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When the Cleveland Browns decided to drop Odell Beckham Jr. from their team, the Los Angeles Rams signed the wide receiver, OBJ opted to take his entire NFL salary in Bitcoin. At the time, Bitcoin was hitting all-time highs and breaking currency records and was even worth approximately $64,000 USD per coin. While it appeared to be a great decision then, Bitcoins dip in the market has shattered the price of the coin. The cryptocurrency is now worth around half of the aforementioned price, hovering at $35,000 USD. The news of Bitcoin’s price drop is unfortunate for Beckham’s earnings. Darren Rovell reported that his entire salary is now worth only $413,000 USD as opposed to the $750,000 USD, excluding taxes. Once taxes are factored in, OBJ makes around $35,000 USD which equates to just one B...

The artist formerly known as Kanye West and his Donda Academy basketball players are on the cover of the latest issue of SLAM Magazine, where they talked about coming together to fulfil Ye’s vision, its unorthodox structure and being the cornerstone of the academy. Jalen Hooks revealed that most of his teammates on the Donda Doves — which includes high-profile prospects like Jahki Howard, Chuck Bailey, Braeden Moore, Robert Dillingham, Zion Cruz, JJ Taylor, Brandon White, Omarion Bodrick, Seven Bahati and Bryce Baker — already knew each other either from Instagram or from games when they went up against each other. Hooks added, “We had to make sure it was the right position for us [with] so many of the top players playing with each other.” Moore, who is originally from Nashville, also...

Australia’s Middleweight contender Robert Whittaker and New Zealand’s reigning champion Israel Adesanya are set to face off this February at the UFC 271 main event. The last time the two met was at UFC 243 in which “The Last Stylebender” entered the arena with a dance routine and proceeded to win via second-round knockout, securing his place as the king of the middleweight division. Since then, Adesanya has defended his title thrice against Yoel Romero, Paulo Costa, and Marvin Vettori, before moving up to Light Heavyweight to challenge then-champion Jan Blachowicz, in which he was defeated via unanimous decision. [embedded content] On the other end, Whittaker has powered through the top contenders in the Middleweight division including Darren Till, Jared Cannonier, and Kevin Gastelum, to e...

The saga between Francis Ngannou and the UFC continues, as the heavyweight champion continues to openly voice his issues with the promotion. During Ariel Helwani’s The MMA Hour, Ngannou revealed that the UFC threatened to issue a lawsuit against his agent, Marquel Martin, for allegedly talking to a member of Jake Paul‘s camp about the possibility of Ngannou competing in boxing. Ngannou’s agent is said to have received the email from the UFC just a few hours before his UFC 270 championship bout against Ciryl Gane, which Ngannou won via unanimous decision. UFC President Dana White was noticeably absent at the fight and post-fight press conference. The person Martin was in contact with is Nakisa Bidarian, Jake Paul’s advisor, the co-founder of Most Valuable Promotions in partnership with Paul...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has unveiled its official short-film ahead of the start of the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing on February 4. Directed by Salomon Ligthelm, a self-taught filmmaker who has won awards for his work across the world, alongside Uncommon Creative Studio, Every Rise, Every Fall, Every Victory — We’re In It Together highlights the power of solidarity the Olympics offers, and spotlights the relationship between Olympians and their supporters across the world as they mirror the athletes’ movements, demonstrating the impact of this human connection and that belief of others power people. It forms a part of the IOC’s “Stronger Together” campaign, which highlights the IOC’s belief in solidarity and the power of sport and the Olympics to unite people and commun...