SEAHAWKS HELP A YOUNG FANS WISH COME TRUE (4 photos)A great big shout-out to the Seattle Seahawks for giving Kevin Lee a great day during the first day of their minicamp on Tuesday. Kevin’s visit from the team was sponsored by the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Kevin, 12, of Farmington Hill, Michigan, has a life-threatening congenital heart condition. His wish for the day was to spend a day with his favorite team: The Seattle Seahawks.
After introducing myself and the topic I wanted to discuss with him, I asked Jones about the perception that Christians and gays cannot get along, and whether that dynamic creates a conflict for the two communities.
“There’s not a conflict,” Jones said. “People are people and God tells us to love everybody. And so that’s what I do.”
“Now, do I condone what they’re doing? No, I don’t think it’s right. But, am I going to go out there and not talk to them? Am I going to go out there and be hateful and mean to them? I think that’s ignorant.
- 49ERS ANNOUNCE $220 MILLION NAMING RIGHTS DEAL WITH LEVI STRAUSS & CO. - The San Francisco 49ers have scored the West Coast’s biggest ever naming-rights deal, saying today that legendary San Francisco jeans-maker Levi Strauss & Co. will put its name on the team’s new Santa Clara stadium when it opens next year.
The company will pay $220.3 million to the city of Santa Clara and the 49ers over 20 years, and Levi Strauss has the option of extending the deal for another five years for an additional $75 million. The total contract, which averages out to about $11 million per year, is believed to be at least the fourth highest in NFL history and is more than the naming-rights deals scored by the San Francisco Giants, Oakland Raiders and A’s, Golden State Warriors and San Jose Sharks — combined.
Levi Strauss will be promised four huge signs around the stadium, a pair of 50-yard-line luxury suites, 52 club seats, access to host four events per year at the stadium and plenty of extra perks that come with joining the family of an NFL team. Most notably, the company can even tap star players such as quarterback Colin Kaepernick to woo customers and have coach Jim Harbaugh come in to pump up employees. (Photo: 49ers.com)
DID YOU KNOW?
Chicago Bears safety Tom Zbikowski is an accomplished boxer. Before being drafted by theBaltimore Ravens with the 86th overall pick, he made his professional debut in the famed Madison Square Garden while he was still a member of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, where he was also an All-American and team co-captain.
Zbikowski’s last fight was in 2011, and his records currently stands at 4-0 with 3 KO’s. When asked why he doesn’t box more often, he said the following:
“I simply love football more.”
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