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Gymnast Wins Unprecedented 3rd U. S. Championship
Smart Man: Lions RB Living Off $60,000 Per Year
RYAN BROYLES
Lions receiver Ryan Broyles doesn’t want to fum- ble his fortune.
The third-year pro has been spending equal time studying Xs&OsandtheS&P500inan effort to ensure that he’ll have more money in his post-playing days than he has now.
To do that, the 27-year-old set a $60,000 annual budget for himself, his wife and their newborn baby.
Broyles is in the final year of a $3.6 million rookie deal that came with $1.4 million in guar- antees. He’s currently fighting for a roster spot with Detroit in training camp.
He says the $60,000 figure — more than the median income in the U.S. ($52,250) according to 2013 census data — came after meeting with a financial adviser after being drafted in 2012. They worked together to figure out how much money he needed per month to live com- fortably then invested the rest, which includes contributions to the NFL’s matching 401K plan. His big post-draft buy was a Tempur-Pedic bed. He and his wife both drive Mazdas and he still has an SUV that he drove in college. They also just bought their first home.
BEAUTY UNLIMITED
DESANA
This week’s Beauty Unlimited feature makes you feel good that it’s summer Desana is a young woman who is ready for the bright lights and all the perks that come with them. Not afraid to take chances, Desana said if making sacrifices along the way is what it takes to be successful, she’s willing to pay the price. Desana doesn’t mind being the object of attention, and we ap- preciate her for appearing as this week’s Beauty Un- limited feature.
Simone Biles is the best in the world.
Eighteen-year-old African American gymnast, Simone Biles is on her way to becom- ing the best athletes in the world!
With all the sincerity Si- mone Biles can muster, she explains that really and truly the competition she has is with herself. The dominant gym- nast, now the three-time de- fending U.S. champion, is trying to best the routines from her last competition, from her last day in the gym.
It’s not out of conceit – far from it. Aimee Boorman, her lifelong coach, says Biles sometimes struggles with con- fidence. But rather, Biles’ biggest challenge looks back at her in the mirror.
“It’s truly I want to be the best version of me,” she said.
“I just want to go out there and I just want to be Part of that might be by default because, quite simply, no other Ameri- can is in her league right now. Biles won her third consecu- tive U.S. Championship at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Saturday, this time by nearly five points – a whopping mar- gin in a sport where medals are decided by tenths of points and not whole ones. Her win made her the first American woman to with three consecu- tive national titles since Kim Zmeskal in 1990-92.
“It’s interesting – she does- n’t really see herself as being amazing,” Boorman said. “She just sees herself as a gym- nast and she puts other people up on a pedestal.’’
Eric Berry Makes Emotional Return To The Field Against Cardinals
Eric Berry didn't want to dismiss the importance of get- ting back to football, but he found upon his return to the Kansas City Chiefs that he also missed the things that sur- round the game. The smell of the grass. The camaraderie with his teammates in the locker room beforehand. The sounds of the crowd.
Berry got to experience all of that again on Saturday night before the Chiefs' preseason opener against the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale, Arizona. Just thinking about it all moved Berry to tears on the flight from Kansas City to Phoenix on Friday.
"It just all hit me," said Berry, who in November was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lym- phoma. "I don't think anyone can really understand the road I took, the sacrifices I had to make, the feelings I had going through those times, just to be able to experience the things I mentioned to you at the begin- ning. You take the little things, and you appreciate everything about the game and everything that surrounds the game. It's a blessing to be out here, and I'm going to take full advantage of the opportunity I have."
Berry arrived at the Univer-
Chiefs’ safety Eric Berry re- turned to game action Satur- day, but not before getting a hug from his mother, Carol.
sity of Phoenix Stadium play- ing field before the game to be greeted by his mother, Carol. The two shared an emotional hug.
"That's something we talked about when I was laying in the hospital bed or I was in her room at 4 o'clock in the morn- ing and she was just telling me everything would be OK be- cause I couldn't stop crying," Berry said. "She comforted me at a time when I needed com- forting. She was very strong
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