That time Gregg Popovich gave Stephen Jackson the choice between smoking weed and a championship

Nobody knows how to motivate Stephen Jackson quite like Gregg Popovich. Stephen Jackson, aka Captain Jack, spent Wednesday in Bristol, Connecticut, so we were treated to more tales from a man who has admitted to never working out in the summer and smoking weed before games during his 14-year career. In response to a question on Ryen Russillo’s radio show about his best summer league story, Jackson offered not just his best story, but the best story.

Shark Attacks 2017: Watch Australian Surfer Narrowly Avoid Massive Great White

Australian surfer Mick Fanning narrowly avoided a shark attack for the second time in three years in South Africa on Wednesday. Fanning, 36, was competing in the quarterfinals of the J-Bay Open in Jeffreys Bay in South Africa’s Eastern Cape against Brazilian Gabriel Medina when both athletes had to be pulled out of the water. Australian television footage showed the reported 8-10 foot Great White swimming around 600 meters from where Fanning and Medina were surfing.

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  The deadly history of 'J-Bay' beach as Mick Fanning dodges death AGAIN

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  Australian surfer Mick Fanning in another shark scare

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The Wizards think John Wall 'will sign his extension' ... they may or may not be right

"My prediction is John Wall will sign his extension," Wizards owner Ted Leonsis said. "He wants to be here and my goal is to have no drama."