During the 1982 World Cup, Schumacher was embroiled in controversy after colliding with French player Patrick Battiston trying to track down a ball. Battiston fell into a coma after the hit; Schumacher denied any wrongdoing. The two teams faced off again in the 1986 World Cup. Following his playing career, Schumacher coached for a number of years before SC Fortuna Koln’s chairman fired him at halftime of a 1999 match....
The March sale transaction was private, so little is known — yet — about who the current owners are. Or why they are making such a high-stakes turnaround for the property. Perhaps the local real estate market, known as the Platinum Triangle, is red hot. Real estate market data indicate that the last estate sold in the 90077 area code was Kenny Rogers’ former estate, which went for $46.2 million....
Herbert Hunt went bankrupt in 1990 and it took him almost a decade to get back to riches. It was in October 2012 that his Petro-Hunt sold a vast portion of its acreage in the Bakken oilfields of North Dakota to Halcon Resources for $1.5 billion in both cash and stock. Today, he also owns 25% of Halcon and controls Placid Refining, which processes some 80,000 barrels per day of oil near Baton Rouge....
Jude Championship in 2007, and the Sanderson Farms Championship in 2013. He finished 2nd at the PGA Championship in 2007 behind Tiger Woods. He is also known for his antics such as striking himself in the head with his putter five times at the 1997, falling into a pond, and wearing swimming goggles in a match. He was part of the winning team for the United States at the 2007 Presidents Cup....
When Mayer came to Yahoo, the company was attempting to become a digital media powerhouse. However, despite purchasing the micro-blogging site Tumblr, Yahoo’s prospects have not improved, instead, the company continues to see significant decline. According to sources within the company, Mayer’s leadership has been a key reason behind the continued downfall. Some of the CEO’s decisions have been so controversial, that they have been publically criticized in pieces appearing The New York Times and The New Yorker....
However, things have turned for the better once Tshuva became a contractor and later earned a tidy fortune in the construction boom that coincided with the influx of Soviet Jews to Israel during the 1980s and early 90’s. But it was in 1998 when his life changed for good, having orchestrated a hostile takeover of Delek, Israel’s second-largest oil and gas company and. Being once poor, Tshuva set up a fund at Delek, through which he provides scholarships for 400 Israeli university students each year....
Ralph Thomas was born in Atlanta, Georgia in July 1982. He grew up in a poor family and credits his mom for being hard working. His rap influences were Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. At 17 Ralph started rapping. He joined Stay Down Productions and got his songs played on 95.5 The Beat. He later joined Money Maker Records. In 2007 he released his first mixtape Juug Man MixTape....
Let’s take a look at the 10 highest-paid NFL players – spoiler alert – seven of them are quarterbacks. #10 Matt Ryan Atlanta Falcons Total earnings:$26.5 million Salary/bonuses: $21.5 million Endorsements: $5 million Matt Ryan was the first player to score the $30 million a year deal with his five-year, $150 million deal he signed with the Falcons in 2018. #9 Brandin Cookes Los Angeles Rams Total earnings: $28 million Salary/bonuses: $27....
In addition to his acting career, Driver is also known for his work as a philanthropist and advocate for various causes. He is a co-founder of Arts in the Armed Forces, a nonprofit organization that brings live theater to military personnel and their families. Driver has also been involved in various environmental and social justice initiatives, including supporting the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Early Life Adam Douglas Driver was born on November 19, 1983....
Since 2010, Levin’s focus has been on philanthropic activities such as the Kiev Jewish religious community and the Babi Yar Memorial Fund. He has been a key speaker at such high-profile events as the Israeli Presidential Conference Facing Tomorrow and the 2012 ceremony at the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating those lost in the holocaust. That same year, Levin was elected as President of the Keren Hayesod (Israel National Fund in Ukraine)....
Before teaming up with Nikolaev and Mishin, Andrei Filatov was involved in businesses in Murmansk’s port. The three partners founded their first shipping company, Severstaltrans, in 1996. Actually, billionaire Andrei Kozitsyn was also one of the founders, but a year later the trio bought his stake and renamed the company N-Trans. When the vast portion of the stakes of Filatov’s partners fell in the hands of railway operator Transoil in 2012, Filatov decided to keep his 7% share....
He played for the Washington Senators in 1899 and for the New York Giants baseball team in 1909. Latham also managed the Browns in 1896. During his career he led the Major Leagues for most stolen bases with 109 in 1888 and he also led the American Association for most runs scored with 152 in 1886. Latham finished his career 8th all-time for stolen bases in a career with 739....
NPR reports that Bloomberg crossed the $500 million threshold just days before Super Tuesday. But the day’s voting didn’t hand Bloomberg the come-from-behind momentum he was hoping to get by blanketing the country in TV, radio, and internet ads, and the following day he suspended his campaign and endorsed former VP Joe Biden instead. And he’s planning to keep his campaign infrastructure in place to support whoever the eventual Democratic nominee is with the ultimate goal of defeating Donald Trump in November....
The suit stemmed from an incident last April the Hawks were in New York for a game against the Brooklyn Nets. Sefolosha and Pero Antic had been partying with Chris Copeland, who was in town with the Pacers to play the Knicks, at a popular celebrity hot spot called 10AK. Copeland got into an argument with his girlfriend outside when a bystander tried to intervene. After being told to mind his own business (but with more colorful language) the bystander pulled out a switchblade, and stabbed Copeland and cut his girlfriend and another woman several times....
He has worked with the New York City Ballet, Paris Opera, Metropolitan Opera, School of American Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and Ballet de Geneve, and in 2002, he launched his own ballet company, Danses Concertantes. Benjamin has directed the feature films “Portals” (2011) and “Carmen” (2022) and the short films “Time Doesn’t Stand Still” (2011), “Hearts & Arrows” (2015), and “Why Can’t We Get Along” (2018). He also wrote “Carmen” and “Time Doesn’t Stand Still....
He helped establish the smooth jazz genre. His debut studio album One was released in 1974. He has released 25 solo albums, several collaborations, 13 albums with the group Fourplay, and many more as a sideman and composer. James’ work has often been sampled in other songs, mainly in hip hop music. His song “Nautilus” has been sampled by Eric B. & Rakim, Run-D.M.C., Ghostface Killah, Soul II Soul, and Jeru the Damaja....
He is a four-time world champion, and is the current IBF and WBA Super-middleweight champion. He was also the WBC super-middleweight champion twice. He has built a reputation for ending the winning streaks of other boxers, and the BBC ranked him as the best boxer in Britain currently. Both World Boxing News and BoxRec named him “Fighter of the Year” for 2012.
He won the Male Vocalist of the Year at the 2006 and 2007 (along with Artist of the Year award) and 2008 GMA Dove Awards and a Grammy for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album in 2012. Tomlin’s 2013 album Burning Lights debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart, becoming only the fourth CCM album in history to carry that distinction. At 2012, according to Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI), Tomlin’s songs were performed more than 3 million times in churches around the world....
Early Life Dadju Alimasi Nsungula was born on May 2, 1991 in Melun, France, located on the southeastern outskirts of Paris. He comes from a musical family, with his father, Djanana Djuna, being a well-known Congolese vocalist who performed with Papa Wemba’s band. Meanwhile, Dadju’s half-brother Gims is a singer-songwriter, rapper, and producer who was a member of the successful French hip hop group Sexion d’Assaut. His other brothers, Bedjik and Xgangs, are also rappers....
Miller was indicted on 20 counts of fraud by a Pittsburgh grand jury that includes bankruptcy fraud, false bankruptcy declarations, and concealment of bankruptcy assets. In 2010, she filed a Chapter 11 petition to reorganize her dance studio business. The judge in Miller’s case got suspicious after watching the show and wondering where all the money she made went. It seems that Miller may have been playing a “complex shell game,” including the concealment from Uncle Sam of more than $755,000 in earnings from the show and related business activities....
