Shellie GBye

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

“If you’re the best player in the gym, then you need to find a new gym.’” - Cooper Flagg

A lot of kids can benefit from this

(Via @BenGolliver 🎥)

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

Steph Curry with a great message here about effecting the game, even when you don’t stat

“If it’s not your night stat wise, whether you play two, 10, 20 minutes, come with the right energy.”

A winner is a winner, no matter how many minutes they play

[Denise Aguilar @InformedMama209]

NGO run by Gavin Newoms' wife gets millions in taxpayer dollars which is then sent to her 'for profit' organization - giving the Newsom family a benefit of ~$1.5 million from nonprofit salary + ~$1.7 million from film sales/licenses. The Representation Project (Jennifer Newsom's nonprofit organization) receives millions of dollars from the State of California. That project has paid nearly $2 million to Jennifer Newsoms' for profit since 2021, including a $150,000 annual contracting fee since 2018. Many are now accusing Newsom of funnelling taxpayer dollars through his wife's NGO to her 'for profit' organization and are calling for a federal investigation.
Jennifer Newsom Is a filmmaker and advocate for gender equity. She founded The Representation Project in 2011 and serves as its CEO. She also owns Girls Club Entertainment, LLC, her for-profit film production company.The Representation Project is A 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on "gender justice" through films and icenses documentaries Jennifer Newsom is paid about $150,000 from the nonprofit in salary.
Girls Club Entertainment, Inc is Jennifer Newsom's for-profit company, which produces the films licensed by her nonprofit 'The Representation Project' which is funded by the state. Meaning taxpayer dollars fund Jennifer's non-profit, which pays Jennifer a salary then contracts Jennifer's for profit to produce all the films that have been licenced by her non-profit.
IRS Form 990 filings show The Representation Project has paid Girls Club Entertainment $1.64 million since 2012 for film production and licensing rights. These payments are disclosed as related-party transactions because Jennifer Siebel Newsom controls both entities. The Representation Project has earned about $1.48 million in licensing fees from public schools (taxpayer dollars) nationwide since 2012 California schools have paid an average of $270 per license for films and curricula, used in gender equity and mental health programs. Over 5,000 schools have licensed materials, with critics arguing this creates a conflict, as the Newsom's are allegedly benefiting from state funds.California school districts use portions of their budgets to license films and curricula from the nonprofit. This has generated ~$1.48 million in revenue for the nonprofit from public schools.The nonprofit pays Jennifer Newsom's for-profit company for producing and licensing the films.This includes ~$150,000 annual fees since 2018, totaling $1.64 million. These are reported as "program service expenses" in IRS 990 forms. In addition to the for-profit payments, she receives a salary from the nonprofit and profits from Girls Club Total family benefit: ~$1.5 million from nonprofit salary + ~$1.7 million from film sales/licenses since 2012.
@ChristinaNewstv

[Jamy Bechler @jamybechler]

DAMIAN LILLARD ON ACCOUNTABILITY

“I make sure that I’m on time to the gym. I get there early. I make sure I’m the most coachable. That shows I am accountable for myself, now I can hold other guys accountable.”

~via @Dame_Lillard @Eastbay

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

“I had a 15 year professional career by playing defense” - Matt Barnes

There is so much that goes into being an elite player that has nothing to do with getting buckets

(Via @JordanRichardSC 🎥)

[Shellie GBye @SGbye]

@ZavalaA @susancrabtree @AirResources You cant fix stupid!

[Devin Ugland @Devin_Ugland]

It's crazy that our @HornetNestHoops G Addy G'Bye isn't signed. A physical 6'3 flamethrower of a 3-pt shooter who contributed to WINNING.

57-9 record; 2 OEC Titles; 1st Team All-OEC; Final 4 + State Title runner up; Career 38.6% 3FGs (124-321); 84.5% FTs

https://t.co/y6rMkMztB6

[Marshall Johnson @CoachMarshJ]

Grateful to have coached Joe on his journey! An incredible success story in the making. He’s invested in himself, embraced the process, and is transforming his life through hard work and dedication. No shortcuts, no ego—just relentless commitment to improvement!

[Hornets Hoops @HornetNestHoops]

The Hornets’ season comes to an end with a 75-58 loss to CCSF in the 3C2A State Championship game.

• 30-4 overall record
• OEC Champions
• State Runners Up
• Player/Staff accolades - OEC MVP, OEC COY, SoCal POY, 2 All-State Selections, 2 All-State Tournament, 6 All-OEC.

[3C2A @3C2Asports]

The 3C2A Men’s Basketball State Championship game is set 🏆

📍 @MtSAC_athletics
🗓️ 03.15 | 1:00p
📺 @BAOSNtv
🎟️ https://t.co/g8R806Soai

[Hornets Hoops @HornetNestHoops]

It’s GAME DAY for the Hornets!

We take on San Bernardino Valley in the 3C2A State Final Four at 3 p.m. at Mt. San Antonio College.

Livestream link ($) and ticket link below!

Livestream: https://t.co/i0VGZ2xDxC

Tickets: https://t.co/TVo9AkvLqy

#GoHornets

[CCCMBCA @CCCMBCA]

Men's Basketball: Fullerton 43, Cosumnes River 32 (2nd - 12:51) ... CRCD went on a 5-0 run to get within 8, but a Fullerton tip in ups the Hornets' lead to 10 with 12:50 left.

[Hornets Hoops @HornetNestHoops]

The Hornets advance to their third straight 3C2A Final 4 with a 68-53 win over Cosumnes River.

Joe Grahovac led us in scoring with 23 and added 9 rebounds and 4 blocks. Jaqari Miles added 14, Addy G’Bye 10 and Darvelle Wyatt had 9 with 10 rebs, Justin Davis 7 assists

#GoHornets

[John Bynum Jr. @sgnlthelgthoops]

Final Four schedule for Saturday
Citrus vs San Francisco 1pm
San Bernardino vs Fullerton 3pm

[Susan Crabtree @susancrabtree]

🚨JUST IN: Gavin Newsom’s cozy relationship with China called out in our new book

ONE DAY BEFORE OUR BOOK LAUNCH, @dcexaminer HAS AN EXCLUSIVE ON MORE OF NEWSOM'S DISTURBING TIES TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.

Here are some excerpts from the Washington Examiner piece by @Barnini Chakroborty

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has veered into shaky political territory by “consistently” engaging with the Chinese Communist Party and selling out his state and country multiple times, according to explosive claims in a new book.

In Fool’s Gold: The Radicals, Con Artists, and Traitors Who Killed the California Dream and Now Threaten Us All, which will be released Tuesday, authors Susan Crabtree and Jedd McFatter take a microscope to the governor’s cozy relationship with Beijing.

One of the instances in the book involves Newsom’s 2022 veto of a bill that would have prohibited foreign governments from purchasing or leasing agricultural land in California.

Another incident Crabtree and McFatter point to is the hiring of Yu Ben Meng, a Chinese national with a key CCP banking role, as chief investor officer at California’s public pension system. The duo claims Yu was given a salary higher than any other state government employee, $1.5 million for two years, and was allowed to invest $3 billion in Chinese companies, including some that were blacklisted by the U.S. for their role in surveilling the Uyghur Muslims and other minorities in China.

Crabtree and McFatter also found that Yu was recruited by China’s Thousand Talents Program to serve as director of China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange, a regulatory agency that serves as the administrative arm of the People’s Bank of China, which carries out the policies of the CCP. Yu resigned from the California pension system after he approved a $1 billion investment in a private equity company controlled by the Blackstone Group. A yearslong investigation also found him to be in violation of two other conflict-of-interest claims and fined him $10,000.

“Newsom’s hiring of Yu Ben Meng is especially reprehensible,” Chang told the Washington Examiner. “Why would Newsom allow the funding of our enemy’s most dangerous practices?”

The book also faults Newsom for turning to TikTok for $300,000 in “behested payments” to promote his COVID-19 mandates on California citizens. Congress banned the Chinese-owned social media platform, but President Donald Trump postponed enforcement until April 5. Behested donations are contributions from an individual or organization solicited by a public official for a legislative, governmental, or charitable purpose.

*BEHESTED PAYMENTS are not only not illegal in California, they are a common though little-known part of the state's big pay-to-play schemes.

And Newsom has taken them to an extreme new level -- Gov. Newsom has asked corporations with business before the state to donate a total of more than $225 million to charitable causes of his own choosing. TikTok happily ponied up $300,000 to help promote the state's COVID lockdown/mask mandate public service announcements! (my emphasis added).

In just one year of the pandemic, Newsom asked companies to gift six times what his successor Gov. Jerry Brown asked in his final eight years in office.

Here's a good definition of behested payments from the LA Times:
Under California law, a donation is considered a behested payment when an elected official or someone acting on their behalf asks an organization to donate money or services to a nonprofit or government agency for a legislative, governmental or charitable purpose, such as supplying free air time to run public health ads or giving cash to the governor’s program promoting volunteerism. General requests for charitable donations not directed at any particular organization are not required to be reported as behested payments, according to the state’s campaign finance watchdog agency, the Fair Political Practices Commission.

“It calls into question whether companies are getting special access and special decisions because they are giving tens of millions of dollars,” said Jamie Court, president of the left-leaning advocacy group Consumer Watchdog.

TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT CALIFORNIA CORRUPTION AND NEWSOM'S DEEP TIES TO THE CHINESE GOVT AND ITS TRIAD MAFIA GANGS, READ OUR BOOK, FOOL'S GOLD: THE RADICALS, CON-ARTISTS, AND TRAITORS WHO KILLED THE CALIFORNIA DREAM AND NOW THREATEN US ALL.

I'll provide the link to the Washington Examiner story and the Amazon link to purchase in next post.

[3C2A @3C2Asports]

The final 8️⃣ are set - someone’s taking home the hardware in one week. 🏆

🗓️ 03.13 - 03.16
📍 @MtSAC_athletics
📺 @BAOSNtv
🎟️ https://t.co/c32T2lUAxh

[Hornets Hoops @HornetNestHoops]

The Hornets move to 28-3 on the season & advance to their 3rd straight Elite 8 w an 86-61 W over Chaffey.

Jaqari Miles led us w 20 points, Addy G’Bye had 14, Justin Davis, Kairi Shepherd 13 each.

Our defense held the state’s top offense (101.3 ppg) to its season low in points.

[Ball is Psych @BallisPsych]

Regardless of your role, find a way to bring the energy; it's the most important contribution you can make. #DailyWisdom

[Hornets Hoops @HornetNestHoops]

Congrats to sophomore G Addy G’Bye on earning 1st Team All-Orange Empire Conference honors!

Addy averaged 11.5 points per game on 39% from 3-point range.