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Unafraid to set a former president straight, Edwards and Holland were also brazen enough to tell WME they wanted a deal with Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company, or specifically, Sprite. So Fleming and Co. cold-called Coca-Cola, and Edwards soon became part of Sprite’s “Obey Your Thirst” reprisal, complete with an “Anta Claus” commercial, in which he drives a Chevy convertible instead of a sleigh. “I call him a walking Emmy,” Duffy said. “Like, he’s full-on entertainment every day.”
Last year the Suns held a family event at their north Phoenix practice facility. Booker got there early, Chapman said. Played with everyone’s kids. While doing so, Booker learned that teammate Saben Lee had a younger brother named Aubry who loved cars. Booker, known for his collection of classic cars, took Aubry outside and showed him his pink 1958 Chevy convertible. The two talked and took photos. “Obviously, Book is considered a high-level athlete, a celebrity on the highest level,” Lee said from Turkey, where he is playing this season. “To do something like that, which to him might not be that significant, but to my little brother and me, it definitely meant a lot. That’s something my little brother will remember for the rest of his life. It just goes to show you Book’s character, the way that he was raised and the way that he still is.”
That's when the Johnsons adopted Michael, a little boy from a Romanian orphanage, and brought him home to Atlanta. Michael was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, an incurable disease, after arriving in the U.S. He also developed a rare, feverish passion for car keys and key fobs. "He would hold them in his lap and he would just want different one's on different days," Cheryl said. "And when he got sicker, and he got on the ventilator, he even talked about the car that Jesus drives. And if you need to know, Jesus drives a red Silverado." In October 2021, Michael died at the age of 33, departing the world in that bright red Chevy and leaving his parents along the side of road, clutching photos and that extensive collection which they have cherished.
The exclusion prompted the SLA to assign investigator Charles Stravalle, a retired police captain, to determine if MSG can keep serving booze at Knicks and Rangers games, The New York Times reported. Banning only some sports fanatics could violate state beverage laws requiring establishments admit the general public. According to the Times, Stravalle called the NYPD after he was tailed for over 100 miles by a black Chevrolet — right up to his return home in Queens, where the Chevy driver remained camped out with a camera pointed toward Stravalle’s house.
According to a report by Thomas Barrabi of FOX Business, Michael Jordan's representatives categorically denied a rumor that Jordan is interested in acquiring a stake in Richard Petty Motorsports. The rumor was based on the idea that the team was looking for new investors to entice driver Bubba Wallace to re-sign to drive the No. 43 Chevrolet in 2021 and beyond. “There is no truth to that rumor at all,” said Estee Portnoy, Jordan's longtime spokesman. “Michael Jordan is not considering an investment in NASCAR’s Richard Petty Motorsports.”
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At Russell's side: a Lakers security guard, a representative from Creative Artists Agency (which represents him), and his two older brothers, Antonio and LeShawn. Chevrolet also provided two additional security guards in case any issues arose considering the heated fallout after a leaked video Russell secretly recorded of teammate Nick Young discussing women other than his fiancée, Iggy Azalea, went public recently.
John Henson: Went to @schwankekasten jewelry today in White-Fish Bay during regular business hours . They locked the door and told me to go away . After I rang the doorbell twice everyone went to the back. No answered the door or told me what was going on. This was followed by two police cars pulling up and parking across the street and watching me for 5 minutes ( I assumed they were called by the store ) . I was then approached by 2 officers and questioned about the dealer vehicle I was in which is apart of my endorsement deal with Kunes country Chevrolet and asked me what I wanted amongst other things that were just irrelevant to me being there just trying to shop at the store like a normal paying customer would do . I told them I was just trying to look at a watch. He then had to go in the back and tell them to come out it was safe but this is after they ran my plates and I overheard them talking about doing more of a background check on the car. The employees finally came out of the back and proceeded to conduct business like they previously were as we walked up . This was one of the the most degrading and racially prejudice things I've ever experienced in life and wouldn't wish this on anyone . This store needs to be called out and that's what I'm doing . You have no right to profile someone because of their race and nationality and this incident needs to be brought to light and I urge anyone who ever is thinking of shopping here reads this and doesn't bring any business to this discriminatory place. http://instagram.com/p/9B66RnCLqK/
Of course, Mike won all six he played in to James’ two, so he won’t soon catch MJ in that. Merely drawing one closer this spring would be an upset with Bron obliged to try to carry the rag-tag Cavaliers past the favored Warriors. You don’t have to bend NBA history to recognize a greater significance of these Finals, the last act on the old network TV deal and the old way of life. Next season will be the first on a new deal, taking the league from $930 million per season to a staggering $2.6 billion, ending questions of profitability for the 30 teams and questions of the place of what was once sneered at in sports departments as “a YMCA game.” The $2.6 billion is second among U.S. leagues to the NFL’s $5 billion. It almost doubles baseball ($1.5 billion) which kept its hold on Americana –”Baseball, applie pie and Chevrolet,” in the car commercial jingle–long after ceasing to be the National Pastime.
We went back and forth. I told him it had been relayed to me that he didn’t re-up with any of his Portland sponsorships and deals, agreements that in the past included Cadillac, Chevy, and Providence Hospital. And that it had been relayed to me that he was asking to get out of a lease on his Pearl District condo. It had the appearance that Aldridge was putting his affairs in order. Preparing for a clean break from Portland and the Blazers.
But what Van Exel did next never made sense to Eyo’s father, who told us back in 2010 he did not think the shooting was an accident. Van Exel, who faces up to life in prison, told police that after shooting his 23-year-old friend, he wrapped him in plastic, dragged him to his garage and loaded him into the back of his Chevrolet sport utility vehicle, according to police documents.
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First, pictures popped up last week showing San Antonio Spurs big man Tim Duncan smiling in a Chevy Corvette Z06 at Exotics Racing, a performance driving school in Las Vegas that gives average Joes (and, it seems, four-time NBA champions) the chance to drive Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Aston Martins, Porsches and a host of other top-shelf vehicles on their private race track. Then, via Project Spurs, came this video that allegedly showed Duncan driving a Nissan GT-R during a drag race at San Antonio Speedway at speeds upward of 120 miles per hour:
Today, he owns two antique cars (a 1953 Chevrolet pickup and 1965 Ford Mustang convertible) and four mopeds (a 1954 Puma 2 Serie, 1957 Lambretta 125cc, 1966 Lambretta 150cc and 1981 Piaggio Vespa 200cc). He keeps them at his main residence in Alicante, Spain, where he played two of his 17 years of international basketball. "I drive every day when I'm in town, but much more when I'm on vacation and when I have free time," Prigioni told ESPNNewYork.com. "I enjoy driving a lot. I love it."
Prigioni doesn't just purchase antique cars. He looks to restore them to their original style, without altering any parts. For only his 1953 Chevrolet pickup, he changed many things, including its engine (350 V8 horsepower), power steering, individual suspension, disc brakes front and rear, and five-speed manual transmission. "It's my favorite car, especially because my wife bought it for me for Christmas in 2006," he said. "I rebuilt it like new during the last five years." He had previously used a company in Alicante to customize his cars. But now, he goes under his own hood. "Because they took too much time to restore my cars, I decided to open my own shop to do it," he said. "I've been doing it for the last four years. I also do work on my cars out of my house."
Bids on eBay are currently as astronomical as $50,000 and one sneakerhead in Queens, reportedly put up his 1996 Chevy Cavalier up on Craigslist in hopes of bartering. Hardaway showed off his own pair in Friday’s NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, alongside celebrity players like J. Cole and Common, but then whipped out the even more exclusive Nike Foamposite Shooting Stars during the second half of the game. Literally 1-of-1, the Orlando Magic-themed kicks may just be the most exclusive sneakers in the world right now, but Hardaway’s not sure if he’s ready to part with his size 14s just yet, and for what price. “They’re just in my possession and I’m enjoying them,” he laughs. “For my pair? I don’t know. It’s something to think about, you know. If I did auction them off or whatever, the money would go to charity, it wouldn’t come to me. I don’t know if I’m going to auction them off yet. I have to talk to my guy, but I would hope that if they were going to be auctioned off for charity, they would go for a lot of money.”
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