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Agent Splits With Russell Westbrook Over Difference
Bucs Coaches
Former Panthers First-Round Pick Rashard Anderson Dies At 45
Unhappy With
Nearly 260-Pound
Of Opinion
Leonard Fournette
After impressing on back- to-back one-year deals, run- ning back Leonard Fournette was rewarded by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this offseason with a new three-year contract extension
Evidently, Bucs coaches aren’t thrilled with what hap- pened next, though.
Fournette didn’t attend Tampa Bay’s organized team activities, and when he did show up for mandatory mini- camp, coaches didn’t like what they saw.
Fournette showed up at the mandatory minicamp
RASHARD ANDERSON
Miami Dolphins Prepared To Offer Super Bowl Champion Coach $100M Contract
SEAN PAYTON
LEONARD FOURNETTE
weighing 260 pounds.
Los Angeles Lakers super- star Russell Westbrook and his longtime agent, Thad Foucher of Wasserman, have decided to part ways. Foucher informed ESPN of the split on Friday evening.
Foucher says the divorce stems from “irreconcilable differences” over West- brook’s future in Los Ange- les. The 33-year-old is entering the final season of a five-year maximum deal but has been the subject of much trade speculation.
“I represented Russell
Westbrook for 14 years and am proud of our partnership which included a highly suc- cessful 2008 draft, a super- max contract and the only renegotiation-and-extend max contract in history,” Foucher said in a statement. “I also supported Russell throughout his rise into a prominent fashion industry figure and recently orches- trated three successive trades on Russell’s behalf — culmi- nating with the trade to his hometown Los Angeles Lak- ers.”
Rashard Anderson, the most recent Jackson State football player to be selected in the first round of the NFL draft, has died, according to a school spokesperson. He was 45.
Anderson and receiver Sylvester Morris, were the first JSU duo to be selected in the first round since Walter Payton and Robert Brazile in 1975. Morris went 21st overall to the Kansas City Chiefs in 2000. Anderson was selected 23rd overall by the Carolina Panthers.
Anderson, a Forrest, Mis- sissippi, native, played in 27 NFL games over two seasons with the Panthers, making nine starts. The 6-foot-2, 205- pound defensive back made 65 tackles and recorded one inter- ception.
Tracy McGrady Calls Out Longtime Partner Adidas For Poor Treatment
TRACY MACGRADY
At 43 years old, a former NBA star may be becoming a free agent ... at least when it comes to selling sneakers.
Retired Basketball Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady spoke this week at the Hashtag Sports conference in Las Vegas. Recently, McGrady called out longtime partner Adidas and indicated that he may be ending his partnership with them.
“It’s rocky,” said McGrady of his relationship with Adidas, per Bleacher Report. “It’s rocky. I’ve been with Adidas for 25 years. I think we’re com- ing to an end. Tweet it, Insta- gram it, whatever you wanna do. I don’t give a s–t.
RUSSELL WESTBROOK
The Miami Dolphins were ready to make a huge move in order to become a champion.
As reported by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the Dolphins were set to offer former New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton a $100 million contract to coach the team.
It would have been the second known $100 million coaching contract in NFL his- tory — the first being Jon Gruden with the Oakland Raiders.
The Dolphins fired head
coach Brian Flores as soon as the 2021 season ended. It was reported that Miami was looking to bring in Payton to coach and superstar quarter- back Tom Brady to be an owner and player.
But when Flores sued the Dolphins and other teams, their plans of being the dream duo went up in the air.
Payton will now join the Fox Sports team this season while Brady will play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for at least one more year.
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