MEMPHIS, TN — Former Lakers point guard, Magic Johnson, was the guest speaker at Booker T. Washington High School where he spoke and mentored students sharing the message, “No matter where you’re from, you can make it. The Magic Johnson Foundation partnered with Cigna Healthcare and adopted Booker T. Washington High School, creating a $30,000 scholarship for seniors. Source: WMC Action News 5.
DENVER, CO. — NBA All-Star Chauncey Billups has been named the keynote speaker for this year’s annual Denver Area Council Boy Scouts Sports Breakfast. The breakfast is set for Tuesday, April 14, at the Pepsi Center. In addition to having Chauncey Billups as the keynote speaker, the event will have other sports personalities, sport managers, administrators, coaches and athletes from surrounding professional and amateur teams also attend this special function. Doors will open at 6 a.m. and the program will start promptly at 7 a.m. Source: 9News.com
Lakers Steve Nash, considered one of the greatest point guards to play the game, officially announced his retirement Saturday March 21, 2015 in a letter published on The Players’ Tribune website. Source: ESPN.
NEW yORK, NY. — Former NBA star, Clyde Drexler, will appear at NBA All-Star Weekend Pop-Up Store on Saturday Feb.. 14, 2015 to sign autographs and memorabilia. The signing will be from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at the NBA All-Star Weekend Pop-Up Store located at 47th & Lexington Avenue in NYC. For more info, click here.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — North Carolina’s mens basketball coach, Roy Williams, will be the guest speaker and lone inductee into the WNC Sports Hall of Fame as part of the 54th WNC Sports Awards Banquet to be held on May 17 at Omni Grove Park Inn. Source: Citizens Times
NEW YORK CITY — Former Laker, Magic Johnson, will appear at the NBA All-Star Weekend Pop-Up Store on Saturday Feb. 14, 2015 to sign autographs and memorabilia. The signing will be from 11:45 am to 12:45 pm at the NBA All-Star Weekend Pop-Up Store located at 47th & Lexington Avenue in NYC. For more information about the signing, click here.
QUEENS, N.Y. — George Gervin, “The Iceman,” appeared at NBA FIT Day for kids at P4Q School in Queens on January 13, 2015 as he gets ready for next month’s All-Star Game in New York City. Source: N.Y. Daily News.
NASHVILLE, TN. — Atlanta Braves legend, Dale Murphy, is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the 77th annual Old Timers Banquet on Thursday Jan. 22, 2015 at the Nashville Airport Marriott located at 600 Marriott Drive. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the banquet will begin at 6:30 p.m. Source: The Tennessean.
The 2015 National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot was announced live Tuesday afternoon January 6 at 2 p.m. ET. The 2015 electees include Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio. Players had to receive 75% of the roughly 570 votes cast by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Source: Forbes. (more…)
Former Laker, Magic Johnson, speaking at Steiner Sports on Dec. 9, 2014 in New York, said he wants his former team to lose enough games to contend for a high lottery pick in next year’s NBA draft. Source: ESPN.go.com.
