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SPORTS Wednesday 1 august 2018
Australian golfer Lyle, 36, to have palliative care at home

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) to get them through the
— Australian golfer Jarrod challenges ahead. Jarrod
Lyle has opted not to seek will be closer to them very
further treatment in his long soon, and will spend as
fight against leukemia and much time as he can with
will receive palliative care them.
at home, his family an- "When it's appropriate, I will
nounced late Tuesday. post details of a memorial
The 36-year-old Lyle, who service. In the meantime
won twice on the Nation- we ask that you respect
wide Tour in 2008, was first our privacy at this difficult
diagnosed with leukemia time."
as a teenager and suf- Lyle underwent a bone
fered recurrences of the marrow transplant last De-
disease in 2012 and 2017. cember following a recur-
In a post on Lyle's Facebook rence of acute myeloid
page, his wife Briony wrote leukemia.
that Lyle had "reached his Lyle twice beat acute my-
limit" and that he and his eloid leukemia, in 1998
doctors had agreed that a and 2012, and was able
"positive outcome" was no to return to play profes-
longer achievable. sional golf. He made an
"My heart breaks as I type emotional comeback to
this message," reads the the golf course during the
post, which has a photo In this April 23, 2015 file photo, Jarrod Lyle, of Australia, reacts after missing a putt on the 17th hole 2013 Australian Masters in
of Lyle hugging one of his during the first round of the Zurich Classic PGA golf tournament in Avondale, La. Melbourne before using a
daughters. "Earlier today Associated Press medical exemption to play
(Tuesday) Jarrod made on the U.S. PGA Tour in
the decision to stop active of days so he can finally enough for breaking the he has reached his limit, 2015. He played four sea-
treatment and begin pal- leave the hospital. news in this way ... Jarrod and the docs have finally sons on the U.S. tour, where
liative care. He has given "There is simply not enough knows he is loved, and the agreed that they can no he earned $1.875 million in
everything that he's got time to get this message thousands of prayers and longer strive for a positive 121 tournaments.
to give, and his poor body out to everyone individu- well wishes that have been outcome." Lyle returned to Australia
cannot take anymore. ally, so for some of our sent his way have kept She added: "My focus permanently to be with
"We'll be taking him closer really close friends and him going through some as of today is on our girls Briony and daughters Lusi
to home in the next couple family I cannot apologize incredibly tough times. But and doing whatever I can and Jemma.q

NBA BETTORS tails is access to official states could take sports
Continued from Page 18 data for the many casinos bets if they wanted. MGM
It's the first such deal be- that MGM operates," Sil- has made three significant
tween a major U.S. sports ver said. "It's the use of the deals this week to expand
league and a casino. NBA's intellectual property its sports betting operations.
"We understood the value and as we've discussed The company, which is
of our marks, of official des- before we're very focused scheduled to report sec-
ignations," Silver said. "But on integrity provisions to ond quarter earnings Thurs-
I think then in terms of the protect our fans, to protect day, announced separate
data we're providing, we those who choose to en- agreements with a Euro-
have a sense of the magni- gage and bet on the NBA." pean bookmaker and a
tude of the current business MGM will be an official ca- U.S.-based regional ca-
and a sense of where things sino partner for the league, sino operator that will give
may go over the next few but will not have exclusive it technological expertise
years. And I'd say we gen- rights to the data. The NBA and market access in sev-
erally tried to approximate still can, and likely will, try eral states where it doesn't
in a sense to come up with to make deals with other already operate casino-re- In this Feb. 17, 2018, file photo, NBA commissioner Adam Silver
speaks to the media during All-Star basketball festivities in Los
what we thought was fair casinos who will be offer- sorts. The joint venture with Angeles.
compensation." ing sports betting in various the United Kingdom-based Associated Press
How MGM will get that states or through mobile owner of Ladbrokes, GVC
data remains unclear. apps. Holdings, will lead to the fan of that name, and I com, the NBA App and so-
NBA stat data is distribut- The deal also won't stop creation of a sports betting don't have any idea what cial media platforms. In
ed globally by Sportradar, other casino companies and online gambling plat- the economic proposition turn, MGM will promote
which sends it to media from offering wagers on form in the U.S. with a mo- would be, but in so many the NBA on its betting plat-
outlets, broadcasters and NBA games, including prop bile app and website fea- cases there are opportuni- forms. The NBA and MGM
betting outlets outside the bets that rely on results oth- turing odds and highlights. ties, and this is on a going have been in business to-
U.S. — but not inside this er than the final score. Murren has previously ex- forth basis," he told The As- gether before now. MGM
country, at least for now. MGM and other casino pressed support for the sociated Press hours after owns the WNBA's Las Ve-
With the start of preseason operators are moving ag- leagues benefitting from the Supreme Court issued gas Aces, who play inside
games still about two gressively to be able to the newly created mar- its ruling in May. The deal the Mandalay Bay casino,
months away, there's plen- capitalize on the U.S. sports ket, but for the "integrity announced Tuesday also and is also a presenter of
ty of time for those matters betting market, which is ex- fee" as pushed by Silver calls for cross-promotion: the NBA Summer League.
to get worked out. panding after the Supreme and the NBA as well as MGM will be advertised on "This is a whole new world
"What this relationship en- Court ruled in May that other leagues. "I'm not a NBA assets like NBA TV, NBA. for us," Silver said.q