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Lakers star LeBron James, who staunchly opposed paying Elon Musk and Twitter to maintain his verification status, still has his blue checkmark, despite the company’s mass removal on Thursday.
Back on March 31, the four-time NBA champion tweeted “Welp guess my blue [checkpoint] will be gone soon cause if you know me i ain’t paying the 5.” However, James drew the attention of many users for seemingly reversing course.

Former Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has taken the broadcasting world by storm, leading him to become the highest-paid NFL analyst in TV history back in 2020 when he signed a deal worth $17 million per season with CBS.
Even though Romo clearly initially won over his employers as he continues to work alongside Jim Nantz, he still hears plenty of criticism from fans and from fellow NFL media members.
The 42-year-old admitted to the Dallas Morning News this week that even though he hears the critics, he doesn’t let it bother him.
“That stuff doesn’t affect me,” Romo said.

Sixers star Joel Embiid received a Flagrant 1, but was not ejected, for kicking Nets center Nic Claxton during Thursday’s Game 3.

Peyton Manning is eight years into his retirement, and the 47-year-old Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback continues to live life to the fullest. It seems like, at every turn, the former No. 1 overall pick and two-time Super Bowl champion is up to something.
Manning stays busy, but he’s always having a blast, and there is often a country music artist involved.

New York Mets pitcher Max Scherzer has been suspended by Major League Baseball for 10 games, according to a new report.
The New York Post first reported that Scherzer was suspended due to his ejection from Wednesday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He’ll also be fined $10,000, according to the Post.
Scherzer will also reportedly appeal the suspension.
Prominent voices, including OutKick’s Curt Schilling, have criticized MLB’s rule and the umpires’ interpretation of it on the field.

If bad baseball teams are like unhappy families in that each is bad in its own way, they can at least be sorted into two general, overarching categories. There are teams who stumble into a bad record accidentally. And there are teams who are purposefully built to be bad.
There has been no more distressing example of the latter in recent memory than the A’s. Their record speaks for itself: 3–16 entering Friday, the worst run differential in baseball, a pitching staff whose performance has been so miserable and disjointed as to stretch the definition of both “pitching” and “staff”.

One of the big stories from the first night of the Stanley Cup Playoffs was the Minnesota Wild’s Game 1 double-overtime win over the Dallas Stars.
After Game 2 the opposite was true. The Wild fell to the Stars 7-3.
Starting goalie Marc-Andre Fleury didn’t hold back in analyzing his performance. The veteran netminder gave up 7 goals on just 31 shots.
“Oh man, embarrassing on my part giving up seven goals like that in the Playoffs,” the three-time Stanley Cup champions said.

A day after being ejected from his start against the Dodgers for pitching with a foreign substance, Mets ace Max Scherzer has been suspended 10 games by MLB, the league announced Thursday.
Scherzer was also issued a $10,000 fine, and is planning on appealing the decision, according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post.
Scherzer was checked by umpires twice before being tossed from Wednesday’s game. During an interaction with first base umpire Phil Cuzzi, the right-hander pleaded his case, arguing that the substance on his glove and hand was merely sweat and rosin.

Anything that can go wrong at a Los Angeles Angels game will go wrong. Call it “Moreno’s Law.”
Wednesday’s game against the Angels and New York Yankees took a wild turn when Halos manager Phil Nevin was tossed from the contest, not just once, but in an incredibly rare double ejection.
All it took for Nevin to leave was a single ejection; still, two umps tossed the manager as he complained about a checked swing on Angels star Mike Trout.

Ben Simmons recently donated a basketball court to a community in China. While the obvious joke here is that Simmons may soon find himself out of the NBA and playing in China given his countless number of setbacks, the way he went about his donation isn’t exactly a laughing matter.
The Brooklyn Nets forward is donating a court to the Machang town in the Guzhous province to help grow the game of basketball certainly isn’t a bad thing.