Tag: Alex Rodriguez

DeMarco Murray a part of potential New York Mets ownership group

Oklahoma running backs coach DeMarco Murray is involved in a bid to purchase the New York Mets alongside Alex Rodriguez and Jenifer Lopez

Oklahoma running backs coach DeMarco Murray is involved in a bid to purchase the New York Mets, per a report from ESPN.

The former Sooners running back is joined by fellow former pro athletes Alex Rodriguez and Brian Urlacher, as well as Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and actress Jenifer Lopez.

The group’s initial bid is worth $1.7 billion.

This effort currently falls just short of the $2 billion bid from hedge fund manager Steve Cohen, but the New York Post reports that Mets COO Jeff Wilpon prefers the Rodriguez-Lopez group.

Cohen was set to buy the team for $2.6 billion in February before the deal fell through.

The group led by A-Rod and J-Lo also includes Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal, Denver Nuggets center Mason Plumlee and former NFL offensive lineman Joe Thomas,

Murray played at OU from 2006-2010 before being drafted in the third round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played in the NFL for seven seasons before retiring in July 2018.

In 2014, he was named the NFL’s Offensive Player of the Year as a member of the Dallas Cowboys.

He is OU’s all-time leader in touchdowns and all-purpose yards.

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Report: NFL stars join ARod/JLo bid to buy New York Mets

Three NFL stars have joined the sports-power group headed by Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez looking to buy the Mets.

As if the Alex Rodriguez/Jennifer Lopez bid to buy the New York  Mets didn’t have enough star power, it added plenty of muscle with the news Monday three NFL players have joined their power group seeking ownership.

ESPN reported Hall of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher, Super Bowl champion Travis Kelce and 2014 NFL Offensive Player of the Year DeMarco Murray are part of the ARod/JLo pursuit.

“We couldn’t be more excited to have such high-quality individuals as part of our group,” Lopez and Rodriguez told ESPN.

The group has already submitted its initial bid of $1.7 billion. Hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen has made a top bid so far of $2 billion, according to a report by the New York Post. Mets COO Jeff Wilpon would prefer to sell to the Rodriguez-Lopez group if its offer is close to the best bid at the end of the auction, according to the Post.

Rodriguez and Lopez have put $300 million of their own money toward the bid. Other investors include future offensive lineman Joe Thomas, who spent his entire career with the Cleveland Browns, two-time NBA All-Star Bradley Beal from the Washington Wizards, and Denver Nuggets center Mason Plumlee.

The ESPN report was able to get quotes from the new investors:

“Being a former athlete and having a chance to be a part of a group trying to purchase a professional team, it’s pretty cool,” Urlacher told ESPN on Monday. “It’s especially cool to be involved with Alex. Alex is the man. You’ve got Kelce, Joe Thomas, DeMarco Murray. It’s great to be in a group with them.”

Added Chiefs tight end Kelce, “This is a crazy opportunity. I had a chance to meet Alex Rodriguez a couple years ago and just told him how much of a fan I was as a kid of him. I’m very thankful for the success that I’ve had in the NFL, to have an opportunity like this come across the table. I couldn’t think of a more unique set of people to be in charge of this.

“Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez are a star-studded couple that have gotten to where they are because they work their tails off. And they’re good human beings. I thank them for letting me be a part of this.”

Chiefs TE Travis Kelce part of ownership group looking to purchase New York Mets

Kelce could soon be a partial owner of the New York Mets.

Kansas City Chiefs tight end could soon be a part-owner of a professional sports franchise.

According to ESPN’s Vaughn McClure, Kelce has joined up with an all-star group of athletes to bid on the New York Mets baseball franchise. Kelce joins athletes such as Hall of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher, former Cowboys RB DeMarco Murray, former Browns offensive lineman Joe Thomas, former Yankees shortstop Alex Rodriguez and his fiance Jennifer Lopez.

McClure says that this group has been reported as the preferred choice by Mets COO Jeff Wilpon. They’ve officially submitted a bid for $1.7 billion dollars, which is $300 million less than the offer that New York hedge fund titan Steve Cohen reportedly submitted. It’s possible that even with a lesser offer, New York could opt to choose this group.

“This is a crazy opportunity,” Kelce told McClure. “I had a chance to meet Alex Rodriguez a couple years ago and just told him how much of a fan I was as a kid of him. I’m very thankful for the success that I’ve had in the NFL, to have an opportunity like this come across the table. I couldn’t think of a more unique set of people to be in charge of this.”

Kelce grew up as a Cleveland Indians fan in Cleveland Heights, Ohio and has long had an appreciation for baseball.

The New York Mets have won six NL East pennants, five NL titles and two World Series titles since the teams’ inception in 1962. They last appeared in the 2015 World Series, facing the Kansas City Royals. The Mets lost the series in five games to Kelce’s neighbors across the parking lot at Kauffman Stadium.

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Alex Rodriguez: I thought that what he …

Alex Rodriguez: I thought that what he tried to do in baseball is one of the greatest accomplishments in his career. He’s getting on a bus and playing Double-A. That’s one of the hardest leagues to play in because that’s where all the great pitching goes, the fire ballers throwing north of 95 miles an hour. The weather was north of 95 degrees, and you’re on buses, not on planes. Unfortunately, the benchmark as a great, Hall-of-Fame hitter is .300. Because you’re Michael Jordan, you’re going to be judged on a completely unfair barometer. For him to have a hitting streak, to hit north of .200, and to steal so many bases, I just thought it was remarkable.

Green Bay Packers will feature ARod and JLo in 2020

The Green Bay Packers have their own ARod and JLo in quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers and Jordan Love.

ARod and J Lo are everywhere. Their reach has extended to Green Bay and the NFL.

No, not the loving couple of Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez. Rather, the Packers’ quarterback exacta of Aaron Rodgers and Jordan Love.

The Packers took the Utah State quarterback in the first round Thursday, sparking a buzz the great Rodgers might not be welcoming to the future of the franchise at QB.

Love, however, says nothing could be further from the truth. Rodgers reached out and connected to the draft pick.

Green Bay GM Brian Gutekunst said Love should be prepared to watch and learn much in the way Rodgers did when he was chosen and was behind Brett Favre for the first three years of his career.

Could Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez really buy the Mets?

What I’m Hearing: USA TODAY Sports’ Gabe Lacques breaks down the likelyhood that Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopen could own the Mets and what obstacles lie ahead for them.

What I’m Hearing: USA TODAY Sports’ Gabe Lacques breaks down the likelyhood that Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopen could own the Mets and what obstacles lie ahead for them.

Russell Wilson and Ciara auction off double date for charity

Seahawks QB Russell Wilson and his wife Ciara are auctioning off a double date with them through Fanatics’ All In Challenge.

Seattle Seahawks star quarterback Russell Wilson and his wife, Grammy-award winning singer Ciara, are continuing to find innovative ways to help the Seattle community, many who are suffering thanks to the stay-at-home order in response to COVID-19.

After pledging meals to feed the needy, Wilson and Ciara are now taking part in the All In Challenge, an auction event sponsored by Fanatics that is donating 100% of the proceeds to Feeding America, Meals On Wheels, World Central Kitchen and No Kid Hungry.

The auction item up for bid is a double date with Wilson and Ciara, where they will agree to take the winner and one guest to dinner at one of their favorite restaurants. The winner will be flown out to the destination by Wilson and Ciara – via Wheels Up, another of Wilson’s charitable endeavors.

Wilson and Ciara announced the auction on Twitter, with Wilson extending the challenge to another pair of celebrity couples: former baseball star Alex Rodriguez and singer/actress Jennifer Lopez, as well as singer John Legend and model/actress Chrissy Teigen.

The bidding began at $10,000 dollars, and was already up over double that at the time of this writing.

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WATCH: Former Met Paul Lo Duca calls Alex Rodriguez ‘one of the fakest people out there’

Paul Lo Duca, who played for 11 years in MLB, says he’s not buying the “new and improved A-Rod.”

Former New York Met Paul Lo Duca is not holding back his feelings about New York Yankee-turned-analyst Alex Rodriguez, calling him “one of the fakest people out there.”

Lo Duca made that claim in an interview with New York radio station WFAN on Monday:

“People know I’m not a fan, and I’m sorry,” Lo Duca said. “Never will be a fan. I just think he’s one of the fakest people out there…. The way he gets put on a pedestal now is beyond me.”

Lo Duca and Rodriguez both were named in the Mitchell Report, the 409-page bombshell from 2007 that listed 89 Major League Baseball players alleged to have used steroids or performance-enhancing drugs. But Lo Duca says A-Rod’s repeated lies over the years have put him back in the public’s good graces.

Here’s a longer excerpt from his conversation with WFAN:

“I was in the Mitchell Report, something I’ll never be proud of and something that was a mistake of mine a long time ago,” he said. “But I owned up to it. I didn’t lie. Owned up to it immediately, it was over with, and people can judge me the way they want to judge me. … But when you completely lie about it for years after years after years after years, you cash in $260 million and people are like, ‘Well, he’s successful,’ well, hell yeah, he’s successful. … So, now his relationship with [Jennifer Lopez] has taken him to a level that he’s a saint. Give me a break!”

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Former Met Paul Lo Duca calls Alex Rodriguez ‘one of the fakest people out there’

Paul Lo Duca, who played for 11 years in the bigs — including two seasons with the New York Mets — says he’s not buying the “new and improved A-Rod.”

Paul Lo Duca, who played for 11 years in the bigs — including two seasons with the New York Mets — says he’s not buying the “new and improved A-Rod.”

Alex Rodriguez says he would ‘certainly look at’ buying the Mets

He didn’t say “no” when asked about it on The Tonight Show.

New York Mets fans who are hoping for a change in ownership might have been excited when there was a New York Post report last month that Alex Rodriguez could be a potential buyer after a deal with billionaire Steve Cohen fell apart.

So when A-Rod appeared on The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon asked him to comment on the report, and the good news for those very same Mets fans is … he didn’t say no.

Rodriguez answered that he loves New York City and grew up a Mets fan, then added, “If the opportunity came up, I would certainly look at it.”

Not only would that be the most fun, but the tabloids would have a field day with Rodriguez’s Mets vs. Derek Jeter’s Miami Marlins in the NL East.

Here’s him talking about how nervous he was before fiance Jennifer Lopez performed at the Super Bowl (where he filmed himself dancing):

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