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https://open.spotify.com/episode/4usG6IYzJA1saJ2lom6shM It Must Be Jelly ('Cause Jam Don't Shake Like That) It must be jelly 'cause jam don't shake like that It must be jelly 'cause jam don't shake like that Oh, mama, you're so big and fat (...) Must be jelly 'cause it ain't like jam It ain't jam, I don't know what it am Sure looks like jelly to me    - Gleen Miller & His Orch. (vocal: The Modernaires) - 1942 Non dev'essere stato facile essere Joe "Jellybean" Bryant. Il papà di Kobe. Come non lo era stato essere figlio di Big Joe, il capostipite dalle grandi mani carnose, e la faccia rotonda che si apriva in quel sorriso contagioso trademark di famiglia. Da Pop Bryant, un omone di uno e novanta che, come tanti afroamericani, a inizio ventesimo secolo aveva lasciato il profondo sud e la Black Belt della Georgia per costruirsi un futuro a Philadelphia, Joe non aveva ereditato solo il torace possente e la corporatura massicc...

Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, right, has a laugh with his father, Joe “Jellybean” Bryant,  prior to participating in a pickup basketball game at Loyola Marymount on July 5, 2007.  Joe Bryant has died at 69.  (Branimir Kvartuc / Associated Press) https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2024-07-16/joe-bryant-dead-kobe Known as ‘Jellybean,’ player and later coach forged his own legacy in basketball circles. By Steve Henson Staff Writer July 16, 2024 Updated 12:32 PM PT Joe Bryant , a former NBA player and WNBA coach with a colorful nickname, has died at 69, four and a half years after his son, Lakers legend Kobe Bryant , granddaughter Gianna Bryant and seven other people died in a helicopter crash . Fran Dunphy, the coach at Joe Bryant’s alma mater La Salle, told the Philadelphia Inquirer on Tuesday that Bryant recently suffered a debilitating stroke. A teammate at John Bartram High School in Philadelphia nicknamed Bryant “ Jellybean ” because he had a vast array of moves despite bein...

https://vault.si.com/vault/2012/05/14/where-does-greatness-come-from YOU MIGHT ASSUME THAT KOBE BRYANT INHERITED HIS TALENT FOR BASKETBALL AND HIS BURNING NEED TO DOMINATE FROM HIS FATHER, FORMER NBA AND ITALIAN LEAGUE PLAYER JOE (JELLYBEAN) BRYANT . BUT JOE AND KOBE ARE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT, AND WHILE THE SON GOT SOME GIFTS FROM HIS FATHER, HE GOT HIS FIRE FROM AN UNEXPECTED SOURCE CHRIS BALLARD TABLE OF CONTENTS ORIGINAL LAYOUT It is 1981, and Kobe Bryant is three years old. He runs to his room, grabs his Clippers jersey and yanks it over his head. Then he steps into a pair of shorts, grabs a mini-basketball and heads to the living room to watch the Clippers game on TV. When Joe Bryant steps onto the court, Kobe mimics his father's every move. When Joe shoots a jumper, Kobe fires one at his plastic Dr. J basket. When Joe uses his guile to get to the hoop, Kobe slides by imaginary defenders, faking out the couch and the lamp. Kobe takes a seat when Joe does, grabs a towel whe...

Teoremi - La paranoia del «cosa c’è dietro?» è prevedibile e banale Ma è sconcertante come sia riuscita a mettere radici in Occidente 16 Jul 2024 - Corriere della Sera di Federico Rampini © RIPRODUZIONE RISERVATA È stato Trump. No, Biden. Perché la teoria dei complotti affligge gli USA. Erano passati pochi minuti dall’attentato e già fiorivano teorie del complotto. Dal teorema «è stato Trump a organizzarsi da solo questa messinscena» a quello per cui «è stato Biden a tentare di farlo fuori, vedi il flop inspiegabile del Secret Service». Il virus della dietrologia ha colpito ancora, implacabile. Deve esserci una verità alternativa ben diversa dalla verità apparente. La paranoia del «cosa c’è dietro» è prevedibile, scontata, banale. È sconcertante per il modo in cui ha messo radici nelle società occidentali. È normale che i sudditi di un regime dispotico non credano all’informazione che ricevono: il regime autoritario mente sistematicamente. A Mosca o a Pechino gli individui pensanti son...

Il a cru pouvoir gagner le Tour de France très rapidement dans la foulée du Breton, en 1987 et 1988, avant de comprendre que la marche était trop haute pour lui. Le Drômois raconte avec lucidité ses certitudes de l’époque mais aussi le désenchantement qui a suivi. 16 Jul 2024 - L'Équipe PHILIPPE LE GARS SALLANCHES (HAUTE-SAVOIE) – Charly Mottet n’est pas du genre à ressasser les regrets et encore moins à tomber dans un excès de nostalgie. Il reste fier de sac arrière même sans avoir gagné le Tour de France que beaucoup lui promettaient. Il a accepté de revenir sur ces années charnières, celles qui ont suivi la fin de carrière de Bernard Hinault quand tout semblait possible à sa génération, qui était née sous le règne du Breton. Il reconnaît avec lucidité qu’il a laissé passer sa chance avant de trouver sa voie, plus modeste certes mais plus conforme à ses moyens, sans plus jamais viser le maillot jaune sur les Champs-Élysées. Absent pour la première fois du Tour de France où il off...

La flamme olympique a parcouru Paris dimanche et hier. À dix jours de la cérémonie d’ouverture des Jeux (26 juillet-11 août), le mystère reste entier sur l’identité de la personne qui allumera la vasque. 16 Jul 2024 - L'Équipe MARC VENTOUILLAC C’est un secret encore mieux gardé que l’annonce de la dissolution. Le nom de celui (ou celle, ou ceux) qui allumera la vasque olympique au soir du 26 juillet. Au comité d’organisation, ils ne seraient que trois à connaître le nom de l’heureux élu : le président Tony Estanguet ( « c’est son domaine réservé », lâche un proche), le directeur général délégué Michaël Aloïsio (c’est à lui qu’on prête l’idée du choix de Jul à Marseille) et le directeur des cérémonies, Thierry Reboul. Le président du CIO Thomas Bach a demandé expressément à ne pas en être informé avant le matin même de la cérémonie et, au sein du Comité International Olympique, les doigts d’une main seront largement suffisants pour compter le nombre de gens au courant. Le président ...