Derrick Martell Rose is an American professional basketball player who is currently playing for the Chicago Bulls of the NBA.

Born in Chicago, Rose learned the game of basketball from his three older brothers. In high school, he won two state championships and was rated by scouts as the top point guard prospect in the country after graduation. He played collegiately for the University of Memphis Tigers and reached the NCAA national championship game in 2008. Shortly after, Rose declared for the 2008 NBA Draft and was selected first overall by his hometown Chicago Bulls. In his first year of professional basketball, Rose was voted the Rookie of the Year and was selected to the All-Rookie Team. In only his second season, Rose was selected as an All-Star for the first time for the 2010 NBA All-Star Game; he was also named a starter for the U.S. Team at the 2010 FIBA World Championships.

In 2009, an NCAA investigation revealed that Rose’s SAT scores had been invalidated, making him retroactively ineligible to play for Memphis. As a result, the NCAA vacated Memphis’ entire 2007–08 season.

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• Date of birth : October 4, 1988
• Place of birth  : Chicago, Illinois
• Nationality  : American
• High school  : Simeon Career Academy (Chicago, Illinois)
• Listed height  : 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
• Listed weight  : 190 lb (86 kg)
• College : Memphis
• NBA Draft  : 2008 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1, Selected by the Chicago Bulls
• Pro career  : 2008–present
• Career history : Los Angeles Lakers (2008–present)
• Career highlights and awards
  • 2010 FIBA World Championship Gold Medalist
  • NBA Rookie of the Year (2009)
  • NBA All-Star (2010)
  • NBA All-Rookie First Team (2009)
  • Skills Challenge Champion (2009)

Link

• Sports Portal

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Luol Michael Deng is a Sudanese-British professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association’s Chicago Bulls and the Great Britain national basketball team. He plays the small forward position.

Deng is a member of the Dinka ethnic group. When he was young, his father Aldo, a member of the Sudanese parliament, moved the family to Egypt to escape the Second Sudanese Civil War. In Egypt, they met former NBA center Manute Bol, another Dinka, who taught Deng’s older brother, Ajou Deng, how to play basketball while also serving as a mentor for Luol himself. When they were granted political asylum, his family emigrated to Brixton, South London. Deng developed an interest in soccer, admiring Tino Asprilla of Newcastle United, but also continued to play basketball, and was invited to join England’s 15-and-under teams in both sports. During this time, he began his career at Brixton Basketball Club. At the age of 13, he played for England’s squad in the European Junior Men’s Qualifying Tournament, averaging 40 points and 14 rebounds. He was named the MVP of the tournament. Next, he led England to the finals of the European Junior National Tournament, where he averaged 34 points and earned another MVP award.

At the age of 14, Luol moved to the United States to play basketball at Blair Academy in New Jersey, where one of his teammates was future NBA player Charlie Villanueva. Deng was also named a Tri-Captain at Blair along with Charlie Villanueva . During his senior year, Deng was considered the second most promising high school senior in America after LeBron James. He was named First Team All-America by Parade Magazine and USA Today, and was selected to play in the McDonald’s High School All-America game, but could not play due to a foot injury. After graduation, he decided to attend Duke University. In one season at Duke, he appeared in 37 games and made 32 starts. He averaged 30.1 minutes and scored 15.1 points per game en route to a berth in the 2004 Final Four. He is only the 10th freshman in ACC history to lead all rookies in scoring, rebounding, and field goal percentage.

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• Team : Chicago Bulls
• No. : 9
• Position : Small forward
• Date of birth : April 16, 1985
• Place of birth : Wau, Sudan
• Nationality : British
• Listed height : 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
• Listed weight : 220 lb (100 kg)
• College : Duke
• NBA Draft : 2004 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7, Selected by the Phoenix Suns
• Pro career : 2004–present
• Career highlights and awards
  • 2004-05 NBA All-Rookie First Team
  • 2007 NBA Sportsmanship Award

Link

• Sports Portal

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Taj Jami Gibson is a professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Following the 2010 signing of Carlos Boozer, he is expected to enter the season as the second string power forward. Gibson played three seasons of collegiate basketball for the USC Trojans and was selected 26th overall by the Bulls in the 2009 NBA Draft.

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• No. : 22
• Team : Chicago Bulls
• Position : Power forward
• Date of birth : June 24, 1985
• Place of birth : Brooklyn, NY
• Nationality : American
• High school : Calvary Christian High School, San Fernando, CA
• Listed height : 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
• Listed weight : 225 lb (102 kg)
• College : Southern California
• Pro career : 2009–present
• Career highlights and awards
  • NBA All-Rookie First Team (2010)

Link

• Sports Portal

James Lafferty (born July 25, 1985) is an American actor. He currently stars as Nathan Scott on The CW prime time series One Tree Hill.

In 2001, Lafferty landed a role on the short-lived television series Emeril. He portrayed Emeril’s son. He also guest-starred on Once and Again, Get Real, and Boston Public. This was followed by a role in the movie A Season on the Brink. The film was a basketball movie about the 1985-1986 season of Indiana University’s men’s basketball team. It was based on the book by John Feinstein. Lafferty portrayed the character of Steve Alford.

In 2003, Lafferty was cast as Nathan Scott on the television series One Tree Hill. Of the original five main cast members who portrayed students at Tree Hill High School, he was the only teenager when the show debuted in September 2003. Chad Michael Murray and Bethany Joy Galeotti (then known as Bethany Joy Lenz) were 22, while Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton were 21.

He recently starred in the Donnie Darko sequel S. Darko as Iraq Jack.

Matthew Perry stars as Ben Donovan, the self-involved manager of a second-rate San Diego sports arena who begins to re-evaluate his life on his 40th birthday.

Working alongside him is his boss and arena owner, Crystal—attractive, powerful and highly erratic; Alice—the cute, tomboyish marketing director and Ben’s friend with benefits; Alonzo—a former basketball player, handsome and unbelievably happy; Ben’s assistant, Heather—pretty, sweet, but terrifying because she once lit a boyfriend on fire; Crystal’s son, Roman—sweet-faced, clueless and Ben’s newest employee; and a hapless operations crew whom Ben refers to collectively as the “Steves.”

Cast

• Matthew Perry as Ben Donovan
• Allison Janney as Crystal Cohen
• Nate Torrence as Roman Cohen
• Andrea Anders as Alice
• James Lesure as Alonzo
• Portia Doubleday as Heather

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• Genre : Comedy
• Created by : Matthew Perry
• Country of origin : United States
• Language : English
• Executive producers : Jamie Tarses, Thomas Schlamme, Matthew Perry, Alex Barnow, Marc Firek
• Camera setup : single-camera
• Running time : approx 22 min
• Production companies : Matthew Perry Productions, Shoe Money Productions, Barnow and Firek Productions, FanFare Productions, Sony Pictures Television
• Original channel : ABC

Links

• Official website

Pakho Chau is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and songwriter. He officially entered the Hong Kong music industry in 2007, and is currently signed to the Warner Music Group, Hong Kong.

Having once represented Hong Kong in basketball, Chau has also worked as a lifeguard, swimming teacher, and piano teacher. Chau also enjoyed a brief stint as a part-time model, signed to Hong Kong modelling agency Starz People, becoming a model and spokesperson for many large companies and brands in Hong Kong.

After a while, Chau decided to pursue his long-time passion for music, and saved up money to go abroad and learn more about music and production techniques. However, he was encouraged by his modelling manager to stay in Hong Kong, and was soon introduced to a well-known record producer in Hong Kong, Chan Kwong-Wing (陳光榮). After an initial meeting, Chau worked in Chan’s recording studio as an unpaid engineer for almost two years, recording and producing demos and commercial jingles.

His musical talent was noticed by Chan, and soon Chau was offered a recording contract and signed to Warner Music Group in 2007.

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During the end of the event, Hov took the stage for a nearly 20-minute concert at the Radio City Music Hall, where he delivered an onslaught of hits from his lengthy catalog .

“I only got 20 minutes, so I can’t wait for you to warm up,” Jay said, as he kicked off his set with “Hovi Baby.”

“Only two resting in heaven / Can be mentioned in the same breath as him / Seven straight summers … ,” he spit, before pausing briefing and then continuing. “Eleven straight summers, critics might not admit it / But nobody in rap did it quite like I did it.”

Dressed in all-black, the superstar rapper gaves folks a taste of past and present, running through tracks like “Run This Town” and “99 Problems” to “Dead Presidents” and “Can I Live” … all while star-studded crowd looked on, including LeBron James, Khloé Kardashian, and Spike Lee.

Rihanna wasn’t able to assist Jay for “Run This Town,” but when he performed “On To The Next One,” Swizz Beatz joined him; and then Memphis Bleek also chimed in for “U Don’t Know.”

Reaching nearly 30 minutes, Jay-Z ended the night with The Black Album’s Public Service Announcement and his first no. 1 hit, “Empire State of Mind.”

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She has been in jail in Texas on charges of forgery, fraud and breaking her probation, and her trial began on Monday.

But in a shocking new twist, Cristal told a reporter from ‘Dallas Morning News’ in a telephone interview: “I am pregnant.”

German giant Nowitzki (30) is said to be in shock!

According to Taylor, the pregnancy only came to light when she was examined whilst in prison: “”I didn’t even know,” she told the newspaper. “Nobody knew until they tested me in Dallas.”

Now the Dallas Mavericks star finds himself in a tricky situation.

He broke up with Taylor after the accusations were made against her and immediately stopped contact – he even changed his phone number and said he wanted nothing more to do with her. Now he must stand by the woman who let him down.

In the interview, Taylor said: “I didn’t tell him everything about my past, because I was afraid that he might leave me. Now I’m pregnant and alone and broke because he is my only source of income.”

That’s a bit rich! Some are saying that the pregnancy is all a big stunt.

An official confirmation of her statement is still pending. There has been no word from prison management.

Nowitzki’s coach Holger Geschwindner (63) told BILD: “If she is really pregnant, then Dirk will behave accordingly.”

Dirk is staying in the US but is supposed to return to Germany soon, where Crystal will surely follow if she gets the chance…

Cristal Taylor ‘pregnant’ with NBA star’s baby:

Early life

Howard was born in Atlanta, Georgia to Dwight Sr. and Sheryl Howard and into a family with strong athletic connections. His father is a Georgia State Trooper and serves as Athletic Director of Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy, a private academy with one of the best high school basketball programs in the country, while his mother played on the inaugural women’s basketball team at Morris Brown College. A devout Christian since his youth, Howard became serious about basketball around the age of nine; in eighth grade, he resolved to be selected as the number one pick in the NBA Draft one day. Despite his large frame, Howard was quick and versatile enough to play the guard position. He elected to attend Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy for high school, and in his four years he played mostly as power forward, averaging 16.6 points per game (ppg), 13.4 rebounds per game (rpg) and 6.3 blocks per game in 129 appearances. As a senior, Howard led his team to the 2004 state title. He averaged 25 points, 18 rebounds, 8 blocks and 3.5 assists per game. That same year, Howard was widely recognized as the best American high school basketball player, and he was awarded the Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award, the Morgan Wootten High School Player of the Year Award, Gatorade National Player of the Year and the McDonald’s National High School Player of the Year honor.[4] He was also co-MVP (with J. R. Smith) of the McDonald’s High School All-American Game that year.

NBA career

Early years

Following his high school successes, Howard chose to forego college and declared for the 2004 NBA Draft—a decision partly inspired by his idol Kevin Garnett who had done the same in 1995—where the Orlando Magic selected him first overall over UConn senior Emeka Okafor. He took the number 12 for his jersey, in part because it was the reverse of Garnett’s 21 when he played for Minnesota. Howard joined a depleted Magic squad that had finished with only 21 victories the previous season; further, the club had just lost perennial NBA All-Star Tracy McGrady. Howard, however, made an immediate impact. He finished his rookie season with an average of 12.0 ppg and 10.0 rpg, setting several NBA records in the process. He became the youngest player in NBA history to average a double double in the regular season. He also became the youngest player in NBA history to average at least 10.0 rebounds in a season and youngest NBA player ever to record at least 20 rebounds in a game. Howard’s importance to the Magic was highlighted when he became the first player in NBA history directly out of high school to start all 82 games during his rookie season. For his efforts, he was selected to play in the 2005 NBA Got Milk? Rookie Challenge, and was unanimously selected to the All-Rookie Team. He also finished third to fellow center Okafor of the Charlotte Bobcats and guard Ben Gordon of the Chicago Bulls for the Rookie of the Year award.

Howard reported to camp for his second NBA campaign having added 20 pounds of muscle during the off-season. Orlando coach Brian Hill—responsible for grooming former Magic superstar Shaquille O’Neal—decided that Howard should be converted into a full-fledged center. Hill identified two areas where Howard needed to improve: his post-up game, and his defense. He exerted extra pressure on Howard, saying that the Magic would need him to emerge as a force in the middle before the team had a chance at the playoffs. Even though the big man played tentatively at times, he was able to build on his strong rookie year with an impressive sophomore season. On 15 November 2005, in a home game at against the Charlotte Bobcats, Howard scored 21 points and 20 rebounds, becoming the youngest player ever to score 20 or more points and gather 20 or more rebounds in the same game. He was selected to play on the Sophomore Team in the 2006 Rookie Challenge during the All-Star break, and on 15 April 2006, he recorded a career-high 26 rebounds against the Philadelphia 76ers; his 28 points in that game also brought him close to an NBA rarity, a 30-30 game. Overall, he averaged 15.8 points and 12.5 rebounds per game, ranking second in the NBA in rebounds per game, offensive rebounds, and double doubles; and sixth in field goal percentage. Despite Howard’s improvement, the Magic finished the season with a 36–46 win-loss record and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season since Howard’s arrival.

All-Star

Howard took another step forward as the franchise player for Orlando in the 2006–07 season, and for the third consecutive season he played in all 82 regular season games. On 1 February 2007, he received his first NBA All-Star selection as a reserve on the Eastern Conference squad for the 2007 NBA All-Star Game. Howard finished the game with 20 points and 12 rebounds. Less than a week later, he recorded a career-high 32 points against the Toronto Raptors. As the push for playoff spots intensified, Howard was instrumental, recording another career-high 35 points against the Philadelphia Sixers on 14 April 2007. Under his leadership, the Magic qualified for the 2007 NBA Playoffs for the first time since 2003 as the number eight seed in the Eastern Conference. However, the Magic were swept by the eventual Eastern Conference finalist Detroit Pistons in the first round. Howard averaged 17.6 points and 12.3 rebounds per game, and finished first in the NBA in total rebounds, second in field goal percentage, and ninth in blocks. He was further recognized as one of the best players in the league when he was named to the All-NBA Third Team at the end of the 2006–07 campaign.

Howard continued posting impressive numbers in the 2007–08 season; with free agent Rashard Lewis added to the ranks alongisde Hedo Türkoğlu to provide an extra offensive spark, this was the Magic’s best season yet. Howard’s strong and consistent play ensured that he was named as a starter for the Eastern Conference All-Star team, and by the time the mid-season break arrived, he was leading the league in double doubles (he concluded the season with a league-high 69) and had recorded 20 points and 20 rebounds in a game on five occasions (eight by the season’s end). On 16 February 2008, he won the 2008 Slam dunk contest by receiving 78% of the fan’s votes via text messaging or online voting; in that contest, he performed a series of innovative dunks said to have rejuvenated the contest, including donning a Superman cape for one of the dunks. Howard led the Magic to their first division title in 12 years and to the third seed for the 2008 NBA Playoffs, and in the first-round match-up against the Toronto Raptors, Howard’s dominance (three 20 point/20 rebound games) and point guard Jameer Nelson’s strong play ensured that Orlando prevailed over five games. Howard’s series total of 91 rebounds was also greater than the total rebounds collected by the entire Toronto frontcourt. In the next round against the Pistons, the Magic lost the first two road games before Howard’s 20 point/12 rebound performance in Game 3 salvaged a home win. In that same week, the center was named to the All-NBA First Team for the first time, and subsequently, the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. Detroit played without their star point guard Chauncey Billups for Games 4 and 5, but Orlando was unable to capitalize on that and lost the series 4–1 to the veteran playoffs team.

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• Born: December 8, 1985
• Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia
• Height: 6’11″
• Weight: 265 lbs
• Position: Center
• Number: 12
• 2004 NBA Draft: 1st Pick by Orlando
• 2007, 2008: Selected to NBA All-Star Game
• Helped Team USA win a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Links

• Official Site: Dwight Howard
• NBA.com: Dwight Howard
• Wikipedia: Dwight Howard
• SportsPortal : Dwight Howard

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