10 Sports That Need Jay-Z's Help
The WNBA isn't the only sport lacking Hov's swag-ic touch.
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10 Sports That Need Jay-Z's Help - Jay-Z's Roc Nation Sports is expanding. Hov's new agency recently announced that it had signed Skylar Diggins, who was scooped up by the Tulsa Shock as the third pick in this year's WNBA draft. Diggins was a star at Notre Dame, where her scoring skills and pretty looks famously made her the apple of Lil Wayne's eye. With Hov and Skylar on board, the long-overlooked WNBA will get a much-needed injection of cool. But there are other sports that could use Jay-Z swag-ic touch as well. Read on to see what we mean. (Photo: Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
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Hockey - Recent reports say that Jay is also interested in signing potential No. 1 NHL draft pick Seth Jones. Think of all the dope "ice" rap metaphors this will inevitably lead to! (Photo: James Devaney/FilmMagic)
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Swimming - Michael Phelps puffs the green and Ryan Lochte has diamond fronts — sounds like these swimming superstars would fit in perfectly at Roc Nation. (Photo: James Devaney/WireImage)
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Skateboarding - Boarding is doing just fine image-wise without Jay, but we figured he might want to ink a skater just to make his rival Lil Wayne a little more angry after he signed his crush, Skylar. (Photo: James Devaney/FilmMagic)
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Baseball - The declining African-American presence in the sport Jackie Robinson worked so hard to desegregate is already well documented. Jay-Z, signing other high-profile baseball players along with New York Yankee slugger Robinson Cano, could hopefully help reverse that. (Photo: Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
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