Author: Michael

The Los Angeles Lakers drafted Bronny James, the son of star LeBron James, in the second round of the NBA Draft. Many people rightfully pointed out the obvious: this is nepotism, clear as day. 
But several ESPN personalities, including Stephen A. Smith and Adrian Wojnarowski, have no problem with LeBron using his power to get his son drafted. Why? Because they’re black, of course. 
It’s crazy to inject race into this story, but that’s the new normal for ESPN. It started Thursday night with Wojnarowski, who says nepotism goes on in the NBA all the time.

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F1 Sprint Qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix sees another Lando Norris-Max Verstappen fight shaping up
The roar told the story
Following the checkered flag in SQ3, it looked as if McLaren had locked out the front row. Oscar Piastri put his MCL38 on provisional pole with a banger of a lap, only to see Lando Norris nip him with a thunderous lap of his own.
But on the track, Max Verstappen was looming.
The Dutch driver was screaming around Red Bull Ring, pushing his RB20 to the ultimate edge.

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Nelly Korda, the No. 1 ranked player in the world, has decided to withdraw from next week’s Ladies European Tour event in London after announcing that she was bitten by a dog.
Korda announced on Instagram that she was bitten by a dog in Seattle this past Saturday, the day after she missed the cut in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, which was held in the Northwest city. The 25-year-old wrote that she needs time to recover from her injury.
“I regret to announce that I must withdraw from next week’s Ladies European Tour tournament in London.

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The reported reasons Kyle Filipowski fell out of the first round in the 2024 NBA Draft are wilder than you probably could have ever guessed.
Kyle Filipowski should have been a Top 20 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, especially this NBA Draft. When you’re a seven-foot stretch four from Duke who averaged 16 points and 8 rebounds, when most of the 2024 class is full of Hail Mary picks and “what ifs,” it doesn’t matter that there are concerns about your athleticism or shot creation — you get picked early.
Instead, we saw one of the more puzzling draft drops in recent memory.

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