Speaking on Friday after the second practice session at the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia, Lando Norris admitted that he was “safe”, but not “comfortable” with the rhythm of McLaren. That level of comfort could be increasing in the hours before the rating. Norris and his teammate Oscar Piastri led an McLaren One-Two in the final practice session of the week, with the time of Norris of 1: 27,489 only 0.024 seconds ahead of Piastri. However, that time was also the fastest of the three practice sessions, and put Norris a huge 0.627 seconds of George Russell, since…
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Over the past several years, proposals to pay college athletes have gained popularity. A 2021 Morning Consult survey found that 62% of adults believe athletes should be allowed to cash in on the use of their identity in licensed products like jerseys or video games and 61% support allowing student-athletes to make money through endorsements. On Wednesday, the NCAA announced an interim policy that allows student athletes from all three divisions to monetize their name, image and likeness, often referred to as NIL. The new policy goes into effect Thursday, July 1. Laws in states such as Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, New Mexico…
Sam Panayotovich Fox sports betting analyst Now that the Golden State Warriors, Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat and Orlando Magic have punch in the 16 -team playoff field, the NBA’s postseason can really start.Play-in, Schmay-in.I will admit that it is exciting that we no longer need to monitor what superstars are kidnapping nights for load management or what bum teams do they do and do not care about daily basketball gravel. Thank God.Here are seven NBA bets of bets that are heading to Round 1.Wow, the Celtics and Thunder They are expenses!In terms of prices of the series, Boston is as…
Professional athletes are faced with a difficult task early in their careers — learning to deal with big sums of cash as they’re thrust into stardom, often at a young age. Isaiah Thomas, an all-star basketball player, and major league baseball player Dexter Fowler sat down with CNBC at the Future Proof wealth festival to discuss the money lessons they’ve learned during their professional careers. Financial advisor Joe McLean, who works with Fowler and Thomas, also shared advice from working with wealthy athletes such as NBA star Klay Thompson and pro golfer Sergio Garcia. “Once I got money, once my professional career started,…
Travis Kelce has made more than $70 million throughout his career in the National Football League, but he still remembers how he spent his first paycheck. “I had my eyes on a pair of size 13 Nike Air MAG ‘Marty McFlys’ — the coolest shoes that I’d ever seen in my life,” Kelce said in his weekly “New Heights” podcast in May. “As soon as I got my check, I immediately went online and sourced them.” Kelce says he spent around $10,000 on the limited-edition sneaker, which are replicas of the futuristic shoes Michael J. Fox wore in “Back to the Future Part II.” Only…
Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant is the latest celebrity athlete taking his love of pickleball big league. The NBA All-Star and his business partner Rich Kleiman announced Thursday that their firm, Thirty Five Ventures (35V), has purchased Major League Pickleball’s newest expansion team. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. In recent weeks, Major League Pickleball has signed on a number of big-name athlete owners, including basketball legend LeBron James and NFL stars Tom Brady and Drew Brees. Pickleball has exploded in popularity during the pandemic and an increasing number of athletes and entrepreneurs are looking to get in on the action. In September,…
Like many former NCAA college basketball players, Joe McLean had dreams of playing in the NBA. The 6′6″ forward played four years for celebrated coach Lute Olsen on the University of Arizona Wildcats. He made it to the Final Four in 1994 and averaged nearly 10 points per game in his last season. McLean played professional basketball in Europe for three years, followed by a training camp with the Sacramento Kings before he gave up on his NBA dream. “I was good, but others were really good,” he said McLean eventually found his calling as a financial coach and advisor…
Thousands of former college athletes will be eligible for payments ranging from a few dollars to more than a million under the $2.78 billion antitrust settlement agreed to by the NCAA and five power conferences, a deal that also paves the way for schools to directly compensate athletes while attempting to regulate payments from boosters. Details of the sprawling plan were filed Friday in federal court in the Northern District of California, a little more than two months after the framework of an agreement was announced. The deal must still be approved by a judge. The full term sheet includes…
The 2025 NBA draft will be here before we realize. From June 25 to 26, a select group of basketball players will listen to their names called in the Draft, which will take place in Brooklyn, New York. Some of the best University Basketball And talent abroad has already declared its intentions of being selected to play at the highest level. Address of NBA Early Backbounds and Retirement DeadlinesThe deadline for athletes to request early entrance is April 26. They have until June 15 to decide if they want to retire from the draft and maintain their university eligibility. Below…
John Fanta University Basketball and Reporter Resert On Thursday, we learned about the last news lot of the transfer portal in what has become a cycle never deactivated. The Memphis star and the American guard PJ Haggerty entered the portal. Big Man Dainja, who has to request an exemption for an additional year of eligibility in a process that is unpredictable to begin, supposedly would enter, but that rumor was quickly crushed after he was sent on social networks. One of the best main players in the country, the player of the Mid-American Conference and the former Akron star, Nate…