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Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson To Play Charity Golf Match With Tom Brady And Peyton Manning
Vanessa Bryant Wishes Kobe
A Happy 19th Anniversary
With Beautiful Throwback
Today marks Vanessa Bryant's first wedding an- niversary since the death of her husband Kobe Bryant, and she paid tribute to her late partner with a touching Instagram post and a throw- back photo that reminds us just how long the two have been in love.
“My king, my heart, my best friend. Happy 19th wed- ding anniversary baby,” she wrote alongside an old photo that showed a young Kobe giving Vanessa a kiss on the cheek as they cuddled on a
KOBE AND VANESSA BRYANT
couch. “I miss you so much. I wish you were here to hold me in your arms. I love you.”
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Shaq Won't Watch Kobe
Bryant's Hall Of Fame
Ceremony Because
It Will Be Too Painful
As great as Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant were individually, it’s almost impossible to discuss the basketball legacy of one of them without bringing up the other.
They’ll be inextricably tied together forever. It’s why the three-peat teams of the early 2000’s are mostly just called the “Shaq and Kobe” Lakers. They were just that good as a pairing.
In a perfect world, Bryant’s induction into the Hall of Fame in 2020 would be no different. Shaq would be part of the proceedings, they’d lovingly rib and tease each other like they always do, and the whole night would be a big celebration of (in part) everything they ac- complished together as ar- guably the best duo the NBA has ever seen.
But this world is far from perfect. Bryant won’t be there for his own Hall of Fame induction as a result of his tragic passing just a few months ago, and as a result,
SHAQUILLE O’NEAL AND KOBE BRYANT
O’Neal said on the latest episode of “The Big Podcast with Shaq” that he doesn’t think he’ll be able to stomach watching Bryant get in- ducted:
“I’m actually not going to watch the Hall of Fame cere- mony... Because it’s going to bring me, on a scale of sad- ness from 1-10, I’m finally at least at a 2, but that would bringmebacktoa7,8or9.I don’t want to see old high- lights that I’m already watch- ing now. It’d be great if his wife or if his mom and dad gave a speech, but I’m not going to watch the cere- mony.”
Get ready for what may be the biggest golf match of the year.
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will play a 2 v. 2 charity golf match with Pey- ton Manning and Tom Brady in May.
TNT will air the match live, with rumored dates being May 15 or May 24. Woods and Manning are believed to be one pair, as
PHIL MICKELSON AND TIGER WOODS
both are Nike athletes, while Mickelson and Brady make up the other pairing.
No course has been final- ized, but Medalist Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Fla. has been named as one possibility. Na- tionally televised sporting matches are considered “es- sential” in the state of Florida, which could clear the way for the match to go ahead there.
NBA Player Bismack Biyombo Donates $1M
In Supplies For COVID-19
BISMACK BIYOMBO
NBA player Bismack Biyombo is helping his home country fight the coro- navirus pandemic in a huge way.
The Charlotte Hornets for- ward is providing $1 million in supplies to help the Demo- cratic Republic of Congo dur- ing these unprecedented times.
Biyombo made the an- nouncement on Instagram on Thursday (April 16).
“I know we’ve never expe- rienced a crisis of this magni- tude,” Biyombo told his followers. “Seeing my own country the Democratic Re- public of Congo deal with ebola in the past and now COVID-19 is devastating.”
"The past few weeks we’ve been trying to figure out a way to help the country,” he continued. “I am pleased to announce that The Bismack Biyombo Foundation has de- livered...over 10,000 masks and 780 hazmat suits."
Michael Jordan's 'Last
Dance' Is The Most-Watched
Documentary On ESPN
With no live sports to watch due to the coronavirus pandemic, fans tuned to ESPN in droves on Sunday night to watch the first two episodes of “The Last Dance,” the 10-part documentary se- ries about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls’ quest to win a sixth NBA title in eight years.
“The Last Dance” aver- aged 6.1 million viewers for episodes 1 and 2 across ESPN and ESPN2 from 9-11 p.m on Sunday, according to an ESPN release. Of those 6.1 million, 3.5 million were in the 18-49 demographic.
MICHAEL JORDAN
Episode 1 (9-10 p.m.) aver- aged 6.3 million viewers and episode 2 (10-11 p.m.) aver- aged 5.8 million viewers. In addition to viewership, “The Last Dance” dominated the conversation on social media.
Colin Kaepernick
Donates $100,000 To
COVID-19 Relief Efforts
Colin Kaepernick is helping black and brown communities disproportion- ately affected by the global pandemic. The former NFL player donated $100,000 to launch the Know Your Rights Camp COVID-19 Relief Fund, he announced on Thursday (April 16).
The fund will provide food, shelter, personal pro- tective equipment (PPE), support incarcerated popula- tions, educate communities, and more. The campaign has so far raised over $155,000 and counting.
“Black and brown com-
COLIN KAEPERNICK
munities are being dispropor- tionally devastated by COVID-19 because of hun- dreds of years of structural racism,” Kaepernick said in a video announcing the relief fund.
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