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Buccaneers Would Trade Doug
Lady Bulls Basketball Team Host NCAA Tournament
Martin For Adrian Peterson
It appears the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are kind of done with Doug Martin. The Bucs would be interested in moving Martin in a straight swap for future Hall Of Famer Adrian Peterson, provided Peterson would be willing to take a pay cut. Peterson was in Tampa last week trying out.
Martin looked like a true feature way back in 2012, when he racked up nearly 2,000 yards from scrimmage, but fell off the map since then. Averaging just 3.7 yards per carry since then, the Muscle
DOUG MARTIN
Hamster has looked more like an eminently replaceable backup than a capable starter over the past two years. Mar- tin's issues had a variety of causes, but one of those causes was his own play.
On Saturday, the University of South Florida’s Women’s Basketball team will participate in the opening round of the women’s NCAA Basketball Tournament. The Lady Bulls is the sixth seed in the tournament, the highest the team has ever been ranked.
Additionally, with a season record of 27-6, and second in the American Athletic Confer- ence, the Lady Bulls have the best season in the school’s history and have been chosen to host the games this year.
If the Lady Bulls pull off a win on Saturday, they are on their way to participate in the NCAA Women’s Final Four in April.
Shown in the photograph with USF President Judy Genshaft, center, and Head Coach Jose Fernandez are: Laura Ferreira, Laia Flores, Bre Brooks, Paige Cashin, Micah Kroll, Maria Jespersen, Laura Canedo, Trimaine McCullough, Shavontae Naylor, Neena Pacholke, Ariadna Pujol, Shalethia Stringfield, Tamara Taylor, Ivana Vuletic, Katelyn Weber, and Courtney Williams. (Photograph by Toby Scott, of Chow & Scott Keepsakes)
Ravens Release Bernard Pierce After Arrest
The Baltimore Ravens cut Bernard Pierce only hours after the reserve running back was arrested and charged with driving under the influ- ence of alcohol early Wednes- day morning.
Pierce was the third Ravens player to be arrested this offseason, and the Ravens have now cut all three within a day of learning of their off-field incidents.
He is charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol, driving while im- paired by alcohol, exceeding maximum speed (55 mph in a posted 30 mph zone) and driving a vehicle in excess of
Chris Borland
Floyd Mayweather Says He Is Using $1,000-A-Plate Chef Ahead Of Pacquiao Fight
BERNARD PIERCE
reasonable and prudent speed on a highway.
Pierce failed a field sobri- ety test after being pulled over near the Baltimore belt- way just before 2 a.m. ET Wednesday and was arrested, according to Baltimore County police.
NFL At Age 24
Retires From
LeBron James Is NBA's
FLOYD MAYWEATHER, JR. And CHEF Q
The boxer can obviously af- ford to drop a grand on a sin- gle meal, but he did say that he gets a discount.
Mayweather's current diet consists of a lot of juice and protein but no carbs.
Top Shoe Salesman With
$340 Million For Nike
LeBron James traded South Beach for C-Town last summer when he signed a free agent deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers after four seasons and two NBA titles with the Miami Heat. Skep- tics wondered if the move to the smaller, less glamorous market would ding James’ endorsement standing and shoe sales. Fat chance.
James remains the biggest endorsement star in the sport with estimated earnings of $44 million this year off the court, and he is still the king when it comes to moving product. Nike sold $340 million worth of James’ signature shoes in the last 12-months through January, up 13% from the prior year, according toSportScanInfo. It is nearly double the amount of the NBA’s second best seller, Kevin Durant.
The NBA seemingly re- volves around LeBron in re- cent years and it is no different with selling shoes.
LeBron James shows off the LeBron 12 at Nike’s head- quarters.
Nike signed James out of high school in 2003 to a seven-year, $90 million deal. The deal was slow to pay off for Nike, but sales took off starting with the LeBron VI. Nike released its twelfth James’ signature shoe in Oc- tober, fittingly the LeBron 12, at a retail price of $200. There are more iterations of James’ shoe than any other player and his shoes are widely distributed, which helps boost sales. His sneak- ers are also huge sellers with kids. James earns an esti- mated $20 million a year from the $30 billion-in-sales Beaverton, Ore.-sports giant.
San Fran-
cisco 49ers
linebacker
Chris Bor-
land has re-
tired from
professional
football over
worries that a
prolonged NFL career could lead to long-term effects from head trauma:
Borland, 24, said he noti- fied the 49ers on Friday. He said he made his decision after consulting with family mem- bers, concussion researchers, friends and current and former teammates, and studying what is known about the relation- ship between football and neu- rodegenerative disease.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
wants to be in the best shape possible when he steps into the ring against Manny Pacquiao on May 2, so he is making sure the food he is eating is the best he can get his hands on—regardless of price.
Money revealed that he is using Chef Q ahead of his showdown with Pacquiao. How much does that run him? Mayweather says that Chef Q's food is worth $1,000 a plate.
Of course, Mayweather has made plenty of money in his career and has a rather large payday ahead of him.
CHRIS BORLAND
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