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During his career Rick Monday won the World Series with the Dodgers in 1981. He was an All-Star in 1968 and 1978. During his career he had 241 home runs and 775 runs batted in with a batting average of .264. He is remembered for saving the American flag from being burned during the American Bicentennial in Dodger Stadium. Monday had the game winning home run in the 1981 National League Championship Series and was also the first player selected at the inaugural 1965 MLB draft....

Early Life and College Roy Lee Williams was born in Redwood City, California, on August 14, 1980. He played high school football at James Logan High School in Union City, California then went on to the University of Oklahoma Sooners. At Oklahoma Roy had an illustrious collegiate career. Playing for the Sooners from 2000 to 2003, Williams quickly distinguished himself as a talented and dynamic player. Over his collegiate career, he caught 221 passes for 3,042 yards and scored 27 touchdowns, making him one of the most successful receivers in Oklahoma’s history....

Legal and Financial Issues After retiring from the NBA, Robinson moved to Miami where he set out to become a real estate developer. One goal was to build a 25,000 acre resort in his native Jamaica. Unfortunately he was not able to secure a loan or a line of credit from any of the banks he visited. He was eventually referred to a bank in Iowa called the Community State Bank where a loan officer named Brian Williams approved him for a $377,000 bridge loan....

Early Life Sloane Stephens grew up in a family with a strong sports background. Her mother, Sybil Smith, was the first African American woman to be named First Team All-American in Division I swimming, and her father, John Stephens, was a professional American football player. Sloane’s introduction to tennis came at a young age when her mother enrolled her in tennis lessons at the age of nine. Stephens displayed natural talent and a strong work ethic, which led to her rapid development as a tennis player....

1995 Bankruptcy Filing In the 1990s, at the height of her fame, Powter was locked in a legal battle with her former business partners, regarding the rights to her name as well as the “Stop the Insanity” trademark. Susan won the rights to her name but the expensive legal battle caused her to file for personal bankruptcy in January 1995. In the bankruptcy filing she listed $3 million worth of liabilities....

Taylor Hawkins became the drummer for the rock band Foo Fighters" in 1997 after touring with Alannis Morrisette on her Can’t Not Tour in support of her smash hit album Jagged Little Pill. He also had a side music project called Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders. Early Life Oliver Taylor Hawkins was born on February 17, 1972, in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1976, his family relocated to California and settled in Laguna Beach....

So when Gene Haas of Haas Automation and Stewart-Haas Racing decided he wanted to become the first American owner of a Formula One team in decades, he likely did it in order to increase his bottom line. Making history at the same time is nice and all, but he’s a businessman. It’s the money that matters most. So it is a darn shame that no matter how well his team finishes this season, it is not going to see a dime of Formula One’s $900 million prize money....

The former President of Mexico took a $100 million bribe. According to testimony on Tuesday from Alex Cifuentes Villa, a Colombian drug lord who worked with the Sinaloa cartel from 2007 to 2013, El Chapo offered former Mexican Preisdent Enrique Pena Nieto a $100 million bribe… A bribe that Enrique allegedly ACCEPTED. The politician allegedly reached out to El Chapo’s people shortly after he was elected President in 2012 offering to call-off a nationwide manhunt for the druglord and his associates in exchange for a $250 million bribe....

Bacon, who heads up Moore Capital and has a net worth of $1.6 billion, filed suit against Nygard in Freeport, Bahamas. Bacon is amongst a group of four plaintiffs suing Nygard and his attorney Keod Smith. The lawsuit reads like a treatment for the latest HBO crime drama. It alleges that Nygard, who heads up a discount clothing empire in Canada, has carried out a reign of terror and physical violence against Bacon and his colleagues Frederick Roy Smith, Joseph Darville, Romauld Ferreira and C....

Five days after England lost to Iceland all hell broke loose. England’s highly paid ($4.6 million) coach Roy Hodgson resigned. The country and the soccer world were calling the loss one of the worst ever. Meanwhile, Iceland’s co-head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson is also a part-time dentist. England has a population of 53.1 million and a soccer culture that is amongst the world’s most rabid and highly paid. Iceland has a population of less than 330,000—making it roughly equivalent to the size of Bakersfield, California....

Timchenko’s company grew 30.6% during the first half of this year. That adds up to an additional $2 billion for the company’s valuation. The Volga Group, which is an umbrella holding group for Timchenko’s interests, has a value of $8.6 billion. Gennady Timchenko has a personal net worth of $9 billion. He is the 10th richest Russian billionaire. Timchenko was born in 1952 in Leninakan, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic and grew up in the Ukraine and the German Democratic Republic....

How much would you charge? $100? $200? $500? $1000? Let’s take the high number, $1,000. Even today, that would probably be an awesome payday for one simple freelance job. Especially for a college student. So you design the logo and earn your $1,000. You’re flush with beer and pizza for at least a few months. Slam dunk. Fast forward a couple years… How would you feel if that $1,000 design ended up becoming the most famous corporate logo of all time and one of the most recognizable symbols on the planet?...

Your stay begins with private jet fare to the Las Vegas airport from wherever you happen to be (a suggestion: get as far from Vegas as you can before they pick you up so as to enjoy more travel time in the air). Then, you’ll be chauffeured to the hotel via a Maybach automobile, and it’s then that your vacation truly begins in earnest. After taking advantage of the hotel’s VIP check-in, you’ll get your first look at the 6,500 square foot Presidential Suite where you’ll be staying....

Thierry Guetta, better known by his sobriquet Mr. Brainwash, was the subject of the 2010 documentary film “Exit Through the Gift Shop,” which was directed by fellow street artist Banksy. He began as an amateur videographer before becoming a successful artist with his high-profile series of “Life is Beautiful” exhibitions. Guetta has also designed artwork for various musical artists and directed the film “Life Remote Control.” Early Life Thierry Guetta was born on January 31, 1966 in Garges-lès-Gonesse, France....

In case you need a quick reminder: last year, en route to their fourth Super Bowl, the New England Patriots beat the Indianapolis Colts 45-7 in the AFC Championship Game. The Colts suggested the Patriots were using balls that were deflated past the legal PSI, there was a big, drawn-out investigation by the league, Tom Brady destroyed a cell phone, documents were likely mishandled and misinterpreted, and the whole thing clouded both the off-season and the start of the following season....

He was drafted by the LA Dodgers in 1965 but after asking for a $70,000 contract the team declined. He finally signed his first professional contract a year later, this time with the Atlanta Braves. Unfortunately, a complication caused this contract to be voided after it was alleged he was ineligible. Ironically, because he had turned pro he could not return to college. He eventually signed a contract with the Mets in 1967....

Early Life Born on September 27, 1977, in Chinandega, Nicaragua, Padilla discovered his passion for baseball at a young age. He signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks as an international free agent in 1998. Following several years in the minor leagues where he honed his skills and gained valuable experience, Padilla made his major league debut with the Diamondbacks in 1999. Major Leagues Padilla made his Major League debut in 1999 against the Cincinnati Reds, pitching in the ninth inning and giving up four hits and three runs without recording an out....

Early Life and Junior Career She was born in 1963 in Houston, Texas as the youngest of seven children. She started playing tennis at the age of 10 and entered her first tournament at the age of 12. At 14, she won the national girls’ 18s title and in 1981 won both the Wimbledon and US Open junior titles. She was soon ranked the World #1 junior player. Professional Career When she was 19, she began suffering from bulimia following the death of her mother....

During one such hunt about ten years ago, he purchased two boxes of glass photograph plates for $45. According to CNN, in just the last week or so, he received official confirmation that those plates were negatives created by the one-and-only Ansel Adams (photographed below), a legendary photographer, much of whose work prior to 1937 was lost in a darkroom fire that created a kind of blank spot in his oeuvre....

Master P’s ex-wife, Sonya Miller, has been complaining for years that her ex-husband has refused to provide her and her three minor children with financial support after their divorce in 2013. Sonya has repeatedly asked him for support in the past, to no avail. According to Sonya, she was with him when he built his $200 million No Limit Records empire, which entitles her to receive significant financial support. Things got so bad for Sonya after the divorce, that she claimed that she needed welfare support, and that she had to move in with her adult son, Lil Romeo....