a second surgery at Massachusetts General Hos- pital.
Simone Manuel with an I Promise student.
tional funding so that families did not have to come out-of- pocket for their children to at- tend.
“This is extremely impor- tant because swimming is a lifesaving skill,” Manuel told ESPNW of the initiative. “No other sport can really say that. It’s awesome that the sport that I do can save their life.”
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