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More than a quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers is about to have a new owner. Billionaire Philip Anschutz has reached an agreement to sell his 27 percent minority stake in the Lakers to an unknown buyer, according to Sportico’s Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams. The sale has reportedly not been approved by the NBA Board of Governors. The exact price tag of the deal is also unknown, but it is definitely going to be significant. The Lakers were estimated to be worth $4.6 billion by Forbes this… Source link

Chauncey Billups will take over for Terry Stotts in Portland. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images) The Portland Trail Blazers are in on Chauncey Billups. The Blazers will hire Billups their next head coach, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Billups, an assistant with the Los Angeles Clippers, will take over for Terry Stotts in Portland after his departure earlier this month. The Blazers officially offered Billups the job on Friday, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, with a negotiations for… Source link

There really is no way to draw a direct correlation between this taxing NBA campaign — a shortened offseason, condensed schedule and COVID protocols that further limited preparation throughout — and the rash of injuries to star players that has impacted these playoffs. It is also no coincidence that the favorites to reach the NBA Finals from each conference have been two of the three healthiest teams all year. Ask around the league, and you will get valid arguments on both sides. LeBron… Source link

With Tyson Fury out of the picture for now, Anthony Joshua has his next fight lined up. The WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight champion will face former unified cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk on Sept. 25 in London, his promoter Eddie Hearn announced on Friday. Yahoo Sports’ Kevin Iole reported earlier this month that the two sides were planning for that date. Joshua was initially slated to face Fury, the WBC and lineal heavyweight champ, in a unification bout this summer, but a legal… Source link

LOS ANGELES — The Phoenix Suns are feeling good about the prospect of backup point guard Cameron Payne being available to play on Saturday in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals against the Los Angeles Clippers. “We’re hopeful we’ll get a good report going forward and he can be ready to play tomorrow,” Suns coach Monty Williams said after a light shootaround session on Friday. “But we just don’t know right now.” Williams said Payne — who turned his left ankle in Game 3… Source link

(Bloomberg) — GameStop Corp. will join the FTSE Russell 1000 Index of large-capitalization stocks and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. will remain in the Russell 2000 after both companies saw billions of dollars added to their market values amid frenzied rallies this year. GameStop will be transferred into the Russell 1000 and out of the Russell 2000 as part of FTSE’s annual reconstitution, according to a list released by the global index provider on Friday. Due to the timing of a rally in… Source link

Britney Spears’ highly public battle to end her 13-year, court-ordered conservatorship is one of the biggest stories of the year — and the outcome has broad implications for a fortune estimated at around $60 million.     During the virtual hearing, which Spears demanded be public, the 39-year-old pop icon spoke publicly for the first time in 2 years. By her own account, she’s been “traumatized” by an “abusive” legal arrangement that grants her father, Jamie Spears, broad authority over… Source link

The U.S. government can’t explain 143 of the 144 cases of unidentified flying objects reported by military planes, according to a highly anticipated intelligence report released Friday. That report, released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, was meant to shed light on the mystery of those dozens of flying objects, spotted from 2004 to 2021, but instead said it didn’t have adequate data to put all but one of them into a category. That one UAP — shorthand for… Source link

(Reuters) – Bitcoin dipped 8.51% to $31,699.83 at 22:04 GMT on Friday, losing $2,937.27 from its previous close. Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is up 14.3% from the year’s low of $27,734 on Jan. 4. Ether, the coin linked to the ethereum blockchain network, dropped 7.37 % to $1,843.07 on Friday, losing $146.56 from its previous close. (Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese) Source link

Any time you tie a pitching record from Tom Seaver, it was probably a good day. Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola entered the history books on Friday by striking out 10 consecutive batters, tying but not breaking the New York Mets legend’s 51-year-old record. It was the first game of a planned doubleheader. Facing Seaver’s own Mets team, Nola opened the game by hitting Jeff McNeil with a pitch and allowing a double to Francisco Lindor, but then a run of sheer dominance began. Nola… Source link