Lisa Leslie
In a league history “first,” Lisa Leslie has the only former player to become co-owner of a WNBA franchise. Leslie joined the ownership group of the very team she led to back-to-back titles in 2001 and 2002, the Los Angeles Sparks.
Of the new venture, Lisa says,
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She’s so humble. She’s been an asset not only to the Sparks but to the WNBA as one of the league’s premier stars. This is news that must be celebrated. Ballertainment salutes you, Lisa.
Congratulatory messages were also delivered on Twitter from Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Sparks.
Other tweets came through from fellow L.A. native Regina King and former NBA player Cedric Ceballos.
Leslie photo via Twitter
It was NBA All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles but the hot topic for La La and Carmelo was the pending trade scenario. La La explains to her cousin Dice that the decision of where Melo will play could go down to the wire (although now we know he is a member of the New York Knicks).
Melo was chosen as a starter for the All-Star game and a private party was held for him at West Hollywood restaurant Philippe.
Herschel is the first of four documentaries brought to us this season by the same team that created ESPN’s 30 for 30 series. The SEC Storied series will tell compelling stories of the famed Southeastern Conference of college football.
The life and SEC/Georgia Bulldog career of Herschel Walker will be detailed in Herschel which airs Wednesday, September 7 on ESPNU.
Advance the ball for a sneak peek:
From boxing site Fighthype, comes news that Floyd Mayweather, Sr. intends to open his own boxing gym in Las Vegas.
To date, Mayweather, Sr., a widely respected trainer, has been training fighters at Johnny Tocco’s Boxing Gym, a Las Vegas mainstay for five decades.
It makes sense that Mayweather,Sr. would operate a gym of his own. He’s super accomplished as a trainer. Of the venture he says,
GQ Magazine had the idea to have former, accomplished quarterbacks like Dan Marino and Dan Fouts who also happen to be game analysts this season give advice to Carolina Panthers rookie quarterback Cam Newton. They also shared their “Welcome to the NFL” stories.
Advance the ball for excerpts of two of my favorite responses….
