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Reigning Super Bowl champion Aaron Donald has just signed an agreement with Donda Sports, a firm owned by Kanye West.

Donda Sports is a company that produces sportswear for brands or athletes who want to get their own products.

Aaron Donald, 31, has been the best defensive player in the NFL for a few years. The Los Angeles Rams ‘ No. 99 led his team to top honors last February by winning Super Bowl LVI.

“I think it’s a hell of a opportunity to open up a lot of different doors and a lot of different things outside of football that I wanna be involved in, that I wanna do, that my wife wanna do,”Aaron Donald said on the I AM ATHLETE podcas.

InDonda Sports, rapper and businessmanKanye West teamed up with star receiver Antonio Brown. Theseven-time Pro Bowl selection in his career left the Tampa BayBuccaneersbefore the end of last season.

In addition to making music,Kanye Westis a successful businessman.

His fortune is estimated at $2 billionaccording to Forbes magazine.

Colin Kaepernick gets a professional tryout with the Las Vegas Raiders , nearly six years after he last played in the NFL.

Controversial quarterback Colin Kaepernick will finally get a chance to showcase himself again. On Aug. 25, 2016, while lining up with the San Francisco 49ers, the then-at-the-top-of-his-game athlete took a knee during the playing of theU.S. national anthem to protest racial injustice and police brutality in the United States.

The gesture was then echoed by dozens of players around the league. The protest made a big splash, so much so that then-U.S. President Donald Trump challenged the league’s owners to release anyone who engages in the movement started by Colin Kaepernick.

Sosince 2016, Colin Kaepernickwas persona non grata in the NFL.

That was all before the decision of LasVegas Raidersowner Mark Davis. According to ESPN, the businessman wants Kaepernickto have a tryout with his club, and who knows, carve out a position as a quarterback.

Despite being denied the opportunity to play his favorite sport for nearly six years, the now 34-year-old never changed his mind or his beliefs. He has been an advocate for black rights in the United States ever since, as the organization Know Your Rights Camp. During all these years, Nike, the main sponsor of the footballer, has never let him down.

Such a story has obviously caught the attention of Netflix, which has produced a series about the life of the activist footballer, Colin in Black & White airing in October 2021.

Colin Kaepernick has accumulated 12,271 yards and 72 touchdown passes in six NFL seasons. More importantly, the 49ers went to three consecutive NFC Championship games while he was the starting quarterback.

Boxer Oleg Prudky, a 30-year-old Ukrainian World Series of Boxing participant, died while fighting on the front lines in his country’s war with Russia.

According to the Ukrainian Boxing Federation, Oleg Prudky was a two-time Ukrainian champion and a participant in numerous international tournaments, including the European Junior Championships.

The exact circumstances of Prudky’s death are not known.

The Cherasky Boxing Federation announced the news on Instagram: “Another tragedy in our boxing family. One of the best boxers of the Cherkasy region, Oleg Prudky, died in the East…. Rest in peace!”

Other Ukrainian celebrities have been fighting the Russian invader since the conflict began last February. These include tennis players Andrei Medvedev and Sergiy Stakhovsky. Members of the group Kalush Orchestra, winner of the Eurovision 2022 music contest, are also on the front line.

It is estimated that more than 6,000Ukrainians have died since the beginning of the conflict with Russia, including 256 children. More than 15,000 Russian soldiers have also died.

Alex Rodriguez still wants a Major League Baseball team.

Former New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez is reportedly interested in becoming a shareholder of the financially troubled Florida Marlins .

The former slugger could thus realize his dream of owning an MLB team. What’s more, his hometown team. In 2020,Alex Rodriguez and his former fiancée Jennifer Lopez came in second in their bid to buy the New York Mets.

The Florida Marlins, owned byBruce Sherman and associates, have suffered significant financial losses since they purchased the team fromJeffrey Loria for $1.2 billion (US) five years ago. Among other problems, the Marlins are drawing 15,000 fewer fans per game than thenew owners’ original goals.

According to the New York Post, citing a person close to Alex Rodriguez with knowledge of the talks, the former Yankeesaid his interest “would depend on the price.”

A-Rod, since retiring, has been a savvy investor. Last May, he became a co-owner of the NBA‘s Minnesota Timberwolves.

Lionel Messi, the striker of Paris Saint-Germain, is the first in the world ranking of the highest earners in the world of sports.

The new ranking of the specialized magazine Forbes shows that soccer players and basketball players are the best paid in the world of sports.

Lionel Messi earned 130 million dollars (US), taking into account his on-field contracts and sponsorship deals in the last 12 months. The Argentinean has earned in the last 12 months, 75 million from his Parisian club and 55 million dollars (US) from his sponsors.

For Lionel Messi, it is a return to the throne of the highest earners in the world of sports, after having raptured title in 2019.

LeBron James of theLos Angeles Lakers ($121.2 million) and Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United ($115 million) were the only other athletes to earn at least $100 million last year.

Of note,Conor McGregor, last year’s No. 1 earner, is excluded from this year’s top-0. TheUFC fighter has not been very active in recent months. Last year, he also hit the jackpot by selling his companyProper No. Twelve Irish Whiskey.

A regular in this ranking, Switzerland’sRoger Federer is the athlete who has earned the least from his sport. The tennis player received $700,000 for his sports performance, and $90 million from his sponsors.

Here are the top-10 highest paid athletes in 2022.

1. Lionel Messi, soccer ($130 million)
2. LeBron James, basketball ($121.2 million)
3. Cristiano Ronaldo, soccer ($115 million)
4. Neymar, soccer ($95 million)
5. Stephen Curry, basketball ($92.8 million)
6. Kevin Durant, basketball ($92.1 million)
7. Roger Federer, tennis ($90.7 million)
8. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, boxing ($90 million)
9. Tom Brady, soccer ($83.9 million)
10. Giannis Antetokounmpo, basketball ($80.9 million)

Shohei Ohtani is having a terrific season. The pitcher, who is also a fearsome hitter, has just given a historic performance with theLos Angeles Angels.

The 27-year-old Japanese, last season’s American League MVP, was on the mound yesterday to face theRed Sox at Fenway Park in Boston.Hitting third in the batting order and making his first start as a pitcher at Fenway Park, Ohtani became the first starting pitcher to hit in one of the first four positions at the ballpark since Babe Ruth did so on September 20, 1919.

In addition to accomplishing a 100+ year old feat,Shohei Ohtani didit with panache. He batted safely in 2 of his 4 appearances, producing a run in the eighth inning.The Angels took advantage of the excellent performance of their pitcher who recorded 11 outs at bat to win 8-0.

Angels manager Joe Maddon still can’t believe what an outstanding player number 17 is for the Angles.

“I hope you don’t start taking this for granted. Like it’s an old thing,” the manager told the media after the game. “It’s so unusual. It’s out of this world, at this level of this game.”

On the mound,Shohei Ohtani was equally impressive. In the win,Ohtani threw a season-high 99 pitches,including 81 of his 99 pitches for strikes, whichis also a career high.

The Japanese native seemed to enjoy the experience of being atBoston’siconicFenway Park, like Babe Ruth in 1919.

“This is one of my favorite stadiums. I was looking forward to pitching here, and I felt like it left a really good impression.”

On the Red Sox side, pitcherRich Hillcouldn’t help but notice his opponent’s brilliance.

“He’s the best player in the league. I think that’s one thing everyone can pretty much unanimously agree on. It’s special to see someone like him. I think everyone should really appreciate what we’re seeing because it’s something we haven’t seen in 100 years and may not see again for another 100 years.”

Phil Mickelson has reportedly lost more than $40 million while gambling, according to a book to be released later this month.

SportswriterAlan Shipnuck, a former golf reporter for Sports Illustrated, will release Phil’s biography : The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf’s Most Colorful Superstar. In it, he depicts the colossal losses the golf champion suffered between 2010 and 2014.

The biographer explains thatPhil Mickelson was raking in tens of millions a year during those yearsofgambling losses. Still, his gambling addiction could have put him over the edge.

“During those years when he was making the most money, his income was estimated at just over $40 million a year. That’s an obscene amount of money, but once he paid his taxes, he only had about $20 million left. Then he had to pay for his plane and residences, plus his agent, caddy, pilots, chef, personal trainer, swing coaches and various others,” the journalist explains.

The biographer comes to these conclusions after studyingthe government auditthat looked intoPhil Mickelson ‘s caseduring those years.

Alan Shipnuck points out thatMickelson’ s separation from his longtime caddie, Jim “Bones” Mackay, in 2017involved hundreds of thousands of dollarsinback pay that the golfer owed his caddie.

These financial losses may explain whyPhil Mickelsonwanted to turn his back on thePGArecently to join a new professional tour called theSaudi Golf League, run by former golferGreg Norman.

The Saudi Golf League, backed by the Saudi government, has promised players huge sums of money and guaranteed fees for fewer tournaments than they play on the PGA Tour. However, the PGA Tour has threatened to ban any player who participates in this initiative.

ThePhil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!)Biographyof Golf’s Most Colorful Superstarwill be released on May 17.