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SALT LAKE CITY — Three more stories from the world of sports.
1. Cam Newton retiring from “dabbing”; on to next celebration
For Cam Newton, his signature “dabbing” celebration ended with a Super Bowl loss to the Denver Broncos.
In an interview with a North Carolina radio station, the Carolina Panthers quarterback and reigning NFL MVP said he’s done with the dance and on to the next one.
“I have to put that aside,” Newton told WFNZ in Charlotte.
As for the next celebration? Newton said he’s not revealing anything just yet.
“I have time,” Newton said. “I have until September to find out.”
Goodbye, dab. It was fun. pic.twitter.com/7aOvFGfQ9Z
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) June 9, 2016
2. Young cancer survivor shows support for Cubs in a unique way
One Chicago boy didn’t let cancer take away his Chicago Cubs pride. While the Cubs continue to tear up the majors with a league-leading 41-17 record, 7-year-old fan Beckham Zobrist is showing his eye for his favorite ball club.
Zobrist was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, and doctors were forced to remove Zobrist’s eye to prevent the cancer from reaching his brain, WGN in Chicago reported. Though Zobrist took it well, his parents said his tee-ball teammates and friends began picking on him for having just one eye.
“This kid just started calling him a freak and we saw him just shy away," Zobrist’s mother, Erin told the station.
Erin said Beckham pleaded for a new eye for Christmas, and when that wasn’t possible, settled for the next-best option — a Chicago Cubs eye. Sure enough, his ocularist custom-made a prosthetic eye for Beckham with the Cubs logo on it.
The Cubs responded by giving a youngster a tour of clubhouse. Slugger Kyle Schwarber gave him a bat. Chicago first baseman Anthony Rizzo, a Hodgkin's lymphoma survivor, chatted with the boy, too.
While Cubs bench coach Dave Martinez told WGN the boy is welcomed back to clubhouse “any time he wants.”
“He’s my idol, and I look up to him and other kids like him that’s gone through what he’s gone through and wish him all the best," Martinez said.
3. Prince Fielder smashes fan’s phone with home run blast
Texas Rangers slugger Prince Fielder has been known to do damage to baseballs over the past few years, but this time his rampage accidently extended to one fan’s phone in the outfield stands Thursday afternoon.
“I was just looking at my phone and I heard all the screams and everybody was looking up, and I looked up and I saw the ball coming for me,” the fan, named Hope, told Texas Rangers broadcast crew during the game. “I just distinctively put my hands up and this is what happened [showing her broken phone screen].”
In addition to breaking her phone screen, Hope also lost out on the souvenir, too.
Fortunately for her, the Rangers broadcast crew gave her a gift bag to make up for the loss of her phone and the ball that did all the damage — and the Rangers went on to defeat in-state rival Houston, 5-3.
