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Here’s what “King James” had to say about his inevitable march towards the summit of the league’s scoring ladder: LeBron James finished last season with 37,062 points. Even before his campaign ended, basketball analysts were already projecting when he’ll dethrone Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s reign as the career-scoring king. With 89 points the magic number now, he could conceivably get the record in just two games. He will have to average 44....

Never mind that James never played at the university. King James, of course, went straight to the NBA out of high school. Upon further review, it makes sense. James is a native son of Akron. And the LeBron James Foundation announced last year that it will partner with the school to award scholarships that would send up to 2,300 Akron-area students to the university. By the way, if you’re collecting the whole set of 2015-2016 Zips bobbleheads, the school will also have special nights honoring former Zips greats Dru Joyce and Romeo Travis....

Instead, the Lakers dropped both of the games that they played with James. And against the Raptors, James exited with ankle soreness after 27 minutes of action and was ruled out for the remainder of the game. As a result, he is getting ready for another absence, and it’s just a matter of whether it will be a prolonged one. Shams Charania of The Athletic reports that James is going to miss the latter end of a back-to-back on Monday night against the Nuggets while dealing with the ankle problem....

On Thursday, Washington answered that question — sort of. It revealed the new temporary name will be the “Washington Football Team.” This update is only a short-term solution until a permanent name is adopted. MORE: Options for Washington’s permanent name change The team does not plan to change its color scheme, but it will remove any Native American imagery or mentions of Redskins from its apparel. “The decision to use ‘Washington Football Team’ for this season allows the franchise the ability to undertake an in-depth branding process to properly include player, alumni, fan, community, and sponsor input,” the team said in a statement shared Thursday afternoon....

James, who previously wanted his children to make the decision, now plans to allow fans on social media to make the call. When asked if he would return to the pregame ritual, James offered the new approach. MORE: GM survey reveals pull of LeBron | Miller basks in James applause | NBA players, then and now “I may,” James said, according to ESPN.com. “I’m going to let the fans decide and see what they think....

For their careers. MORE: LeBron on social issues | Lakers get trade calls for Jordan Hill | NBA Quarter Poll What’s different about James, of course, is that he is not even 30 yet—he will hit that milestone on December 30. No player in the history of the NBA has logged that much mileage at such a young age. Since he entered the league in 2003, James has been something of a human anatomy experiment....

The fact LBJ is setting a poor example on the court 11 games into his return season with the Cavaliers is just plain bad. MORE: Celebrities at NBA games | Friday’s stats | Must-see shoes James knows this, and to his credit he called himself out after Cleveland fell to 5-6 with a 91-78 loss to the Wizards in Washington. On the other hand, it’s a terrible sign that the best player in the game is pouting in the first month of the season....

MORE: Ranking the rematches | West blasts LeBron critics And not just any Beats By Dre headphones — gold-plated Beats By Dre headphones. Richard Jefferson told the world of the gifts via what has become his must-follow Snapchat account: The inscription James chose for the music-listening devices provides the real motivation, though, as the Cavs look to avoid losing to the Warriors for the seventh straight time and, more importantly, going down 0-2 in the Finals....

The Miami star has sure had fun against his old nemesis this season. James scored a season-high 42 points and the Heat tuned up for a showdown with Oklahoma City by beating the Mavericks 117-106 Tuesday night. The 10-time All-Star was nearly impossible to stop in the first game after the break, topping his previous season high of 39 points in a win over Dallas in Miami in November. This victory completed Miami's third straight season sweep of the Mavericks — six consecutive wins — since losing to them in the 2011 NBA Finals, James' first season after his celebrated signing with the Heat....

The 21-year-old impressed for Sauber in his debut Formula One season last year and was signed to replace Kimi Raikkonen at Ferrari. He has joined forces with four-time world champion Vettel and has already made an impression during pre-season testing in Barcelona. Leclerc now hopes to pose a “problem” to team principal Binotto, who looks set to prioritise Vettel as the team’s star driver. “Obviously I will be happy if I get used to this car as soon as possible and I’m straight on the pace,” Leclerc said in quotes reported by Sky Sports....

The annual awards show brought out Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso to introduce Brad Paisley, who was performing and hosting the show. The CMAs were held on a Wednesday, but it felt like a true Saturday morning when Corso pulled out an enormous Paisley mascot head reminiscent of his weekly picks. MORE: Questions about CFB Playoff rankings | Jim Harbaugh’s “natural steroids” If that wasn’t enough, Paisley had real mascots on stage with him during his performance!...

The famed Korean star skyrocketed to international fame following the phenomenal whirlwind success of Squid Game, the Netflix K-drama about a deadly survival competition, which remains the streamer’s most popular series of all time. In one of his first in-depth interviews with a major U.S. publication, speaking to Newsweek from Seoul, the South Korean capital where he’s “currently focused on post-production” for Hunt ahead of its general release in August, the veteran actor reflected on the highly anticipated second season of Squid Game and being “tormented” by his character....

The Leeward Islands lost the season opener to the Windward Islands. The latter side batted first and posted a total of 284 runs on the board. In response, Nitish Kumar notched up a century for the Leeward Islands, but they fell short by 31 runs. Barbados, on the other hand, managed to get only 91 runs on the board from 29.3 overs while chasing a target of 236 in a rain-curtailed game....

Zeldin, a Republican representing New York’s First Congressional District comprised of Eastern Long Island, has now seen several polls showing him trailing by single-digits despite New York’s strong Democratic lean. His campaign has largely focused on crime, accusing Hochul and other statewide Democrats of being “soft on crime.” As the midterms inch nearer, Schoen Cooperman Research released a new poll showing Hochul only 6 percentage points up against Zeldin, according to the New York Post....

Leeds United produced one of their best attacking displays of the 2021-22 Premier League season to beat West Ham United 3-2 at the London Stadium last weekend. Jack Harrison scored a brilliant hat-trick for Marcelo Bielsa’s men as they moved nine points clear of the relegation zone. Leeds beat Burnley in their first fixture of 2022 at home and the team seems to have found their attacking zeal once again....

The Left for Dead 2 demo is due to release at 11:00 pm PST on October 27th (Demo release delayed for PC users) 2:00 am PST on October 28th, exclusively for those who have pre-ordered. Pre-ordering the game also scores you the unlock for the in-game baseball bat allowing you to play T-ball with some zombie skulls. I’m not sure how they’ll limit the use of a melee weapon to only those that pre-ordered....

While the new screen shots are taken directly from the trailer, and don’t provide much insight into the DLC for Xbox 360 and PC users, the trailer shows various impossible scenarios for our favorite zombie slayers. For those following along with the recently released Left 4 Dead comics on the other hand, they have a much closer look into the new campaigns. Personally I feel the comics have too many spoilers and will be waiting for the gameplay to make my sacrifice....

The upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild channel is available to subscribe to starting Wednesday, August 9. Nintendo Switch users can tab to their Switch news section from the home menu, tap their Breath of the Wild subscription feed, sign up for Tips from the Wild, and begin reaping the rewards. Simply for keeping up to date on what’s been posted in the news channel, players will be gifted certain in-game items....

All hopes of winning the Champions League were resting on the 6’5″ figure. The calm, experienced eyes reflected the anxiety of thousands of Red Devil maniacs with their hands clasped praying to God. Edwin van der Sar positioned his 37 year old body in front of the goal fully aware that his calculations had gone miserably wrong. As he concentrated on the seventh penalty, he realized Nicolas Anelka would try something different this time....

With Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt and Phil Neville entrusted to work alongside the United interim boss and Gary Neville having long since presented his apparent tactical wisdom in the TV studios for Sky Sports, there appeared to be a clear pathway to managerial success for the quintet even if their more famous former team-mate David Beckham had already insisted the managing lark was not for him. “I think that he is the one man they should go to, really,” Sir Alex Ferguson said in presenting a case for Giggs to be given the United job on a permanent basis....