Instead, he went to the laughingstock Clippers, a team that reached the playoffs just four times in their first 33 seasons in California. Oh yeah, Rodgers also just happens to be a Super Bowl champion, a six-time Pro Bowler and the NFL's career leader in passer rating. Roy White - Major League Baseball player. And Bobby goes, 'Heh heh!' The indictment cited an alleged threat Winfrey made in Young Thug's "Halftime" video, in which Winfrey can be seen holding a weapon similar to that used in the shooting. So I always try to downplay it and be like that cat that was allowed to get away from it Yo man, once Nickelodeon called I locked in. "They had been around for a while, but Suge put them on the map and they started making money and became big." But then, to be fair, Ibrahimovic's opinion of his own grandeur is probably shared in every city where they've swooned at his brilliance, be it Amsterdam, Turin, Milan, Barcelona, Paris or Manchester. Contributors: Primary research by Sachin Dave Chandan and Charlotte Gibson. 2 Jim Thorpe (American Athlete and Olympic Gold Medalist) 32 9 -- Ian Chadband, "Neymar is increasingly dominating every year. The 26-year-old died Saturday while finishing the final leg of the Open Water 10-kilometer World Cup off the coast of Dubai. Months after turning pro in 1999, Garcia announced his presence to the golf world in a memorable duel against Tiger Woods at the PGA Championship. He's engaged to model and Wayne Gretzky's daughter Paulina Gretzky, and the couple has one child and another on the way. -- Ian Chadband, "You will retire me one day, but this kid will retire us both." Built for the 21st century with his lethal technique and supreme athleticism that has been honed by his karate champion wife, Anna, "Lewangoalski" might just be the most complete center forward in the business. -- Jim Caple, "What makes it so special is that he doesn't just take something from you and just keep on going. He scored his 100th goal for the Gunners this year and has had an impressive campaign, suggesting that he's still diligently trying to improve at age 28. Brees will be forever beloved in New Orleans for delivering the Saints an emotional Super Bowl championship four years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Her playing career, however, has sputtered -- a concussion-causing slip in the locker room at the 2015 US Open didn't help matters -- and she has dropped out of the WTA top 50 after peaking at No. While Murray has 3.7 million Twitter followers, he gets additional attention thanks to his mum, Judy Murray, who also tweets about him to her 200,000 followers. They are good role models we young players should learn from." We don't believe the government, the institutions, the political parties. When Luiz tearfully apologized to "all the Brazilian people" for a 7-1 humiliation against Germany in the World Cup semifinal, the nation was touched. The gang particularly appreciated his kind gesture of donating 1,000 pairs of sneakers to underprivileged children in Compton. Like many athletes before him, Lillard has ventured into the music world. -- Gianluigi Buffon, legendary Italian keeper. Roddy Rich The 5 biggest drug dealers that came out of California. The epitome of an unsung hero, it's easy to see this gifted Swiss-born Croat as being some glorified water carrier in a Barcelona side gleaming with stars such as Messi, Suarez, Neymar and Iniesta. -- Jim Caple, "If you live normally without being a prat, you don't tend to get thousands of people following you, photographers and whatnot. And he's done all that despite having to fight off bouts of vertigo during his career. -- Jim Caple, "She's one of my true friends that will tell me the truth no matter what because she doesn't have anything to gain or to lose, and that's what I love about her." Chicharito -- "little pea" -- as he's known, has played for some of the world's most popular teams -- Chivas, Manchester United and Real Madrid -- and is now wowing the Bundesliga with Bayer Leverkusen. -- Jim Caple, "Everybody talks about the shorts. We connected together it kind of kept people off of us," he said. It's unacceptable!" Before starring as mobsters in Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995), and The Irishman (2019), Robert De Niro was an actual gangster when he was just 14 years old. Matthias Sammer called him "one of the greatest talents we have ever had," Felix Magath said he was a "once-in-a-century talent," and Pep Guardiola, when he became Bayern Munich's manager, put Gtze at the top of his wish list. -- Dotun Akintoye, "I don't understand why everyone fights for power, money, fame. He's shot an efficient 51.8 percent from the floor in his career, but he's also shown a deft touch for deadpan comedy in commercials, original videos on his "Funny or Die" channel and the occasional stand-up routine. No matter. The Most Famous Female Athletes Of All Time Jackie Joyner-Kersee. -- Jorge Valdano, Argentinian World Cup winner and soccer sage. If he's playing well, you have a chance of winning." -- McIlroy in a 2016 interview with Vice Sports UK. McIlroy is considered one of the fittest golfers on tour, but he was humbled when joined by Tom Brady and Peyton and Eli Manning while working out at Augusta National a couple of years ago. He can still play a bit, even if these days it's in the less-frenetic service of Orlando City, where he's rewarded as the highest-paid performer in MLS at $7.167 million a year. When you earn 10 million a year, it's easy to pay one of the biggest driving fines in German history. -- Ning, after his historic win at the 2015 worlds. I used to run with them, but nobody can say who I'm Crip under. Of course not. He holds the world record for 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 100 metres relay and is the only sprinter to win Olympic 100 m and 200 m titles at three consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012 and 2016). However, not many stars can actually claim to have been in gangs in real life and those who can often may not be forthcoming about it, because, well, there's that whole "crime" aspect of organized crime. I'm the managing director of carrots!" Hailed as "Messi of the Pyramids" in the Italian media, the Egyptian winger started his career at left-back. NLE Choppa Source:@PhotosByBeanz83 2. -- Ze Roberto, former Brazil and Bayern Munich midfielder. The Sultan of Swoon admitted to meeting with Luciano, but insisted he was just saying hello at an event and denied any further involvement, though he'd allegedly continued to rub elbows with organized criminals for the rest of his heyday. It was fitting that a man described by Sir Alex Ferguson as "a perfect player," but one who might have lived in the shadow of Leo Messi in the Barca dream factory, will always have his 2010 World Cup final-winning goal for Spain in Johannesburg as the exclamation mark to his beautiful career. We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. He has attended award shows and even appeared in Jay Z's "Show Me What You Got" music video. He goes to the body good, he got a good jab, he's a good counterpuncher, he's not 42-0 for nothing well, now he's 42-1, but in my eyes he's still a champion." -- Roberto Carlos, when asked about his successor. -- Guadalupe Loaeza, Mexican writer and cultural commentator during turbulent months in 2011. We could wax lyrical all day about the Barcelona and Argentina nonpareil's unreal goals, visionary assists and magic wand of a left foot, but it's surely better to simply follow his old mentor Pep Guardiola's wistful advice: "Don't write about him, don't try to describe him. Snoop Dogg has mentioned his associations with the Crips gangin Long Beach on some of his tracks. I meet them all the time. I'm just Bubba. -- Jose Mourinho, Manchester United manager, More: Why Pogba is heir apparent to Ronaldo, Messi. -- UFC president Dana White on Rousey after her loss to Nunes. Agero spent his summer flitting between a luxury fishing yacht and a multimillion-dollar rented home in Miami. Here's a look at 19 of the most famous athletes in the world. "Friday morning, I got in the gym about 6. Its meaning? -- Robertson, on Westbrook, Salute the new poster boy of European soccer, the best player at the 2016 European Championships on home soil in France. You don't want to wear the wrong color just to cause a problem Gangs are real. Rolling Stone obtained court documents that described Lil' Wayne, Young Thug, and Birdman as members of the gang and alleged that Jimmy Carlton Winfrey who served as Young Thug's tour manager . -- Thomas Neumann, "This opportunity is a dream come true and a blessing for me and my family. When you're Ibra, you can say anything and get away with it. Complex is now plagued by drugs", "Compton: Former Councilman and Mayor Lionel Cade Dies", "Douglas Dollarhide, 85; community leader was first black mayor of Compton", "Ex-Rep. Tucker Draws Prison For Extortion", "15-yr.-old becomes youngest black pilot to fly cross-country", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_people_from_Compton,_California&oldid=1139295179, This page was last edited on 14 February 2023, at 11:10. He's only the third player to score five goals in a World Cup tournament twice, and at 27 he has one eye on former Germany teammate Miroslav Klose's all-time World Cup record of 16 goals. Still, it makes the "Bodak Yellow" lyric "These is red bottoms / These is bloody shoes" a lotmore interesting. According toTMZ, Crip members began to threaten her on Instagram. By the early 1980s, nearly 30,000 gang members who repped either Crips or Bloods sets were now living in Los Angeles. Either way, it should be exciting to find out more about the electric Manchester City winger who at 22 is already the most expensive English player of all time, having moved from Liverpool for 49 million. Griffin soared to fame as a founding member of the Lob City dunking fraternity, with Clippers point guard Chris Paul throwing passes aloft and Griffin and teammate DeAndre Jordan slamming them home. He and his wife, Lisa, spend much of their free time at the stables, where she rides horses and he breeds them. The weirdest honor to Hazard is to be found outside the stadium in the little Belgian town of Tubize, where he spent his formative footballing years. if (window.qmn_quiz_data === undefined) { He set the bar high in that Sunday night game against the Cowboys, reeling in a 43-yard touchdown catch behind his head with one hand while fully extended, leaning backward and tip-toeing along the sideline. That was my time to leave.'' This article lists notable people who are natives of Compton, California, or have been residents of the city. -- Thomas Neumann, "I never really set out to change the game. Those mesmeric feet might not be tripping the light fantastic at Barcelona's Nou Camp as regularly as they once did as damnable age pursues him, but the shy genius can still exert a magical hold over us all. ", Future generations of fans can judge his greatness or otherwise when a special section of Manchester United's museum is devoted to his career, including a video loop of every one of his club goals. Neuer is the German version of actor John Krasinski -- at least according to Pixar, which tapped the five-time Bundesliga champion for the voice of blue creature Frank McCay in the German version of "Monsters University." zil's arsenal is that of guile, subtlety, technique and preternatural vision and timing -- no wonder, in the superkinetic EPL, he's underappreciated. Whether I make the shot or miss it, I would rather put that pressure on me." Fail again. "I been gang-affiliated since day one. Mexico was proud of him when he became the trailblazer who went to United; it turned on him when he spurned the Olympic team; and now it has fallen in love all over again with the man who in March equaled the national team record with his 46th international goal. The Bloods and the Crips are rival gangs based in Los Angeles, Calif., and are frequently tied to illegal activities involving drugs, guns and violent crime. -- Aishwarya Kumar, "Australia's a proud sporting nation and this was one notch on the belt that we'd never got." Famous for his 11-year spell with Ferrari, Schumacher is a seven-time World Champion who holds many of the formula's driver records, including most championships, race victories, fastest laps . During a routine stop in 2014, police discovered that Reus never had a valid driver's license. -- Drogba, on choosing to help Phoenix Rising secure an expansion spot in the top U.S. league. Equal parts performance, pedigree -- Dale Sr. is one of the sport's all-time greats -- and personality, the younger Earnhardt's star has been aided by his longtime relevance in pop culture. ", The insider toldPeople that the day Shakur was shot, he got into a scuffle with Crip member Orlando Anderson. Fillmore Slim has lived a life most couldnt even imagine. They've given us so much support, so we owe it all to our fans." -- Martin Lasarte, the former Real Sociedad coach who gave Griezmann his debut in Spain. Lionel Messi. -- Surez, in his autobiography. How come no one's talking about me?' The County and City of Los Angeles is known as the gangs capital of the nation. Yet with tireless verve and excellence down that left flank, always accompanied by a big smile underneath big hair, this now-inspiring figure for Madridistas might have done just that. Although he failed to reach the finals in his two individual events at the 2016 Rio Games, the 50 and 100 freestyle, he garnered fawning internet headlines, such as "People Can't Stop Talking About This Hot Olympic Swimmer. 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