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Just last month, Tyson Fury set an official fight date with Dillian Whyte to defend his WBC heavyweight champion title. Earlier this week, Fury spoke to reporters and confirmed that he intends to retire after his match against Whyte. He said, “This is the final fight of my career, I’m retiring after this. $150 million in the bank, good-looking, healthy, young, I’m going to buy a massive yacht abroad. Got loads of cars and properties all over the world. Just going to sit back with a hot blonde and piña colada … I’m retiring, I’m out, this is my final fight, the final countdown, I’m done.” In another pre-fight news conference which Whyte had chosen to miss, Fury claimed that once he is retired from the sport, “it’s done for me, I don’t care what people say.” If he does choose to retire after...

LeBron James is not giving up on the Los Angeles Lakers and he is hoping fans won’t either. Despite the sixth consecutive loss in seven games, James is adamant that the Lakers will still be able to finish the NBA season on a high note. Most recently, the Lakers were defeated by the Dallas Mavericks in a close 109-14 loss. While James led the scoring with 26 points, it was not enough to get the Lakers out of their losing streak. In a post-game interview James kept his head up and told reporters, “We still have games to play. Until you stomp me out, cut my head off, bury me 12 feet under, then I got a chance. So that’s my confidence. Obviously, at the end of the day, we got to come in here and win ball games and we got to play better but as long as we’ve got more games to play, we should hav...

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has announced he will sell England’s Chelsea Football Club. He has owned the team since 2003 and has overseen its Premier League rise in recent years. “As I have stated before, I have always taken decisions with the club’s best interest at heart. In the current situation, I have therefore taken the decision to sell the club, as I believe this is in the best interest of the club, the fans, the employees, as well as the club’s sponsors and partners,” Abramovich said in a statement on Chelsea FC’s website on Wednesday. Though there is no timetable, Abramovich said that the sale “will not be fast-tracked” and that he will not require loan repayments from the team. Additionally, proceeds from the club sale will go to a charitable foundation benefiting t...

WarnerMedia is officially dipping its toes into the live sports business with streaming service HBO Max. HBO Max has signed an eight-year, $200 million USD deal with the U.S. Soccer Federation. The deal will allow TNT/TBS and HBO Max to air 20 U.S. Women’s and Men’s National Team matches annually starting in 2023. According to The Hollywood Reporter of those matches will be able to be streamed on HBO Max and air on TV with the rest exclusive to the streaming platform. In addition to the airing exclusive, the deal gives way for digital and highlight rights for Turner Sports Bleacher Report and additional programming including behind-the-scenes docuseries. In a statement Lenny Daniels, president of Turner Sports said, “This is a significant milestone for Turner Sports and WarnerMedia, furthe...

Back in 2010, President Barack Obama rang in his 49th birthday with a pick-up game that would be considered an NBA dream team. Now, a piece of basketball history is making its way to auction as one of the memorable sports memorabilia pieces to date. The ball up for auction comes from a game the former president played in front of wounded warriors and members of the White House’s mentoring program. Obama played alongside some of the NBA’s greats including the late Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Magic Johnson and Carmelo Anthony. The Robb Report has reported that the Spalding TF-1000 is currently listed at Heritage Auctions for its Winte Platinum Night Sports Auctions. Other stars present at the game was Dwyane Wade, Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah. Alonzo Mourning, who was a former Miami Heat forw...

The NFL and insights platform Nielsen teamed up to survey how many people tuned into this year’s Super Bowl LVI and found that an estimated 208 million-plus viewers were watching the game. Back in early February, reports have stated that the recent Championship game is the most-watched show in five years since Super Bowl LI in 2017. Diving into the data, about two-thirds of North America watched as the Los Angeles Rams came out on top with 23-20 against the Cincinnati Bengals although 25% more than the 167 million unique viewers claimed to watch at least one minute of the game. While the Super Bowl is known to garner high viewer ratings each year, this year’s events have received massive attention throughout the globe with nothing short of amazing half-time performances by the likes of Dr....

Los Angeles Lakers are just about fed up with the way their team has been playing. The Lakers were recently defeated by the New Orleans Pelicans in a blowout 123-95 loss and fans booed the team for much of the second half of the game. The 28-point victory margin is the largest in franchise history by the Pelicans against the Lakers. Throughout the game, Lakers committed over 23 turnovers with 16 of those just in the first half. Fans were visibly upset and began booing at the turning point of the game when LeBron James had a turnover with the Lakers down 19 points in the 3rd quarter. James attempted to make a cross-court pass to Talen Horton-Tucker, but it was intercepted almost immediately. The players were also evidently frustrated and even engaged with hecklers sitting courtside. James c...

LeBron James‘ most recent announcement shows that the NBA star continues to make a mark both on and off the basketball court. The Los Angeles Lakers starter’s foundation revealed that he would be opening the LeBron James Museum in his hometown of Akron in 2023. Sports memorabilia company Upper Deck, will reportedly be involved in the curation of the exhibit in the museum. USA Today reports that the museum will be part of a transformation of the former Tangier entertainment complex in Akron, expected to be rebranded as House Three Thirty. The museum will take over the basement of House Three Thirty, which will also be home to other restaurants, bars and retail spaces. Visitors to the LeBron James Museum will be able to walk through a visual journey of his life growing up in Akron’s Springhi...

The question of which franchise LeBron James plans to play for in his final year in the NBA has been a looming topic in recent weeks. Just last week, James made it very clear that he intends to play his final NBA season with his son Bronny. After the Los Angeles Lakers lost 105-102 to the Los Angeles Clippers, James made an comment that solidified his loyalty to the Lakers, “This is a franchise I see myself being with. I’m here. I’m here. I see myself being with the purple and gold as long as I can play.” When asked about his goal to also play with Bronny in his final season, by all means necessary, he responded, “I also have a goal that, if it’s possible — I don’t even know if it’s possible — that if I can play with my son, I would love to do that.” He also added, “Is that, like, somethin...

After another harrowing loss last week to the Los Angeles Clippers, the Los Angeles Lakers may now have to deal with the loss of Anthony Davis to their line-up due to a freak injury. It seems that the Lakers’ fight towards gaining ground in the Western Conference just got a lot more difficult. Davis first sustained the injury in a win over Utah Jazz on February 16. Initially, he was preliminarily diagnosed with an ankle sprain that would keep him out for at least two weeks. After MRIs determined that it was a mid-foot sprain instead, the recovery time expanded to at least four weeks. ESPN reports that there is now a chance that Davis will be out four to five weeks and potentially the rest of the season. The Lakers dropped to 27-32 with Friday’s loss to the Clippers, ninth in the Western Co...

While the first season of the much-anticipated HBO series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty has yet to premiere, the studio is already thinking about the premises of season two. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Casey Bloys of HBO discussed the follow-up to focus on the Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant-era of the Lakers. He said, “If the stories are there and the different eras are there, why not keep exploring it?” Bloys also confirmed that the network has, “quietly optioned Pearlman’s follow-up, which takes readers through the Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal era of the Lakers.” Jeff Pearlman’s 2020 novel titled Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty chronicles Shaq and Kobe’s relationship as they brought three consecuti...