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Odell Beckham, Jr. Was ‘A Little Surprised’ By Trade To Browns
Utah Jazz Announce Permanent Ban Of Fan Who Taunted Russell Westbrook
RUSSELL WESTBROOK AND SHANE KEISEL
The Utah Jazz have disci- plined the fan who taunted Rus- sell Westbrook on Monday night, leading to a profane re- sponse and threat from the Okla- homa City Thunder star.
The Jazz announced in a statement Tuesday that they have permanently banned fan Shane Keisel from all arena events following their investiga- tion into the matter.
Both Westbrook and Keisel shared their sides of what happened, though Keisel declined to say exactly what he told Westbrook, noting it was inappropriate for TV.
The NBA has also fined Rus- sell Westbrook $25,000 for threatening and directing pro- fanity at the fan.
Errol Spence Faces Biggest
Odell Beckham, Jr.
knew his name was in and out of trade rumors, but he still ap- parently was surprised to hear he had been traded.
Beckham was traded by the New York Giants to the Cleveland Browns on Tuesday for a first and third-round pick, and safety Jabril Peppers.
Beckham was “a little sur- prised” to learn of the deal.
York Jets For $52.5 Million
Mikey Garcia Saturday Night
ODELL BECKHAM, JR.
Errol Spence, Sr. grew up in a home of nine children, an- chored by a father whom the son never heard utter a swear word.
Sowhenitcametimetobea family man himself, Spence Sr. dedicated his life to emulat- ing the behavior he’d witnessed while being raised.
His work as a contractor and his wife Deborah’s 14 years at the U.S. Postal Service paid the bills and fed the family.
“Medically, physically, fi- nancially, we were all about the girls and E. J.” the elder Spence said of Errol, Jr. and his two sisters, Ebony and Kayla.
Saturday night, across the Dallas metropolis where the Spence’s household was rooted for several years in Des- oto, Texas, Errol Spence, Jr. (24-0, 21 knockouts) gets the biggest opportunity of his ca- reer.
The 29-year-old unbeaten International Boxing Federa-
Boxing Challenge Against
Beckham called the trade
Le’Veon Bell To Sign With New
ERROL SPENCE
tion welterweight champion makes his pay-per-view debut against Oxnard’s unbeaten four-division champion Mikey Garcia (39-0, 30 KOs) at AT&T Stadium.
“Other parents would tell me in the amateurs, ‘Your son is so good ... ’ I never got into that because I don’t look back,” said Spence, Sr., who has been married for 32 years. “I always felt if I started being braggado- cious, he’d start to mirror me.
“So after Saturday night comes Sunday morning. Get up, cut the grass, go to McDon- ald’s.”
“bittersweet” and said he was trying to process the news.
Le’Veon Bell plans to sign with the New York Jets in free agency.
Bell is getting a 4-year deal with the Jets worth $52.5 mil- lion. He is going to end up with the team many expected him to sign with all along.
Bell sat out all of the 2018 season rather than play under the franchise tag. He had turned down long-term con- tract offers from the Pittsburgh
LE’VEON BELL
Steelers, feeling they were not going to pay him what he thought he deserved.
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