It’s like something from a sports movie: A teen in a basketball uniform makes an improbable shot, then gets hoisted on the shoulders of his teammates while the crowd cheers and chants his name.
But Nicholas Bennett, a senior at North Hall High School in Gainesville, Georgia, didn’t hit a game-winning basket. His achievement last Saturday was even rarer.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/30/living/feat-autistic-teen-half-court-shot-feat/index.html
On Sunday night, as confetti rains down on the University of Phoenix Stadium, there will be millions of elated sports fans declaring “We Won!”
For many people who do not follow sports, fans yelling “we won” appears to make no sense. The fans didn’t play the game. And the lives of the fans after the game
But, a major victory by the favorite team of a male sport fan does more than simply cause the fan to scream and yell. Seeing his team dominate on the field can cause a man’s endocrine system to ramp up the production of testosterone. And where there is testosterone there is the desire to seek out sex. And where there is a desire for sex there is, often, a population searching for pornography online.
Hip-hop star Jay-Z is buying a Scandinavian music streaming company for $56 million to add to a business empire that has spanned clothing and sports bars.
Project Panther Bidco Ltd, a company controlled by the 45-year-old rapper, said on Friday it had agreed to buy Sweden-listed Aspiro, which runs the music streaming services WiMP and Tidal, for 464 million Swedish crowns ($56 million) in cash.
Jay-Z, real name Shawn Corey Carter, is one of the world’s best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records. Forbes estimated his net worth at $520 million last year. He told Reuters he saw Aspiro as “an innovative high-quality company with strong future growth potential.”
Saint Joseph Lighthouse, Michigan. Photo taken January 24, 2015
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…There was one hiccup, however. Brees ran out of footballs to throw toward the end, so Beckham was throwing the balls back to him after making the catch. They completed the last few passes that way.
Dangerous. Moving fast in snow that’s almost waist high for an animal that can run up to 35 mph and can weigh 1,500 pounds.
http://i.imgur.com/aj4iuMB.gifv
Go to 1:40 in this video — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GEhM2Byk7w.
One person commented – “He ran through the snow like a moose knife in butter.”
http://www.today.com/health/how-stay-safe-ice-walk-penguin-2D12108872
http://ccd.fnal.gov/fire/walking-safely-on-ice.pdf
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Knight was being held on $2 million bail after police said two men were run over an L.A. parking lot. It marks another episode of violence in a life teeming with them.
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