Money issues caused Ball to cut ties with a co-founder of his family's Big Baller Brand in MarchNBAE/GETTY IMAGES
Lakers G LONZO BALL spoke publicly about his former business manager GREGORY ALAN FOSTER "mishandling his family’s finances" on HBO's "THE SHOP." Ball, appearing alongside LEBRON JAMES, said the alleged problems "didn’t start happening until" his mother began having health issues. Ball: "She took care of all the money. ... So that’s what really hurt me. That ... hurt." Ball "cut ties with Foster in March," and in April he and Big Baller Brand sued Foster for damages of at least $2M (L.A. TIMES, 5/5).
MEMPHIS SHUFFLE: Former NBAer ZACH RANDOLPH owns a Tennessee-based music label, N-Less Entertainment, and its "biggest act is a rising local star on the Memphis rap scene." MONEYBAGG YO's past five releases have "reached at least No. 21 on the Billboard top 200" (Memphis COMMERCIAL APPEAL, 5/4).
JOB WELL DONE: Packers Senior Advisor to Football Operations TED THOMPSON was inducted into the team's HOF Saturday night at Lambeau Field. Former Packers security chief JERRY PARINS "received the Bob Harlan Leadership Award" and former sports reporter CLIFF CHRISTL received the Bart and Cherry Starr Recognition Award (GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE, 5/5)...Spurs coach GREGG POPOVICH on Saturday night was inducted into the Air Force Athletics HOF in Colorado Springs (SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS, 5/5)....Longtime Stanford women’s basketball coach TARA VANDERVEER was inducted into the Bay Area Sports HOF last Thursday (SFCHRONICLE.com, 5/2).
NAMES: Jazz G KYLE KORVER will “replace” former U.S. Sen. BOB KERREY (D-Neb.) as Creighton Univ.’s “commencement speaker later this month” (AP, 5/3)....Texans DE J.J. WATT won the home run derby in his annual charity softball game Saturday night. The event “benefits Watt’s charitable foundation, helping groups in 37 different states” with over $5M donated since its launch (HOUSTONCHRONICLE.com, 5/4)....Packers QB AARON RODGERS attended the Kentucky Derby alongside teammates OT DAVID BAKHTIARI, WR DAVANTE ADAMS, OT BRYAN BULAGA, C COREY LINSLEY, and TE JIMMY GRAHAM, as well as Cowboys WR RANDALL COBB and former NFLer A.J. HAWK. Other attendees at the race included Patriots QB TOM BRADY, Gold Medal-winning U.S. skier BODE MILLER and actor DENNIS QUAID (GREENBAYPRESSGAZETTE.com, 5/5).
IN MEMORY: Longtime Celtics and Boston College PA announcer ANDY JICK “died unexpectedly in his sleep Friday” at the age of 66 (BOSTONGLOBE.com, 5/4).
--------- CBS' BERSON TO BE HONORED AT SPORTS FOR YOUTH LUNCHEON --------
CBS Sports President DAVID BERSON will be honored at UJA-Federation of New York’s Sports for Youth luncheon on Wednesday, May 22, at 11:30am ET at the Roosevelt Hotel in N.Y. CBS Sports announcer IAN EAGLE will emcee, and CBS Sports Chair SEAN MCMANUS will present Berson with the award. The luncheon raises funds for UJA's Sports for Youth initiative, which brings the life-changing impact of participating in sports to kids of every age, athletic ability and background. To purchase tickets or for more information: Kelly Grunther, 212-836-1423 or gruntherk@ujafedny.org
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