{"id":739943,"date":"2026-08-16T16:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/739943\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T16:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T16:00:26","slug":"lebron-launches-golf-youtube-channel-with-2016-cavs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/739943\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron launches golf YouTube channel with 2016 Cavs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia 76ers superstar LeBron James launched a YouTube <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@LeBron\/videos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">golf channel<\/a> Saturday with a debut episode featuring members of the 2015-16 title-winning Cleveland Cavaliers.<\/p>\n<p>James, J.R. Smith, Tristan Thompson, Richard Jefferson, Channing Frye, and Kevin Love compete in a 3-on-3 scramble at Castle Stuart Golf Links at Cabot Highlands, Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m looking forward to people seeing this first episode, which was the trip of a lifetime with my teammates. We got to play golf and catch up in some of the most beautiful settings I&#8217;ve ever been in,&#8221; James told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/lebron-james-starts-youtube-golf-channel-exclusive-trailer-1236673598\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Hollywood Reporter&#8217;s Tony Maglio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Golf has given me the challenge I need as a competitor,&#8221; James added. &#8220;Just having a lot of fun, learning the game, practicing and playing as much as I can.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The channel will release new episodes monthly, Maglio adds.<\/p>\n<p>James inked a two-year deal with the 76ers in free agency ahead of a record-extending 24th NBA season. The league&#8217;s all-time leading scorer spent two spells in Cleveland that included leading the organization it its first ever championship in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The 41-year-old and business partner Maverick Carter are also reportedly nearing an <a data-in-app-uri=\"thescore:\/\/\/news\/3572599\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thescore.com\/nba\/news\/3572599\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">agreement<\/a> with ESPN for a behind-the-scenes documentary series similar to Michael Jordan&#8217;s &#8220;The Last Dance.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia 76ers superstar LeBron James launched a YouTube golf channel Saturday with a debut episode featuring members of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-739943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}