 Charlotte native Ty Gibbs is on the pole for this afternoon's Tennessee Lottery 250 on the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Gibbs running for Joe Gibbs Racing based out of Huntersville, North Carolina. Cole Custer, the leader in the Xfinity Point standings, will start on the outside. Ryan Sieg will start third, A.J. Allmendinger fourth, and Austin Hill will start fifth. In the NBA, LeBron James intends to opt out of the final year of his contract with the Los Angeles Lakers. That's according to ESPN.