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His developmental years have included numerous media training sessions. He currently has a NASA-grade public relations machine behind him. There’s no need for him to be raw or vulnerable or revealing or publicly proactive. No one around Flagg blinked when he deleted his X account three games into this season, saying that he wanted to avoid the site’s “toxicity.” He doesn’t post anything for his 900,000-plus followers on Instagram because, well, he doesn’t need to. Flagg is a public figure only when he has to be.
When I posed the question, “Who is Jarrett Allen?” He paused to think. “I like to think I’m just a normal person,” Allen said. “I don’t know how else to describe it, I’m a normal person. I play basketball. Obviously, I’m a professional at basketball. I love playing basketball. It’s not my life. But it is one of the biggest things I do right now. And I have a lot of interests.” Those interests – from computers, space, NASA, baking, plants, Wes Anderson films, Pokemon, and others – are what help him relate to so many people in his life. They ground him. It’s why the fans in Cleveland have fallen in love with Allen so quickly.
Clarke had gotten a high-end Heron Preston NASA puffer jacket and was so proud of it he kept it on even when he went to get shots up in the Garden after a game. NBA life was rapidly approaching and he was soaking it all in, looking out to the empty stands, hoping he would be playing on the parquet floor soon. After games I would introduce him to players he hadn’t met, but he didn’t need an introduction. They were all too familiar with his game from Ball is Life Instagram posts and were already telling him what he was going to do when he got to the league.
During his first press conference with the Cavaliers, Jarrett Allen admitted he once built his own computer. So it didn’t seem surprising that the 22-year-old center was excited about Thursday’s landing of the Mars rover Perseverance, which completed its 293 million-mile journey to the Red Planet. NASA’s robotic explorer will search for signs of past or present life. Allen was active on Twitter, including a post that said, “Got to watch it launch in July. Now get to see it land today! #CountdowntoMars.” He also retweeted a few posts from the rover’s verified Twitter account.
Jaylen Brown put together a presentation and chat with the scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland Tuesday that covered importance of STEM engagement with NASA solar scientist Yari Collado-Vega and engineer Kenny Harris.
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The six-time NBA All-Star will have plenty of guests on the airwaves, including actor Michael B. Jordan, Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington, food expert Antoni Porowski, mindfulness specialist Deepak Chopra, author and activist Chelsea Handler, Headspace founder Andy Puddicombe, model Karlie Kloss, Bulletproof founder Dave Asprey, two-time Paralympic champ Oksana Masters and NASA head of nutrition and biochemistry Scott M. Smith.
SI's Ben Pickman joined Madelyn Burke to discuss Celtics rookie Grant Williams' interesting connection to space. Williams' mother, Teresa, has worked at NASA for more than thirty years in a few different capacities. Pickman shares how Williams' mother and curiosity about space has taken him on the path of nurturing several other interests. Video Transcript: Madelyn Burke: For Grant Williams, the recent SpaceX and NASA launch was something special. The Celtics rookie has always had an interest in space. His mother is a big part of that. She's an engineer who's worked at NASA for three decades.
And, you know, as I mentioned, SpaceX at NASA, they recently launched two astronauts to the International Space Station. Did he have a story about watching that launch or what it meant to him? Ben Pickman: Yeah, I mean, this was a historic moment, a remember where you were kind of moment, as Williams described it. Now, he was in the house of Kemba Walker in Charlotte, which is where he is spending his quarantine, his hiatus from the NBA. And Williams was really excited about the launch in particular. And he said the thing that is amazing to him is just the different kinds of launches, the different kinds of shuttles, the different kinds of launch pads and launch procedures that we've seen in recent years. That kind of change, that evolution, that advancement, he said, is something that's really jumped out to him.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has named recipients of the 2020 Order of Lincoln. It is the state’s highest honor for professional achievement and public service. Pritzker on Friday announced honorees Scott Altman, originally from Pekin, a former NASA astronaut; Paul “Doug” Collins of Benton, an NBA All-Star and coach and Robert “Robb” Fraley of Hoopeston (HOUPS’-tun), a former Monsanto Co. executive.
"He told me the same thing that he's always told me in life," Dinwiddie said. "He's said that to me since I was born, whether I wanted to be president, or I wanted to be in NASA. Although I think they have a height requirement, so that was maybe kind of a lie on his part."
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“It’s P. He’s always pulling something out,” guard Terrance Ferguson said. “He got his NASA shoes on, so he definitely had to take off one time, and that’s exactly what he did. Put that in a commercial right there.”
"One of the most effective ways to set our children up for success is to ensure they receive excellent STEM education," Curry said. "Ayesha and I are passionate about making sure that STEM education is accessible and available to all children in the Bay Area." Dubbed the "Moon Landing" Curry 6, customized by best-in-class sneaker artist Dan Gamache of Mache Customs, the hand-painted shoes feature a series of NASA-related touches and details throughout.
"I am going to educate myself firsthand on everything that NASA has done and shine a light on their tremendous work over the years," Curry said. "And hopefully people understand that education is power, informing yourself is power ... I'm going to go to NASA and I'm going to enjoy the experience wholeheartedly."
Curry told ESPN Wednesday he was “one thousand percent” joking when he made the comments and said he would accept NASA’s invitation to show the two-time MVP its collection of moon rocks at the Johnson Space Center in Houston and educate him about the mission. When asked about Curry’s remarks, Aldrin didn’t want to comment, but did tell CBS2’s Crystal Cruz to tell Curry to “go ask the Russians” who landed on the moon. It wasn’t clear specifically what Aldrin was referring to.
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