Gimmicks are good bait, but cash is often the better lure

2013 free agents DWIGHT HOWARD and CHRIS PAUL. Source: nba.si.com

CHICAGO – In the ongoing lovefest that is the Dwight Howard courtship, a Dallas restaurant chain – Raising Cane's – is offering the free agent Lakers center free chicken fingers for life if he decides to leave Los Angeles and pitch his tent under the warm Texas sun.

According to the Dallas Morning News, the freebie could be worth as much as $192,628, assuming Howard, who grabs rebounds with the same passion as he devours chicken fingers, will eat the $10.80 six-finger Caniac combo every day until he is 76, the average age expectancy of males here in the United States.

Federer and Sharapova exit in Wednesday Wipeout

MARIA SHARAPOVA of Russia receivees medical attention during her women's singles tennis match against Michelle Larcher De Brito of Portugal at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. (AP) Source: http://www.indianexpress.com

LONDON (Reuters) - Wimbledon king Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova endured jolting second-round losses to opponents outside the world top 100 in a freakishly dramatic 'Wednesday Wipeout' that saw seven players withdraw injured and the draw shredded.

Second seed Victoria Azarenka, Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and even Steve Darcis, man-of-the-moment after his opening day victory over Spaniard Rafa Nadal, were among the casualties as the medical bulletins piled up.