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Karl is sipping iced tea and soaking in a picturesque view of Seattle’s Elliott Bay on a sun-splashed Thursday. He lives in Denver but is in town to help promote, support and encourage Seattle’s candidacy should Silver and the NBA Board of Governors decide to proceed with expansion. As the Seahawks played host to the San Francisco 49ers at Lumen Field, Karl and former Sonics players Dale Ellis and Rashard Lewis attended a social event on the 75th floor of the Columbia Tower that included Seattle mayor Bruce Harrell, Seattle Sports Commission president and CEO Beth Knox and several business leaders. “It’s a lot of anticipation; I feel like we are hanging on the edge of our seats, waiting,” Knox said. “We are ready.”
Adam Schefter: 49ers first-round pick Ricky Pearsall was shot today in San Francisco, as @DionLimTV reported. THEY LIED: i really just wanna stay at home 🤦🏽♂️ LeBron James: Facts bro!! Home, work and back home! Prayers to Ricky Pearshall! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
If Hoffman was flying the flag for the club’s thespian backers, Nance more than did the honours for Leeds’ athlete investors. And it is a role the New Orleans Pelican appears to relish. Nance Jr, who joined the ownership group when it completed its takeover of the club last summer, has been to Leeds games — and pubs — several times, contributed to charities championed by Leeds fans and spread his love of Leeds, Leeds, Leeds in podcasts and on social media. In fact, he ran into another Leeds co-owner at work two months ago, when the Pelicans hosted the Indiana Pacers, with fellow 49ers Enterprises investor and point guard T.J. McConnell playing for the latter. The NBA duo posed for a picture doing “Leeds salutes” and the club posted it on their Instagram feed with the tag “All Leeds, Aren’t We!”, a reference to one of the club’s anthems.
A DraftKings Sportsbook bettor has been sweating out a parlay that pays $1.7 million for almost a year. The gambler placed a $100 three-team futures parlay in May 2023 on the Texas Rangers to win the World Series (22-1), the Kansas City Chiefs to win the Super Bowl (6-1) and the Oklahoma City Thunder to win the NBA championship (70-1). The Rangers won the World Series on Nov. 1, defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks in five games. The Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime in the Super Bowl on Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium. Now the bettor needs the Thunder to win the NBA title to cash the 17,145-to-1 long shot and collect $1,714,500. The bet would normally pay 11,430-1, but the bettor used a DraftKings promotion for a 50 percent parlay boost.
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Russell Westbrook invests in Leeds United's ownership group
NBA star Russell Westbrook has become the latest high-profile sporting figure to invest in the 49ers group that is in the process of taking over Leeds United. The group 49ers Enterprises, the investment arm of the NFL's San Francisco 49ers, has been a shareholder in Leeds since its initial investment in May 2018. Earlier this week, American golfers Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas confirmed that they had bought shares in the group, and now LA Clippers star Westbrook has joined forces with them. "I was lucky enough to have conversations with some of the partners in this deal who already have ownership, the 49ers," Westbrook said at a sports and entertainment summit held by Sportico.
Devin Funchess was the 41st overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers after a stellar college career for the Michigan Wolverines. The 28-year-old spent four seasons with the Panthers (and also had brief stints with the Indianapolis Colts, Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions). Right now, he is an NFL free agent, and in a recent interview with Brandon "Scoop B" Robinson of Bally Sports, he revealed his love for basketball. Funchess: "I know I have to go overseas and play and get some film, but then after that, my dream growing up was to play in the NBA, so that's my main goal, and that's what I'm gonna make happen"
LA Clippers superstar Kawhi Leonard spent his Sunday watching NFL football between the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks. Having just returned from New York, where he made an appearance at New York Fashion Week and the US open, the star forward is making the most of his last few weeks before training camp.
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“I watched last night a player lead their team to victory where a thousand pounds of digital ink were spilled on how much he would never play for that team again,” Morey had said of the Green Bay Packers star who led a last-second win over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night after looking destined for a divorce with the franchise just months ago. “Look, every situation is different, but we have a lot of optimism that we can make it work here. …Ben’s a great player, and we expect him back. We expect him to be a 76er.” Cue the response. “It’s total bullshit,” one source with knowledge of Simmons’ outlook said of Morey’s analysis.
Wes Goldberg: The Warriors have named former Nike and San Francisco 49ers executive Josh Proctor as CFO, the team announced.
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NBC Sports Bay Area and NBC Sports California, together with its team partners – NBA’s Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings, MLB’s San Francisco Giants and Oakland A’s, NHL’s San Jose Sharks, MLS’s San Jose Earthquakes and NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, along with the teams’ apparel and merchandise partner Fanatics – and San Francisco-based bag manufacturer Timbuk2 have teamed up to donate 50,000 face masks and bandanas to Northern California health care providers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The teams and NBC Sports have donated over 10,000 new t-shirts, and Timbuk2 will create cloth face masks and bandanas from the t-shirt material.
The first question was quintessential Kobe. "When I first called to check on him I said, 'Are you all right, I want to make sure you are not being a baby about it?'" Kobe Bryant recalls of a November 2017 phone call. On the other end of the line was San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman, one day removed from suffering the right Achilles tendon rupture that would end his 2017 season.
The first question was quintessential Kobe. "When I first called to check on him I said, 'Are you all right, I want to make sure you are not being a baby about it?'" Kobe Bryant recalls of a November 2017 phone call. On the other end of the line was San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman, one day removed from suffering the right Achilles tendon rupture that would end his 2017 season and, eventually, his seven-year tenure as the shutdown cornerback of the Seattle Seahawks' famed Legion of Boom defense.
Abdul-Rauf called his meeting with Kaepernick a one-time thing, and he hasn't communicated with him since. They didn't even exchange phone numbers. With so many people trying to reach out to the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Abdul-Rauf doesn't want to bother him. "I really think it's something that shouldn't even be in the sports," Abdul-Rauf said of the anthem. "And his position didn't even have anything to do with the flag itself. It had to do with basic equality. He used that to draw attention to the situation."
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