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Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball
Athletes Unlimited (also known by its abbreviation AU) is a women's professional sports organization based in the United States that organizes and administers competitions in the sports of basketball, softball, volleyball, and formerly lacrosse. It was founded in 2020 by Jon Patricof and Jonathan Soros. Athletes Unlimited leagues employ formats in which individual players are crowned champions, with the exception of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League, which has traditional teams. History Athletes Unlimited was founded by Jon Patricof and Jonathan Soros in 2020. Format There are no team owners, and league investors are capping their returns. Athletes share in the league profits, and are involved in the daily decision making. Players are not committed to one team but switch teams every week of the season through a draft. The top four players who earned the most points each week become captains for the next week and form new teams. Players earn points based on both their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Patricof
Jon Patricof (born 1973) is an American businessman and former president of New York City FC. Before joining New York City FC, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Tribeca Enterprises which oversees the Tribeca Film Festival, Tribeca Film, and Tribeca Cinemas. Patricof co-founded Athletes Unlimited and currently serves as CEO. Early life and education Patricof is the son of Susan (née Hatkoff) and Alan Patricof. He has two brothers, Mark and Jamie Patricof. Career Patricof joined Tribeca Enterprises in 2005 as Chief Operating Officer. He oversaw the development of the Tribeca Film Festival, which was established in 2002, into one of the most prestigious festivals in the world. In 2014, Tribeca Enterprises sold a 50% stake in the Tribeca Film Festival to Madison Square Garden. On January 6, 2016 it was announced that Patricof would become the third president of New York City FC, taking over the position from Tom Glick. Personal life He is married to Victoria Ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maddy Siegrist (cropped)
Madison Siegrist (born May 22, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Villanova Wildcats of the Big East Conference and is the Big East's all-time leading scorer in women's basketball. She was selected 3rd overall in the 2023 WNBA draft by the Wings. Early life Siegrist played basketball for Our Lady of Lourdes High School in Poughkeepsie, New York. As a junior, she was named ''Poughkeepsie Journal'' Player of the Year after averaging 21 points, 12 rebounds and four assists per game and leading her team to the Section 1 Class AA semifinals. In her senior season, Siegrist averaged 32.7 points and 13.1 rebounds per game and repeated as ''Poughkeepsie Journal'' Player of the Year. She committed to playing college basketball for Villanova. College career Siegrist redshirted her first season at Villanova after suffering a broken ankle. On December 21, 2019, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tianna Hawkins
Tianna Marie Hawkins (born March 2, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Townsville Fire of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She played college basketball at the University of Maryland and attended Riverdale Baptist School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. College statistics , - , style="text-align:left;" , 2009–10 , style="text-align:left;" , Maryland , 34, , 9, , 22.9, , 56.8, , 0.0, , 62.3, , 7.5, , 0.3, , 0.6, , 1.0, , 1.8, , 9.2 , - , style="text-align:left;" , 2010–11 , style="text-align:left;" , Maryland , 32, , 18, , 16.8, , 58.1, , 0.0, , 75.8, , 5.4, , 0.3, , 0.4, , 0.6, , 0.9, , 7.4 , - , style="text-align:left;" , 2011–12 , style="text-align:left;" , Maryland , 36, , 36, , 25.9, , bgcolor=#cfecec, 62.3*, , 0.0, , 68.2, , 9.1, , 0.9, , 0.9, , 1.1, , 1.8, , 12.0 , - , style="text-align:left;" , 2012–13 , style="text-align:left;" , Maryland , 34, , 34, , 28.7, , 54.3, , 27.6, , 79.1, , 9.7, , 1.1, , 0.7, , 0.7, , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enterprise, Nevada
Enterprise is an unincorporated town in the Las Vegas Valley in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 221,831 at the 2020 U.S. census, up from 14,676 at the 2000 census. It was founded on December 17, 1996. As in other unincorporated towns in the Las Vegas Valley, its ZIP Codes are assigned the place name "Las Vegas" for mailing addresses. History The first inhabitants were the Paiute Indians, who were spread across the Las Vegas Valley. In 1905, the railroad town of Arden was formed for miners who worked at the nearby gypsum mines just west of the area. The area was part of Lincoln County until 1909, when Clark County was split off from Lincoln County. The oldest structure in the area is a water tower, which was built in 1926. References to the area as "Enterprise" date back to at least 1918, when county commissioners established an Enterprise school district. According to one historian, the word may simply have been chosen at that time as a positive-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Athletes Unlimited Basketball Season
The 2022 Season was the Athletes Unlimited Basketball's first in existence. The season was played in Las Vegas and ran from January 26 to February 26. The format in which teams are redrafted each week allows athletes to accumulate points for both individual and team performances, culminating with one individual winner. Tianna Hawkins became the inaugural Overall Season Winner - finishing with 6,836 points. She also led in many statistical categories. She led the league in rebounds (166) and ranked second in points (357), and owns single-game records for points (43), leaderboard points (790) and field goals (19). Players Scoring system There are multiple ways for players to accumulate points during games to make their way into 1 of the 4 captain spots. Win Points Win points are all about the team performance. They accumulate during both individual quarters and overall game wins. Each quarter is worth +50 points and overall games are worth +100 points. If a quarter is tied, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maddy Siegrist
Madison Siegrist (born May 22, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Villanova Wildcats of the Big East Conference and is the Big East's all-time leading scorer in women's basketball. She was selected 3rd overall in the 2023 WNBA draft by the Wings. Early life Siegrist played basketball for Our Lady of Lourdes High School in Poughkeepsie, New York. As a junior, she was named ''Poughkeepsie Journal'' Player of the Year after averaging 21 points, 12 rebounds and four assists per game and leading her team to the Section 1 Class AA semifinals. In her senior season, Siegrist averaged 32.7 points and 13.1 rebounds per game and repeated as ''Poughkeepsie Journal'' Player of the Year. She committed to playing college basketball for Villanova. College career Siegrist redshirted her first season at Villanova after suffering a broken ankle. On December 21, 2019, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit organization, not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are distributed to its members, major U.S. daily newspapers and radio and television broadcasters. Since the award was established in 1917, the AP has earned 59 Pulitzer Prizes, including 36 for photography. The AP is also known for its widely used ''AP Stylebook'', its AP polls tracking National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA sports, sponsoring the National Football League's annual awards, and its election polls and results during Elections in the United States, US elections. By 2016, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,300 newspapers and broadcasters. The AP operates 235 news bureaus in 94 countries, and publishes in English, Spanish, and Arabic. It also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides twice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tennessean
''The Tennessean'' (known until 1972 as ''The Nashville Tennessean'') is a daily newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee. Its circulation area covers 39 counties in Middle Tennessee and eight counties in southern Kentucky. It is owned by Gannett, which also owns several smaller community newspapers in Middle Tennessee, including '' The Dickson Herald'', the ''Gallatin News-Examiner'', the ''Hendersonville Star-News'', the ''Fairview Observer'', and the ''Ashland City Times''. Its circulation area overlaps those of the '' Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle'' and '' The Daily News Journal'' in Murfreesboro, two other independent Gannett papers. The company publishes several specialty publications, including ''Nashville Lifestyles'' magazine. History ''The Tennessean'', Nashville's daily newspaper, traces its roots back to the ''Nashville Whig'', a weekly paper that began publication on September 1, 1812. The paper underwent various mergers and acquisitions throughout the 19th century, emergi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mobile App
A mobile application or app is a computer program or software application designed to run on a mobile device such as a smartphone, phone, tablet computer, tablet, or smartwatch, watch. Mobile applications often stand in contrast to desktop applications which are designed to run on desktop computers, and web applications which run in mobile web browsers rather than directly on the mobile device. Apps were originally intended for productivity assistance such as email, calendar, and contact databases, but the public demand for apps caused rapid expansion into other areas such as mobile games, factory automation, GPS and location-based services, order-tracking, and ticket purchases, so that there are now millions of apps available. Many apps require Internet access. Apps are generally downloaded from app stores, which are a type of digital distribution platforms. The term "app", short for "Application software, application", has since become very popular; in 2010, it was listed as " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESPN+
ESPN+ is an American over-the-top subscription video streaming service available in the United States, owned by ESPN Inc., which is a joint venture between the Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%). It is one of Disney's three flagship subscription streaming brands in the United States, alongside Disney+ and Hulu, and operates using technology of Disney subsidiary BAMTech, now known as Disney Streaming. ESPN+ is marketed as an add-on to ESPN's core linear networks, with some of ESPN+'s content previously offered exclusively to cable subscribers via ESPN3 and the ESPN app. ESPN+ does not include access to these services, as they continue to only be available through television providers. Thus, some of ESPN's sports rights are not carried on ESPN+. Featured content on ESPN+ includes combat sports (including coverage of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Top Rank boxing), college sports, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Streaming
Livestreaming, live-streaming, or live streaming is the streaming media, streaming of video or Digital audio, audio in real-time communication, real time or near real time. While often referred to simply as ''streaming'', the real-time nature of livestreaming differentiates it from other non-live broadcast forms of streamed media such as video-on-demand, vlogs and video-sharing platforms such as YouTube and TikTok. Livestreaming services encompass a wide variety of topics, including social media, video games, professional sports, and lifestreaming, lifecasting. Platforms such as Facebook Live, Periscope (app), Periscope, Kuaishou, DouYu, Douyu, bilibili, YouTube, and 17 (app), 17 include the streaming of scheduled promotions and celebrity events as well as streaming between users, as in videotelephony. Livestreaming sites such as Twitch (service), Twitch have become popular outlets for watching people play video games, such as in esports, Let's Play-style gaming, or speedrunnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, located on the Cumberland River. Nashville had a population of 689,447 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of United States cities by population, 21st-most populous city in the United States and the fourth-most populous city in Southeastern United States, the Southeast. The city is the center of the Nashville metropolitan area, home to 2.1 million people, and is among the fastest growing cities in the nation. Named for Francis Nash, a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, the city was founded in 1779 when this territory was still considered part of North Carolina. The city grew quickly due to its strategic location as a port on the Cumberland River and, in the 19th century, a railr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
