The New York City Basketball Hall of Fame held its 28th annual induction ceremony Tuesday night at the Bryant Park Grill in Manhattan honoring eight of the city’s former hoop stars.
The evening was hosted by longtime radio personality Bill Daughtry and headlined by Lamar Odom, a native of South Jamaica Queens who established himself as a prodigy at Christ the King Regional High School before becoming a two-time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers.
The other inductees were Boys High and Harlem Globetrotters legend Jackie Jackson; Bob Williams, co-founder of the NYC Hall of Fame; Kevin Stacom, who won an NBA championship with the Boston Celtics in 1976; Ron Behagen, a first-round draft pick of the NBA’s Kansas City Omaha Kings in 1973; Steve Lappas, who served as the men’s head coach at Manhattan College, Villanova and the University of Massachusetts; Anne Gregory O’Connell, who scored 2,548 career points and grabbed 1,999 career rebounds playing for Fordham University from 1976 to 1980; and Larry Lembo, who ended his career at Manhattan College in 1965 as the school’s all-time leading scorer (1,443) and later became a highly regarded collegiate official.
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Matchroom Sport was founded by his father, Barry Hearn. As Group Managing Director, Eddie Hearn focuses on fulfilling the company’s exclusive televised boxing deal until 2021 with Sky Sports, to broadcast up to 20 live shows a year. Eddie Hearn promotes Matchroom Sports world boxing champions, including Anthony Joshua, Ryan Burnett, James DeGale, and Khalid Yafai.
Hearn announced that he has signed his first American fighter to his newly created Matchroom Boxing USA: former middleweight titlist Daniel Jacobs. As part of the deal, Jacobs has signed a multi-fight contract with HBO in a major move.
Jacobs (32-2, 29 KOs), 30, of Brooklyn, New York, will fight under Hearn’s banner for the first fight of the new deal when he headlines HBO’s “World Championship Boxing” in November11th 2017 With Louis Arias at Nassau Coliseum New York.
After overcoming a rare form of bone cancer that nearly killed him, Jacobs won a secondary middleweight world title in 2014. Jacobs defended the 160-pound belt four times, including a huge first-round knockout victory against former titlist Peter Quillin in December 2015, before the mandatory bout with Golovkin was put together.
Inspiring and electric in the ring, Daniel Jacobs is a true ambassador for boxing,” HBO Sports executive vice president Peter Nelson said.
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The Hellenic Initiative’s 5th Annual Gala on September 29 2017, Supports Entrepreneurial Programs in Greece Event Honors UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Marianna V. Vardinoyannis and The Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award Funded by The Libra Group.
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For one week, from September 25 – 29 in New York City, leaders from the advertising, marketing, media and related creative industries will join together to share their visions, passions and best practices, and engage in conversations about the many issues, opportunities and challenges facing the industry today.
From daytime thought leadership programming and seminars during the day, to networking and world-class entertainment in historic New York venues at night, Advertising Week offers a unique opportunity for industry professionals to come together and debate, discuss and consider the future of the business
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Asian In NY 2017 Fashion Show was held on o Sat 9/23/2017 from 2pm-4pm at China Institute New York featured Asian fashion designers, brands and models. This was the largest Asian fashion runway show in New York.
The following Designers participated in the Show:
Alexander King Chen: Born in the USA, Alexander King Chen is currently one of the most volcanic young fashion designers in the Chinese speaking world.
Edison Lu: Edison Lu and the Taiwanese famous actor Mike He debuted their menswear fashion brand “To Be THRILL” during New York Fashion Men’s Week in July 2017 and has received a lot of media attention.
Liling Wang: The main image set by the designer, anti-conformist and even rebellious at times. In which showcase a glowing fashion wave of luxury, technology and oriental flavor.
Danny Nguyen: He has his own studio for alterations and design entitled DNC (Danny Nguyen Couture) in which he spends a great deal of time pursuing his dream which dances at the end of every needle he drives into his next exquisite creation.
Jennifer Chen: Jennifer Chen is the creative director and co-owner of Snowman New York. Known for their New York City attitude, SNOWMAN New York brings the urban experience and adoration for city life.
Wendy Chen: Wendy Chen is a jewelry designer based in NYC. She established the foundation of her design career as an interior designer at a prominent NYC architectural firm.
Special performance was by , Melody Yeung Singing and performing since the age of 4, Melody was a singer-songwriter in Taiwan.., Simon C.F. Yu Musician, Emcee of the event was Jocelyn Chia is a New York based stand-up comedian and actress originally from Singapore.
Close to 400 people were in attendance , enjoying the largest Asian fashion runway show in New York. See more similar designers in World Liberty TV Fashion Channel by Clicking here.
