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Kobe Bryant Teams Up With Jeff Stibel to Start $100 Million Venture Capital Fund
Posted on: 22 Aug 2016
Kobe Bryant may have retired from basketball, but he is still keeping himself busy. The former Los Angeles Lakers guard teamed up with former Web.com CEO Jeff Stibel to launch a $100 million investment fund called Bryant Stibel. The goal of Bryant Stibel will be to fund technology, media, and data companies. The partnership between Bryant and Stibel has existed since 2015 but now that Bryant isn’t a professional basketball player, he has more time on his hands to focus on other things. A few of the investments by the…
Olympic Diving pool Turns Green to Everyone’s Surprise
Posted on: 10 Aug 2016
The women’s synchronized 10-meter platform diving competition pool changed from blue to green to everyone’s surprise. The officials were as surprised as the contestants and the millions of people watching all around the world. Officials concluded that the water was safe after testing it even if it didn’t look eye-appealing. Just a day ago, it was a majestic blue and now it resembled swamp water. Athletes were baffled by the sudden change in color, especially because the pool next to it was blue, drastically highlighting the change. British diver Tom Daley…
Japanese Gymnast Racks Up Hefty Phone Bill Playing Pokemon Go
Posted on: 05 Aug 2016
Playing Pokemon Go didn’t come cheap for Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura, a six-time world champion. Uchimura’s addiction to Pokemon Go, a popular augmented-reality game, racked him up a $4,956 (500,898 yen) phone bill, unaware that he was using roaming service to play the game. As expected, Uchimura was shocked after staring at his phone bill. To make the situation worse, Uchimura couldn’t catch any Pokemon because the game hasn’t been released in Brazil yet. “He looked dead at the team meal that day,” teammate Kenzo Shirai said, according to Kyodo News. Uchimura…
Two Dead After Flood Devastates Maryland County
Posted on: 02 Aug 2016
The flood that killed two people and damaged at least 25 buildings in Elliot City, Maryland left the city devastated and could take many months to rebuild. 35-year-old Jessica Watsula and 38-year-old Joseph Anthony Belvins were caught up in the flash flood and killed, according to officials from Howard and Baltimore counties. Their bodies were discovered two miles down the Patapsco River in Baltimore County. The city has always been prone to floods brought on by hurricanes but two hours of rain on Saturday night caused more damage than Howard County…
Player’s Union to Fund Health Insurance for Retired NBA Players
Posted on: 28 Jul 2016
The National Basketball Players Association will fund and provide retired NBA players who played in the league for at least three years with health insurance. On Wednesday, the NBPA voted unanimously to approve coverage for retired NBA players. It is being called “the first of its kind among North American professional sports,”and it “exemplifies the NBPA’s focus on the health and welfare of its current, retired and future members,” according to a statement by the NBPA. The countries leading health benefits provider United Healthcare will be used by the NBPA…
