I want everyone to take a look at the area surrounding The Big A and understand the only reason this team survived is because LA sports fans drove through the orange groves to get there (just like Disneyland).
There were only 146,000 people living in Anaheim at the time.
They should be called the California Angels again.
Look at this discography and tell me why Masta Ace isn't in more people's top 10 MCs.. what more can an MC do over 35 years? This is wall to wall quality
𝗦𝗔𝗠 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗦
Samuel Bruce Perkins was born June 14, 1961 in Brooklyn New York, where he honed his basketball skills on the tough playgrounds of Brooklyn.
He attended Samuel J. Tilden High School and was an average player until the family moved upstate to Latham, NY after his junior year. There, he graduated from Shaker High School and during that senior year, was named high school player of the year by the New York State Sportswriters Association in 1980. That magical transformation led to his being chosen to the 35 Greatest McDonald's All Americans team!
Heavily recruited across the country, the 6'9, 250 lb. Perkins chose the University of North Carolina, playing from 1980 to 1984.
He was named ACC Rookie of the Year in 1981 and starred alongside future Hall of Famers James Worthy and Michael Jordan. They won an NCAA championship in 1982.
He was a 3x All-American, 3x 1st team All-ACC, selection and named the 1984 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year. Perkins finished college as UNC's all-time leader in rebounding and blocked shots and second leading scorer in team history.
As a member of the USA Olympic team he won gold in 1984!
Perk was chosen by the Dallas Mavericks as the 4th pick in the 1984 NBA draft, and played as a power forward and center in the NBA from 1984 to 2001 bringing his talents to Dallas, the Los Angeles Lakers, Seattle SuperSonics, and Indiana Pacers over a 17-year career. Named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 1985, he scored a career-high 45 points on April 12, 1990. One of the first 3-point shooting big men in the NBA, he tied an NBA record on January 15, 1997, by making 8, 3-pointers in a row.
His best pro season was in 1991-92 when he averaged 16.5 ppg, 8.8 rebounds and shot 37.0% from the 3-point line.
Often called "The Big Easy" bcause his slow, deliberate, but effective style of play, Perkins was named Vice President of player relations for the Indiana Pacers and held the position with the Pacers until 2010. He helped contribute to the US State Department's mission to remove barriers and create a world in which individuals with disabilities enjoy dignity and full inclusion in society.
Perkins was named to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018 and the NYC Basketball Hall of Fame, among many other awards and accolades!
Another kid from Brooklyn, NY who made a deep impact on the world of basketball.
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It’s about a hundred billion dollars in “unaffiliated” life insurance money.
And a… rodeo team funded by ordinary Americans?
I come to you from Coney Island, where my family has stood for over one hundred years. I myself have walked these streets for forty nine years. We have served the people the best we could. We have made mistakes. We are not perfect, but we have always tried to be the best version of ourselves.
And now, after sixteen years, I am back. Not just to return, but to give. I have been given the opportunity to share with the next generation everything I have learned, everything I have experienced in another country, another land. The peace that lives inside me is not mine to keep. I must pass it on, especially to the children who come from where I come from.
They need to know about work ethic. They need to know about resilience. They need to believe that they can do it too. They can become presidents. They can become whatever God has placed inside their hearts to be. That dream, that vision, that calling is unfolding right before their eyes.
I say this to you as a child of God and a student of life. We are here only to serve. We will never place ourselves above the people. I am deeply grateful for every single person who shaped me, guided me, and spoke life into me through your words, your love, and your actions. You displayed discipline in me that built me up for this very moment.
Today, I stand here giving what my mother, my father, and my brother would have given. To my father Donald E Marbury, my brother Eric D Marbury, and my mother Mabel Marbury, rest well. Know that we are here doing the work. We are making our ancestors proud. And we are just getting started.
Stay blessed
Love is Love
God is great
The praises go up, the blessings come down
⭐️⭐️⭐️STARBURY⭐️⭐️⭐️
Congrats on a remarkable 18-year NBA career, Russ! 👏
2016-17 Kia NBA MVP
9x NBA All-Star
9x All-NBA
2x NBA scoring champion
5th all-time in assists
All-time leader in triple-doubles
NBA 75th Anniversary Team member
There are more active Ku Klux Klan chapters than trans athletes in America.
There are more states where child marriage is legal than trans athletes in America.
There have already been more school shootings in 2026 than trans athletes in America.
There are more antigovernment extremist groups in almost every single state than trans athletes in America.
Sean Price (March 17, 1972 - August 8, 2015). love you and miss you, Akh. P! Forever!
those sneaker store expeditions we’d go on while on tour are the stuff of legend. “copped 20 pair with Vinnie one time on tour”
may Allah forgive his inequities, fill his qabr with noor and raise him among the blessed on the day of judgement.
This is a good example of the difference between prediction markets and actual projections.
The Red Sox made a bunch of trades at the deadline, a bunch of money comes in on them to win the World Series and all of a sudden the prediction markets give them the second best chance to win the World Series.
FanGraphs isn’t taking bets on the event, so their odds don’t shift based on how much money comes in on one team. They give the Red Sox the 8th best chance of winning the World Series.
So Kalshi is essentially offering the 2nd best odds to win the WS to the 8th best team. Good for Kalshi, bad for anyone who makes that bet.
PRODIGY rapping over a classic Dr. Dre beat
mixed his "Give Up the Goods" vocals over the "Nuthin’ But A 'G' Thang" instrumental
classic Mobb Deep New York street raps over iconic West Coast G-Funk. Two iconic tracks mixed together.. from the East to the West 🎧🎧