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Dwyane Wade Becomes 41st Player
Floyd Mayweather Considering Gennady Golovkin Fight, Says Trainer Abel Sanchez
FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR.
Retired boxing great Floyd Mayweather Jr. is consider- ing a comeback bout against unified middleweight cham- pion Gennady Golovkin, ac- cording to trainer Abel Sanchez.
Speaking to Jenna J of On The Ropes Boxing, revered cornerman Sanchez said that Mayweather was "fixated" upon a fixture with Golovkin and added his view that the 49-0 veteran has a plan in place for his return:
He is saying things about a comeback, he just seems to be fixated on Golovkin. I’ve seen three or four pieces in the last couple of weeks where he’s talking about beating Golovkin, it looks like he’s laying the ground work for something, whether it’s Golovkin or somebody else. Floyd’s laying the ground works for a comeback.
Pelicans Shut Down Anthony Davis, Who Will Undergo Surgery
ANTHONY DAVIS
NEW ORLEANS -- Anthony Davis will miss the remainder of the season, New Orleans Pelicans coach Alvin
Gentry said Sunday.
Davis has a torn labrum in
his left shoulder and a left knee injury, the Pelicans an- nounced. He will undergo pro- cedures to correct both.
Davis' exit after 61 games played this season puts his chances of being voted onto one of three end-of-season All- NBA teams -- and thus earn- ing an estimated $24 million extra for the maximum exten- sion he signed with the Peli- cans the past offseason -- in jeopardy.
Gentry said he didn't know if the surgery would impact Davis' status for the 2016 Rio Olympics, but he said, "If I was a betting man, probably so, yeah."
Beauty Unlimited
AYANA
This week’s Beauty Unlimited feature is Ayana. A very confident young woman, Ayana has a casual side and enjoys spending time with her friends and family. She also has made close acquaintances with the camera, and it appears it loves her as much as she enjoys pos- ing in front of it. Ayana aspires to be a success in the modeling industry. Congratulations to Ayana as this week’s Beauty Unlimited feature.
To Reach 20,000-Point Milestone
MIAMI -- Miami Heat su- perstar Dwyane Wade al- ways figured that 20,000 points would be enough to of- ficially stamp him as an NBA great.
He's now there.
The Heat guard reached the milestone Saturday night with a short floater with 10:18 left in the third quarter of Miami's 122-101 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Wade is the 41st player and ninth active player to score 20,000 points. He reached the milestone in his 844th game.
"I always thought, I don't know why, that 20,000 just seemed good,'' Wade told re- porters in an interview as he approached the milestone. "When you're in the NBA and they say you scored 20,000 points or whatever, that's a small group, and I wanted to
DWYANE WADE
be in that category. Obviously, because of what I've chosen to do, giving up some of those opportunities, missing a lot of games, my style of play, to reach that point for me is big.''
During the stoppage in play after the historic score, Wade accepted congratulations from teammates, waved to fans who gave him a standing ovation and got a congratulatory pat from former teammate Le- Bron James. The two chat- ted for a few moments, with Wade smiling broadly.
Stephen Curry Finally Falters,
Accepts Responsibility As
Warriors Fall In San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Seated at his locker, right shoulder marked up with scratches resembling tire tracks, Stephen Curry ac- cepted responsibility Saturday night for a ragged perform- ance.
“I didn’t allow us to get comfortable offensively,” he said by way of assessment. Though wounded in appear- ance, he wasn’t in manner. He was optimistic about the Golden State Warriors' fu- ture versus their winningest foe, saying, “They made some adjustments from the first game and I like where we’re at.”
The San Antonio Spurs beat the Warriors 87-79 in a game that evoked “playoff basket- ball,” both in its intensity and lack of fluidity. Usually, Curry can be counted on to rise
STEPHEN CURRY
above the muck, to shoot over even the most convoluted and arrhythmic of basketball situ- ations. When the Warriors struggle, he’s often what bails them out, as he did repeatedly on their first road trip after the All-Star break.
Saturday night’s hyped matchup was the inverse of that typical relationship. The Warriors played well enough, save for the superstar they needed. Curry shot 4-of-18 for 14 points, and looked off from the beginning.
Muhammad Ali’s Childhood Home Restored, To Be Open To Public
Illinois' Kendrick Nunn Pleads Not Guilty To Domestic Battery
LOUISVILLE, Ky.–Asaboxer and humanitar- ian, Muhammad Ali stood out. So does the bright pink home in Ken- tucky where he shadowboxed and played pranks on his brother.
MUHAMMAD ALI CHILDHOOD HOME
URBANA, Ill. -- Illinois basketball player Kendrick Nunn pleaded not guilty to domestic battery on Friday, a day after he was arrested fol- lowing a dispute with a woman at an apartment near campus, his attorney said.
Nunn made the plea to two counts of the misde- meanor charge during a brief hearing in Champaign County Court, according to his attorney, Evan Bruno. Police allege that Nunn struck the woman, who suf- fered a minor injury, during a dispute that may have been about money.
Nunn, who has been sus-
KENDRICK NUNN
pended from the team, is free on bond. His next hearing is April 20.
The 20-year-old is the fourth Illinois player arrested since August. Nunn's room- mate, Jaylon Tate, was ar- rested Saturday on a misdemeanor charge of do- mestic abuse. He's also pleaded not guilty.
The small
frame residence where the former heavyweight boxing champ grew up will soon open to fans, allowing a glimpse into Ali’s life before the world came to know him.
Renovations are nearing completion on the two-bed- room, one-bathroom house in western Louisville. Enter- ing the home is like stepping back in time when Ali — known then as Cassius Clay — lived there with his parents and brother, said the former Pennsylvania state boxing commissioner and catalyst for the project.
“You walk into this house ... you’re going back to 1955, and you’re going to be in the
middle of the Clay family home,” said George Bo- chetto, a Philadelphia lawyer. The longtime Ali fan co-owns the house with Las Vegas real estate investor Jared Weiss.
The developers are aiming for a May 1 grand opening, capping about nine months of reconstruction on the once-abandoned house, Bo- chetto said. They spent more than $300,000 on the venture, which includes buy- ing the house next door and turning it into a welcome center and gift shop.
It was the neighborhood where Ali began dreaming of a boxing career.
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