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Eagles To Sign Thurmon
Jameis Winston Meets With NFL Commissioner Goodell
LOS ANGELES -- Clippers guard Dahntay Jones has been fined $10,000 for bump- ing Golden State Warriors for- ward Draymond Green during a postgame interview, the NBA announced Monday.
The incident occurred fol- lowing the Warriors' 106-98 win over the Clippers on Sun- day at Oracle Arena.
Jones said he would ap- peal the fine and stood by his explanation Sunday that the bump was not intentional and
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he was simply trying to walk off the court.
Green did not take kindly to the bump and told re- porters as much in the locker room.
Florida State quarterback, Jameis Winston, who is widely expected to be the No. 1 overall pick in this year's NFL draft, reportedly met with commissioner Roger Goodell in New York last week.
Winston requested the meeting, which lasted five to six hours. Besides Goodell,
JAMEIS WINSTON AND ROGER GOODELL
Winston reportedly also met with NFL executive vice pres- ident of football operations Troy Vincent and was briefed by other officials on programs available to NFL
players, both on and off the field of play.
Greg Genske, one of Winston's agents, told the website that as soon as Win- ston announced he was leav- ing school early to enter the draft he knew he wanted a chance to speak with Goodell. said that, although last Thurs- day's meeting was mostly to educate his client about the NFL, Winston did get a chance to talk about his past with the commissioner.
Tim Duncan's
Jones To Appeal 10K Fine
LOS ANGELES -- Clippers guard Dahntay Jones has been fined $10,000 for bump- ing Golden State Warriors for- ward Draymond Green during a postgame interview, the NBA announced Monday.
The incident occurred fol- lowing the Warriors' 106-98 win over the Clippers on Sun- day at Oracle Arena.
Jones said he would ap- peal the fine and stood by his
Elbow Is Ok
Michael Jordan Makes Sports ‘Richest’ List
explanation Sunday that the bump was not inten- tional and he was simply trying to walk off the court.
Tim Dun- can hyper ex- tended his left elbow near the end of the San Antonio Spurs' 117-107 win
TIM over the visit- DUNCAN ing Toronto
Former Microsoft CEO and current Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has beaten out Michael Jordan, Paul Allen, Mark Cuban and Jerry Jones to be named the richest person in sports — and he only needed $21.5 billion to do it.
Forbes recently released its list of the world’s wealthiest billionaires, with Ballmer as the richest team owner and 35th richest person in the world overall.
Other notables on the list are Carnival Cruise Lines CEO and Miami Heat owner Micky Arison (No. 6, $7.1 billion), multi-team owner Stan Kroenke (No. 7, $6.3 billion), New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft (No. 8,
DAHNTAY not take JONES
Tuesday night.
Green did
kindly to the bump and told
reporters as much in the locker room.
Raptors on Spurs coach Gregg
Popovich said he thought the injury wasn't serious and that Duncan would be fine.
That is good news for a team that is finally healthy after spending much of the season battling a succession of nagging injuries to half its roster.
"They told us right away (Duncan's injury) was not big, so maybe half a second (of anx- iety)," Spurs guard Tony Parker said.
MICHAEL JORDAN AND MARK CUBAN
$4.3 billion) and Home Depot founder and Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank (No. 14, $2.5 billion).
Filling the final three slots on the list of 19 are:
17. Jim Irsay (Indianapo- lis Colts owner, $1.8 billion)
18. John Henry (Boston Red Sox owner, $1.6 billion)
19. Michael Jordan (Charlotte Hornets owner, $1 billion)
LeBron Sets Cavs' Assist Record In Win
LeBron James' legacy
with the Cleveland Cavaliers
will always be complicated
because of his decision to go
to Miami, but his statistical
impact on the franchise is
unmistakable. LEBRON JAMES
James stamped his name in the Cavs' record books once again on Tues- day, passing Mark Price for the franchise lead in assists, dishing out his 4,207th while wearing a Cleveland uniform.
The 12-year veteran set the mark by finding James Jones for a 3-pointer with 10:14 remaining in the sec-
ond quarter of the Cavs' 127- 94 win over the Dallas Mav- ericks.
After tying Price in as- sists in the Cavs' 89-79 win over Phoenix on Saturday, James joked he was content staying tied with the former sharpshooter for good.
As Mayweather And Pacquiao
Prepare To Meet Face To Face,
Sparring Legends Grow
One of the ways you can always tell that a big fight is near is when the stories about the tremendous fears in spar- ring begin to surface.
And sure enough, we're hearing about all the damage that Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are doing already in the gym as they get ready for their mega- bout on May 2 in Las Vegas. They'll meet the media on Wednesday in downtown Los Angeles, their only face-to- face appearance until fight week.
That, of course, means it's time for the stories to leak out about what is going on behind the closed doors. Both men have been tighter than nor- mal in allowing access and not nearly as many people are allowed in to watch sparring as is usually the case.
A CBS Sports report quoted Las Vegas-based pho-
FLOYD MAYWEATHER, JR. AND MANNY PACQUIAO
tographer Chris Robinson about Mayweather's spar- ring escapades. May- weather reportedly knocked out one sparring partner and dropped another.
Floyd's doing his thing. He dropped one of the guys with a body shot.
As for Pacquiao, lead trainer Freddie Roach told Ring.com how impressed he was by Pacquiao's speed and power in the early stages of camp. Roach also told the site that it is clear to him that Pacquiao had been watch- ing film of Mayweather.
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