Curry has maintained that the tickets will be free and handed out today between noon-7:00pm PTNBAE/GETTY IMAGES
Warriors G STEPHEN CURRY on Tuesday sent an invitation via Instagram to a party tomorrow night at the Fox Theater in downtown Oakland, which will feature "local performers" MISTAH FAB, P-LO, SAWEETIE and E-40. Curry said that the tickets were free, "causing a frenzy among the faithful who showed up to his pop-up store in Old Oakland and were none too pleased when they learned they'd have to buy something in order to get a 'free' ticket.'" In a Twitter response yesterday, Curry "maintained that the tickets would be free and handed out" today between noon-7:00pm PT. However, an earlier email from an Under Armour spoksperson sent to news organizations "told a different story." The email said, "A pair of tickets will be gifted to each customer at SC30 x Oakland pop-up shop with a single purchase of any Under Armour and Stephen Curry product on-site" (MERCURYNEWS.com, 1/2).
NAMES: Former USC men’s basketball assistant coach TONY BLAND yesterday "pleaded guilty to a felony count of conspiracy to commit bribery as part of a deal with federal prosecutors." He is "expected to receive probation at the sentencing April 2." Bland admitted that he "accepted a $4,100 bribe during a meeting in Las Vegas on July 29, 2017, in exchange for directing USC players to use a sports management company" led by former agent CHRISTIAN DAWKINS and financial advisor MUNISH SOOD (LATIMES.com, 1/2)....BREHANNA DANIELS, who made national headlines in '17 and '18 as the first African-American woman on a NASCAR pit crew, will be a "featured competitor" on DWAYNE JOHNSON's new reality competition series, "THE TITAN GAMES," which premieres tonight on NBC (CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.com, 1/2)....Columbus Dispatch sports reporter TIM MAY is “retiring after 42 years at the paper,” 35 of which were spent working as the Ohio State football beat writer (BUCKEYEXTRA.com, 1/2).
IN MEMORY: Former San Diego Union-Tribune sports writer JERRY MAGEE died yesterday at 90. Magee worked at the paper from ’56 through his retirement in ’08 and also wrote “award winning columns for Pro Football Weekly” (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 1/3).
