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Raiders Rookie Josh Jacobs Surprises His Father With A House
Anthony Davis Declined
Los Angeles Raiders run- ning back Josh Jacobs was once homeless as a child, he and his four siblings some- times living out of a car with their dad, Marty, on the north side of Tulsa, Okla- homa.
On Tuesday, the No. 24 pick of the 2019 draft, and a leading candidate for NFL Of- fensive Rookie of the Year, took to social media to say he had purchased a house for his father.
Raiders rookie Josh Ja- cobs surprises his father with a house
The Raiders also tweeted out video of Marty's reaction and said the home was in Oklahoma.
Will Become Free Agent
Josh Jacobs (inset) just completed his rookie season in Oakland and celebrated by purchasing his father, Marty, right, a home in their native Tulsa.
Los Angeles Lakers for- ward Anthony Davis re- portedly declined a four-year, $146 million contract exten- sion and will become an unre- stricted free agent this summer.
Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports reported the Lakers made the offer to Davis on Tuesday, the first day they could under league rules. Haynes reported Davis de- clined the extension out of "salary-cap implications" and because he wants to focus on this season.
Of course, the extension offer was merely procedural.
ANTHONY DAVIS
The six-time All-Star has been consistent in saying he will become a free agent this July, but the overwhelming expec- tation is he will re-sign with the Lakers.
yards and seven touchdowns in averaging 4.8 yards per carry and caught 20 passes for 166 yards and eight first
downs, despite missing three of the Raiders' final four games with a fracture in his right shoulder.
Drake Wishes Lamar Jackson A Happy 23rd Birthday
$146M Max Contract;
Jacobs rushed for 1,150
Troy Aikman Praises Cowboys'
Think about all the fa- mous people you would hope to get a birthday wish from.
Now where would Drake rank on the list?
Lamar Jackson got a shout out from one of the world’s biggest pop culture icons Tuesday as he turned 23 years old. It looks like Drake had “Truss” stitched into some piece of clothing.
“It was pretty cool. You know, I’ve been talking to Drake for the longest [time],” Jackson said. “You
Reported Mike McCarthy Hire
Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman praised the Dallas Cowboys’ reported hir- ing of Mike McCarthy as their next head coach, replac- ing Jason Garrett after nine seasons at the helm.
Aikman said in an inter- view on “The Rich Eisen Show” that he believes the Cowboys “picked the right
MIKE MCCARTHY
guy.”
“I think you’re going to see
probably a little bit of a differ- ent Mike McCarthy in what he wants to do offensively, maybe as well on the manage- ment side of things,” Aik- man said. “But I think it was a really good hire. He’s obvi- ously been hugely successful by any measurement as a head coach. I think the Cow- boys picked the right guy.”
DRAKE AND LAMAR JACKSON
guys don’t know that, but I’ve been talking to him for the longest. So it was pretty cool. I’ve seen it. Everybody’s been telling me, so it’s dope. It’s Drake.”
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