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Tom Brady wins inaugural Fanatics Video games, $1M prize


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Seven-time Tremendous Bowl champion Tom Brady emerged Sunday because the winner of the inaugural Fanatics Video games, which pitted athletes and celebrities in opposition to followers in eight competitions this weekend at Fanatics Fest in New York.

Brady completed atop the 100-person leaderboard with 399.1 factors, taking house the $1 million prize. Brady, the previous New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback who’s at present a part-owner of the Las Vegas Raiders and an NFL broadcaster for Fox Sports activities, stated he’ll give $5,000 to every of the 50 followers who competed within the occasion and donate the remaining to charity.

UFC fighter Justin Gaethje completed second with 345.5 factors to win a Ferrari 812 GTS.

A fan — 39-year-old Pennsylvania trainer Matt Dennish — completed third with 326 factors to win a 2003-04 Topps Chrome Gold Refractor LeBron James rookie card, numbered to 50 and graded a 9.5 by Beckett Grading Companies. Dennish later offered the cardboard to Brady for $250,000 and a signed card and jersey from the longer term Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer, based on cllct.com.

The rivals took half in eight sports-themed expertise competitions: quarterback expertise, basketball capturing (world wide), soccer goal-scoring, baseball pitching accuracy, a washer-dryer hockey capturing problem, a WWE Famous person entrance, a UFC placing problem and a closest-to-the-pin golf problem.

Six followers had been among the many high 10 finishers. LA Clippers star James Harden (fourth) and retired New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (fifth) had been the one different athletes to complete within the high 10.