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Former LSU wide receiver, Kyren Lacy was found dead in an alleged suicide days before grand jury hearing in fatal hit-and-run case. The 24 year old was found dead in Houston according to the NY post. This comes after the athlete was accused of causing a car crash that killed a 78 year old man in December 2024. He then fled the scene without offering any assistance. Lacy later turned himself in on January 2025 and was released on a $151,000 bail.

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A piece of basketball history has just set a new benchmark in sports memorabilia. The jersey worn by the late Kobe Bryant during his NBA debut season sold for an astounding $7 million at auction on Thursday, according to Sotheby’s. This sale marks the highest amount ever paid for any item associated with the Los Angeles Lakers legend, who tragically passed away in a 2020 helicopter crash alongside his daughter Gianna and seven others.

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NBA superstar LeBron James says he'll take time to decide whether to return for a 23rd season after his Los Angeles Lakers were dumped out of the first round of the playoffs by the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday. "I don't know," James said when asked how many more years he would play. "I don't have the answer to that. (It's) Something I sit down with my family, my wife and my support group, and kind of just talk through it and see what happens and just have a conversation with myself on how long I want to continue to play."

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NBA Hall of Famer and Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd has become a new addition to Everton's ownership group, the Premier League club said on Thursday. Kidd has joined Roundhouse Capital Holdings, which is part of The Friedkin Group that took over the Merseyside club in December.

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In a stunning admission that has rippled through NFL circles, 21-year-old Jax Ulbrich confessed to prank-calling quarterback prospect Shedeur Sanders during one of the most pivotal moments of the young athlete's career—the 2025 NFL Draft.

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Bloodied and bruised, the defending champion Boston Celtics warned NBA rivals who want to intimidate them with a physical style that they are ready to trade blows with anybody. Jaylen Brown scored 36 points, going 5-of-7 from three-point range, and the host Celtics defeated Orlando 109-100 on Wednesday, seizing a 2-0 lead in an Eastern Conference first round best-of-seven series that continues Friday in Orlando.

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NBA star Anthony Edwards is embroiled in a contentious legal battle with Ayesha Howard over the paternity and custody of their daughter, Aubri Summers, born in October 2024. Howard, who previously had a child with rapper Lil Baby, alleges that Edwards urged her to terminate the pregnancy upon learning of it and subsequently cut off communication. She has submitted alleged text messages in court to support her claims.