In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].

[EX Q]: On Monday it was announced that Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James has signed a lifetime contract with Nike. It is believed to be the first deal American sportwear giant's kind, with the 30-year-old's contract worth up to $500million (£333m). Sportsmail assesses what does the enormity of the four-time MVP's deal with Nike now means for those concerned. Nike's eye-watering deal to James' is based on the assumption that he will stay scandal-free throughout the rest of his career, as well as have staying power in the many years of his life when he is no longer an active player. The sportswear company will probably base their James' model on the success of their partnership with Michael Jordan.LeBron James has signed a lifetime contract with apparel giant NikeHe previously signed a contract with Nike before graduating high schoolJames has won two NBA titles and two Olympic golds during his career30-year-old's signature Nike shoe set to surpass $400m (£265m) for 2015 
 Question:His global appeal from his on-court success alone means he is often compared to _ in the debate of who is the greatest-ever basketball player.
[EX A]: Michael Jordan

[EX Q]: Real Madrid and Barcelona have two of the most talented, and expensively assembled, teams in world football. But who would make a combined XI out of the two squads based, not on reputation, but on current form? Allow me to get ahead of the fury of the comments section. If you're Ancelotti do you pick Ronaldo? Of course you do. Cristiano Ronaldo may be the World Player of the Year, but on current form he doesn't make combined XI Our combined XI, which has no place for Ronaldo, but does feature some of the world's best players Ronaldo hasn't scored a league goal from open play in a month, and Gareth Bale is preferred on the wingReal Madrid travel to the Nou Camp to face Barcelona on SundayBarca are top of the league, one point ahead of their great rivalsCristiano Ronaldo is out of form this year, so misses out on Clasico teamBut Messi, Bale and Suarez make up formidable front three 
 Question:There is also only one player who has scored with a direct free-kick for _ this season... and it isn’t Ronaldo it’s Bale.
[EX A]: Real Madrid

[EX Q]: A Texas man found with puncture wounds on his wrist and a live snake in his vehicle has died from a suspected bite. Austin-Travis EMS Cmdr. Mike Benavides said Wednesday that the 18-year-old man passed away at St. David's Round Rock Medical Center. No cause of death was immediately released. Authorities are trying to determine whether the victim, who was treated for cardiac arrest, was bitten by a serpent. Late Wednesday afternoon, the deceased was identified by a Williamson County official as Grant Thompson, of Temple. DailyMail.com can now reveal that Thompson, described by greiving friends on social media as a life-long animal lover, worked in his mother's pet shop, Fish Bowl Pet Express, in Temple.Grant Thompson was found by Austin, Texas, paramedics suffering from cardiac arrest inside his parked Kia SoulOfficers seized from his car one non-venomous snake, six tarantulas and one bullfrogA cobra the 18-year-old owned was missing from its cage in his home in Temple, Texas 
 Question:According to a statement released to _, the snake was not venomous.
[EX A]:
DailyMail.com