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Brian Windhorst: But you know, the thing about it is—there are three things I want to tell you about Decision Day. One, they raised millions of dollars for Boys and Girls Clubs that night, and they just botched the rollout of that announcement so poorly. They didn’t tell people that clearly enough, and so it’s lost to history. That’s one of the reasons. You want to know why? Because when they were supposed to be rehearsing it, Kanye West showed up where LeBron was hanging out before the show—unannounced—distracted LeBron. Not that that was the reason, but that was one of the crazy things that happened that day.”

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The price to be like Mike has reached $1.8 million – and it could keep going up. Michael Jordan’s game-worn and autographed sneakers from Game 2 of the 1998 NBA Finals went up for auction via Sotheby’s on April 3, and the kicks have already received a record-setting bid. The current figure of $1.8 million would tie the record for most expensive sneakers of all time, a distinction that currently belongs to a pair of Nike Air Yeezy prototypes worn by Kanye West at the 2008 Grammys.

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Sopan Deb: Jaylen Brown bristled when being asked about his association with Kanye, saying that the connection was about education and a new way to market athletes. Asked if he still considered Kanye a role model: "Go to the next question. I’m not going to answer that." pic.twitter.com/LwYdLAeYrP

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Fatburger is back in Orland Park, with several names you might recognize at the helm. Previously owned by Kanye West and shuttered years ago, the long-running LA-based chain known for serving burgers in several sizes has reopened at 15110 S. La Grange Rd., under a partnership between NBA stars Anthony Davis Jr., Derrick Rose, and Tim Hardaway Jr. The burger spot also includes a taste of Fatburger's sister wing brand, Buffalo’s Express.

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While Sotheby’s hasn’t released any pre-auction value estimates, new records are likely. In 2021, the $1.472 million Nike Air Ships donned by Jordan in his 1984 rookie year set the record for the all-time most expensive game-worn sneakers sold at auction, and they remain the second-most expensive pair of sneakers ever sold, next to the $1.8 million Kanye West x Nike Air Yeezy Grammy prototype. Eric Hirsch, a modern collectibles specialist with Sotheby’s, told Bloomberg he believes this collection could easily double the figure set by the Nike Air Ships, but he wouldn’t be surprised by 10 or 20 times that amount.

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Kanye West is doing everything he can to deflect attention away from his praising of Hitler, even throwing out false allegations about his ex-wife Kim Kardashian and an affair with NBA superstar Chris Paul ... according to sources with direct knowledge. Before he was kicked off Twitter Thursday night for posting a swastika, the disgraced rapper made a wild allegation claiming he "caught" Kim Kardashian cheating with NBA star Chris Paul.

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A source close to the situation tells us the allegation is absolutely false, and just another example of a desperate man trying to shift the focus away from his own wrongdoings. The source says, "This is not true and sadly it’s an ongoing pattern with Kanye — attacking Kim to redirect everyone’s attention after a day of crazy antics where he has said every hateful and offensive thing he can possibly dream of."

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Swell. I have an agenda, and it calls for a local star athlete and self-proclaimed social justice warrior to stop being selective with anti-hate messaging and putting personal loyalty to Ye and Kyrie ahead of hate speech supported or spoken by your friends. That’s my agenda. And the Boston Celtics — an organization built by Red Auerbach, owned by Wyc Grousbeck and Steve Pagliuca, and led by Brad Stevens — should teach Brown some history and explain how this organization has been run for 75 years. I reached out to Stevens about this, and he responded Friday with, “We regularly speak to the players about the responsibilities of their platforms.

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Sports in America are usually associated with beer, but wine is starting to make a lot of inroads. Tony Parker: You're totally right. When I arrived in '01 everyone was drinking beer or hard alcohol, Hennessy, whiskey, because the hip hop world and the NBA are so close. So it's nice to see the evolution. At first, it was hard to find great restaurants. The all the French chefs came to the U.S. and now you can eat great food in all the best cities. And the wine followed. Then the NBA dress code — everyone started dressing nice, no more baggies, no more caps, no more jerseys. Jay-Z and Kanye start wearing suits, you know? And then the champagne and wine business starts to grow on our community, the NBA world.

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Kanye says he can't be controlled ?? "They can control Shaq, Charles Barkley, LeBron James, Jay-Z & Beyoncé but they can’t control me. [...] My mama was sacrificed. [...] In Hollywood, a lot of people come up missing. They wanna monetize & traumatize."

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Nets Daily: The Black Israelites are at various subway entrances to Barclays preaching, defending Kyrie and Kanye, attacking ADL, condemning “Jewish Slave Trade.” Etc

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Club Shay Shay: . @thejohnsalley defends Kyrie Irving against Kareem’s comments on his education and talks Kanye: “Kareem was out of bounds for what he said on Kyrie.”

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Nets Daily: Robert Kraft, the Patriots owner, just ran an ad on YES Network pregame called ‘Stand Up to Jewish Hate’ a direct response to a rise in antisemitism, including controversies surrounding Kanye West and Kyrie Irving. https://www.wsj.com/articles/robert-kraft-sponsors-stand-up-to-jewish-hate-ad-after-a-surge-in-anti-semitism-11667237716

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Kanye West: Shaq is in business with Jamie Salter Jaimie first said he’s 50/50 with David Beckham and 50/50 with Shaq I said “Jamie . . . There’s no such thing as 50/50 in business . . . Who has the extra 1 percent for the control and voting rights”

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