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· Laura Dang
This Extremely Smart NFL Player Made $600,000 a Year But Lives on Only $60,000
Ryan Broyles knows the value of a dollar as he chooses to live frugally though he makes around half a million dollars a year playing for the NFL. Broyles, a wide receiver for the Detroit Lions from 2012 to 2014, allots himself a $5,000 monthly budget and drives a U-Haul when he…
· Editorial Staff
This 13-Year-Old Kid Has an Insanely Bright Future
Many successful people today will tell you they’ve exhibited signs of an entrepreneurial mindset at a young age. When angel investor Gary Vaynerchuk was young, he would rip flowers out of his neighbor’s yard and then promptly try to sell it back to them. When Mark Cuban was 12,…
· Editorial Staff
One Bank Has a Hilarious Way to Announce NBA All-Star Weekend
This picture of a woman standing by an ATM machine may look like something out of “Alice in Wonderland,” but it’s actually a joke in real life pulled off by the the Bank of Montreal. The bankers thought it would be funny to build an ATM machine for basketball players for the NBA…
· Editorial Staff
Ex-NBA All-Star Misses Out on Billions After Turning Down 10 Percent of Nike 30 Years Ago
Basketball Hall of Famer Spencer Haywood won a gold medal in the 1986 Olympics, is a four-time NBA All-Star, was a part of the 1980 Lakers championship team and was married to supermodel Iman for a decade. One thing he may have missed out on, however: being a billionaire. Asked…
· Laura Dang
Meet the Playboy ‘Playmate of the Year’ Who Now Makes Up to $600 a Day Trading Stocks
Playboy’s 2014 Playmate of the Year is a day trader and an aspiring doctor who is also penning a book on finance for women. Kennedy Summers, 28, is both beauty and brains as proven by her rather atypical direction in career choices. Summers, who first appeared in Playboy as Miss…
· Laura Dang
This 17-Year-Old is One of 12 in the World to Completely Ace the AP Calculus Exam
For many people, the strenuous three-hour-long Advanced Placement Calculus exam is something to be suppressed from their memories, but for some it is an unforgettable and life-changing feat. That was the case for 17-year-old Cedrick Argueta, who is one of only 12 people in the…
· Editorial Staff
Why Having Too Many Talented People on Your Team is a Bad Idea
According to a new book, there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. Psychological scientists Adam Galinksy and Maurice Schweitzer go over the research on cooperation and competition in their new book, “Friend and Foe: When to Cooperate, When to Compete, and How to…
· Jacob Wagner
Why Jeremy Lin Hires Bodyguards Everytime He Goes to China
Although international basketball sensation Jeremy Lin enjoys his high profile lifestyle, he is often concerned about his personal safety. During the 2012-2013 season, Lin became an international household name while he was playing for the New York Knicks. Lin, or more famously,…
· Riley Schatzle
Brave 19-Year-Old Is Gold Medalist Swimmer Despite Having No Legs
Qian Hongyan, a 19-year-old woman from Yunnan, southwest China, lost both of her legs as a child in a devastating car accident, but her unfortunate situation did not prevent her from becoming a champion swimmer. In 2000, at the age of 4, Qian was involved in a terrible car…
· Riley Schatzle
Michael Jordan Made More Money in 2014 Off Sneakers Than His Whole NBA Career
While many people are aware that Michael Jordan was one of the greatest basketball players to ever play the game — if not the greatest — many may not know that he made more money last year in sneaker sales alone than he did in his entire NBA career. A new infographic released…
· Jacob Wagner
Here are the Most Ridiculous Ways Millionaire Athletes Have Spent Their Money
Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure can buy you some extravagant things. These are a few ways rich and successful athletes have been known to spend their money. Vince Young Vince Young made bank as an NFL quarterback and spent his millions buying out commercial flights on…
· Riley Schatzle
Laid Off Employee Films Himself Dunking in Office to the ‘Space Jam’ Theme Song
When Jake H got laid off from his office job, all he seemed to have left in life was an empty office, a 6-foot Fisher Price basketball hoop and too much time. From off the wall alley-oops to reverse 360 jams, Jake showed what his employers would be missing. His form was…
· Editorial Staff
Ex-NBA All Star Who Made $100 Million is Now Working at Starbucks
Vin Baker went from a $100 million NBA career to working behind the counter at Starbucks — and he’s happy about it. Basketball fans may remember Baker as the All-Star 6’ 11” power forward who played for the Milwaukee Bucks and Seattle SuperSonics during his NBA prime. In 2000,…
· Benny Luo
He Grew Up in Compton Not Knowing His Dad Was Dr. Dre — Then His Life Changed Forever
Typically, the offspring of successful people grow up privileged. Not only do they usually have access to more money at an earlier age, they also have connections to resources and networks that make achieving success a lot easier. For Curtis Young, however, this wasn’t always…
· Editorial Staff
How an Asian-American UC Berkeley Honors Student Became a Budding Male Pornstar
Jeremy Long is a law student at UC Berkeley, the highest rated public university in California and one of the top colleges in the world. He’s always been studious, having received Berkeley’s prestigious full-ride Regents’ and Chancellors’ Scholarship for his undergraduate…
· Riley Schatzle
How a College Dropout Became One of the World’s Top Male Models
Brad Kroenig, named one of the top male models of all time by Vogue, managed to push his career into the stratosphere by snagging the attention of legendary fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld. Kroenig, at 36, is no spring chicken in the modeling game, but because of his talents…
· Gary Vaynerchuk
4 Ways to Find out What Your Strengths Are
The key to loving your job is to ask yourself one simple question: “What is my biggest strength?” Think about it: so many people are in jobs they hate because they haven’t found that one true passion. They are good at a few things so that’s what they do here and there, but they…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Kim Kardashian Rented Out the Entire Staples Center For Kanye West’s Birthday Party
Reality star and businesswoman Kim Kardashian shelled out a steep $110,000 to rent out the entire Staples Center in Los Angeles for a day for husband Kanye West’s 38th birthday. Kardashian chose the Staples Center as the location for West’s birthday party so that West, a team of…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Vet Student Plans to Drop out to Be a Model After Lebron James ‘Liked’ Her Booty Pic
So you post a hot photo of yourself and your booty on Instagram, and someone “likes” it. So what’s next? Move on, right? Or how about throwing away all your ambitions and studies to become a model? That’s exactly what Josett Latrice plans on doing after a bootylicious pic of her…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Everyone is Buying This Bruce Lee DJing T-Shirt After Watching the ‘Avengers’ Sequel
Disney and Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Age of Ultron” smashed the box office this weekend, pulling in $191.3 million in the U.S. and giving it the second-best domestic opening weekend ever. It’s no surprise, then, that a T-shirt with an image of Bruce Lee that Robert Downey Jr.…
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