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San Francisco Examiner
November 20, 2017

Player of Week? Try Sportsman of Year

Admire, if you dare, the inflated post-deflation numbers of Tom Brady. Salute, as you should, the Grand Slam flirtations of Jordan Spieth and Serena Williams. Even think out of the box, or the barn, and consider American Pharoah as the sporting figure for whom we’ll remember 2015. Or congratulate the small-market Kansas City Royals for finally making the mad dash home that didn’t happen against the Giants last autumn, when the runner stayed on third base.

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Alaska Airlines

Giving Spirit: Melinda Gates

As we celebrate this season of giving, all of us at Alaska Airlines are honored to feature Melinda Gates In the December issue of our inflight magazine and here on the Alaska Airlines blog. Melinda and Bill Gates have been incredibly successful in their lives – success that is perhaps only matched by their incredible generosity.

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Yahoo! Sports
November 2, 2017

Steph Curry’s ‘Surreal’ Relationship with President Obama

Before the doors of the White House opened and he walked inside to meet President Barack Obama for the first time last year, Stephen Curry was overcome by nerves and a little fear. There was concern during much of the morning that Obama wouldn’t really be able to find the five minutes in his schedule to talk to him, and Curry didn’t want to leave a bad impression with the leader of the free world.

 

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C-SPAN

President Obama Honors Stephen Curry’s Work With UN Foundation

In welcoming the Golden State Warriors to the White House, President Obama recalls first meeting Stephen Curry to discuss his work with the United Nations Foundation’s Nothing But Nets Campaign.

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In Depth with Graham Bensinger

Stephen Curry on the Africa Trip That Changed Him

Stephen Curry discusses his work with Nothing But Nets, donating bed nets to help eradicate malaria.

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Comcast SportsNet
November 1, 2017

Abby Wambach Joins the Nothing But Nets Champion Summit

Abby Wambach joined the Nothing But Nets Champion Summit 2016 to speak to young leaders working in advocacy to defeat malaria, where Comcast SportsNet joined to get the U.S. National Team star and World Cup champion’s predictions for US performance in Rio 2016.

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Rick Reilly

Joy Ride: On the Road with the Warriors

IT’S NOT GOING TO LAST, of course, this team, this moment, this selfie of pure unselfishness. It’s too perfect, the way these Golden State Warriors, whose crunch-time five is so small it would fit nicely in a Fiat 500, have become the biggest thing in the NBA, with a possible stop at Best Team Ever.

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Sports Illustrated

Editor’s letter: The Return of Rick Reilly

Rick Reilly is back in these pages, and we are thrilled. It has been more than 400 issues since he wrote the Dec. 3, 2007, Life of Reilly, the back-page space that defined the writer and, to a large extent, SI for more than a decade. From 1996 through ’07, Reilly wrote all but a small handful of our back-page columns; in seven of those years he was named National Sportswriter of the Year.

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Detroit Free Press

Detroit Pistons Host Special Night to Fight Malaria

The Detroit Pistons will help raise awareness and funds to fight malaria by hosting the United Nations Foundation’s Nothing But Nets night for their game against the Washington Wizards tonight at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

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Associated Press News

Stephen Curry is Setting Standard On and Off the Court

For years, Stephen Curry watched his dad, Dell, do his part in the community. Curry was often among those children in Charlotte treated to special appearances from star athletes and still cherishes those sweet memories.

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