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Mamba mission: How Kobe Bryant’s immense legacy still influences today’s superstars

Mamba mission: How Kobe Bryant’s immense legacy still influences today’s superstars

LaMelo Ball looked up, flung his shooting wrist and unleashed a smile that seemingly said it all — the effect of Kobe Bryant. “You throw a little piece of paper in the sky and yell, ‘Kobe!’” Ball told Yahoo Sports. Ball isn’t someone who would’ve considered the late Kobe Bryant a big source of inspiration, but as a Southern California kid who was coming of age during the back end of Bryant’s prime — their birthdays are separated by a day, with Bryant born Aug. 23 and Ball a day… Source link

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Sean Taylor deserves better than a wire mannequin and Dan Snyder’s repeated abuse of his legacy

Sean Taylor deserves better than a wire mannequin and Dan Snyder’s repeated abuse of his legacy

I am sick for Sean Taylor’s family. Again. Because once again the Washington Commanders franchise — to be more specific, we mean team owner Dan Snyder — exploited the memory of the beloved slain safety for cheap public relations points. Via a cheap mannequin it is calling a “permanent memorial installation.” In advance of Sunday’s home game against Atlanta, which was the 15th anniversary of the day Taylor was killed in his Miami-area home by intruders who didn’t expect the rehabbing young… Source link

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Serena Williams ends career with third round loss, but her tennis legacy will only grow

Serena Williams ends career with third round loss, but her tennis legacy will only grow

Ajla Tomljanovic beat Serena Williams in a thrilling three-hour battle on Friday night at the US Open. (Al Bello/Getty Images) Serena Williams, the icon, the legend, the GOAT, has lost in the third round round of the US Open, marking her final match as a professional tennis player. Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic beat Williams on Friday night in a thrilling battle, 7-5, 6-7 (7-4), 6-1, at Arthur Ashe Stadium. The three-hour match had a wild, lengthy comeback that ended with a heated tiebreak in… Source link

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Gennadiy Golovkin badly needs to beat Canelo Alvarez as his legacy hangs in the balance – Yahoo Sports

Gennadiy Golovkin badly needs to beat Canelo Alvarez as his legacy hangs in the balance – Yahoo Sports

Gennadiy Golovkin made life-changing money for each of his two bouts with Canelo Alvarez, earning an eight-figure paycheck in each, but his career took a decided turn in the wrong direction even though most neutral observers felt he’d won both of the fights. Golovkin and Alvarez fought to a split draw in their first fight, on Sept. 16, 2017, with Golovkin retaining the WBA-WBC middleweight belts. Alvarez won a majority decision in the next outing, on Sept. 15, 2018, and took the titles from… Source link

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Google’s finally straightening out its legacy free G-Suite mess

Google’s finally straightening out its legacy free G-Suite mess

Almost five months after Google announced that it was going to make G-Suite legacy free edition users start paying for their accounts, it seems to finally have a path in place that most people will be happy with. According to 9To5Google, there’s now a no-cost option that’ll let people keep using their G-Suite accounts for personal use, and signing up for it won’t involve a song and dance of joining a waitlist or transferring data between accounts. In January, Google announced that… Source link

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President Mark Emmert’s failing legacy of leadership

President Mark Emmert’s failing legacy of leadership

On Tuesday, the NCAA announced Mark Emmert would step down as its president, either once his replacement is found or by June 30, 2023. The distant departure date allows the Association to find a new leader and Emmert to continue to receive paychecks which, considering his approximate $2.7 million annual base salary, should be around $112,500 every couple of weeks. Emmert certainly learned long ago that when it comes to “amateur sports,” the grift never ends. The decision was supposedly… Source link

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Arkady Volozh: Founder of Yandex’s legacy is at threat due to Ukraine war

Arkady Volozh: Founder of Yandex’s legacy is at threat due to Ukraine war

It took Arkady Volozh 20 years to build Yandex into Russia’s Google, Uber, Spotify and Amazon combined, says Wired – and just 20 days for “everything to crumble”. The country’s preeminent tech giant has been so stricken by the Ukraine war that there are doubts about its survival – at least in its current form. Western sanctions have led to Yandex’s shares being frozen on US stock exchanges, which in turn has led shareholders to seek repayment on convertible note guarantees,… Source link

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Serena and Venus Williams Reveal Plans to Become BodyBuilders In Harper’s Bazaar Legacy March Issue

Serena and Venus Williams Reveal Plans to Become BodyBuilders In Harper’s Bazaar Legacy March Issue

Serena, 40, and Venus Williams, 41, graced the cover of March Harper’s Bazaar wearing black one-piece bathing suits and with their melanin dripping in Cartier jewelry. The tennis champions modeled an assortment of fashionable high-end ensembles that Serena posted on her Instagram grid.   The Williams sisters spoke with the magazine about their careers, father Richard Williams, and their plans to retire from playing tennis. “From such a young age, all we’ve done is work,” Venus, 41,… Source link

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