(Golf.com)
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
The New Leader Of USC Is A Familiar Name
Southern California hires Lynn Swann to be new AD
The University of Southern California has hired former wide receiver Lynn Swann to be its next athletic director, the school announced Wednesday.
Swann, 64, a Pro Football Hall of Famer, will succeed Pat Haden, who will step down effective June 30.
"This new role as AD fits with my life focus of leadership, mentoring young people, helping others and giving them the tools they need to grow and achieve," Swann said in a statement.
(ESPN.com)
The University of Southern California has hired former wide receiver Lynn Swann to be its next athletic director, the school announced Wednesday.
Swann, 64, a Pro Football Hall of Famer, will succeed Pat Haden, who will step down effective June 30.
"This new role as AD fits with my life focus of leadership, mentoring young people, helping others and giving them the tools they need to grow and achieve," Swann said in a statement.
(ESPN.com)
A Bill Russell Gem I Had To Share
"People say 'Bill Russell can't score,'" Russell tells Kobe by phone
that August. "Well, I could score plenty, but we had other guys who were
better at it, so I let them do it. Sometimes you have to step back to
allow others to step forward."
Then Russell drops a gem about Wilt Chamberlain, his rival and longtime friend. There were times, Russell says, when he'd let Wilt score. "Bill didn't want to activate Wilt," Kobe says. "He felt if he defended Wilt too well, then Wilt would take that as a challenge. And if he did, Wilt was going to demolish Bill because he was so physically big and strong. So Bill felt if he could appease Wilt, let him score once in a while, then Wilt would remain satisfied and Bill could keep him at bay."
Bryant tucks it into his memory bank. "I'm thinking, 'That's Art of War s---. I'm going to try that.'"
(ESPN.com)
Then Russell drops a gem about Wilt Chamberlain, his rival and longtime friend. There were times, Russell says, when he'd let Wilt score. "Bill didn't want to activate Wilt," Kobe says. "He felt if he defended Wilt too well, then Wilt would take that as a challenge. And if he did, Wilt was going to demolish Bill because he was so physically big and strong. So Bill felt if he could appease Wilt, let him score once in a while, then Wilt would remain satisfied and Bill could keep him at bay."
Bryant tucks it into his memory bank. "I'm thinking, 'That's Art of War s---. I'm going to try that.'"
(ESPN.com)
Russia Don't Mess Around
Moscow Police Opened A Museum For All Of The Weapons And Guns They’ve Confiscated Since 1946 And HOLY SHIT!
A new museum has opened up in Moscow, Russia and it’ll have guns enthusiasts worldwide traveling to The Third Rome to see what appears to be the most extensive collection of rare (and homemade) guns, cannons, and swords found anywhere in the world. Sure, there are military museums all across the globe but this one is quite unique.
According to EnglishRussia.com, ‘a most famous Moscow criminal police office’ has unveiled their collection of confiscated guns and weapons dating all the way back to 1946. When I first came across these pictures over on Imgur (pics below) I didn’t expect this collection to be nearly as extensive as it is, or for it to have as many fucked up weapons as it does.
(BroBible.com)
A new museum has opened up in Moscow, Russia and it’ll have guns enthusiasts worldwide traveling to The Third Rome to see what appears to be the most extensive collection of rare (and homemade) guns, cannons, and swords found anywhere in the world. Sure, there are military museums all across the globe but this one is quite unique.
According to EnglishRussia.com, ‘a most famous Moscow criminal police office’ has unveiled their collection of confiscated guns and weapons dating all the way back to 1946. When I first came across these pictures over on Imgur (pics below) I didn’t expect this collection to be nearly as extensive as it is, or for it to have as many fucked up weapons as it does.
(BroBible.com)
I Want To Participate In This 1 Day
This California rally is vintage Japanese car heaven
What's so good about the future? This is what I was thinking when some folks at Mazda invited me and a handful of other journalists to join them on the second-annual Touge California. It's a rally for classic Japanese cars that covers a huge chunk of Southern California's twistier roads, where fans get to test their beloved machines. Oh, and it attracts swarms of admirers with cameras.
"It is not a race. It is a vintage touring rally," said Ben Hsu, editor in chief of Japanese Nostalgic Car, and one of the coordinators of the event. "In Japan, touge most definitely refers to racing, whether timed, in touge battles, or drifting antics. Touge California was created to give drivers of Japanese classics a taste, as close as possible, of the types of roads their cars were forged on."
(AutoBlog.com)
What's so good about the future? This is what I was thinking when some folks at Mazda invited me and a handful of other journalists to join them on the second-annual Touge California. It's a rally for classic Japanese cars that covers a huge chunk of Southern California's twistier roads, where fans get to test their beloved machines. Oh, and it attracts swarms of admirers with cameras.
"It is not a race. It is a vintage touring rally," said Ben Hsu, editor in chief of Japanese Nostalgic Car, and one of the coordinators of the event. "In Japan, touge most definitely refers to racing, whether timed, in touge battles, or drifting antics. Touge California was created to give drivers of Japanese classics a taste, as close as possible, of the types of roads their cars were forged on."
(AutoBlog.com)
Kobe-isms Or Mamba-isms?
Kobe Being Kobe: Mamba Moments
With Kobe hanging it up after 20 seasons in the NBA, we look back at 20 incredible things that made Kobe, well, Kobe.
3: Kobe Can Control His Reflexes
Getting hit in the face with a Spalding would leave a mark. If you were staring at one coming at you, inches from your face, the natural instinct would be to duck, or at least flinch. Which made Kobe's wholly unnatural reaction to Matt Barnes faking a pass right between his eyes on an inbounds play back in 2010 in Orlando all the more awesome.
We've seen others dunk, we've seen others hit game winners and stockpile multiple championships, but when have we seen a player so locked in during a game that he controls his reflexes to the point of submission? Years later, Bryant was asked why he wasn't fazed at all by Barnes' fake aimed right at his nose. "He's crazy," Bryant said. "But he's not that crazy." Guess it takes one to know one. - Dave McMenamin
11: How Kobe Beats L.A. Traffic
Living in Newport Beach when you play for the Lakers doesn't make much geographical sense. The team practices in El Segundo and plays in Downtown Los Angeles, meaning you'd be spending most of your day in your car driving from home to the practice facility and to Staples Center. That is, unless you're Kobe Bryant and make about $25 million annually.
Bryant's seemingly never-ending 45-mile commute in traffic from his home takes only 20 minutes when he takes a private helicopter from John Wayne Airport in Santa to LAX for practices in nearby El Segundo or to a helipad near Staples Center for games. Bryant has said the helicopter rides from his home to practices and games saves him over an hour of travel time so he can spend more time with his wife and two daughters. - Arash Markazi
14: What's In A Nameplate?
Maybe he doesn't notice it because it's been such a constant. Through all of the changes in his status - from contender to champion, from No. 8 to No. 24 - it has remained in place. It's the nameplate above his stall in the Lakers locker room.
It's been there ever since the Lakers moved to Staples Center in 1999. You can tell it's the original one because the typeface for the other names has changed over the years. "BRYANT" remains pressed in a taller, thinner typeface. He also has the lone stall with a combination lock; all the others are key-only. It's a silent testament to the way he became a fixture in the midst of a transitory league.
Kobe takes great pride in his longevity, so it surprised me when I once asked him about his unique nameplate and he said he doesn't pay any attention to it. - J.A. Adande
Complete list (ESPN.com)
With Kobe hanging it up after 20 seasons in the NBA, we look back at 20 incredible things that made Kobe, well, Kobe.
3: Kobe Can Control His Reflexes
Getting hit in the face with a Spalding would leave a mark. If you were staring at one coming at you, inches from your face, the natural instinct would be to duck, or at least flinch. Which made Kobe's wholly unnatural reaction to Matt Barnes faking a pass right between his eyes on an inbounds play back in 2010 in Orlando all the more awesome.
We've seen others dunk, we've seen others hit game winners and stockpile multiple championships, but when have we seen a player so locked in during a game that he controls his reflexes to the point of submission? Years later, Bryant was asked why he wasn't fazed at all by Barnes' fake aimed right at his nose. "He's crazy," Bryant said. "But he's not that crazy." Guess it takes one to know one. - Dave McMenamin
11: How Kobe Beats L.A. Traffic
Living in Newport Beach when you play for the Lakers doesn't make much geographical sense. The team practices in El Segundo and plays in Downtown Los Angeles, meaning you'd be spending most of your day in your car driving from home to the practice facility and to Staples Center. That is, unless you're Kobe Bryant and make about $25 million annually.
Bryant's seemingly never-ending 45-mile commute in traffic from his home takes only 20 minutes when he takes a private helicopter from John Wayne Airport in Santa to LAX for practices in nearby El Segundo or to a helipad near Staples Center for games. Bryant has said the helicopter rides from his home to practices and games saves him over an hour of travel time so he can spend more time with his wife and two daughters. - Arash Markazi
14: What's In A Nameplate?
Maybe he doesn't notice it because it's been such a constant. Through all of the changes in his status - from contender to champion, from No. 8 to No. 24 - it has remained in place. It's the nameplate above his stall in the Lakers locker room.
It's been there ever since the Lakers moved to Staples Center in 1999. You can tell it's the original one because the typeface for the other names has changed over the years. "BRYANT" remains pressed in a taller, thinner typeface. He also has the lone stall with a combination lock; all the others are key-only. It's a silent testament to the way he became a fixture in the midst of a transitory league.
Kobe takes great pride in his longevity, so it surprised me when I once asked him about his unique nameplate and he said he doesn't pay any attention to it. - J.A. Adande
Complete list (ESPN.com)
2016 Golden State Warriors Version 72
72 reasons to love the Warriors
From Steph Curry lapping the legends to the team lighting up the scoreboard, here are 72 reasons the Warriors captured our hearts
4. DESPITE HIS ADDICTION, CURRY FIGHTS ON.
68. A PB&J A DAY KEEPS WARRIORS LOSSES AWAY.
From Steph Curry lapping the legends to the team lighting up the scoreboard, here are 72 reasons the Warriors captured our hearts
4. DESPITE HIS ADDICTION, CURRY FIGHTS ON.
- Let's just come right out and say it: The best player in the world suffers from a previously unreported and crippling addiction. To popcorn. The ball boys in opposing arenas know to fill his locker with a stash of it. In New Orleans back in October, he received a massive satchel of the stuff before going out and scoring 53 points. Inspiration? Probably not, as a man who once lost minutes to Acie Law needs no extra motivation. After the 53-point explosion, Curry was informed that coach Keith Smart, who'd benched Curry for Law in the dark days of 2011, had offered congratulations. "Tell him I could feel Acie Law breathing down my neck," Steph quipped.
- Andre Iguodala thinks deeply about race, but he also revels in its awkward, comedic value. "It's fun for me," he says. Case in point: Last season in Dallas, Shaun Livingston was playing defense on Dirk Nowitzki when his hand connected with Nowitzki's crotch; the crowd hurled boos in Livingston's direction until the final buzzer. After the game, a media scrum had Livingston cornered as he frantically threw up his hands, trying to explain himself. Iguodala walked by and shouted into the scrum: "Look how they got the black man over there! You see? You see?!"
- With $160 million in projected sales, Curry should surpass LeBron as the top seller of signature shoes this year, according to Morgan Stanley. In fact, he's on pace to sell more than Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and Kobe Bryant combined.
- Thompson is legendary among his Warriors teammates for his monofocus, caring passionately -- perhaps obsessively -- about only basketball, Xbox and his dog, Rocco. Food sometimes cracks that list. He is particularly fond of a specific omelet at the team hotel in Memphis. As Thompson exited FedExForum after a practice earlier this season, a Warriors assistant cracked, "Every step of the way, Klay is thinking, 'omelet, omelet, omelet.'"
68. A PB&J A DAY KEEPS WARRIORS LOSSES AWAY.
- Speaking of addiction (see No. 4), the team has its own: peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. No, seriously, the Dubs nearly staged a rebellion when trainers outlawed the sandwiches for not being healthy enough. Curry, who enjoys a PB&J before every game, and Luke Walton are thought to have led the mutiny. They, of course, got their way.
The U.S. Version Just Doesn't Appeal To Me
Top Gear USA Is Back And Here’s Why You Should Embrace It
The biggest problem with Top Gear USA is that people refuse to separate it from Top Gear UK. When you do that, you see it’s actually good fun
It was designed to appeal to a broader U.S. audience
When Top Gear relaunched in the UK in 2002, it already had the benefit of more than two decades of established history on television. Despite Top Gear’s global success, the only established Top Gear audience in the U.S. was a relatively small number of petrolheads. For Top Gear USA to survive it had to reach new viewers while keeping the traditional Top Gear fans interested.
Could the producers have done better on that last bit? Possibly, but I also believe they faced a no-win scenario with the fans no matter how good the show was. Again, it comes back to the viewers holding the new TG USA to the same standards it took TG UK nearly a decade to build.
It’s a motoring show about having fun with cars
I hate to be Captain Obvious here, but it’s not like our televisions are burning up with all kinds of motoring programs in the States. Never mind that it’s a legitimately entertaining car program done by guys who do actually know and love cars. It’s not Top Gear UK - it has a different feel with different presenters that focus on different cars. That doesn’t make it better or worse, just different. Once you realise that, you understand very quickly just what kind of great, silly, enjoyable fun this show is.
Complete list (CarThrottle.com)
The biggest problem with Top Gear USA is that people refuse to separate it from Top Gear UK. When you do that, you see it’s actually good fun
It was designed to appeal to a broader U.S. audience
When Top Gear relaunched in the UK in 2002, it already had the benefit of more than two decades of established history on television. Despite Top Gear’s global success, the only established Top Gear audience in the U.S. was a relatively small number of petrolheads. For Top Gear USA to survive it had to reach new viewers while keeping the traditional Top Gear fans interested.
Could the producers have done better on that last bit? Possibly, but I also believe they faced a no-win scenario with the fans no matter how good the show was. Again, it comes back to the viewers holding the new TG USA to the same standards it took TG UK nearly a decade to build.
It’s a motoring show about having fun with cars
I hate to be Captain Obvious here, but it’s not like our televisions are burning up with all kinds of motoring programs in the States. Never mind that it’s a legitimately entertaining car program done by guys who do actually know and love cars. It’s not Top Gear UK - it has a different feel with different presenters that focus on different cars. That doesn’t make it better or worse, just different. Once you realise that, you understand very quickly just what kind of great, silly, enjoyable fun this show is.
Complete list (CarThrottle.com)
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