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Ken Kendrick
Earl Gentry "Ken" Kendrick Jr. (born September 2, 1943) is an American billionaire businessman who is the principal owner and managing general partner of the National League's Arizona Diamondbacks. He became part- owner with the team's inception in 1995. He has been managing general partner since 2004, overseeing day-to-day operations and acting as the organization's designated representative when the Major League Baseball owners convene. Prior to his position with the team, Kendrick founded Datatel, Inc., a software development company, and served as a banking industry executive in Texas. He has a net worth of $1 billion as of June 2022. Business career A native of Princeton, West Virginia, Kendrick received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from West Virginia University in 1965, Kendrick started his career with IBM. Three years later, he founded Datatel, Inc., which has become the worldwide leader in the development of computer software for the management of infr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princeton, West Virginia
Princeton is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. The population was 5,872 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Bluefield micropolitan area. History Early history Princeton was named after the Battle of Princeton in Princeton, New Jersey, where General Hugh Mercer, the namesake of Mercer County, had died. When the county was formed in 1837, William Smith donated 1.5 acres of land for the county courthouse in what would become Princeton. Princeton was incorporated on February 20, 1909. Although Princeton did not see any major battles on its soil, there was the Battle of Pigeon Roost, or the Battle of Princeton Court House, Battle of Princeton Courthouse on May 17, 1862, a victory for the Confederates defending the Dublin railroad. Princeton had been burned a couple of weeks earlier on May 1 under the command of Captain Walter Jenifer, CSA to prevent the Union army from acquiring their supplies. The town was not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salt River Fields
Salt River Fields at Talking Stick is a stadium complex located in the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community near Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, at the former site of the Indian Bend Country Club. It serves as the Major League Baseball spring-training facility for the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies, replacing Tucson Electric Park for the Diamondbacks and Hi Corbett Field for the Rockies. The complex represents the first MLB park to be built on Native American Indian land. History In 2009, after the Chicago White Sox moved their spring-training facilities from Tucson to Phoenix, the Diamondbacks and Rockies expressed their desire to leave Tucson. The teams began negotiations with multiple valley cities and Indian communities, with the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community coming out on top with a 20-year commitment from the teams to the facility. Construction began on November 17, 2009, with a ground-breaking ceremony by Diamondbacks President an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collectors Universe
Collectors Universe Inc. is an American company formed in 1986, now based in Santa Ana, California, which provides third-party authentication and grading services to collectors, retail buyers and sellers of collectibles. Its authentication services focus on coins, trading cards, sports memorabilia, and autographs. The company reached the combined total of 75 million certified collectibles in 2019. Collectors Universe is also a publisher in fields relating to collecting. The company engages in business-to-business market for certified coins under Certified Coin Exchange, and a business-to-consumer under Collectors Corner. PCGS Coin Authentication and Grading Services focuses on coins market and have authenticated and graded over 42.5 million coins, medals, and tokens with an estimated market value of over $36 billion. History In 2000, Collectors Universe acquired James J. Spence, Jr.'s sports autograph authentication company and later acquired privately held Odyssey Publicati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Sports Authenticator
Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) is a US based sports card and trading card grading company. History The PSA was founded in July 1991 by David Hall, owner of the coin grading company Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS), as a third-party sports card grader. From the start, the business faced difficulties due to a limited demand from collectors. Initially, many sports card dealers were against the concept of relying on an external organization to evaluate and grade their cards. They declined to utilize card grading services. However, over time, there was a significant change in the market's perspective, leading to a strong demand for graded cards. This shift was primarily prompted by the widespread problem of deception and fraudulent practices observed at trade shows. Buyers seldom felt confident when making purchases, as there was a constant uncertainty about whether they were acquiring genuine cards or counterfeits. As a result of these concerns, the adoption of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 13 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in 2003. Roddick won 32 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including a major at the 2003 US Open and five Masters events, and led the United States to the 2007 Davis Cup title. He was the runner-up at four other majors (Wimbledon in 2004, 2005, and 2009, and the US Open in 2006), losing to rival Roger Federer each time. Roddick was ranked in the year-end top 10 for nine consecutive years (2002–2010), first reaching the No. 1 spot in 2003. Roddick retired from the sport following the 2012 US Open to focus on his work at the Andy Roddick Foundation. In retirement, Roddick played for the Austin Aces in World Team Tennis in 2015. He was also the 2015 and 2017 champion of the QQQ Champions Series. Roddick was inducted into the Internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Durant
Kevin Wayne Durant (born September 29, 1988), also known by his initials KD, is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Durant has won two List of NBA champions, NBA championships, List of Olympic medalists in basketball, four Olympic gold medals, an NBA Most Valuable Player Award, two NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Awards, two NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Awards, four List of National Basketball Association annual scoring leaders, NBA scoring titles, and the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He has been named to 11 All-NBA teams (including six First Teams) and selected 15 times as an List of NBA All-Stars, NBA All-Star. In 2021, Durant was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. He ranks eighth among List of NBA career scoring leaders, NBA career scoring leaders. Durant was heavily recruited in high school, widely regarded as the second-best player his senior year. He played one season of college ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Fitzgerald
Larry Darnell Fitzgerald Jr. (born August 31, 1983) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 17 seasons with the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers, earning unanimous All-American honors in 2003. Fitzgerald was selected by the Cardinals with the third overall pick in the 2004 NFL draft. He is widely considered by fans, coaches and peers to be one of the greatest receivers in NFL history. Fitzgerald has been selected for the Pro Bowl eleven times. He was named first-team All-Pro in 2008 and second-team All-Pro twice in 2009 and 2011. He is second in NFL career receiving yards, second in career receptions, and sixth in career receiving touchdowns. He was named to the NFL 2010s All-Decade Team and NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team. Fitzgerald became a minority owner of the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 2020. Early life As a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Douglas Gretzky ( ; born January 26, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999. Nicknamed "the Great One", he has been called the greatest ice hockey player ever by the NHL based on surveys of hockey writers, ex-players, general managers and coaches. Gretzky is the leading career Point (ice hockey), point scorer and Assist (ice hockey), assist producer in NHL history and has more assists than any other player has total career points. He is the only NHL player to total over 200 points in one season, a feat he accomplished four times. In addition, Gretzky tallied over 100 points in 15 professional seasons. At the time of his retirement in 1999, he List of career achievements by Wayne Gretzky, held 61 NHL records: 40 regular season records, 15 playoff records, and 6 NHL All-Star Game, All-Star records.For his titles, see * Regarded as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T206 Honus Wagner
The T206 Honus Wagner baseball card depicts the Pittsburgh Pirates' Honus Wagner, known as "The Flying Dutchman", a dead-ball era baseball player who is widely considered to be one of the best players of all time. The card was designed and issued by the American Tobacco Company (ATC) from 1909 to 1911 as part of its T206 series. Wagner refused to allow production of his baseball card to continue, either because he did not want children to buy cigarette packs to get his card, or because he wanted more compensation from the ATC. The ATC ended production of the Wagner card, and a total of only 50 to 200 cards were ever distributed to the public (the exact number is unknown). In 1933, the card was first listed at a price value of US$50 in Jefferson Burdick's ''The American Card Catalog'' (), making it the most expensive baseball card in the world at the time. The most famous T206 Honus Wagner is the "Gretzky T206 Honus Wagner" card. The card's odd texture and shape led to specul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Glenwood Springs is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality, home rule municipality and the county seat of Garfield County, Colorado, Garfield County, Colorado, United States. According to the 2020 United States census, the city has a population of 9,963. It is located at the confluence of the Roaring Fork River and the Colorado River, connecting the Roaring Fork Valley and a series of smaller towns on the Colorado River. Glenwood Springs is known for its hot springs. History For thousands of years, the area now known as Glenwood Springs station, Glenwood Springs has been inhabited by Indigenous people. The oral tradition, oral history of the Kapuuta and Mouache bands recall that Glenwood Springs is located within the traditional ''Nuuchiu tuvupu'' (The People's Land) of the Subuagan and Parianuche bands. Fred Conetah's ''History of the Northern Utes'' states that the White River Utes, Yampa or White River bands used the area, which is now in the Ute people, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradise Valley, Arizona
Paradise Valley is a desert and mountain town in Arizona east of state capital Phoenix. The town is known for its golf courses, spectacular mountain views, numerous upscale resorts and restaurants, natural beauty with desert landscaping and gorgeous sunsets, high end real estate with zoning that ensures large lots, the workshop of Paolo Soleri, and close proximity to Scottsdale and Phoenix. According to the 2020 census, its population was 12,658. The town's name comes from the expansive area known as Paradise Valley that spreads from north of the Phoenix Mountains to Cave Creek and Carefree on the north and the McDowell Mountains to the east. Resident children in the majority of the municipality attend schools in the Scottsdale Unified School District. History The town's history dates to a more agrarian society. After the initial European settlement, Paradise Valley was first used for cattle grazing. In the 1880s, when the land was being surveyed so it could be develope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Kendrick
Randy Kendrick is an American conservative political activist and donor. She is married to billionaire Ken Kendrick, the owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Career, activism, and philanthropy Randy Kendrick began her career as a lawyer. She became a major donor in both Arizona and national politics. Kendrick is a major donor to the University of Arizona's Center for the Philosophy of Freedom. She and her husband have donated over $2.5 million and sponsor an endowed chair at the center. In 2009, Kendrick worked with Sean Noble of the Center to Protect Patient Rights, now known as American Encore, to oppose healthcare legislation proposed by President Barack Obama. According to Noble, Kendrick delivered a speech at a June 2009 Koch donor conference that resulted in more than $13 million in spontaneous donations. During the 2016 election cycle, Kendrick was involved in an exchange with presidential candidate John Kasich. Kendrick was in the audience for a panel on which Kasich was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
