Posted by Hurshel Ricks II on Thursday, August 8, 2024,
In 2003 a superstar was not born, but he did create a pop culture moment that recently placed him in a hall of greats.He is one of the 34 athletes at his position to wear the iconic gold jacket inducting him into Football Heaven, home of 378 members going back to 1963, the National Football League Hall of Fame.
This was the year after the elite Miami Hurricanes game changer was drafted in the first round with a 6 year, $39 million dollar contract for his individual talent, selfless role as ...
Posted by da Front Porch on Thursday, September 22, 2016,
It’s been two years that Turk has been home from the penitentiary and says it’s all love to be home all day everyday grinding. “God first, family second and everything else falls in play.” YNT Empire is the label. YNT comes from Young N Thuggin, his solo album with CashMoney. While locked up, he was thinking of ways to brand himself as empire. YNT stuck out because he started the Young N Thuggin movement when he was with CashMoney so he shortened it up and it became a movement. It sta...
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Posted by da Front Porch on Saturday, July 19, 2014,
There is no illusion that athletes in college and university levels produce the world's greatest National Basketball Association (NBA) stars. There is also no illusion that University of Connecticut Huskies only graduates a quarter of their NCAA Basketball Athletes and the NCAA Basketball as whole graduates 66% of their male athletes according to a report by Steve Wieberg, USA TODAY. Some of these athletes leave school early to pursue a career as a professional athlete. So one may wonder if t...
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