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Mallorca has once again become a favorite destination for LeBron James. The NBA star was spotted playing golf at Son Muntaner in Palma on Friday during his stay on the island. The Palma course, recognized as the best in Spain in 2025 , was the venue chosen by the American to enjoy a round of golf. He arrived in Mallorca on Thursday aboard a private yacht currently moored at the Club de Mar. The 41-year-old American player has taken advantage of his days off before the start of a new NBA season to indulge in one of his great passions outside of basketball. James's relationship with golf has grown in recent years to the point of creating his own tournament , which will be held starting in 2027 in Akron , his hometown, as part of the PGA Tour schedule .
The PGA TOUR and the LeBron James Family Foundation on Tuesday announced a new partnership, centered on a shared belief in the power of sports to create opportunity and transform lives. Through the inaugural LeBron James Family Foundation Invitational at Firestone Country Club, set for July 6-7, 2027, a series of integrated initiatives will combine professional golf with youth engagement and fundraising to create community impact in LeBron James' hometown of Akron, Ohio.
The Lelands Summer Class Auction, which ended Aug. 15, offered some truly unique items for sports and history lovers alike. Akron’s own and former Cleveland Cavaliers player, LeBron James, was at the center of a hot auction item. An Oct. 29, 2003, LeBron James NBA debut full ticket was sold for a whopping $24,323.
Appearing alongside James' agent Rich Paul on the Game Over podcast, ESPN insider Shams Charania revealed that Cavaliers executives and members of the Gilbert family met with the four-time NBA champion in Akron in early July. "Now you tell me, Rich, if I'm right or wrong," Charania said. "Was it the Cavaliers' front office group – Koby Altman, Brandon Weems, the Gilbert family and Grant Gilbert – meeting with LeBron in Akron in early July? Is that the loaf of bread you're talking about?" Paul appeared stunned that Charania knew about the meeting. "Early July? Wait a minute. How did you know about that?" Paul responded.
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NBA Courtside: LeBron James says he doesn’t know when the most important person in the summertime was the trainer and not the player: “Like the basketball trainer is the most important guy in the summer. I don’t know when that dynamic shifted because you know we used to play and a lot of my friends can attest to this like even when I got in the NBA you know, I built a little basketball court in my backyard in Akron at my house. I would get nine other guys and we would play in the summertime on a black court like we would play, like two or three times a week. You know, just get up and run and feel like the demands of being outside and also demands of another body like bumping and grinding and things of that nature. And this was like in July. I think it’s very important though. I think guys if you’re listening, you got to play more. If it’s not five on five, at least, twos on twos, three on threes, you got to get physical contact.” (Via @mindthegamepod )
Ian Begley: Knicks are also hosting USF’s Izaiyah Nelson, BYU’s Keba Keita, Missouri’s Mark Mitchell and Akron’s Amani Lyles at today’s group workout for draft prospects, per league sources. Knicks have picks 24, 31 and 55 in 2026 NBA Draft
NBA Courtside: Rich Paul also says LeBron James doesn’t enjoy being in his hometown Akron, Ohio after his comments about Memphis: “Guess where else LeBron don’t want to be? AKRON! He’s from there! He don’t want to be there, he just outgrew it. Which is fine”
Rich Paul also says LeBron James doesn’t enjoy being in his hometown Akron, Ohio after his comments about Memphis:
— NBA Courtside (@NBA__Courtside) April 4, 2026
“Guess where else LeBron don’t want to be? AKRON! He’s from there! He don’t want to be there, he just outgrew it. Which is fine”
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When James was growing up in Akron, Ohio, and it became obvious he was athletic, he said his uncle, Curt, encouraged him to start taking care of his body immediately. His mother, Gloria, advised him to listen. “I used to stretch before I went to bed and when I woke up, when I was like 10 or 11 years old,” James said. “My uncle Curt, my mom’s younger brother, used to make me do 100 calf raises a day and he used to make me do 50 pushups and 50 situps a day.”
LeBron explained during the episode that growing up “in the projects in Akron, Ohio, and not having s—” led him to grow up with a scarcity mindset he says he still carries today. “It’s hard for me sometimes to take risks,” the NBA star said, adding that he’d be “devastated” if he had to start over financially.
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LeBron James: I was 25 years old. I played for Cleveland, but I still lived in Akron. So for 25 straight years, I was in the same house. I had an awesome house—you’ve seen that. That’s a great house. So I was comfortable. That was my comfort. My comfortability was being in Akron, Ohio. I’d drive 30 minutes to Cleveland, play my games, then shoot right back down to Akron and I was good. So for the first time, it’s like—I’ve always used the analogy—it felt like my college moment. I didn’t go to college, so going to Miami was like moving out of my parents’ house. I was going off to college.
LeBron James: And MJ — we all know MJ. Even if you don’t know him personally, he’s one of the most ruthless competitors there is. And until I’m done — and he doesn’t have to look at me running up and down wearing the number 23, and every time my name is mentioned, it’s mentioned with his — Don’t talk to me right now. I’m on the back nine. Do not call me. (...) I mean, like I said — I wear 23 because of MJ. The inspiration he gave me as a kid in Akron, Ohio — where we didn’t have much inspiration in the hometown — you look at someone. It’s gotta be somebody in sports, somebody in music, somebody on the TV screen. Will Smith from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Michael Jordan playing for the Bulls, Jay-Z, Biggie, Tupac — That was my inspiration. You know what I’m saying? I needed that.