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The Maserati Boomerang returned at the 1972 Geneva Auto Show, and this time it was a running, street legal vehicle that featured a 4.7 liter V8 engine with 310 horsepower borrowed from Maserati’s Bora. The Bora was a limited edition supercar made in the 1970s that had a top speed of 171 miles per hour. The Boomerang was styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro and also featured a luxurious interior, which included a steering wheel that actually rotated around the switchgear and instrument cluster....

In 1990, at the time, Erickson was running a struggling bakery in Emeryville, California. He liked to bake, but had a hard time keeping his bakery afloat. He didn’t have a strategic plan beyond working just enough to fund his passions of cycling and climbing. One morning, he and a friend went out on what was planned to be a 125-mile bike ride through the mountains east of San Francisco....

Just months after NASA passed on them, Sierra Nevada bid on a cargo project for NASA. The company was awarded that contract. Sierra Nevada will carry food, water, and science experiments to and from the International Space Station. Sierra Nevada is splitting the $14 billion contract with SpaceX and Orbital ATK. The unmanned cargo ship has not been built yet, but it has already been named. It will also be called Dream Chaser....

He began racing at a very early age and is today considered to be the most successful Formula One driver of all time. His career spanned from 1991 to 2006 with Jordan Benetton and Ferrari. Michael’s younger brother, Ralf Schumacher, also had a highly successful racing career. Tragically, Michael’s life was upended in December 2013 after a ski accident. The accident left him with permanent brain damage. Early Life and Rise Michael Schumacher was born on January 3, 1969, in Hürth, which at the time was part of West Germany....

She co-created, produced, sang in, and danced in Dollhouse Revue in Denver. She has starred in the movies Any Given Sunday, Spotless, Throttle, Alice in Wasteland, and Standards of Ethical Content. Michelle has also produced the 2011 film The Casserole Club. She co-hosted The Russo and Steele Automotive Auctions on ESPN and has also been a pit reporter for Champ Car World Series. She has worked for the Attitude Network, Fox Sports Net, Comcast, CBS, NBC, ABC, and Speed Channel....

It was in the mid-2000s that he bought several engineering and construction companies, which he eventually combined to form his E4 Group. In July 2007, Abyzovbecame the Chairman of the group’s board, and only a month later, he was named as Mostotrest’s Chairman of the board of directors. Recently, Abyzov also set his foot in politics. Since May 2012, he has been a minister in the Russian Federation’s cabinet, serving as Minister for Open Government affairs in Dmitry Medvedev’s Cabinet....

Naomi Watts was born Naomi Ellen Watts on September 28, 1968, in Kent, England. Her mother worked as a costume and set designer as well as an antiques dealer, and she is of English and Welsh descent. Her father, Peter Watts, was a sound engineer who worked with Pink Floyd. Her parents divorced when she was four years old, and she spent her childhood living in Southern England with her mother and older brother....

Nelly’s March 2024 win at Fir Hills brought her career earnings to $9.5 million, which bumped her to #28 on the LPGA Tour’s all-time money list. On April 7, 2024, Nelly won her fourth consecutive LPGA tour victory with her win at Shadow Creek. With Shadow Creek’s $300,000 prize her $10.1 million career earnings bumped her to #25 on the all-time money list. On Sunday, April 21, Nelly won the Chevron Championship, the first major of the LPGA tour season and her FIFTH consecutive win....

In the aftermath, Carlos lost parts of four fingers. Over the next 14 years, Vivian needed 28 reconstructive surgeries, numerous skin grafts, and years of rehabilitation. Carlos and Vivian were two of just 10 survivors of that plane crash. Vivian’s injuries were too severe for the local Nicaraguan hospitals to treat, so she was forced to travel for doctors and specialists all over the world. In the immediate days and months after the plane crash, she was moved between five different hospitals for surgeries, often having to suffer through long, bumpy car rides through hilly mountain roads....

Rick Harrison Rick is the one who pushed for the pawnshop to become an entertainment empire. The shop received its first taste of national fame after being featured on the Comedy Central show “Insomniac with Dave Attell”. Dave Attell visited the shop while he was staying in Las Vegas and discovered that it was being run by a very unique cast of characters. After their episode of Insomniac aired, Richard’s son Rick began pounding the pavement with production studios to get a full time series pitched and sold....

He played for the Dolphins from 1999 to 2004. Konrad now serves as CEO of Alterna Financial and he is a Managing Director of KT Capital Partners. He founded Allen Konrad Asset Management with friend Tim Allen in 2004. In 2007 Konrad became a member of the Florida State Board of Administration’s Investment Advisory Council. While fishing alone in the Atlantic Ocean in January 2015 he fell off his boat which was on autopilot and swam about nine miles in nine hours to reach shore....

Ron also played the role of Horshack in the TV series Mr. T. and Tina in 1976 and in the TV series Mr. Rhodes in 1997. Palillo starred in the films Skatetown, U.S.A., Surf II, Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI, Snake Eater, Hellgate, Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster, Committed, Wind, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, Trees 2: The Root of All Evil, The Guardians, and It’s a Dog Gone Tale: Destiny’s Stand....

Early Life and Education Scheana Shay was born as Scheana Marie Jancan on May 7, 1984 in West Covina, California. She is half Mexican. As a teenager, Shay went to Bishop Amat Memorial High School in La Puente, California. For her higher education, she attended Azusa Pacific University, from which she graduated in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism. Start of Television Career Shay began her career on television in an episode of the ABC Family series “Greek” in 2007....

Scott Disick sort of snuck up on the American public out of nowhere. The New York native began dating Kourtney Kardashian in 2006, and suddenly he was everywhere. Their on-again, off-again relationship was ratings gold for the various reality shows in which the Kardashian brood has starred. Scott and Kourtney officially ended their relationship in 2015. Early Life Scott Disick was born Scott Michael Disick on May 26, 1983, in Eastport, New York....

His current NFL career statistics include a total of 2,477 rushing yards, a total of 555 rushing attempts, twenty rushing touchdowns, 124 receiving yards, and eighteen receptions. He was an AFC Champion in 2011, FedEx Ground Player of the Week in 2012, and was the thirteenth player in school history to rush over 1,000 yards in a season at Louisiana State University.

He also wrote, directed, produced, and starred in Ong-bak 2 in 2008 and Ong-bak 3 in 2010. As an actor Tony first starred in the film Plook mun kuen ma kah 4 in 1994. He has also starred in the films Puen hode, Mission Hunter 2, Nuk leng klong yao, Ong-bak, The Bodyguard, Warrior King, The Bodyguard 2, and Warrior King 2. He is scheduled to direct and star in the upcoming film A Man Will Rise....

This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NBA Draft did happen soon after the conclusion of the NBA Finals. However, all of those other summer activities are being compacted into five weeks, with the season set to start on December 22. As the rookies get acclimated to their new teams, let’s take a look at the biggest winners and losers, strictly from a financial perspective. Winners Anthony Edwards The number one pick in a draft always comes with lofty expectations, but it also comes with the biggest paycheck....

#10: F/A-18 Hornet Cost: $94 million The United States first used this strike fighter in the 1980s. The Hornet is capable of attacking aerial and ground targets and has been used in Operation Desert Storm and been flown by the Navy’s Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron. The F/A-18 Hornet is also used by the militaries of Canada, Finland, Australia, Spain, Kuwait, Switzerland, and Malaysia. #9: EA-18G Growler Cost: $102 million The Growler is a lightly armed variation of the F/A-18 fighter....

He played for the St. Louis / Los Angeles Rams from 2012 to 2017 and joined the New York Jets in 2018. Johnson signed a four year deal for $3.04 million with the Rams in 2012 and he received a franchise tag in 2016 for $13.95 million. In 2017 he signed a one year deal with the Rams for $16.74 million. Johnson signed a five year deal with the Jets in 2018 for $72....

We looked at athletes from the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, tennis, golf, and soccer to figure out the highest career earners in each. Generally, the totals are just money from salary and bonuses, not endorsement deals. NBA – Kevin Garnett, $343.8 million Garnett spent 21 years in the NBA, winning MVP in 2004 and a championship in 2008. Garnett’s career earnings were partly a result of fortuitous timing. He entered the league straight from high school in 1995; at the time, rookies could sign their next contract after just three seasons....