Lebron James' 10-Year-Old Son Is Already Getting Recruited

Shortly after a video of Lebron James Jr.’s skills went viral, his dad revealed that colleges have already reached out to his son with offers.

At 10 years old, Lebron James Jr. has already shown promise as a successful athlete, and scouts are already expressing interest in recruiting him for college ball.

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Seriously, the kid is GOOD. Here he is dominating at John Lucas All-Star Weekend, one of the most competitive youth basketball tournaments in the country.

The video was posted on Feb. 23 and has more than 4.7 million views on YouTube.

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In an interview with a local radio station in Detroit on Tuesday, Lebron James admitted that his son has recently garnered the attention of some university athletic departments.

"Yeah, he's already got some offers from colleges," he said. "It's pretty crazy. It should be a violation. You shouldn't be recruiting 10-year-old kids."

That's not to say the Cleveland Cavalier forward does not recognize his son's prowess on the court, and how similarly the two play the game.

"It's crazy, he plays just like I did. He has great awareness and he'd rather pass first and set guys up. Most kids nowadays just want to score."

The elder James did not specify which colleges had reached out to his son, or discuss the scholarships they offered.

Guess we'll have to wait another eight years before finding out where Lebron James Jr. decides to take his talents. In the meantime, he and his younger brother, Bryce, will continue to rock cool kicks and backpacks at school.

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Ex-Louisville Basketball Player Chris Jones Charged With Sexually Assaulting Two Women

Ex-Louisville guard Chris Jones was charged with raping one woman and sodomizing another. Jones pleads not guilty.

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The Journal-Courier reports that the warrant for Jones' arrest says that the alleged sexual assaults occurred on Sunday, February 22, and that the accusers were hospitalized and identified Jones as an assailant.

The woman recognized Jones "as a University of Louisville basketball player" according to the warrant.

Another warrant says that Jones, along with two others, forced a woman to perform oral sex and intercourse. She was taken to the hospital where she also identified Jones.

One of the women is 19 and another woman is 20, according to the warrant.

Two other men are charged along with Jones, Tyvon Walker and Jalen Tilford, each charged with one count of rape and one count of sodomy.

Jones plead not guilty to the charges on Thursday. His lawyers said in court that he is falsely accused.

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MLB Players Will Attend Mandatory Domestic Violence Education Program

Commissioner Rob Manfred says the league is still working to set a well-structured domestic violence policy.

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The Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Royals, and Chicago Cubs will be the first teams to attend the courses, which will be coordinated by Futures Without Violence, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that takes a multi-point approach to ending violence against women.

Futures Without Violence was founded by Esta Soler, a leading advocate for the Violence Against Women Act during its passing in 1994. Futures Against Violence has existing programs specifically aimed to educate and motivate men to prevent domestic violence.

Players who are not on the 40-man roster during spring training will attend a separate domestic violence education program.

In December 2014, representatives from professional sports leagues, and their respective players unions, attended a Senate hearing to address domestic violence in sports. Though the NFL took most of the heat during the hearing, Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri pointed out that during his 22 years as MLB commissioner, Bud Selig never once punished a player for domestic violence.

On Tuesday, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said the league is working with the MLB Players Association to implement a new disciplinary policy for incidents of domestic violence.

Per the Associated Press , "Baseball's collective bargaining agreement...allows the commissioner or a team to impose discipline, but doesn't say of what sort, if a player is charged with a crime 'involving the use of physical force or violence, including but not limited to, sexual assault, domestic violence, resisting arrest, battery, and assault.'"

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High School Girls Basketball Teams Busted After Playing To Lose Against Each Other

The teams from Riverdale High School and Smyrna High School, both in suburbs of Nashville, were removed from the playoffs, placed on probation for a year, and fined $1,500 by the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association.

Two Tennessee high school girls basketball teams have been removed from the postseason after they both tried to intentionally lose a game against each other.

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In letters to both schools, the TSSAA said that the programs were being punished because the teams made a "mockery of the game" by trying to lose on purpose.

The TSSAA said they did so because neither wanted to be seeded third in the post-season tournament.

According to an account by the game's referee, Riverdale started out in a 2-3 zone, which was not usual for the team.

The Smyrna coach soon realized what was going on, according to the referee, and decided to swap in his second team. Riverdale then did so as well.

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Female Wrestler Criticizes WWE Executive Over Unfair Pay

WWE Diva A.J. Lee has lashed out at WWE executive Stephanie McMahon on Twitter over the unfair pay and screen time given to female wrestlers.

This is A.J. Lee. She's a WWE Diva, the name given to female wrestlers in WWE.

She's a three-time WWE Divas Champion and one of the most popular female wrestlers in the roster today. She's currently out of action, recovering from some neck-related injuries.

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WWE Fans Take To Twitter To Protest The Treatment Of Women Wrestlers

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Tonight's WWE Raw saw WWE divas Paige and Emma take on The Bella Twins... in a match lasting just over 30 seconds.

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Short matches on WWE television are very common, but the fact that the only divas match on a three-hour show got this amount of time has had people take to Twitter to protest the treatment of the WWE diva division.

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ESPN Suspends Keith Olbermann For Calling Penn State Students "Pitiful"

He didn’t care that students had raised $13 million to fight pediatric cancer.

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