Led by Ruth and Lou Gehrig, the Yankees won 110 games, then an American League record. They took home the pennant by a monstrous 19 games and swept the World Series to win yet another championship. Throughout the season, Ruth and Gehrig battled each other in a wildly entertaining home run chase. Gehrig finished with 47 home runs – a very solid total – while Ruth knocked 60 out of the park.
Allen, is, of course, best known for founding Microsoft with his childhood friend Bill Gates in 1975. He was born in Seattle in 1953. He attended the private Lakeside School where he met and became friends with Bill Gates. The two shared an enthusiasm for computers and used their school’s Teletype terminal to work on their programming skills. They also utilized the lab of the Computer Science Department at the University of Washington.
But perhaps the most talked about story was the legend of Tony Romo. The CBS broadcaster brings an infectious energy to the games he called. He also seems to have a knack for predicting plays before they’re about to happen. It’s that combination of talent that’s made Romo the most popular NFL broadcaster around. It makes sense that CBS would want to keep him as long as they can. But with one year left on Romo’s contract, how much would CBS have to spend?
Yet O’Neal’s second career as a businessman might be even more incredible. Here’s a look at his investing strategy, plus some of his smartest investments. O’Neal told the Wall Street Journal last year that he saves 75 percent of his income, referencing an analogy a man had shared with him. “I met a gentleman one time. He had a piece of paper. He said, ‘This is $100.’” After ripping the piece of paper in half, the man told O’Neal: “Smart people invest this $50 and then they have $50 left.
In the post, Gates says that he’s long been a proponent on higher taxes for people like him, with large amounts of wealth to spare: “The truth is, I’ve been pushing for a fairer tax system for years. It was nearly two decades ago that my dad and I started calling for an increase in the federal estate tax and for an estate tax in our home state of Washington, which has the most regressive tax system in the country.
Servier was founded in 1954 and over the next decades, Jacques expanded the company to become one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical operations. The company generates around $5 billion a year in revenue, while spending billions on research. The company is notably for testing many experimental drugs for treating cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, as well as cancer. For much of his remaining years, Mr. Servier supervised and ran the company through a Netherlands-based foundation.
Jake Miller released the album 2:00am in LA in 2017 and it reached #18 on the US Indie chart and his album Silver Lining was released in 2018 and reached #20 on the US Indie chart. He has also released several EPs including The Road Less Traveled in 2013 which reached #6 on the US Rap chart, Dazed and Confused in 2014 which reached #3 on the US Rap chart, and Rumors in 2016 which reached #7 on the US Rap chart.
Jaylon Smith won the Dick Butkus award in 2015 and was a consensus All-American. He was first-team All-Independent in 2014 and 2015. Jaylon Smith was drafted #34 overall by the Dallas Cowboys in 2016. He signed a four year rookie contract for $6.49 million with a $2.9 million signing bonus in 2016. His brother Rod Smith has played for the Dallas Cowboys.
Bradley’s best known role has come since 2011 on the HBO drama television series Game of Thrones as Samwell Tarly. He has had recurring roles on the TV series Shameless and Merlin in 2012 and had an uncredited role in the film Anna Karenina the same year. Bradley is scheduled to star in the upcoming films Man-Up!, Traders, New Amsterdam, and Caesar. For his work on Game of Thrones Bradley was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2014.
John Hickenlooper was born in Narbeth, Pennsylvania in February 1952. He is a Democrat who graduated from Wesleyan University and earned his MS. Hickenlooper served as the 43rd Mayor of Denver from July 2003 to January 2011. From July 2014 to July 2015 he was the Chair of the National Governors Association. John Hickenlooper served as the 42nd Governor of Colorado from January 2011 to January 2019. He campaigned for the 2020 Democratic nomination for the President of the United States before dropping out and then announced his candidacy for the United States Senate in 2020.
Friday morning Guggenheim Securities downgraded National Beverage to a sell, writing that “increasing competitiveness of the category gives us increased conviction that a rebound is unlikely.” Sales of LaCroix started declining last October, after the controversy about whether or not LaCroix actually is “all natural,” as advertised across social media. Investors were not thrilled with the weak results of the third quarter report. Shares of National Beverage fell by more than 22% by 10:30am eastern time on Friday, to $52.
Lana Gomez appeared in the 2019 short Sebastian Maniscalco Live from Madison Square Garden. She was also listed as a producer for the 2014 TV special documentary Sebastian Maniscalco: Aren’t Your Embarrassed?. Gomez worked with interior designer Kelly Wearstler and designed a guitar sculpture on the Sunset Strip. She has been featured in publications including House Beautiful, The New Yorker, and more. Sebastian Maniscalco has appeared in the specials Sebastian Live, What’s Wrong With People?
The first Arthur book Arthur’s Nose was published in 1976. Marc Brown did many jobs including being a TV art director, a truck driver, and a college professor. His works include the Arthur Adventure series, Arthur audiobooks, beginner books, chapter books, Good Sport chapter books, and more. One of the spinoff TV series he executive produced was Postcards from Buster from 2004 to 2008. In addition to his Daytime Emmy Awards Marc Brown also won CINE Competition Golden Eagle Awards in 2006 for Arthur.
Martin Henderson starred as Ben Gundelach on the TV series Secrets & Lies in 2014 and as Harold Jensen on the series The Red Road from 2014 to 2015. He had a recurring role as Stuart Neilson on the television series Shortland Street from 1992 to 2017 and starred as Dr. Nathan Riggs on the TV series Grey’s Anatomy from 2015 to 2017. Henderson starred as Jack Sheridan on the series Virgin River in 2019.
Nix also created, wrote, and executive produced the TV movie Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe in 2011. He created, wrote and executive produced the series The Comedians and Complications in 2015. Nix also created and wrote the 2017 television series APB. In 2008 he was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay for Burn Notice.
Matt has been married to writer Phyllis Grant since 2001. They have two children together.
He released the singles “Million Dollar Man” in 2013, “Tie Yuh”, “Ben Ova”, and “My Own” in 2014, “Ghetto Bible” and “My League” in 2015, and “Progress” in 2016. Mavado has also been featured on singles by DJ Khaled and Chinx. The song “Progress” was featured on DJ Khaled’s album Major Key which was nominated for Best Rap Album at the Grammy Awards. In 2007 Mavado was detained by Jamaican police.
For the Los Angeles Dodgers, that might mean losing star acquisition Mookie Betts before he ever takes the field. In February, the Dodgers traded away three prospects – outfielder Alex Verdugo, shortstop Jeter Downs, and catcher Connor Wong – to the Boston Red Sox to acquire Betts. At the time, it seemed like a no brainer. The Dodgers were getting one of the top players in baseball in return for talented, yet unproven talent.
RIP Medical’s MO is to use donations in order to bulk-buy large amounts of medical debt off of various organizations without any sort of financial liability for the beneficiaries. Amazingly, TMZ reports that a $10,000 donation from Young’s foundation translated to a total $1,059,186.39 in vanished debt – which makes one wonder if this sort of philanthropy may be on the verge of becoming much more popular for both philanthropists and regular individual donors.
Young was an MGM contract player and one of his most rewarding roles came in H.M. Pulham, Esq. He won a Golden Globe Award for Best TV Actor – Drama and a Primetime Emmy Award for Marcus Welby, M.D. and two more Primetime Emmy Awards for Father Knows Best. He also received stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for motion picture, television, and radio. Robert Young passed away on July 21, 1998 at 91 years old.