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WHAT’S HAPPENING LOCALLY THURSDAY:
No games scheduled

AROUND THE WEB:

LeBron James has a jersey waiting for him should he decide to try the NFL during the NBA lockout.

♦ LeBron James, looking for something to do during the NBA lockout, sent out a tweet Tuesday wondering about the deadline for an NFL team to sign a free agent. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll saw an opportunity to put his recruiting skills to work, so he offered up a tryout and tweeted a picture of a LeBron Seahawks jersey. LeBron was impressed, although Carroll warned that the money wouldn’t be same as what LeBron makes with the Heat. Tweeted Carroll: are you aware of what the League’s rookie minimum is? Tweeted back LeBron: Yeah, more than what I’m making now Coach.

♦ Mark Davis is succeeding his father, Al, as owner of the Raiders. In the San Francisco Chronicle, Scott Ostler writes that the team is “drastically and irreversibly changed,” but nobody knows if it’s for the better or worse. Ostler predicts Mark will be far more hands-off and much less controversial than Al.

♦ The fan who ran onto the golf course at the Frys.com Open Sunday and threw a hot dog in the direction of Tiger Woods spoke Wednesday and explained his thinking. “I threw the hot dog toward Tiger Woods because I was inspired by the movie ‘Drive,’ ” said 31-year-old Brandon Kelly of Petaluma, Calif. “As soon as the movie ended, I thought to myself, ‘I have to do something courageous and epic. I have to throw a hot dog on the green in front of Tiger.’ ” Kelly was arrested for disturbing the peace.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: On Oct. 13, 2003, during a 3-2 victory over the Yankees in Game 4 of the ALCS, which Red Sox player set a team record with his fifth home run of the postseason?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “For him to have to deal with this, he’s the best manager in the history of the Red Sox organization. He won two World Series, look at the run that he had there, it’s pretty remarkable. That’s the part that hurts, and whoever the person it is that’s saying this, I think they need to take a step back and kind of look in the mirror and understand what they’re saying about a guy. A lot of guys in this organization have his back, and I’m one of them.” — Dustin Pedroia, defending Terry Francona during an appearance on Wednesday’s Big Show

STAT OF THE DAY: 2 — Extra-inning home runs by Nelson Cruz in the American League Championship Series vs. the Tigers, a major league record

‘NET RESULTS: In this Funny or Die video, NBA players Tyson Chandler, Shawn Marion and Kevin Love end up at a middle school lock-in during the lockout.

Former 49ers quarterback Steve Young was the recipient of a flash mob surprise for his 50th birthday.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Todd Walker

SOOTHING SOUNDS: Paul Simon is 70 Thursday.

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