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NBA Dunk Contest Winner Glenn Robinson III Will Teach You "HOW TO DUNK" With New Online Program Available Now!

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, seven-year NBA veteran and dunk artisan, Glenn Robinson III a.k.a. "GR3" officially launches his brand-new program, "How To Dunk." It proudly lives up to its title with a course personally taught by the NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champion. He demystifies everyone's favorite two-point trick with a groundbreaking step-by-step path to the rim. You could think of it as the "Rosetta Stone" of the backboard.

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  • Learn "How To Dunk" with NBA Veteran and Dunk Contest Winner Glenn "GR3" Robinson III!
  • LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, seven-year NBA veteran and dunk artisan, Glenn Robinson III a.k.a.
  • It proudly lives up to its title with a course personally taught by the NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champion.
  • It proudly lives up to its title with a course personally taught by the NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champion.

Ja Morant shows how a 'good guy with a gun' can never be Black

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Friday, June 23, 2023
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Ja Morant, the 23-year-old star point guard for the Memphis Grizzlies, was barely 1 year old.

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  • Ja Morant, the 23-year-old star point guard for the Memphis Grizzlies, was barely 1 year old.
  • But his bursting athletic brilliance, so evocative of Iverson, comes with a cost: the perceived menace of the Black gangster.
  • On March 4, 2023, Morant posted an Instagram Live video of him displaying a gun at a Denver strip club.
  • Even when folks who look like Morant innocuously and legally possess a gun, they find themselves too easily typecast as villains.

Disciplining ‘thugs’ and ‘children’

    • When global sports icon Michael Jordan retired from basketball in 2003, the league found itself in a period of transition.
    • How would it continue to fill arenas, satisfy advertisers and spread its vision of a global game without its brightest star?
    • Not only did the NBA need a new crop of superstars to mitigate Jordan’s exit, but it also needed a fresh attitude.
    • Players openly professed their love for rap music, with stars like Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Iverson and others recording and releasing music.
    • “This guy is so worried about being cool: ‘Look at me, man: Life is like a rap video.’”

The NBA’s gun culture

    • In 2006, Stephen Jackson was suspended just seven games for firing a gun after an altercation at an Indianapolis strip club.
    • In 2010, Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton were suspended for 50 and 38 games, respectively, after pulling guns on each other in the Washington Wizards team facilities.
    • And in 2014, Raymond Felton was suspended four games after pleading guilty to charges stemming from an incident where he threatened his estranged wife with a gun.
    • In 2018, during a trip to Israel, Golden State Warriors star forward Draymond Green posed with an assault weapon.

Was this ever about guns?

    • To me, the answer is simple: In America, armed Black folks conjures pathological criminality.
    • So if people are so sure of Morant’s villainy, I ask without a hint of snark: What does responsible Black gun ownership look like?
    • To me, this was never about guns – just as, back in the early 2000s, it was never about rap music or baggy clothing.
    • According to this warped, uniquely American fantasy, “good guys with guns” can never look like Ja Morant – and good guys can always kill bad guys.

Sapphire Sport Again Convenes Big Names in Sport, Business and Entertainment to Raise Oversubscribed $181M Second Fund Platform taking AUM to ~$300M(1)

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Wednesday, January 25, 2023
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NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sapphire Sport, an early-stage investment platform at the intersection of technology, sport, media and entertainment, has convened several new investors to join existing LPs from their first fund platform to announce an oversubscribed $181M second fund vehicle (2) backed by major names across sport, business and media. Following its $117M initial fund vehicle (3) announced in January 2019, which includes investments in companies like Overtime, Tonal and Fevo, this new effort will continue to focus on Seed to Series B companies powering the next generation of consumer behavior across media, digital commerce, gaming, health and human performance, culture and community.

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  • Co-founded and led by Doug Higgins and Michael Spirito, Sapphire Sport pairs technology investment experience with a unique LP base of iconic brands across global sport, business and media.
  • Alongside our LPs, we believe we have built Sapphire Sport into a leading partner for early-stage companies at the intersection of technology and these large markets.
  • "We have navigated through some very tricky markets together, and Sapphire Sport has added value and been extremely supportive every step of the way."
  • Statements above have been provided by executives of portfolio companies in which Sapphire Sport has invested.

Avicanna and Harrington Wellness launch re+PLAY™ branded CBD topicals products in Canada

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Monday, December 20, 2021
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TORONTO, Dec. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Avicanna Inc. (“Avicanna” or the “Company “) (TSX: AVCN) (OTCQX: AVCNF) (FSE: 0NN), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of plant-derived cannabinoid-based products, is pleased to announce the launch of re+PLAY sports recovery-based CBD brand through partnership with Harrington Wellness, founded by NBA veteran Al Harrington.

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  • We're very excited to work with our partners at Avicanna to bring our powerful line of performance recovery based topicals to Canada, stated Al Harrington, CEO of Harrington Wellness.
  • The products are now available across adult use channels in Alberta and expected to launch Q1 2022 in Ontario and other provinces.
  • This line has been curated through this world class partnership with the Harrington Wellness team and been in development since 2019.
  • CBD Derma-Cosmetic Products: Marketed under the Pura H&W or Pura Earth brands, these registered, clinically tested, derma-cosmetic products include a portfolio of functional CBD topical products.