Who is Freddie Freeman's Stunning Wife?
Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman is coming off his best season in the big leagues. The slugger won the 2020 National League MVP award after crushing 13 home runs and hitting .341. He became the first Brave to win the award since Chipper Jones took home the hardware in 1999.
Braves fans cheered Freeman on from their homes in 2020 and into this season, but no one was rooting harder for him to earn the title “NL MVP Freddie Freeman” than his wife Chelsea.
The 31-year-old Freeman is married to his loving and supportive wife Chelsea Freeman. The pair began dating in 2011 and tied the knot in 2014 at St. Regis Bal Harbor in Miami, Florida.
In 2014, Chelsea appeared on TLC’s “Say Yes to the Dress.”
According to Heavy.com, she was formerly Chelsea Goff and attended the University of Central Florida, where she also worked as a model. She modeled at gigs for brands like Harley Davidson and Ferrari. She’s also worked as a real estate agent for Keller Williams Real Estate, per her LinkedIn.
They have three children together.
Freddie Freeman was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the second round of the 2007 MLB Draft out of El Modena High School in Orange, California. After a few years in the minor leagues, Freeman made his Major League Baseball debut in 2010.
He earned his first All-Star Game appearance in 2013 after hitting 23 home runs, driving in 109 RBIs and logging a .897 OPS. The following year, he signed an eight-year, $135 million contract extension with the Braves. He’s currently in the last year of that deal.
Freeman returned to the All-Star Game in 2018 and 2019 before stepping up his game during the 60-game 2020 season and winning the Most Valuable Player award after hitting .341 with a 1.102 OPS during the shortened regular season. He helped lead the Braves to the NLCS for the third time during his career, but fell short of a World Series berth.
While the Braves haven’t won it all during Freeman’s tenure, the first baseman is certainly finding success when it comes to raising a family.
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Mike Tyson’s Daughter’s Tragic Death Drove Him to Cocaine
Iron Mike has been a polarizing figure in the sports world for as far back as many can remember. The former heavyweight boxing champion and Brooklyn, New York native famously bit Evander Holyfield’s ear in 1997, once told Lennox Lewis he wanted to eat his children and has allegedly fought a great deal outside of the ring.
Tragedy struck in 2009 when Tyson’s 4-year-old daughter Exodus died.
She was playing on a treadmill in her mother’s home in Phoenix, Arizona, when she accidentally hung herself with a treadmill cord that was handing from the exercise machine. Her 7-year-old brother found her and alerted his mother, who called 911 and began CPR. She was taken to a nearby hospital and placed on life support but was declared dead the day after the tragic accident.
Tyson was in Las Vegas at the time but immediately flew to Arizona upon hearing the news of his little girl.
“The Tyson family would like to extend our deepest and most heartfelt thanks for all your prayers and support, and we ask that we be allowed our privacy at this difficult time,” Tyson said in a statement at the time. “There are no words to describe the tragic loss of our beloved Exodus.”
In one of the most bizarre, tear-filled interviews you’ll see of Mike Tyson, he recounted Exodus’s death to HBO’s “Real Sports.”
When HBO’s Bernie Godlberg asked if Tyson was a changed man following the loss of his baby girl, he offered a pretty shocking response.
The interview then abruptly ended by Tyson asking Goldberg to leave. Tyson could then be seen crying.
“I gotta grow up. It’s tough,” Tyson said. “I gotta be a man and stop crying.”
No, Mike. Even world heavyweight champions are allowed to cry, especially for an incident so devastating and sudden.
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What Happened to Plaxico Burress?
There was a time when Plaxico Burress was the most dominant wide receiver in the NFC, NFL, and NYC.
The former New York Giants star was one Super Bowl into a Hall of Fame career in 2008. He hadn’t attended a Pro Bowl yet, but he had just caught the winning touchdown pass in a Super Bowl victory over Tom Brady and the seemingly invincible New England Patriots.
After Super Bowl XVII, Plaxico Burress and the New York Giants were primed to run it back. Everyone in the Giants organization believes the 2008 squad started as the best they’ve ever had, from kicker to coach.
Burress was a believer as well, and the former first-round pick spent his offseason planning his next parade. It was a parade that would never come.
New York would be Super again, but not with Plaxico. Somewhere between Super Bowl XLII & XLVI, Plaxico disappeared. Most NFL fans know the story, but do they know the man?
Plaxico Burress is more than just one mistake, whether that mistake occurred in sweatpants or not.
What happened to the Norfolk, Virginia, native, and where is he now?
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Katherine Webb Gave Up Her Model Life to Become a Mom
With 4 minutes, 22 seconds left in the first quarter of the 2013 BCS National Championship Game — and the Alabama Crimson Tide out to a quick two-touchdown lead over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish — the sports world was officially introduced to former Miss Alabama USA Katherine Webb.
Little did she know that she was even on camera or that the moment would actually change her life forever.
At the time, Webb was a student at Auburn University and had already been crowned Miss Alabama USA in 2012. For this story, and for her career, perhaps her best title back then was being Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron’s girlfriend.
So when ESPN cameras found her, Webb instantly became the “lovely lady” everyone wanted to find out about.
ESPN announcer Brent Musburger and color analyst Kirk Herbstreit sure had some nice things to say. The rest of America did, too.
In a matter of hours, Katherine Webb became a celebrity, from New York to Los Angeles. Her Twitter account went from 2,000 followers to more than 160,000. “A.J. McCarron girlfriend” began trending and was searched over 1 million times on Google. She also received several job offers.
Donald Trump offered her a job to be a Miss USA Judge, given her experience as a contestant for Miss Alabama and Miss Georgia when she was in high school.
She covered Super Bowl XLVII for Inside Edition, was a contestant on ABC’s Splash, and became a bikini model in the 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
Webb also starred in a very risqué Carl’s Jr. commercial.
Katherine Webb-McCarron and her husband A.J. McCarron got in engaged in 2014 and tied the knot a couple of months later in Alabama.
Their personal life isn’t fully known, but the former Miss Alabama winner admits she traded Hollywood for a family.
The couple first welcomed to two boys: Tripp and Cash Carter.
Then, during the coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19 outbreak, the NFL quarterback and former beauty queen announced they are expecting their third child.
In April 2021, Webb-McCarron announced the birth of their new baby boy, Gunnar Cruz McCarron, on Instagram.
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Who's Ready for Georgia Football in 2021?
Some college football teams ease their way into the season with games against lowly, non-conference opponents. Not the Georgia Bulldogs.
In looking to return to the College Football Playoff, there will be plenty of early tests for head coach Kirby Smart.
In 2020, the ‘Dawgs looked strong and ended the season with a Peach Bowl victory. They have the chance to go much further than this year.
The Bulldogs kick off the season at Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium against Dabo Swinney and the Clemson Tigers. By no means will the marquee matchup against a perennial championship contender be easy, but it will be incredibly exciting.
Georgia been preparing for big moments like these, and now it’s time to put their string of strong recruiting classes to the test.
Following a home game against the UAB Blazers in Athens, SEC play kicks off in Week 3 against the South Carolina Gamecocks.
While the ‘Dawgs will play teams such as Vanderbilt, Auburn, Kentucky, and Tennessee, this schedule is notable because of the teams Georgia won’t have to face. There is no Alabama, LSU, or Texas A&M on the docket for the Bulldogs in 2021, meaning that a 10-2 or even 11-1 regular-season record is certainly within reach.
As is tradition, UGA will travel to Jacksonville, Fla., for a neutral site game against the Florida Gators on October 30. For rivalry week, the Bulldogs will take on their in-state contemporaries, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
The Georgia Bulldogs only have three “true” conference road games in 2021. They’ll travel to Nashville, Auburn, and Knoxville, in addition to the two neutral-site games.
The SEC Championship Game takes place on December 4, and there is a great chance the ‘Dawgs will be playing in Atlanta.
Football season is slowly inching closer, and fans have to start getting excited for the CFP potential this team has.
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Al Horford Married The Tallest “Miss Universe” of All Time
NBA player Al Horford loves the game of basketball, and he also loves his wife, 2003 Miss Universe Amelia Vega.
Like Horford, Vega is from the Dominican Republic, and she holds a trifecta of records for her Miss Universe 2003 win: She was the first Dominican woman to win the title; she won the competition at 18 — making her the youngest winner since 1994 at the time — and she’s the tallest Miss Universe winner ever at 6-foot-1.
Horford and Vega met in Boston during the Latin Pride Awards over a decade ago. Horford played for the Atlanta Hawks at the time.
The two didn’t start dating until four years after their first encounter. On December 24, 2011 at a surprise wedding disguised as a regular party, the couple got married at Vega’s uncle’s home in the Dominican Republic.
The former Miss Universe owns two boutiques called “Essence by Amelia Vega” in Miami that boast large followings on social media. She also has some pipes and released her album “Agua Dulce” in 2011. She is the niece of Grammy-winning vocalist Juan Luis Guerra.
The OKC center and the former Miss Dominican Republic have four children together. Their son Ean was born on February 23, 2015. Their second child, daughter Alia was born on November 27, 2016 — Horford missed a Boston Celtics game for her birth. They welcomed their second baby girl, Ava, on July 12, 2018.
In February 2020, Horford and Vega welcomed another baby girl, Nova, to the family.
Horford, a five-time NBA All-Star and All-American with the Florida Gators, was averaging 12 points and 6.9 rebounds for the Philadelphia 76ers before the 2019-20 season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. They were swept in the first round of the playoffs during the NBA Bubble restart.
Horford now plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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Get Your Roll Tide on with Alabama Gameday Apparel
A recent study ranked the 10 best fan bases in college football. You know who wasn’t on the list? The Alabama Crimson Tide. Yep. The Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, and LSU made it, but not Alabama. I’m just as shocked as you. I get it, there’s marketing science based behind these findings, but come on. Alabama fans, we can do better.
It’s time to go to a game and show some school spirit. If you’re planning a trip to Bryant-Denny stadium, get your Alabama apparel ready. If you’re not game day ready, we’ve got exactly what you need.
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Who's Ready for Alabama Football in 2021?
The Alabama Crimson Tide will always be king of the SEC. Head coach Nick Saban won his sixth national championship in Tuscaloosa after the school’s most prolific Tide offense ever rolled everyone, including Notre Dame and Ohio State, last season.
The 2020 season was one to remember for Alabama diehards. Wide receiver Devonta Smith won the Heisman Trophy. Quarterback Mac Jones gave him a run for his money, too. Even running back Najee Harris finished in the top five in voting.
Last year, Alabama played an entire 10-game regular season schedule featuring only conference opponents during the coronavirus pandemic. That included SEC East teams like Kentucky and Missouri. Still, that didn’t stop Alabama from pummeling teams week in and week out on ESPN and CBS.
Alabama’s 2021 slate features our beloved non-conference cupcake teams like Mercer, Southern Miss, New Mexico State and even Miami (yeah, ACC fans, I called the Hurricanes a cupcake team). The SEC schedule is slightly more daunting on the road.
‘Bama will travel to Gainesville to take on the Gators in September. Saban’s squad will also have to travel to College Station and Starkville to take on Texas A&M and Mississippi State, respectively, in October. At the end of November is everyone’s favorite: an Iron Bowl matchup against Auburn in The Plains.
That doesn’t mean Crimson Tide fans don’t get some thrillers at Bryant-Denny Stadium in 2021. After opening with Miami in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Alabama has home dates with Mercer, Southern Miss, Ole Miss, Tennessee, LSU, New Mexico State and Arkansas. This might look like a tough schedule for an SEC team, but no schedule is too tough for Alabama.
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How Allen Iverson Secured a Huge Lifetime Deal
Allen Iverson is one of the most dynamic players in National Basketball Association history. His ball-handling skills put defenders on skates, and he could score at will.
Iverson enjoyed a 14-year career and is regarded as one of the best point guards ever. He won scoring titles, egregiously stepped over opponents after breaking their ankles, and even crossed Michael Jordan.
The Answer brought swagger and personality to the game. He was unapologetically himself on and off the court, which led to controversy at times. However, Iverson’s attitude was admirable. He never backed down from a challenge and left his guts on the court.
Allen Ezail Iverson was born on June 7, 1975, in Hampton, Virginia. He attended Bethel High School where he excelled in football and basketball. On the gridiron, Iverson played quarterback, running back, kick returner, and defensive back.
On the hardwood, he played point guard and shooting guard. AI led both teams to Virginia State Championships as a junior, earning him the AP High School Player of the Year in both sports. He also played summer basketball for the Boo Williams AAU team and won the 1992 17U AAU National Championship.
No. 3 went on to play college basketball at Georgetown University.
Iverson’s basketball career isn’t justified by solely numbers. He put on a show and sparked “ooohs” from crowds and audiences on ESPN. It’s not a stretch to say AI is one of the most important basketball players of the 90s and 2000s.
NBA Career Highlights:
— First-Overall Pick in 1996 NBA Draft
— 11-Time NBA All-Star
— 2x NBA All-Star Game MVP
— 3x All-NBA First Team
— 3x All-NBA Second Team
— All-NBA Third Team (2006)
— NBA Rookie of the Year (1997)
— NBA All-Rookie First Team (1997)
— NBA Rookie Game MVP (1997)
— 4x NBA Scoring Champion
— 3x NBA Steals Leader
— No. 3 Retired by Philadelphia 76ers
The Most Valuable Player's career peak was leading the Sixers through the 2001 playoffs all the way to the NBA Finals against Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, and the Los Angeles Lakers. Philly fell in five games. Iverson was the postseason's top scorer with 723 points.
Iverson also played for the United States Men's National basketball team. He won a gold medal at the 1995 World University Games in Japan alongside Ray Allen and Tim Duncan.
In 2003, he played for Team USA in the FIBA Americans Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Puerto Rico and won gold. The NBA superstar also represented the United States in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, where the U.S. earned a bronze medal.
AI was inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.
Over the course of his 14-year career, the professional basketball player earned an estimated $154,770,868 with four teams, per Spotrac.
He played 10-plus seasons with the Sixers, where he earned an average salary of $9,266,244. In two seasons with the Denver Nuggets, he earned an average of $18,098,438. The star point guard's biggest payday came in his lone season with the Detroit Pistons in 2008, when he earned $20,840,625. Iverson started the 2009-10 season — his final season — with the Memphis Grizzlies.
Iverson earned $437,609 with the team but had a mutual parting after only playing three games and disagreements about coming off the bench. The 2001 NBA MVP then returned to the Sixers. He played 25 games for Philly but left the team in February 2010 for personal reasons. He earned $1,029,794 in his final year.
Iverson was one of the top-10 highest-paid NBA players from 2004-2009.
Despite his earnings, Allen Iverson's net worth is estimated at $1 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
The former Sixer relished in a lavish lifestyle throughout his career. It eventually caught up to him, and in 2012 his financial situation surfaced when a judge ordered him to pay $900,000 to a Georgia jeweler. Iverson revealed he didn't have enough in his bank account to complete the payment.
Lucky for Iverson, he signed a lifetime endorsement deal with Reebok in 2001 that pays $800,000 per year. Additionally, the shoe company set aside a $32 million trust fund for Iverson that he won't be able to access until he turns 55 in 2030.
AI's game was something else, but the way he played with his heart on his sleeve is legendary.
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Who is Roger Goodell’s Wife?
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell isn't the most popular individual among fans and even some NFL players and head coaches, often being met with a chorus of boos while appearing at games, including the Super Bowl, or announcing picks at the NFL Draft.
While the Commissioner isn't beloved among many fans of the league, he has a staggering net worth and all the support he needs from his family, most notably his wife, Jane Skinner Goodell.
Roger Goodell has been married to Jane Skinner since 1997 and together the couple have twin daughters who were born in 2001. The Goodell clan resides in Westchester, New York, nearby where Goodell grew up in Bronxville.
Skinner was raised by a wealthy family in Lake Forest, Illinois, and attended Lake Forest High School. Her father served as Secretary of Transportation and White House Chief of Staff under President George H.W. Bush.
Similarly, Goodell's own father, Charles Goodell, was a U.S. congressman and senator.
Skinner herself is a former media member who spent 12 years working for Fox News. She spent time as a news anchor for the network and hosted the show "Happening Now" alongside Jon Scott, as well as "Sunday Best."
Prior to working at Fox, she got her start in the industry in Duluth, Minnesota, where she was a political correspondent for the KBJR television station. She retired in 2001 to take care of her daughters.
Skinner came under fire in 2017 after The Wall Street Journal reported on an anonymous Twitter account under the pseudonym Jones Smith (@forargument), which frequently clapped back at those slandering Goodell on the platform.
It turned out the fake Twitter account was actually run by Roger Goodell's wife Jane Skinner, who admitted to the WSJ that she acted out of love in order to defend her harshly scrutinized husband.
"I'm always bothered when the coverage doesn't provide a complete and accurate picture of a story," Skinner told Sports Illustrated.
The social media account has since been deleted, but one tweet while the account was active responded critically to an ESPN article about the National Anthem protests, writing, "Reads like press release from players' union. You can do better reporting."
Skinner's faux Twitter account also responded to similar critical comments from notable accounts such as NBC's Pro Football Talk. It's certainly not easy being the wife of the commissioner of the National Football League, but her actions on Twitter certainly didn't help ease the criticism of her husband.
Skinner seems to have cooled her jets on coming to the defense of Goodell since the Twitter incident went public, but you can bet your bottom dollar that she'd stand up for him again if need be.
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Ray Rice Was Run Out of Football, But Where is He Now?
Ray Rice will go down as one of the most controversial NFL players of all time.
The former Baltimore Ravens star was as consistent as any other running back in professional football, but a 2014 domestic violence arrest ended his career instantly.
What has Rice been up to after his time in the NFL ended?
Ray Rice had an impressive high school career and opted to remain close to home and play for Rutgers. The New Jersey school may not be competing for a College Football Playoff berth anytime soon, but they were a force in the Big East when Rice attended.
Over three years with the Scarlet Knights, he rushed for 4,926 yards and scored 50 touchdowns.
After an impressive college career, Rice declared for the 2008 NFL Draft and got taken in the second round by the Baltimore Ravens. Head coach John Harbaugh leaned on him often and Rice became a premier running back in the league.
Rice represented the AFC in the Pro Bowl three times, and the Ravens won a Super Bowl in 2012 with Rice on the roster.
In 2014, the wheels fell off of Rice's NFL career. Video footage obtained and distributed by TMZ showed Rice assaulting then-fiancee Janay Palmer (now Janay Rice) in an Atlantic City casino.
Rice was charged with aggravated assault, and Commissioner Roger Goodell suspended him for two games. The Commissioner received ample amounts of criticism for this sentence, as many deemed it much too short.
The Ravens released Rice from his contract in September of that year, and he has yet to crack an NFL team's roster since.
Ray Rice is finished in pro football and won't ever receive a second chance. It is hard to blame any team for not wanting to be associated with him, but it is interesting to ponder why Kareem Hunt hasn't received the same treatment.
He was suspended while on the Kansas City Chiefs for a similar infraction, but after serving his suspension, he signed with the Cleveland Browns and still has a prominent role.
These days, Ray Rice has worked as a running backs coach for New Rochelle High school's football team. He used to dominate games against the Bengals, Browns, and Steelers twice a year, but that feels like a lifetime ago.
No amount of apologies will be enough to give him a spot in the NFL.
Rice has made appearances on ESPN's Outside the Lines and CBS This Morning to help rehabilitate his image.
Although he said he felt physically and mentally healthy for the first time while speaking with Gayle King, it would be shocking to see the former NFL Pro Bowler take the field ever again.
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Derek Jeter Dated A-List Celebrities Before Marrying a Supermodel
Former New York Yankees superstar Derek Jeter was one of the hottest commodities in sports throughout his playing days, both on and off the baseball field.
The superstar MLB shortstop was arguably the most eligible bachelor in the nation during his heyday, and he took advantage of the single life.
While Jeter eventually settled down and married his wife Hannah Davis, his dating history is proof the professional baseball player enjoyed it while it lasted.
Derek Jeter has been married to Virgin Islands born model Hannah Davis since 2016. They tied the knot at a wedding in Napa Valley, California.
Hannah Jeter is best known for her work as a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue model and a Victoria's Secret supermodel. Davis has also modeled for other top companies such as Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger.
She and Jeter were spotted together for the first time in 2012, but kept their relationship under wraps until their engagement. The power couple now has two children.
Their first child, baby girl Bella Raine Jeter, was born in 2017. The pair had their second daughter Story Grey Jeter in 2019.
They keep their personal life under wraps, and don't post pictures of their children on social media to maintain their privacy.
Prior to settling down with Hannah Davis, Jeter boasted a Major League dating history, having been rumored to be with many A-List celebrities.
Most notably, Jeter was rumored to be in a relationship with Hollywood actresses such as Jessica Biel and Minka Kelly.
Additionally, the Hall of Fame shortstop has been linked to Mariah Carey, Adriana Lima and Scarlett Johansson, among others.
Following his Major League Baseball career in New York City, Jeter stepped into an ownership role in the majors, taking on a key position with the Miami Marlins, who made an improbable run to the playoffs during the pandemic-shortened 2020 MLB season.
The five-time World Series champ also founded the popular website The Players' Tribune, as a way for athletes to tell personal stories from their own perspective.
While Jeter was once loving the single life, he's settled down with Davis in retirement and is now fully a family man.
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Michael Jordan Found Love Again After His Expensive Divorce
Michael Jordan is the greatest. The NBA legend has six NBA championships, five MVP awards and 14 All-Star Game selections to his name, plus the billionaire Charlotte Hornets owner's net worth speaks for itself.
MJ rose to stardom at North Carolina and for the Chicago Bulls. The superstar launched his own Jordan brand apparel under Nike and even starred in the iconic basketball movie Space Jam.
Jordan's Hall-of-Fame basketball career was portrayed in ESPN's docuseries "The Last Dance," which hit Netflix in July of 2020. The most famous basketball player of all time has maintained an unknown personal life off the court.
No. 23 has been married twice, but who are his first and second wives?
Jordan's ex-wife Juanita Vanoy was a few years older than he was when they met in Chicago, Illinois. Juanita was born in 1959 on the Southside of Chicago and worked as a model when she met the basketball superstar.
Vanoy worked as an executive secretary at the American Bar Association after modeling. Jordan's ex-wife headed the Michael and Juanita Jordan Endowment Fund and ventured into real estate later in her career.
Juanita met her future husband at a Chicago restaurant through a mutual friend in 1985 during Jordan's second season with the Bulls. Jordan wrote in his autobiography he admired Juanita because she waited for him to notice her instead of gushing over him.
Four years later in 1989, Jordan made Juanita basketball's First Lady when they tied the knot in Las Vegas while their first child, Jeffrey, was still a baby.
"The Last Dance" director Jason Hehir told The Athletic he intentionally left Vanoy out of the docuseries even though she was a major part of his career.
Jordan has three children from his first marriage -- two sons, Jeffrey and Marcus, and a daughter, Jasmine.
Jeffrey Jordan was born in 1988 and played college basketball for Illinois and UCF but didn't play professionally.
Marcus Jordan, born in 1990, also played for UCF. He once wore his dad's Nike Air Jordan shoes during a game despite UCF being signed with Adidas at the time. Adidas ended its sponsorship deal with the school but Nike signed UCF thanks to help from His Airness.
Jasmine Jordan graduated from Syracuse University, where she met basketball player Rakeem Christmas. The two made MJ a grandfather when they welcomed a baby in 2019.
Jordan and Juanita were married for 12 years before running into problems.
In 2002, they filed for divorce citing "irreconcilable differences" but salvaged their relationship for another four years. The NBA star couple officially parted ways in 2006.
Juanita received a $168 million divorce settlement, plus an undisclosed cash payment for the couple's Chicago home they shared during their 17-year marriage.
Vanoy now lives comfortably in the Kingsbury Estates section of Chicago in a $4.7 million house she bought in 2007.
Michael Jordan's Wife Yvette Prieto is who makes him happy now.
Prieto is Cuban and grew up in Miami, where she was a successful model for designers like Alexander Wang.
She was born in 1979, making her some 16 years younger than Jordan. Prior to meeting him, Prieto reportedly dated the brother of singer Enrique Iglesias, Julio Iglesias Jr.
Jordan's Cuban-American model wife reportedly caught his eye at a nightclub in 2008. Jordan and Prieto moved in together in 2009 and he popped the question in 2011.
The two eloped in 2013 near Jordan's home at the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Florida. The wedding cost more than $10 million.
At the reception in Jupiter, Florida, Jordan and Yvette celebrated with athletes and celebrities like Tiger Woods, Spike Lee, Usher, Robin Thicke and Jordan's former NBA pal Scottie Pippen.
Jordan and Yvette welcomed identical twin daughters named Ysabel and Victoria in 2014.
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Tony Romo Married a Beauty Queen & Started a Family
In terms of star status, there aren't many superstar athletes in Texas as famous as former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo. The four-time Pro Bowl football player spent his entire 13-year NFL career with the Dallas football team, where he won 78 games (but not a whole lot in the playoffs), threw 248 touchdowns and penciled himself in as one of the franchise's greatest passers.
Romo retired in 2017, transitioned to sports broadcasting and now makes more money than many current NFL quarterbacks calling games alongside Jim Nantz in the booth for CBS Sports as a color analyst.
It's no surprise that someone of Romo's stature ended up marrying a former beauty pageant queen who competed in Miss USA, but he also dated two bombshell country music stars when he was a free agent on the dating scene.
Romo's lack of success in the postseason is well-documented (remember the playoff fumble?), but he's never had a problem scoring some of the most beautiful and famous celebrities. Let's take a closer look at some of those relationships.
Romo and Jessica Simpson were the "it" couple when they dated from 2007 to 2009. They reportedly began dating in November 2007.
In December 2007, she was spotted at his game between the Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles. They stirred the sports media world when pictures of them at a Cabo San Lucas resort surfaced before a pivotal playoff loss to the New York Giants.
Romo broke up with the singer and Dukes of Hazzard star in 2009 right before her 29th birthday. He reportedly broke up with her after she met John Mayer and suspected something happened between them. The kicker? He broke up with her via email.
Romo and Carrie Underwood dated briefly in 2007 before he and Simpson were an item.
The NBC Sunday Night Football theme song singer and former American Idol winner linked up with the zero-time Super Bowl winner and briefly dated before things turned sour.
Crazy enough, Underwood went on to date Romo's future brother-in-law in 2008. Hopefully she never took a Louisville Slugger to both headlights of either of their cars.
But who is Tony Romo's Wife Candice Crawford Romo?
Candice Crawford was born on December 16, 1986, in Lubbock, Texas. She grew up near Dallas, though, and studied journalism at the University of Missouri. While in school, she won Miss Missouri USA and was one of 51 Miss USA contestants to fly out to Las Vegas for the 2008 Miss USA competition. The 21-year-old beauty queen finished in the top 10.
Crawford traded swimsuits and gowns for an on-air career as a television personality afterward.
She worked in the Dallas-Fort Worth area as a sports reporter when she met Romo for the first time, and the two began going steady in 2009. That's right, he chose a reporter instead of a Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.
Their first date was hilarious because she had to hide her parents when the starting quarterback came over because they were diehard Cowboys fans.
Romo gave her an engagement ring and made her his fiancée the following year and they officially wedded in May 2011 at Arlington Hall in Dallas.
Candice Romo didn't need to marry Tony to boast stardom in her family. She's the younger sister of actor Chace Crawford, who starred in the hit show Gossip Girl. He dated Carried Underwood in 2008 after Tony Romo did. Small world.
The Romos have showed face at Dallas Mavericks NBA games together. The former NFL player himself played on the varsity basketball team at Burlington High School in Wisconsin. Candice appears to be pretty athletic herself:
Tony Romo and Candice Romo have three sons together. First child Hawkins Crawford Romo was born in 2012, Rivers Romo in 2014 and they welcomed their third son, Jones McCoy Romo, in 2017.
Tony Romo loves being a dad.
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Tom Brady & Gisele Bündchen Are The Ultimate Power Couple
Tom Brady is one of the most celebrated athletes of all time. The 43-year-old quarterback had a remarkable tenure with the New England Patriots, skyrocketing to celebrity status while winning six Super Bowl rings in Boston.
The undisputed “Greatest of All Time” has accumulated a fortune throughout his playing career in the NFL, amassing more than $260 million in salary across his 21 years on the gridiron. And while most would assume an income like that would make Brady the bread-maker in his relationship, that isn’t the case.
Tom Brady’s wife Gisele Bündchen, a Brazilian supermodel, is reported to have a net worth of a staggering $400 million from her career in modeling. Astonishingly, her net worth is almost twice as large as that of her husband.
While Brady spent two decades in the spotlight of the sports world as the New England Patriots quarterback, Bündchen has long been a dominant force on the modeling scene. Gisele earned the title of highest-paid model in the world back in 2012, three years after she and Brady tied the knot.
According to Forbes, Bündchen made over $45 million in 2012 alone, and once again took home over $40 million from her modeling work in 2013. She's been on thousands of magazine covers for outlets like Vogue, Marie Claire, Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar and Cosmopolitan.
Quarterback Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bündchen got married in February 2009 and had two ceremonies in Santa Monica, California and Costa Rica, just over two years after they initially met on a blind date because of a mutual friend at the Turks & Frog Wine Bar in New York City.
Since the couple got together, they have continued their ascension to superstardom, but things could have been a lot different for the famed pair had they not linked up back in 2006, especially considering the esteemed dating history the signal caller boasts.
Prior to marrying Gisele, Brady was at work morphing the Pats into arguably the most dominant dynasty in the history of the NFL under head coach Bill Belichick. And while the three-time NFL MVP was wowing fans on ESPN and getting results on the field as quarterback of the New England Patriots, TB12 was also rather busy off of it.
Back in 2002, it was reported that Brady had a fling with 1997’s Playboy’s Playmate of the Year, Layla Roberts. The relationship didn’t last very long, and Roberts ended up marrying John Hilsinki in 2004.
Shortly after, Brady was rumored to have had a month-long romance with actress Tara Reid. Reid, while appearing on KIIS 1065’s Kyle and Jackie O’s radio show, admitted that she and Brady shared a kiss back in 2002.
Brady’s most renowned previous relationship (apart from his marriage to Gisele) was with Blue Bloods actress Bridget Moynahan. The pair were together from 2004-2006 and, somewhat controversially, have a child together, John Edward Thomas Moynahan.
The 43-year-old is also rumored to have had flings with a few other notable women in the past, including former Patriots cheerleader Meghan Vasconcellos, Ivanka Trump, and Britney Spears.
Tom Terrific was spotted with several notable figures during his time as a bachelor, but the same can certainly be said for model Gisele Bündchen, who's done work for high-profile brands like Louis Vuitton.
Prior to meeting Brady, Bündchen, who is from Brazil, was famously in a five-year relationship with superstar Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio from 2000-2005 before they parted ways. Bündchen discussed her relationship and eventual breakup with DiCaprio in her autobiography, Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life, which is available on Amazon.
After DiCaprio, the former Victoria's Secret model was in a short relationship with professional surfer Kelly Slater from 2005-2006.
Also before she and Brady were introduced in New York, Bündchen had a short-lived fling with actor Chris Evans, renowned for his role as Captain America, in 2006.
While both Brady and Gisele were enjoying the bachelor life, the power couple eventually settled down together, and now have two children, son Benjamin Rein, 10, and daughter Vivian Lake, 7. They both call him "Papai," which means "dad" in Gisele's native language, Portugese.
The pair frequently take to social media with posts and pics of their family, offering glimpses into their home life during the NFL offseason, including during the coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19 outbreak.
Despite the various A-list celebrities that both the six-time Super Bowl champ and one of the world's highest-paid models had been spotted with in the past, he and Bündchen have now been happily married for 12 years.
Things haven't always been perfect, as Brady told Sirius XM host Howard Stern in 2020, but they continue to stay strong.
The power couple look primed to enter retirement together when the NFL quarterback eventually ends his career following his stint with Tampa Bay Buccaneers and playing against Green Bay Packers star Aaron Rodgers. The Bucs signed Brady when he was a 42-year-old to a two-year, $50 million deal.
The Super Bowl LIII winner turned the Bucs into a playoff team in his first year in Florida, beat Rodgers in the NFC Championship Game and won Super Bowl LV against Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs on CBS.
It's still weird to not be calling him "Patriots quarterback Tom Brady." How many more Super Bowl titles does he have in him? That depends how long the best quarterback in NFL history plans on playing.
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How Much Do MLB Umpires Make?
Working as a Major League Baseball umpire sounds like one of the worst jobs in the world. No job in professional sports comes with the immense pressure and requires quick decision-making skills than the men who call balls and strikes and decide whether runners are safe or out.
Not only do MLB umpires have to worry about making the same costly blunder Jim Joyce did to ruin Armando Galarraga's perfect game in 2010, but they must be concerned with the threat of being replaced by robot umpires and being constantly ridiculed by instant replay review.
Still, there are perks to calling MLB games. Traveling the country and working inside one of the 30 beautiful and historic MLB stadiums like New York's Yankee Stadium and San Francisco's Oracle Park are pretty attractive duties. I mean, imagine going to the World Series because it's your job.
Baseball umpires must endure a long road of gaining minor league experience before earning the call-up to the big leagues. According to MLB.com, there are only 70 Major League umpires working in 17 crews of four plus two national rovers. Umpiring isn't easy, but it's worth it for those who reach the top level.
Let's dig into how one becomes an MLB umpire and earns as much as hundreds of thousands of dollars calling games.
One does not just decide they want to be a MLB umpire.
First, you must meet the physical requirements: 20/20 vision, reasonable body weight, quick reflexes and good coordination.
Most start out with some sort of high school baseball or travel baseball experience. The first step, however, is to enroll in one of the nation's two minor-league approved umpiring schools: the Harry Wendelstedt Umpire School or the Minor League Baseball Umpire Training Academy in Florida.
It'll cost you about $2,500 to enroll in one of these schools. The caveat is that only the top 15 or 20 percent of these umpire hopefuls are handpicked to partake in the Minor League Baseball Advanced Course in February. Only a select few from that group are then assigned to call games in rookie ball or Class A short-season leagues. From there, minor league umpires must work their way through the system like players do.
Some minor league umpires must spend a decade as a home plate umpire in the lower ranks before sniffing a Major League game. According to MiLB.com, these umpires make as little as $2,000 per month and as much as $3,900 per month in Triple A, which is still only about $20,000 per year considering Class AAA seasons run for less than half a year.
According to Bleacher Report, minor league umps also receive a per diem as much as $66 per day.
Professional baseball umpires don't make quite as much as the MLB player minimum salary, but they're still well off financially.
According to Career Trend, the starting rookie umpire salary is $150,000 and the more experienced umpires and senior umpires (like Joe West) rake in as much as $450,000 per year. That may seem like a lot for a regular season that lasts only six months long, but it's reasonable after factoring in Spring Training, the postseason and All-Star games.
The perks for professional umpires are impressive, too.
MLB pays for their first-class flights. They get four weeks of vacation during the regular season, which is a lot until you realize how mentally and physically draining the job is. Umpires can also earn more money by working in the postseason if they're selected for it.
According to Bleacher Report, MLB umpires make more per year than officiating crew members from the NFL and NHL. The average big league umpire makes $235,000, while the average salary for NFL referees is $188,322. The highest-paid refs are in the NBA, where the average is $375,000.
However, divide the amount of games MLB umpires must work and that number looks less appealing. NFL referees haul in more than $11,000 per game worked while MLB's officials take home less than $1,500 per game.
That's not a half-bad paycheck for traveling the United States and working baseball games.
While plans to start the 2020 MLB season amidst the coronavirus pandemic were discussed, MLB and the umpires' union agreed to a 30 percent salary reduction for the 2020 season, according to USA Today Sports' Bob Nightengale.
Some of the league's baseball players weren't happy with the MLB and MLBPA's discussions about their own pay cuts, but at least umps agreed to get America's ballparks back open.
When playoff games were in full swing on ESPN and FOX, you better believe baseball fans were curious about the salary range of the umpires they disagree with.
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Frank Caliendo’s Sports Impressions Are All Belly-Laughing Funny
Frank Caliendo has a gift, and it cannot be duplicated. Other comedians have tried and some have succeeded, especially during their stand-up shows, on podcasts, or at comedy clubs, but nobody does impressions like Caliendo. From politicians to sports figures, the list is as long as it is amazing.
For the past 20 years, Caliendo’s high energy act solidified himself as the greatest living impressionist. He had successful runs on MADtv, Fox NFL Sunday, Comedy Central Presents, and Frank TV on TBS. He’s been featured on the nation’s premiere radio and television talk shows, too, including The View, Conan O'Brien, and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
His entire life has been about comedy, including releasing six solo CDs, and there’s no sign of him slowing down anytime soon.
Impressionist Frank Caliendo knows how to push buttons, especially when it comes to sports stars. He first hit it big with his impersonation of John Madden on The Late Show with David Letterman and his career hasn’t been the same since.
Caliendo, who is from Chicago, Illinois, has done impressions of broadcasters John Madden, Jon Gruden, Charles Barkley, Mel Kiper, Adam Schefter, and Stephen A. Smith. All were performed to perfection. There’s a new one to add to the list: Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
The television sketch comedy veteran delivered a hilarious public service announcement as Jones.
“I’ve been thinking about it a lot in the shower. I have been. I have been. With all that’s been going on in the world, some things need to change. They do. They do. For example, the five-second rule. Six months ago, if I had dropped a slice of pizza on the floor, I would have picked it up, if it were under five seconds, dusted it off and eaten it. Or given it to somebody else to eat. But as of right now, I would not eat that pizza, and neither should you.”
What other voices has Frank Caliendo done? Let’s take a look at some of his best work from live shows, pregame shows, interviews with talk show hosts, and other comedy specials.
His other top impressions and impersonations include Morgan Freeman on ESPN, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Dr. Phil, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robin Williams and Jay Leno from The Tonight Show.
The hype is real. Frank Caliendo is incredible.
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Justin Verlander’s Supermodel Wife Kate Upton Helped Save His Career
Justin Verlander has one of the most successful MLB careers of any starting pitcher in recent memory, enjoying memorable stints with the Detroit Tigers and Houston Astros.
Perhaps the greatest success of Verlander's career, however, came off the baseball diamond.
The veteran pitcher settled down and got married to stunning supermodel Kate Upton, forming one of sports' most recognizable power couples.
Justin Verlander and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Kate Upton reportedly met in 2012 when they were filming a commercial and hit it off.
The pair began dating casually before eventually tying the knot in 2017 at a church in Tuscany, Italy. In 2018, the couple welcomed their first child, Genevieve Upton Verlander.
Their relationship has not been without controversy, however. In 2014, Verlander's phone was hacked, and nude photos of the pair were leaked onto the Internet. It was already a low point in Verlander's life, as he had been battling a shoulder injury at the time.
Upton told Bleacher Report the incident helped them grow stronger as a couple, and Verlander credits Upton with saving his baseball career.
In 2020, Verlander announced that he and Upton would be making donations to coronavirus charities amid the pandemic, aiming to offer assistance to first responders and healthcare workers who have put their lives on the line to combat the outbreak of the virus.
Justin Verlander made his Major League Baseball debut in 2002 as a member of the Detroit Tigers.
As a rookie in 2003, Verlander won 17 games and earned Rookie of the Year honors. He made his first of eight All-Star teams in 2004.
Verlander was the Tigers' ace for 13 years, and was a Cy Young Award winner in 2011, as well as taking home the AL MVP. Verlander dealt with various injuries in the latter half of his Tigers tenure, and one ESPN writer even suggested his best role may be coming out of the bullpen as a reliever in order to increase his longevity.
Verlander disagreed, and finished runner-up for the Cy Young award in 2016.
In 2017, Verlander was traded to the Houston Astros in a blockbuster deal.
Back in the playoffs, Verlander was dealing and made two starts against the Boston Red Sox in the American League Divisional Series. He then made two more starts against the New York Yankees in the ALCS, before helping take down the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2017 World Series.
During the World Series, Verlander recorded 14 strikeouts through 12 innings of work, capping off a heroic postseason for the Astros' ace.
Verlander and the Astros made it back to the World Series in 2019, but were defeated by the underdog Washington Nationals in a shocking upset.
The Astros and Verlander agreed to a contract extension in the 2019 offseason that would pay him $66 million over two years. Unfortunately, Verlander was sidelined after his first start in 2020 and was forced to undergo Tommy John surgery.
No matter what his loving wife Kate Upton will be right there to support him.
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What Happened to William “The Refrigerator” Perry?
Former Chicago Bears defensive lineman William "The Refrigerator" Perry has one of the most recognizable stories and nickname in the history of the NFL.
The first round pick in the 1985 NFL Draft, who had just won a National Championship with the Clemson Tigers, became a household name in his rookie season in Chi Town, but not only for his work in the trenches on defense.
While his career saw him reach monolithic levels of fame, the NFL player has endured immense struggles with his health since he retired from professional football.
In his rookie season in the league, William Perry, an Aiken, South Carolina native and Aiken High School graduate, wasn't an every down starter on the Bears defense. Instead, the team had crafted an entirely different and unique role for the big fella.
Inspired by Bill Walsh of the San Francisco 49ers, Bears head coach Mike Ditka wanted to utilize The Fridge in Chicago's ground attack.
As fellow defensive lineman and Perry's teammate in the trenches, Dan Hampton, put it, “They ran a big, fat offensive guard in the backfield against us last year. We thought we’d run a big, fat defensive lineman against them."
Perry received two carries in the Week 6 game against the Niners, though he didn't make much of them.
In Week 7 of the regular season, Perry lined up in the backfield as a running back and was handed the ball on the goal line against the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field. He would bulldoze his way into the end zone, becoming the first 300+ pounds player to score an NFL touchdown.
Fast forward a few months and the Bears were gearing up for its Super Bowl XX matchup with the New England Patriots. In what can best be described as a morale-crippling blowout, the Bears, who held a 37-3 lead in the third quarter, decided to rub some salt in New England's wound. From 1st & Goal, Ditka once again called Perry's number, and The Refrigerator answered the call with another one-yard touchdown run, steamrolling past Patriots linebacker Larry McGrew.
The Fridge's touchdown-scoring antics resulted in a handful of endorsement deals and other tickets to fame coming his way, including an appearance in the music video for the song "Super Bowl Shuffle."
While Perry wouldn't get many more rushing attempts throughout his career, he would still lineup on offense as a fullback and help block for Bears star RB Walter Payton. Perry would stick around in Chicago for seven seasons after his rookie year and ended up retiring as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles in 1994 after a nine-year career.
Unfortunately, William Perry's life in retirement has been a challenge.
The former All-American football player struggled to keep his weight down once he was no longer actively suiting up on game day. Reports claim his weight reached a dangerous 450 pounds. He was soon diagnosed with diabetes and was found to have blood circulatory issues in his legs. He was then diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome in 2008, a condition in which one's immunes system begins attacking its own nerves, sometimes resulting in paralysis.
The condition saw Perry lost a gargantuan amount of weight, all the way down to an unhealthy 190 pounds, scarcely resembling the man he once was.
In 2011, ESPN revealed that Perry was an alcoholic and that during his playing career the Bears had arranged for him to check into a rehab facility. Now, Perry has lost most of his fortune that he made from playing in the NFL. Per Sports Illustrated, his Super Bowl ring was auctioned for $200,000 of which Perry received absolutely zilch.
His brother, Michael Dean Perry, the one who found a bed-ridden William weighing 190 pounds, has gone on record to say he believes his brother is also suffering from "traces of CTE."
Perry is currently residing in an assisted-living facility where his health can more easily be monitored.
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Phil Mickelson’s Wife is a Former NBA Cheerleader
Phil Mickelson has been one of the most popular professional golfers throughout his long career, having turned professional in 1992.
Mickelson was born in San Diego to parents Phillip Mickelson and Mary Mickelson. His first taste of the sport came from golfing with his father and a grandfather from a young age.
His grandfather, Alfred Santos, worked as a caddie at Pebble Beach. It was as a child that the right-handed Mickelson adopted his famous left-handed swing after mirroring his father on the fairway.
After high school, Mickelson attended Arizona State University on a golf scholarship where he truly began to emerge as a star on the golf scene. While a member of the Sun Devils’ golf team, “Lefty” became a three-time Haskins Award winner and a three-time NCAA Individual Champion.
For all the success that Mickelson displayed in college, his biggest win in Tempe was meeting his wife.
Mickelson is married to his wife Amy Mickelson, formerly Amy McBride. The couple met in 1992 during their college days at Arizona State, where Phil was a star golfer and Amy was a cheerleader for the NBA’s Phoenix Suns.
When Mickelson introduced himself as a pro golfer, McBride actually thought he meant he worked at the local golf course. She quickly found out that wasn’t the case.
The two spent their first date on a tennis court near campus and hit it off immediately. Fast forward to 1996, and Phil and Amy were married. Since their marriage the couple have welcomed three children. Their oldest daughter, Amanda, was born one day after Mickelson placed as the runner-up in the 1999 U.S. Open Championship, where he lost to Payne Stewart. In 2001, Phil and Amy announced the birth of their second daughter, Sophia. Two years later, in 2003, the couple had their first son, Evan.
Evan’s birth was extremely difficult, as Amy ruptured an artery in labor and Evan was non-responsive at birth. Ultimately, both Evan and Amy pulled through.
In 2009, Amy Mickelson was diagnosed with breast cancer. She underwent major surgery, multiple sessions of chemotherapy and battled the cancer for 11 months, with Phil standing by her side, having stepped away from the PGA Tour, including events like the Byron Nelson Championship.
After beating cancer and being given a clean bill of health, Amy and the Mickelson family have been active in supporting awareness for breast cancer and fighting against it. Amy returned to the public scene for the 2010 Masters Tournament, and though she didn't attend the first, second, or third round, she and her children stood by Phil’s side when he won his third green jacket on the 18th green at Augusta National.
With Amy by his side, golfer Phil Mickelson took the PGA Tour by storm after turning pro in 1992. He hired Jim “Bones” Mackay as his caddie. While Mickelson collected some victories on the Tour as a youngster, Lefty failed to win a major throughout his first 13 years participating in tour events.
Finally, in 2004, Mickelson took the top prize in a major championship for the first time in The Masters. Lefty nailed down the win with a long putt in the final round, fending off Ernie Els who finished one stroke behind.
Following his first win in 2004, Mickelson's career truly took off. In 2005, Mickelson won his second major championship, the PGA Championship at Baltusrol. He snatched an impressive birdie on the 18th hole to secure victory.
That same year, Mickelson was dropped by his sponsor Titleist after he was found having praised Callaway's golf clubs in a voicemail. Titleist dropped Phil, who was quickly picked up by Callaway. Unfortunately, Mickelson struggled at the 2004 Ryder Cup, which many people attributed to his equipment change.
Lefty would win his third championship and second Masters in 2006, which resulted in him catapulting to No. 2 on the Official World Golf Ranking.
Throughout his career, Phil has accumulated 53 professional wins, including 44 PGA Tour wins. Mickelson also boasts a plethora of international victories, including 10 wins at the Presidents Cup. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2012.
More recently, Phil Mickelson took home victory in the highly-publicized golf tournament, CBS' The Match, which pitted Lefty up against Tiger Woods in a best-of-18 event in Las Vegas. Mickelson required four playoff holes to take down Woods in the 22nd round.
Mickelson and his wife Amy have been married almost 25 years and have journeyed through the ups and downs of both Lefty's professional career and Amy's health to get to where they are today.
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Erin Andrews’ Net Worth Proves She’s America’s Top Sports Reporter
It looks so easy being a sideline reporter, huh? Just walk up to high-profile professional athletes, ask them a few questions in the midst of chaos, and give tidbits and factoids during in-game breaks. In reality, working clubhouses and locker rooms during massive events like the World Series, Super Bowl, and Daytona 500 is a demanding, constant grind that few people are capable to doing at a high level.
When it comes to FOX's Erin Andrews, she is among the elite sideline reporters in the game and has become a role model for women pursuing careers in sports today. But in a male-dominated space, how much does does a transcendent talent like Andrews earn after two decades in the business?
Born Erin Jill Andrews in Lewiston, Maine, she is the daughter of Paula Andrews, a teacher, and Steven Andrews, a six-time Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter. The family moved to San Antonio, Texas, when she was young and eventually to Valrico, Florida, where Andrews attended Bloomingdale High School and the Brandon School of Dance Arts.
She was a smart student who participated in student government and the National Honor Society and attended the University of Florida from 1997-2000. She was a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in telecommunications. There, she was also a member of the Florida Gators dance team while in school.
Her first job out of college was as a freelance reporter with Fox Sports Florida South before becoming a Tampa Bay Lightning reporter for the Sunshine Network. Andrews parlayed that into a role with Turner South Network covering Atlanta's major sports teams — the MLB's Braves, NHL's Thrashers and NBA's Hawks — until making the jump to ESPN in 2004.
For nearly a decade at ESPN, Andrews covered everything you could possibly imagine. From the College World Series and Little League World Series to college football Saturdays and the Scripps National Spelling Bee, she quickly grew into one of the sports world's most recognizable on-air personalities.
In 2011, Andrews signed an endorsement deal to promote Reebok's ZigTech shoe. However, after citing Nike shoes as the cause of several TCU football players sliding on the turf at the 2011 Rose Bowl, ESPN forced Andrews to end her relationship with Reebok after amending its company policy.
Andrews made the jump to Fox Sports in 2012 where she continued to blossom. She was the in-studio host of the Fox College Football pregame show and reported weekly on the Fox NFL Sunday kickoff show.
In this role, Andrews' talents arrived on sports' biggest stages, including hosting the trophy presentation at four World Series from 2012-15. She's been on the field at major sporting events such as Major League Baseball's All-Star Game, on pit road for the Daytona 500, and was on the field for her third Super Bowl when the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs met in Super Bowl LIV.
In 2010, Andrews filed a lawsuit seeking $75 million in damages from West End Hotel Partners and Michael David Barrett, a then-46-year-old man who drilled peepholes into Andrews' hotel room and videotaped her getting undressed back in 2008.
Barrett was arrested by the FBI and pled guilty to interstate stalking. He was sentenced to 30 months in prison, three years probation, and hefty fines.
In March 2016, Andrews was awarded a $55 million settlement -- 51 percent was to be paid by Barrett and 49 percent would be paid by Windsor Capital Group (the hotel management company) and West End Hotel Partners, which owned the Nashville Marriott Hotel in Tennessee where the peephole video was taken.
It's unclear how much Andrews, who is popular on social media and has been named America's sexiest sportscaster by Playboy Magazine, ever received from this settlement.
In 2010, Andrews competed on Season 10 of ABC Network's Dancing with the Stars. Alongside partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy, the pair finished in third place. She began co-hosting the show in 2015. Andrews also worked as a contributor and correspondent for Good Morning America and co-hosted the CMT Music Awards in 2016 alongside Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt.
Andrews married Jarret Stoll, a 14-year NHL veteran and two-time Stanley Cup champion hockey player, in 2014. Stoll earned more than $28 million during his career and asked her out by sneaking past security in California before taking her on a date in Los Angeles.
She was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2016, which required immediate surgery. According to PEOPLE, Andrews underwent surgery 17 days after the diagnosis, then boarded a plane two days later to cover Fox's NFL game in Green Bay. She was deemed cancer-free shortly after.
"I'm not watching any football games at home this year," Andrews told her doctors at the time. "This is our Super Bowl year, and I'm not missing the Super Bowl."
Andrews has worked with multiple companies to promote various causes from women in sports to fighting hunger across America. Specifically, she partnered with Kraft Foods for their "Huddle to Fight Hunger" campaign. In 2019, she partnered with Fanatics to design her own sportswear clothing line for women.
Exact details of the 42-year-old's current contract with Fox Sports are unclear. The television personality resigned with the company in 2016 to focus primarily on football, and several online sources claim Erin Andrews' annual salary is around $2 million per year.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Andrews has a net worth of $30 million.
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Michael Jordan’s Clutch NCAA Title Shot Sparked His Legacy
Only 32 seconds remaining.
North Carolina's inbounding following a timeout. Georgetown leads 62-61. The NCAA championship game on the line.
The Tar Heels needed a bucket.
Senior Jimmy Black throws the ball into freshman Michael Jordan. Black runs across the court above the right elbow to set up the four corners offense. Jordan and Black pass it back and forth, looking for any opening in the Hoyas' 1-3-1 zone defense anchored by star center Patrick Ewing.
Black then makes an to forward Matt Doherty at the high post. Doherty faces the rim and kicks it back out to Black. Black takes a dribble to the lane and throws a skip pass to Jordan. No. 23 is open thanks to a back screen from James Worthy.
MJ rises up...
Nothing but nylon.
That field goal gave UNC a 63-62 lead. And 14 seconds later, the Tar Heels secured the Division I college basketball crown.
The victory gave head coach Dean Smith his first national title, and relieved some scrutiny after losing NCAA Tournament championship games in 1968, 1977, and 1981.
It was the University of North Carolina basketball team's first NCAA Championship in 25 years and the cherry on top of a 24-2 regular season that included two victories over archrival Duke and an ACC Championship. Jordan, Worthy, and Sam Perkins were stars.
That jump shot was the first time we saw Michael Jordan thrive on the big stage with the game on the line.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Wilmington, North Carolina, the Hall of Fame basketball player embraced the pressure of big moments.
Jordan played with fire at Laney High School and caught the attention of the Tar Heels. In Chapel Hill, he won a national championship, earned the Naismith College Player of the Year Award in 1984, was a Consensus All-American, and won a gold medal as a member United States team at the 1984 Olympics.
After his junior year, he left school and was the third-overall pick by the Chicago Bulls in the 1984 NBA Draft.
The 1985 Rookie of the Year award, NBA All-Star game appearances, dunk contests, and MVPs were all nice accomplishments. However, it was in the final seconds where Jordan rose above the rest.
In the first round of the 1989 Playoffs, Air Jordan floated as Cleveland Cavaliers guard Crag Ehlo flew by for an extra inch of space, nailing a 15-footer and eliminating the Cavs.
In Game 3 of the 1991 NBA Finals, he hit a game-tying shot against the Los Angeles Lakers to send the game to overtime and willed the Bulls to victory.
Two years later, the NBA player broke Cleveland's heart again when he hit a fadeaway jumper from the elbow in the Eastern Conference Semifinals to complete the sweep.
And in the 1998 NBA Finals — on the verge of a second three-peat — Chicago's leading scorer sealed the series win against the Utah Jazz with a crossover on Bryon Russell, nailing a jumper and holding that sweet follow through as the ball whooshed through the net.
Legends of the game like Charles Barkley and Clyde Drexler of the Portland Trail Blazers and Houston Rockets knew Jordan's clutchness first hand while trying to capture NBA championships of their own.
This isn't to say Jordan was perfect. His famous quote regarding failure reiterates that:
"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
Taking the game-winner requires confidence. Making it takes balls. That's why the Charlotte Hornets chairman is regarded by many as the best player ever.
Jordan had that courage at 19 years old and throughout his NBA career.
To have that courage, you can't be afraid to miss.
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Shaquille O’Neal’s Greatest Nicknames, Ranked
Shaquille O'Neal is one of the best to ever do it. He accomplished more than most NBA players can dream of in his 19-year career with the Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Boston Celtics.
His trophy case includes four NBA titles, three NBA Finals MVPs, a regular-season MVP, two scoring championships, and multiple retired jerseys — not to mention his partnership with the late Kobe Bryant will go down as one of the greatest in league history.
The LSU grad had a hugely successful career on the floor. Off it, he's the king of nicknames.
From bestowing nicknames such as Paul "The Truth" Pierce, Dwyane "Flash" Wade, and Tim "Big Fundamental" Duncan to dawning several himself, Shaq has more talent for aliases than Jennifer Garner.
Let's explore Shaq's best monikers:
12. The Big Shamrock -- Shaq adopted "The Big Shamrock" during his short time in Boston.
11. The Big Witness Protection -- Shaq's motto in Cleveland: Protect LeBron James at all costs.
10. The Big Cactus -- The Big Shaqtus: The largest walking succulent in recorded history.
9. The Big Baryshnikov -- Nimble and light on his feet, the center took on this nickname in reference to one of the greatest ballet dancers of all time, Mikhail Baryshinikov.
8. Wilt Chamberneezy -- Shaq took on this moniker during his time in Los Angeles, paying homage to the great Wilt Chamberlain.
7. L.C.L. (Last Center Left) -- Shaq considered himself in a different class than his counterparts around the league such as Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets and Dikembe Mutombo. He was the last center left in a league that's increasingly abandoning the position in a traditional sense.
In 2016, ESPN ranked Shaq the fourth-best center of all time behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Chamberlain, and Bill Russell.
6. Shaq Fu -- Shaq Fu was a Super Nintendo System video game that was released in 1995.
The big man's here to kick ass and take a gazillion nicknames.
5. M.D.E. (Most Dominant Ever) -- At 7-foot-1 and 325 pounds, Shaq made a mockery of anyone who stood in his way.
4. Shaq Daddy -- The Hall of Famer is one of the biggest personalities in the business. He can laugh at himself and knows how to have a good time.
3. Superman -- Clark Kent and Shaq. What's the difference?
2. The Diesel -- O'Neal released the rap album Shaq Diesel in 1993. Featuring A Tribe Called Quest member Phife Dawg, the record went platinum.
The follow up, 1994's Shaq Fu: The Return, went gold.
1. The Big Aristotle -- Shaq became the greatest philosopher of our time after winning the 2000 MVP award.
No matter what he's called, Shaq is one of the most beloved figures in sports.
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Drew Brees’ Birthmark is a Proud Part of His Identity
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees will go down as one of the best players to ever step foot on the gridiron, having achieved a remarkable amount throughout his 20-year career in the NFL.
Brees holds a plethora of quarterback records and even boasts a Super Bowl ring from his time as the Saints QB.
For as near perfect as Brees' play on the field is, the star quarterback has a rather noticeable imperfection on his right cheek.
Fans who watch the veteran quarterback will likely have noticed what appears to be a scar on the side of his face, leading many to question what happened to Drew Brees' face?
Drew Brees' scar has been in the spotlight throughout his entire career. Even Oprah Winfrey mistakenly referred to it as a lipstick mark when he appeared on her talk show. Back in 2012, Brees sat down for an interview with CNN and opened up about the blot on his skin for the first time, which he revealed was actually a birthmark.
"Because of my birthmark, which obviously I was born with, I got all kinds of comments when I was a kid, about 'Wipe that whatever off your face.' This and that. I got all kinds of nicknames."
Not even being an All-American football quarterback protected a young Brees from ridicule over his birthmark, and that's something that stuck with him throughout his life.
Now a multi-millionaire at 41 years old, Brees could easily go get the birthmark removed with plastic surgery, but rather than hide his imperfection, Brees wants to use it to send a positive message and encourage kids to shamelessly be themselves.
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The former Purdue and San Diego Chargers star is the league's all-time leader in passing yards and lifted the Lombardi Trophy after the Saints' victory in Super Bowl XLIV against the Indianapolis Colts.
Yet, despite all he's accomplished, questions about Drew Brees' birthmark still arise.
The veteran endures the comments and proudly wears his birthmark in order to help uplift individuals who look up to him and may be struggling with self-confidence due to a similar imperfection.
You can bet your bottom dollar that when Brees eventually gets inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he’ll be wearing his birthmark like a badge of honor.
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Torrie Wilson’s Playboy Issue is Still as Popular as Ever
Our favorite WWE Diva rose to fame as a fitness model before becoming a professional wrestler. It turns out Torrie Wilson not only had the charisma and confidence to show off her lean body for people seeking fitness goals but also for another audience who found her stunning.
The WWE Superstar joined WWE after the acquisition of WCW in 2001 and became a crowd favorite instantly. (Along with Stacy Keibler). Wilson's SmackDown and Wrestlemania debuts are something to remember. After becoming popular in the wrestling world, Hugh Hefner offered Torrie Wilson a chance to pose for Playboy, and to this day, Torrie Wilson's Playboy is a sought after issue.
There is a lot of drama behind the Playboy cover. After Torrie Wilson and Funaki defeated Nidia and Jamie Noble, the one and only Stephanie McMahon revealed that Wilson would be the Playboy cover girl.
After calling her the "hottest, sexiest, and finest Diva," McMahon says Torrie Wilson will be featured in Playboy. Her photoshoot was big time. Dreams came true for many, but this crushed the hearts of a few hopefuls.
To retaliate, Sable challenged her to a bikini contest, and Wilson won. Later, she had more feuds with Dawn Marie and Nidia, but they came to an end to form alliances. Many years later, Wilson left the ring. Although she left, she is now in the WWE Hall of Fame and has an iconic Playboy cover.
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