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FRIDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:MLB: San Diego at Chicago Cubs, 2 p.m. (MLB Network)MLB: LA Angels at Cleveland, 7 p.m. (MLB Network)MLB: NY Yankees at Boston, 7:10 p.m. (NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7)
AROUND THE WEB:
-- In honor of Tom Brady’s 41st birthday today, here is a story about one of his biggest fans.
“It was probably, like, the coolest thing," she said.
Then her friend suggested she make it permanent. She went to a tattoo parlor the next day.
-- LaVar Ball has noticed Kobe Bryant isn’t the biggest fan of his son Lonzo and he has a theory as to why.
LaVar thinks Bryant has been working out with Jayson Tatum and asking why the Lakers drafted Lonzo over Tatum and critiquing Lonzo because Bryant doesn’t like that Lonzo said LeBron James is his favorite player.
"How many times does a player get to play with his favorite player? Probably never. Yes. That's why Kobe don't like (Lonzo) that much. Because he said, 'I like LeBron,’” LaVar told Stadium's Sauce and Shram. "LeBron's always been his guy though."
Kind of a petty reason not to like a player but LaVar had to come up with something so he went with this reach.
E-Rod progressing faster than Red Sox anticipated