Durant last tried to buy a minority stake in DC United in '18, when a former general partner divested his sharesNBAE/GETTY IMAGES
Sources said that Nets F KEVIN DURANT on two separate occasions in the past seven years has entered into talks with DC United's ownership over a "potential purchase of a minority share of the club." Durant's first approach came in '12, when DC United's then-Owner WILL CHANG "sold a 55% stake." Those talks "stalled out when Durant and his business team decided to pursue other opportunities." Six years later, talks resumed when former DC United General Partner ERICK THOHIR "decided to divest from the club entirely." Durant was "looking to buy a minority stake in the team" -- under 10% -- and the two sides "re-started negotiations." The most recent talks failed because DC United "felt Durant did not want to pay market value for his share" (THEATHLETIC.com, 10/24).
SPICING THINGS UP: In N.Y., Corban Goble profiles former NFLer ANTHONY "SPICE" ADAMS, who has gained popularity online through his "posts on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter," which have "served 100 million impressions in July," up 20% from June. Adams has "learned to monetize his online presence, fueling a living from the view counts, branding opportunities and sponsorships that were unthinkable during his inauspicious nine-year career" as a DT for the 49ers and Bears (N.Y. TIMES, 10/25).
NAMES: Video game streamer MICHAEL "SHROUD" GRZESIEK is leaving Twitch for Mixer, marking "another coup in the fledgling Microsoft service's bid to take on its larger Amazon-owned rival." The move comes after TYLER "NINJA" BLEVINS made the same switch in August. Grzesiek is currently the "eighth-most-watched streamer on Twitch" (ADWEEK.com, 10/25)....Late Texans Owner BOB MCNAIR will be honored at the Houston Sports Awards with the '20 Lifetime Achievement Award on Jan. 21. He will be honored alongside the Houston Sports HOF Class of '20 featuring former Rockets coach RUDY TOMJANOVICH and Gold Medal-winning Olympians MARY LOU RETTON and CARL LEWIS (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 10/25)....ROGER PENSKE on Thursday received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor (DETROIT NEWS, 10/25)....U.S. figure skaters MAIA and ALEX SHIBUTANI are collaborating on a middle grade book series from publisher Penguin Young Readers. The first book from the brother-sister duo is called "Kudo Kids: The Mystery of the Masked Medalist" (AP, 10/24)....URBAN MEYER visited with U.S. Sen. JOHN THUNE (R-S.D.) at his office on Thursday (POLITICO.com, 10/25)....JOSE CANSECO is unveiling his latest business venture -- Showtime Car Wash -- in Las Vegas on Saturday (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, 10/25).
