In a lot of ways, LeBron James picking the Philadelphia 76ers is a storybook ending.

On Saturday morning, fans of the Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers are feeling scorned by their former hero. James brought two championships to Miami and broke Cleveland’s 52-year professional sports title drought. Both teams were in contention for James, who joined his fourth franchise in the Sixers for what he says is his final decision.

Fans in Miami thought LeBron would return to close that chapter the right way. Others in Cleveland believed that LeBron’s hometown deserved the farewell tour, and the chance for another ring.

But the documentary will end with LeBron in Philadelphia. Seriously. A film crew has been following LeBron for nearly a decade. It’ll have footage of LeBron playing with Jaylen Brown, Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey in Philadelphia uniforms.

Certainly it’ll take some getting used to. But by the end of the season? LeBron could be facing his former teams, the Cavaliers and the Heat, in the NBA postseason. In pursuit of a fifth championship, LeBron decided that bringing a title to a fourth organization would be more powerful to his legacy than winning another one in Cleveland or Miami.

And that’s what makes this decision so polarizing. The Cavs and the Heat are both contenders in the Eastern Conference.

Cleveland was on the doorstep of making it back to the NBA Finals without LeBron for the first time in the history of the Cavs. The New York Knicks swept them out of the conference finals, but the Cavs showed signs of improvement in Kenny Atkinson’s second year coaching the team.

The Heat have remained consistent playoff contenders even after LeBron left South Beach. LeBron’s Los Angeles Lakers beat the Heat in the bubble to win the 2020 NBA Championship. So there’s a complicated history. But a return to Miami to team up with Giannis Antetokounmpo would’ve improved the Heats’ title odds in this improved Eastern Conference.

Yet LeBron chose Philly, a team that traded for Brown just a few weeks ago. They’ll hope Maxey and V.J. Edgecombe continues to develop. They’ll really hope Joel Embiid can stay healthy.

But it’s a storybook ending for LeBron because he picked the most stacked roster. It’s something he’s done in every decision since he left the Cavs the first time back in 2010.

The Heat assembled a super team with LeBron, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. He returned to Cleveland as Kyrie Irving emerged as one of the best young guards in the sport, and the Cavs lucked into the No. 1 overall draft pick, something that could be traded for Kevin Love, who was an MVP candidate the year before.

Many fans were quick to assume that LeBron’s move to Los Angeles was about establishing his business ventures off the court. In Cleveland, some reporters discussed the likelihood of LeBron leaving for Hollywood during the 2016 championship parade. It felt like an inevitability.

But it was also a spot for LeBron to have plenty of control over a young roster of moveable assets. Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram and Josh Hart were packaged with three first-round draft picks (including No. 4 overall in 2019) so LeBron could team up with Anthony Davis.

The Sixers have floated the idea of trading Embiid, who has struggled to stay healthy, for the last few years. Also, if their objective is to win a title with Brown and LeBron in these next two seasons, a young star like Edgecombe could become available if the pressure cooker gets really hot to land another proven commodity.

LeBron’s deal with the Sixers is a two-year minimum deal with a player option. There’s no promise when the end of his career will be. There’s no certainty the Sixers will win a ring, or do enough in Year 1 to prove to LeBron to return to Philadelphia for another year.

In September, Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn collide in one of the biggest fights of the year, and former WBC cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellew has offered his thoughts on the fight.

Benn has not boxed at welterweight since his failed drugs test in October 2022 and he is also yet to register a stoppage win in the five fights above 147lbs that have followed. As a result, he has been keen to return to his natural division, hoping he can rediscover his knockout power.

After much speculation, it has finally been announced that Garcia and Benn will meet, as ‘King Ry’ seeks a first defence of the WBC welterweight title, since getting his hands on the belt with a win over Mario Barrios back in February.

Speaking on the ‘Fight Your Corner’ Podcast, Bellew looked ahead to the fight and admitted that the outcome could depend on how focused Garcia is and which version of the champion turns up.

“With Garcia, it’s the left-hook that is the real power shot with him. My only issue with this fight is that you don’t know which Ryan Garcia is going to turn up. 

“If the Ryan that got in with Rolly Romero turns up, that is going to lose, that is not going to be enough. I rate Rolly, as well, Rolly is a good fighter but is Ryan interested? Is he bothered? 

“Mentally, I think that Ryan is all over the place and mentally, I think that Conor Benn is so strong. To get through what he went through for all them years, mentally, he is so, so strong.”

Despite those comments, Bellew maintained that, in his eyes, Garcia remains ‘an overwhelming favourite’ due to his speed and trademark left-hook.

“Garcia is the favourite and he is the overwhelming favourite because of the qualities and the fundamentals that he has; lightning speed and a vicious left-hook.”

Garcia-Benn takes place on Saturday, September 12, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Despite initial apperances, DragonSword Awakening is not a gacha game. However, the game does use generative AI for translation purposes, though as per its Steam page no generative AI was used in the game’s content. It is an action adventure RPG (role playing game) with open world elements. Also, similar to Wuthering Waves, the art style is very reminiscent of anime.

Here’s everything we need to know about this game before you start playing it.

What type of game is DragonSword Awakening?

There are no gacha elements in the game, meaning that you need to only purchase it and any related DLC. It is a PC game, set in an open world that focuses around a character named Lute. As per the plot of the game, he is travelling towards Orbis, which is the first human kingdom. Naturally, there are evil forces to overcome which is where you, as the player, comes in.

So in DragonSword Awakening you will explore the open world, fighting monsters, adding allies to your party, and growing stronger. You aren’t exactly beholden to the story either or you can complete some side quests so that you can level up.

DragonSword Awakening: Genre and core gameplay loop

As you progress throughout the game, you will unlock more characters besides Lute, like most role playing games. Each of them have different attributes that will provide some benefits either in combat or otherwise. Additionally, in order to traverse the open world you can even unlock different mounts.

The combat of the game is very hack ‘n’ slash with different swords and other bladed weapons. Luckily, since there aren’t any microtransactions so you can unlock all of them through simply playing the game. If the gameplay loop of fighting monsters and looting chests suits you, DragonSword Awakening may be worth your while.