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Nate Robinson's Life-Saving Transplant
Plus, Olympian Melissa Jefferson-Wooden Is Investing In Herself



…But not only did he survive, he gained a friend and brother. Robinson was diagnosed in 2006 with kidney disease and waited for four years for a viable kidney. A University of Washington football fan saw the call to action during the Huskies’ spring game broadcast and offered his.
Retirement can be hard. One day, there’s all this work to be done, and the next, you’re expected to sit still and be in the present. For Shaq, DJing helped fill the basketball-sized void in his heart.
Skateboarding is having a moment in the Middle East, especially for girls and women, who are falling in love with the sport. In Iraq, they’re using it as a “powerful statement” about gender, and in Gaza, young girls are using it to find joy.
Speaking of women, they’re calling the shots at the F1 Miami Grand Prix. Many of the positions of power within the organization are held by women, and they say it’s what sets the race apart from the others. More like the Miami Grand She.
The Anthony Edwards and Adidas partnership is not a sneakers campaign; it’s a masterclass in world-building. “Products fade, worlds stick,” says branding guru Bimma Williams. That’s branding poetry.
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