Philadelphia 76ers’ center Samuel Dalembert has been a face for Haiti in the United States since the tragic earthquake last week. He appeared on Larry King Live last week to discuss the tragedy.
Dalembert was excused from the Sixers today to travel to his native country, he’s already donated $100,000 through his organization to UNICEF. He is expected to play in Wednesday night’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Every December marks the arrival of Shaq-A-Claus. A seven-foot gift giving NBA player who raids Toys “R” Us with his own money and a truck. The goal: making sure that kids in unfortunate situations are getting gifts on Christmas.
Unfortunately, Shaniya Davis isn’t one of those kids.
Davis, a 5-year-old girl from North Carolina, was kidnapped and murdered earlier this month. Her body was found in trash bags on the side of the road six days after her disappearance.
The nationally covered story is almost unbearable to hear, a despicable crime that is absolutely heartbreaking.
When Shaquille O’Neal heard the story, he shed a tear, and then he got on the phone. O’Neal got in touch with the family to see what he could do to help. In classic Shaq fashion, he paid for the funeral.
“I was sitting at home watching it on the news and the story brought a tear to my eye,” O’Neal told The Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper.
We live in a cold world where awful things happen far too much — it’s a shame — but luckily there are people like Shaq. Forget the stupid Kobe vs. Shaq headlines and all the stuff the media likes to overdue for a story. Shaq is a real person with a heart bigger than his massive frame.
Rodney Rogers played in the NBA from 1993-2005. He won the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year Award in 2000 as a member of the Phoenix Suns.
Over the course of his 12-year NBA career he averaged 10.9 points and 4.5 rebounds.
Last November, Rogers was seriously injured in an ATV accident. He’s been since paralyzed from the shoulders down. TNT’s Chris Webber played with Rogers during the 2005 NBA season, he recently went to visit his former teammate in a very emotional segment that TNT aired about two weeks ago. It’s a tearjearker.
Randy Smith once held the NBA record for most consecutive games played, later broken by A.C. Green in 1997.
Smith died Friday morning after suffering a heart-attack after a workout at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut, where he worked. He was 60.
Smith was the MVP of the 1978 NBA All-Star Game with 27 points representing the Buffalo Braves. During the course of his 13-year NBA career, Smith also played with the San Diego Clippers, New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers and Atlanta Hawks.
He averaged 16.7 points, 4.6 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 1.7 steals during his career.
Another sad story about an NBA family member, it’s been a really rough year. Thoughts and prayers go out to Smith’s family and friends.
UPDATED 5/16: AMAZING WAYMAN TISDALE PIECE FROM ESPN.
I wanted to write up a nice, straight to the point piece on Wayman Tisdale, covering the many aspects of his career in both hoops and music, I figured it was a nice way to tribute him.
I woke up this morning to a text message that said “RIP Wayman Tisdale.” It was sent to me by a friend, and I was just shocked. I thought his battle with cancer was over after his August amputation. I’m not sure of what his family and friends knew, and if it had knowingly came back, but I am deeply saddened by all of this news.
Tisdale was only 44 years old. He was an amazing spirit, a super-talented person with a very big heart and tons of passion for what he did in life. He is one of the best college basketball players of all-time, and was a fantastic NBA player as well. Musically, he has been one of the best smooth jazz artists over the past 15 years, consistently making great albums and getting respect from the biggest names in the industry. In fact, to most, Tisdale wasn’t thought of as the NBA player who is a jazz artist. He was a jazz artist that was an NBA player.
My thoughts and prayers go out to all of his family and friends, sincerely from the Fresh Prince of the Blog. The world lost an incredible man today.
Here is a video of Wayman from a few months back, letting everyone know how he was doing and to prepare themselves for a great time at the 2009 Smooth Jazz Cruise.
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