He won Gold Glove Awards in 2013 and 2015. In 2019 he signed a 10 year deal with the Padres for $300 million. He previously signed a $5.25 million contract when he was drafted and a one year deal for $11.5 million in 2017 with the Orioles. His 2019 contract is the largest contract in baseball history. Though technically, with inflation Alex Rodriguez had a slightly larger contract. Manny’s 2019 deal will pay an average of $30 million per year which will make him one of the 10 highest-paid athletes on the planet....

Golden State believed it had the coach they needed when it named Steve Kerr, a guy with no coaching experience of any kind, as head coach in 2014. People thought the Warriors’ front office was nuts to offer him $5 million a season, but so far, he looks like a bargain. It had to help that the Warriors were already moving in the right direction when they hired Kerr. The Minnesota Timberwolves and Washington Wizards can’t make the same claim....

Early Life Morris Day was born Morris Eugene Day on December 13, 1956, in Springfield, Illinois. Morris grew up in Minnesota and attended high school with Prince. The two were in the band Grand Central together as teenagers. Music Career Prince had a clause in his Warner Bros. contract that allowed him to recruit artists for the label and produce their music. He formed The Time in 1981 and recruited Day to be the band’s lead singer....

Thomas “Nephew Tommy” Miles has worked as a standup comedian and opened up for Luther Vandross and performed at the Essence Music Festival. Miles participated on tours with the USO performing for military bases. And he established the Miles of Giving non-profit to assist wounded veterans. He has released the albums Nephew Tommy’s Prank Phone Calls: Volumes 1-6 as well as Nephew Tommy’s Celebrity Prank Phone Calls, and Nephew Tommy’s Lost Prank Phone Calls: Part 1 and Part 2....

Nick Anderson played for the Magic from 1989 to 1999. He played for the Sacramento Kings from 1999 to 2002 and for the Memphis Grizzlies from 2001 to 2002. During his NBA career he has 11,529 points, 2,087 assists, and 1,114 steals. Since retiring he has worked for the Orlando Magic in the community relations department and has been a commentator for Fox Sports Florida’s coverage of the Magic.

Future’s New Year’s Eve plans involved a gig at Drai’s Beachclub and Nightclub in Las Vegas. He was on the bill for the club’s New Year’s Eve show along with comedian Kevin Hart, and he is reported to have earned a solid $400,000 for his work. Then there are Nicki and Weezy, who took to the LIV Nightclub in Miami on a joint bill for $250,000. That’s $250,000 between them, or $125,000 each, and even though that’s a lot of money for one night’s work (and not too hard at that, as work goes), you might think it seems like kind of a low figure for two of rap’s biggest stars....

Arnezeder went on to appear as Katia in “Louis la Chance” (2011), Chloé in “La croisiere” (2011), Emilie in “Ce que le jour doit a la nuit” / “What the Day Owes the Night” (2012), Celia in “The Words” (2012), and Anna in “Maniac” (2012). One of Nora’s best-known roles came in the 2012 Hollywood thriller “Safe House” with Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington. Nora starred as the title character in 2013’s “Angélique” and played Sandra in 2014’s “Fiston” and Lilly “The Coyote” in 2021’s “Army of the Dead....

Lynde appeared in more than 850 episodes of the game show The Hollywood Squares from 1966 to 1979. He also appeared in episodes of the TV series Donny and Marie, The Mike Douglas Show, The Dean Martin Show, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers, and more. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Daytime Emmy Awards. Paul Lynde passed away on January 11, 1982 at 55 years old from a heart attack....

Motorhead formed in 1975 and Phil “Wizzo” Campbell became the guitarist and backing vocalist in 1984 until the passing of the band’s front man Lemmy in 2015. He played on the band’s albums Orgasmatron in 1986, Rock ‘N’ Roll in 1987, 1916 in 1991, March or Die in 1992, Bastards in 1993, Sacrifice in 1995, Overnight Sensation in 1996, Snake Bite Love in 1998, We Are Motorhead in 2000, Hammered in 2002, Inferno in 2004, Kiss of Death in 2006, Motorizer in 2008, The World Is Yours in 2010, and Aftershock in 2013....

Early Life Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark was born on June 10, 1921, in Mon Repos, on the Greek Island of Corfu. His parents were Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. He was raised as a member of the House of Glücksburg and was initially in the line of succession to the throne of Denmark and Greece. Philip had four elder sisters, and he was born into an unstable situation during the Greco-Turkish War, in which Greece lost significant amounts of land....

Howard Schultz was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1952 the son of ex-US Army trooper and then truck driver Fred Schultz, and his wife Elaine. His family was very poor. Howard was raised by his parents, sister Ronnie, and brother Michael in a New York City housing project – specifically the in the Canarsie Bayview Houses. In order to distract himself from the poverty at home, Howard escaped through sports....

He also periodically serves as the bassist for the band Journey. Outside of judging and performing, Randy is an award-winning music producer. He has also worked as an executive producer for television. In addition, he hosts “Randy Jackson’s Hit List,” a radio top 40 countdown program. Early Life Randall Darius Jackson was born on June 23, 1956, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Randy’s mother was a homemaker, and his father was a plant foreman....

Early Life and Wrestling Rashad Evans was born on September 25, 1979 in Niagara Falls, New York. As a teenager, he went to Niagara-Wheatfield High School in Sanborn, where he was a star wrestler. Evans twice made it to the state finals tournament, and came in fourth place in both 1997 and 1998. Closing out the decade, he competed in the 165-pound weight class in the National Junior College Athletic Association National Championships, where he also came in fourth place....

Esparza has also appeared in several films and episodes of TV series including Find Me Guilty, My Soul to Take, Custody, Ferdinand, Spin City, Pushing Daisies, Law & Order, Medium, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, BoJack Horseman, and more. He has also starred on stage and been nominated for Tony Awards. In 2018 he was nominated for an Imagen Foundation Award for Best Supporting Actor – Television for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit....

Mike Ashley left school when he was 16 years old. He had been a heck of a squash player in school and continued playing until he was injured, at which point he became a coach. In 1982. Ashley opened his first store, then called Sport and Ski, in Maidenhead, England with a $14,000 loan from his family. He quickly expanded his chain to London and beyond. In the late 1990s, he rebranded his stores Sports Soccer and opened 100 additional stores across the U....

Farrah Fawcett’s Death and Will Tragically, Farrah Fawcett died in June 2009 after a battle with cancer. According to her will, Farrah left her art collection to the University of Texas at Austin. The collection was supposed to include an Andy Warhol-produced portrait of Farrah that was worth an estimated $12 million at the time. The painting mysteriously went missing from Farrah’s LA condo upon her death and the university suspected Ryan O’Neal of taking it for himself....

Green Mountain Coffee In 1971, Stiller moved to Vermont and bought a small coffee shop in Waitsfield. He quickly realized that there was a demand for high-quality coffee in the area, and he began roasting his own beans in the back of the shop. The coffee was a hit, and Stiller expanded his business by selling beans wholesale to other coffee shops and restaurants in the area. In 1981, Stiller founded Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, which would eventually become one of the largest coffee companies in the world....

Baker went undrafted but with the NBA’s New York Knicks in 2016. He played for the Knicks from 2016 to 2018 and then for the Washington Wizards from 2018 to 2019. Baker also represented the United States in the 2015 Toronto Pan American Games where he won a silver medal. After his first four NBA seasons he averaged 3.1 points per game, 1.8 assists per game, and 1.4 rebounds per game....

Ronaldinho rose to prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He began his professional career at Grêmio before moving to Europe, where he played for Paris Saint-Germain. His golden years were at Barcelona (2003-2008), where he won two La Liga titles and the UEFA Champions League, showcasing his unparalleled dribbling skills, creativity, and joyful playing style. Ronaldinho earned the FIFA World Player of the Year award twice (2004, 2005) and the Ballon d’Or in 2005....

Early Life Roy Clark was born on April 15, 1933 in Meherrin, Virginia as one of five children of Lillian and tobacco farmer Hester. During the Great Depression, he moved with his family to New York City, where his father found employment. The family later moved to Washington, DC, where Clark’s father found work at the Washington Navy Yard. Clark got into music early on due to his parents, who both played instruments....