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FRIDAY'S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:NBA: Washington at Detroit, 8 p.m. (ESPN)NBA: New York at Utah, 10:30 p.m. (ESPN)NHL: Montreal at Washington, 7:30 p.m. (NHL Network)NHL: Los Angeles at Anaheim, 10 p.m. (NBCSN)
AROUND THE WEB:
-- Leonard Fournette was unharmed in a car accident earlier this week and it turns out it was a Steelers fan who rear-ended him.
The Jaguars running back was driving on Interstate 295 in Jacksonville when another car rear-ended his Maybach. When Fournette got out of the car, he saw the other car had Pennsylvania license plates.
It really was an accident, however, and not retaliation for Fournette's Jaguars knocking the Steelers out of the playoffs.
"I wasn't really worried about it," Fournette said. "But the funny thing is, it was Pittsburgh fans. Know what I mean?"
Fournette then autographed the bumper of his car for a first responder
#Jaguars RB Leonard Fournette signed the bumper of his 2017 Maybach and gave it to a first responder after someone rear-ended him on I-295. He also posed for pics. Everyone ok. Woman in an SUV cited for careless driving, causing crash. pic.twitter.com/hxwJznCQm1
— Vic Micolucci WJXT (@WJXTvic) January 16, 2018"I've got to get a whole new car," Fournette said. "But at least nobody got hurt."
-- LaVar Ball is moving forward with starting his own basketball league.
Ball filed for a trademark last week for the rights to name his new league "Junior Basketball Association," according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
The trademark application was filed on Jan. 12 under Big Baller Brand and is looking to use JBA on "athletic apparel, namely, shirts, pants, jackets, footwear, hats and caps, athletic uniforms." He also filed to trademark his logo of a Lonzo Ball dunking silhouette.
Lavar Ball reveals the title and logo of his "Junior Basketball Association" league. -"For the Culture" pic.twitter.com/LicByTq3Ui
— BagSzn (@SznNews) December 22, 2017Ball's intent is to start a basketball league to give players who want to play in the NBA the option to forgo college and play professionally.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Yeah, that is how I started. I never had done it before and then when I got up here, he always said when it gets cold and dry out, it's nice to have some extra tact. I have experimented with putting it on my throwing hand, too. It's a matter of feel and how you feel with it. It's always good to practice with it because you never know when you're going to need it. You never know what the weather is going to be." -- Brian Hoyer, on Tom Brady wearing two gloves at Thursday's practice





