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Spencer Brown celebrates being drafted by diving through table

Something tells us Buffalo Bills fans are really going to enjoy third-round pick Spencer Brown. After all, we don’t know many rookies who would pay homage to their new team’s fanbase by diving through a table.  That’s exactly what Brown did after the Bills drafted him Friday. Brown climbed up on a chair to get some height, double-tapped his elbow and dove right through the table, splitting it in half. Brown’s form was great, and his dive was well-executed. As far as Bills’ table-diving stunts… Source link

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Saturday’s Google Doodle Celebrates Physicist Laura Bassi

Bassi married a doctor, who was also an anatomy lecturer at the university, and they had 8 children. Google Saturday’s Google Doodle honors physicist Laura Bassi, the first woman to earn a doctorate in science. Bassi spent much of her 46-year career exploring the physics of electricity and popularizing Isaac Newton’s ideas about motion and gravity. She also fought for decades to be allowed to teach, research, and publicly present her work on the same terms as her male… Source link

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Google celebrates the Metropolitan Museum of Art with Special Doodle

It’s a big day in the world of New York City art: today marks the 151st anniversary of the founding of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Google is celebrating the best way it knows how: with a special Doodle. Head to the search engine’s homepage and you’ll notice an animation created by Google artist Erich Nagler featuring 18 objects from the Met’s own collection. The Doodle is viewable in over 20 countries. Image: Courtesy Google “I actually began working on this Doodle last year, to… Source link

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Verizon Media celebrates Black History Month

NEW YORK – February 1, 2021 – Yahoo, part of Verizon Media, today launched its “Make Space for Black Voices” campaign to honor Black History Month. The programming includes a celebratory Yahoo logo in partnership with creative artist Janel Young, as well as new video series and on-air interviews celebrating Black changemakers, and a special livestream event featuring different industry leaders. Through an emphasis on e-commerce, the campaign will also spotlight Black-owned businesses… Source link

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Google Doodle celebrates James Naismith inventing basketball in Springfield

You may recognize a product of Springfield, Massachusetts featured on Google’s homepage Friday. It’s called “basketball.” You may have heard of it. Friday’s Google Doodle is aimed at celebrating the life of Dr. James Naismith, who is best known for inventing the game of basketball in 1891 during his time at the YMCA International Training School, which is now Springfield College. The Google Doodle is a regular feature on the search engine’s homepage where the service’s logo is… Source link

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Google celebrates inventor of Basketball, James Naismith

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – James Naismith, the Canadian-American who invented the game of basketball, was celebrated with a Google Doodle on Friday. On December 21, 1891 Naismith held the first-ever game of basketball as the physical education teacher at the YMCA college in Springfield. When an article about the game rules titled  “A New Game” was published in the college newspaper on January 15, 1892, basketball became popular. The doodle that Google made up to… Source link

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