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The Los Angeles Lakers will not visit the White House this month, and possibly not at all following their 2020 NBA championship. Due to scheduling conflicts and COVID-19 concerns, a trip to meet President Joe Biden has not been scheduled around the Lakers’ road game against the Washington Wizards on April 28, according to the Los Angeles Times’ Dan Woike. Road games against D.C. teams are typically when defending champions visit the White House. ESPN’s Dave McMenamin reports that a future… Source link

The Los Angeles Lakers have their new big man. Free agent center Andre Drummond is planning to sign with the Lakers on Sunday, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, one day after officially agreeing to a contract buyout with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Drummond will be eligible to officially sign when he clears waivers at 5 p.m. ET on Sunday. Drummond’s tenure with the Cavaliers came to an end shortly after the trade deadline, when teams declined to acquire the big man on his $28 million salary…. Source link

Yahoo Sports senior NBA insider Chris Haynes and senior NBA writer Vincent Goodwill discuss the recent injuries battling Los Angeles, which offseason signings just aren’t working out and if it’s a sign that the defending champs are in real trouble entering the stretch run of the regular season. Hear the full conversation on the Posted Up with Chris Haynes podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you listen. Source link

Despite an injury in the middle of the season for Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis, the NBA star is continuing to build his brand, both on and off the court. Davis has with major partnerships with companies like Michelob Ultra (BUD), Ruffles (PEP), and is getting advice from some of the best in the arena. The latter presented him with the unique opportunity to be able to “own your own ridges…to have your own chip…that was pretty cool,” he told Yahoo Finance in a recent… Source link

It wasn’t a banner night for NBA officiating on Wednesday. While the Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert laid down petty, expletive-laden rants about how there’s a grand conspiracy to keep small market teams down because they’re not getting the calls they want, Montrezl Harrell and the Los Angeles Lakers had an actual, legitimate gripe with the refs in their 123-120 loss to the Sacramento Kings. Yelling ‘and-1’ is apparently a technical foul now Harrell was the victim of some soft… Source link

The Guardian Wilson to the Raiders? Watson to the Jets? NFL quarterback trade possibilities The coming months could involve a flurry of trades for some of the biggest names in pro football. Here’s a rundown of some of the most intriguing deals Deshaun Watson and Sam Darnold could both be on the move this off-season. Photograph: Steven Ryan/Getty Images Carson Wentz, Philadelphia Eagles Age: 28. Career touchdowns: 113. Career interceptions: 50. Career passer rating: 89.2 Why the Eagles could… Source link

The Los Angeles Lakers are looking forward to reconvening a post-championship tradition of visiting the White House at some point during the 2020-21 season after President-elect Joe Biden is sworn into office as the 46th President of the United States, league sources told Yahoo Sports. The ceremonial transferring of power from President Donald Trump to Biden takes place on Jan. 20. Members of the franchise — from players to management — see it as a pleasure and an honor to have their… Source link

Anticipation lingered in the air Tuesday before the Los Angeles Lakers collected their rings on opening night, before losing to the Los Angeles Clippers, 116-109. A matchup that was once considered fait accompli failed to materialize in the playoffs, courtesy of the Denver Nuggets bouncing the Clippers early, but here, finally, they were, with new identities: the champion and the humbled up-and-comer. Montrezl Harrell, who switched allegiances from the Lakers to the Clippers this offseason… Source link

The Los Angeles Lakers handed out their NBA championship rings ahead of their season opener on Tuesday night, but the iconic title banner unveiling will have to wait. Instead of the classic reveal on Tuesday — the Lakers kicked off the shortened 2020-21 season against the Clippers at the Staples Center — the Lakers are planning to wait to do so until fans are allowed back into the arena. Instead, a black cloak will be hanging over the banner at the Staples Center with the words, “Stay… Source link

The Telegraph How Diego Maradona’s life spiralled to leave him a hobbling, arthritic shadow of his former self The final moments of Asif Kapadia’s magnificent film Diego Maradona are almost too painful to watch. To a soundtrack of an interview conducted when he was at the peak of his powers in Napoli, when he talks of the football pitch being a refuge, a sanctuary, a place of freedom where he could express himself without fear, we see Maradona in his late fifties attempting to play… Source link