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Rick Ross is going all-in on Jake Paul and he is letting the world know. Since the YouTuber began is boxing career, Paul has proven to be a forced to be reckoned with. He currently holds a record of five wins, zero losses and zero draws. Four out of five of those matches has seen him stop his patients, leaving him with an 80% knock-out ratio. Recently, Paul was exepcted to fight Tommy Fury in his next fight, however due to immigration issues the fight has been canceled. Hasim Rahman Jr. would later replace Fury as his next opponent but due to weight issues, it resulted in another last minute cancelation. With all that has happened as of late, the chances of Paul receiving another fight soon were becoming slim. In a new Instagram post from rap legend Rick Ross, he revaled that he is backing...

Leon Edwards now joins the ranks of Michael “The Count” Bisping in bringing a UFC world title back to the U.K. The odds were stacked against “Rocky,” the Jamaican-born, Birmingham-raised fighter with odds putting Kamaru Usman as the -340 favorite and Edwards as the +280 underdog. The judges scored the first round for Edwards as he was able to take Usman down — the first in Usman’s celebrated UFC career — where he secured a body triangle and worked for a rear naked choke. The next three rounds would go to Usman where he poured on the pressure which slowed down Edwards’ output. With 56 seconds left in the last round, Edwards shocked the MMA world with a feint left followed by a head kick that dropped Usman stiff. Dana White has already said that there are plans for a trilogy fight with the t...

Paramount+ has now extended its streaming rights with the UEFA Champions League until 2030. The existing contract was originally meant to expire by 2024 but the streaming platform has now renewed it for six more years, with the new contract ending with the 2029-2030 season. The deal will cost Paramount $250 million USD per year and a total $1.5 billion USD, which marks a massive increase from the current $100 million per year that it’s paying now, although it’ll also include the English-language rights to both the Europa League as well as the Europa Conference League. Some of the matches will be broadcast on both CBS and CBS Sports Network, but all of them will be available via Paramount+. “UEFA has been a key driver for Paramount+ since our launch and we are thrilled to extend this succes...

Earlier, tech billionaire Elon Musk Tweeted that he hopes to buy Manchester United. The Premier League has been struggling with the change in management in the most recent years after the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013 so it comes as no surprise that a sale could be imminent. Musk tweeted to his 103 million followers that he was “buying Manchester United ur welcome”, but hours later, he clarified that he was only joking. He claimed that “this is a long-running joke on Twitter. I’m not buying any sports teams.” Following Musk’s initial tweet about the potential purchase, Manchester United’s listing on the New York Stock Exchange saw the shares soar 3% early on. According to CNN, Mancheter United is worth $4.6 billion USD. The team is owned by the Glazer family, who also owns the NFL...

Basketball season is upon us and the NBA has officially released the schedule for the upcoming 2022-23 season. The full regular-season schedule for all 30 teams in the league has been revealed, with each team playing a total of 82 games. The season’s opening night will begin on Tuesday, October 18 which will see the Philadelphia 76ers go up against the reigning Eastern Conference champions Boston Celtics kick things off and the Los Angeles Lakers go up against the defending 2021-22 champions, the Golden State Warriors. Other additional dates to note for the season include the NBA All-Star games held on the weekend of February 17-19 at Salt Lake City, the NBA Play-In Tournament on April 11-14 and the playoffs beginning on April 15 and the NBA Finals Game 1 starting on June 1. The NBA recent...

Pau Gasol is slated to join a long list of legendary players that have had their number retired amongst the Los Angeles Lakers rafters. His No. 16 jersey will be hoisted up in the Crypto.com arena in a ceremony prior to the Lakers hosting Memphis Grizzlies on March 7 of the 2022-23 NBA season. Los Angeles Lakers are honoring Gasol’s six years with the lakers. He was traded from Memphis to the Lakers in 2008, where he teamed up with Kobe Bryant to appear in three straight NBA finals and win two championships together. After his stint in Los Angeles, he was signed to the Chicago Bulls as a free agent in 2014, where earned three of his six All-Star appearances. Gasol retired from the NBA in Fall 2021 after playing a final season with Spain. His jersey will hang alongside other Lakers legends ...

LeBron James has inked a two-year $97.1 Million USD contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers that includes a player option for the 2024-25 season. All thanks to a 15% trade kicker that is integrated into the deal, the four-time champion is officially the highest-paid player in NBA history as he’s earned a staggering $532 million USD in guaranteed money. Despite the fact that James will be turning 38 in the middle of the 2022-2023 season, the perennial All-Star has shown zero signs of slowing down, and this investment on the Lakers’ behalf simply goes to show the supreme confidence that the organization has in him to be the franchise’s centerpiece. Last season, he was sidelined due to a handful of injuries that resulted in him only suiting up for 56 games. This was a big factor in the...

In the midst of Kevin Durant‘s standstill with the Brooklyn Nets, a retirement rumor ignited by reporter Marc Stein has taken its course. Earlier this week, Stein wrote in his newsletter that Durant is contemplating retirement saying that “Durant was more apt to retire than play again for the Brooklyn Nets.” He claimed that he would be in disbelief if Durant actually considered retiring while he was in the prime of his basketball career and currently sitting on a $194 million USD contract. KD has caught wind of these rumors and has taken to his own Twitter account to debunk them. He said in a tweet that he does not “plan on retiring anytime soon. Shit is comical at this point.” While the Nets are still looking for a trade route that will satisfy both the team and KD, the top contenders hav...

After a long season, the Philadelphia 76ers have officially reached a settlement with Ben Simmons. According to ESPN‘s own Adrian Wojnarowski, the deal corresponds to Simmons’ grievance regarding the salary the Sixers withheld from him for his absence throughout the 2021-22 season. While the terms fo the deal are reporteldy confidential, it is unclear the official amount that Simmons has received from the organization. However, it is widely believed that he was able to regain approximately $20 million USD of his $33 million USD salary from last season. The Sixers have claimed that Simmons breached his contract after he failed to arrive to start in the training camp and did not play during the 2021-22 season. Bleacher Report reported last October, “Philadelphia views Simmons’ refusal to rep...

Despite being tangled with ongoing legal disputes with Twitter over a failed acquisition, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now claiming that he’ll be buying Manchester United. The Premier League team has struggled under constantly changing management in recent years since the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013, the last year the team became champions, leaving a large portion of its global fans dissatisfied with how the Glazer family has been running its operations. While neither Musk nor the Glazers have commented on the potential acquisition, previous reports also suggested that the latter were willing to part with the iconic football side for anything above $4.84 billion USD. Musk’s deep pockets could potentially turn the team around after it only managed to come sixth last season, falling out...