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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. DeAndre Thompkins Jersey . -- Suburban Detroit officials say they rejected a $384 million offer in June to buy the Palace of Auburn Hills.Oakland County said in a statement Monday to The Detroit News it was acting in a fiscally responsible manner on behalf of taxpayers when it rejected the proposal that would have allowed the home of the Detroit Pistons to be leased back to the team.County Executive L. Brooks Patterson tells WWJ-AM he was not real happy with the risk of owning a stadium and not owning the team.The Palace and Pistons are both owned by Tom Gores Platinum Equity group. Word of the rejected offer earlier was reported by Crains Detroit Business.There has been talk about the possibility of the Pistons moving from Auburn Hills to downtown Detroit. Seth Joyner Jersey . Speaking to the Chicago Tribune at baseballs Winter Meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Boras called the former home of the Expos a "tremendous environment" for baseball. Dallas Goedert Jersey . R.J. Umberger scored twice to lead the Blue Jackets to a franchise-record for consecutive wins with a 5-3 victory Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Kings. http://www.cheapeaglesjerseysauthentic.c...n-gibson-jersey . Three came down to the fourth quarter while quarterbacks continued to shine in all four games; so important to the overall quality of the game. After Roy Jones Jr. scored a 10-round shutout decision against journeyman Rodney Moore on Aug. 13 in front of his hometown fans in Pensacola, Florida, despite suffering a torn right biceps midway through the fight, Jones said he was strongly considering retirement.After all, at age 47, Jones was way past his prime but on his way to the International Boxing Hall of Fame as one of the sports all-time greats, having won world titles in four weight classes -- middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight -- and reigned as the pound-for-pound king for most of the period between 1993 and 2004.But Jones has decided to fight on, and on Thursday night, promoter David Feldman announced that Jones would face Bobby Gunn in a 12-round cruiserweight fight on Feb. 17.A news conference is scheduled for Tuesday at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, the probable site of the fight, although that was not officially announced.Jones confirmed the fight to ESPN, saying of Gunn, Hes been wanting it, so here it is.Jones (64-9, 46 KOs), who will turn 48 on Jan. 16 and will be in his 28th year as a professional boxer by fight time, has won two fights in a row against very low-level opponents since former cruiserweight world titleholder Enzo Maccarinelli, a tremendous puncher, severely knocked him out in the fourth round in Mosccow in December 2015. Marken Michel Jersey. I know Bobby Gunn is coming to bring it, Jones said. Hes a hard-nose, tough fighter that comes right at you, but Im going to show him why Im one of the best that ever did it and he doesnt belong in the ring with me.Gunn (21-6-1, 18 KOs), who turns 43 later this month, is best known for his exploits as a bare-knuckle fighter. He claims to be 72-0 with 72 knockouts in bare-knuckle fighting.As a boxer, he is a journeyman who has lost three bouts in a row, to Glen Johnson, James Toney and Tomasz Adamek, who knocked him out in the fourth round of a cruiserweight world title bout in 2009.Gunn, a Hackensack, New Jersey-based Canadian, has not boxed since 2013 and has fought only twice since 2009, the losses to Johnson and Toney, both former world champions who were way past their best days when they faced him. Gunn also got knocked out in the first round by Maccarinelli in a 2007 cruiserweight world title fight.Gunn has wanted to fight Jones for years.Its an honor to share the ring with a legend like Roy Jones, Gunn said. Ive been chasing him for a few years now, and on Feb. 17, I will catch him.Feldman said the fight would be televised on pay-per-view but offered no details. Wholeslae Jerseys NFL Jerseys Cheap Wholesale NBA Jerseys Cheap NHL Jerseys Cheap MLB Jerseys Wholesale Soccer Jerseys Cheap College Jerseys Cheap Football Jerseys Cheap Basketball Jerseys Cheap Baseball Jerseys ' ' '