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MVP LEBRON JAMES and The LAKERS Win Their 17TH Championship 106-93

The LAKERS   w on the NBA Finals and their 17th NBA Championship defeating the Miami Heat 106 to 93 on Sunday.  The series ended 4-2 and LeBron James not only got his fourth championship with 3 different teams (Miami, Cleveland and Los Angeles), but also for the fourth time was elected MVP of a Finals Series.   After a season that was in doubt to be played due to the corona virus pandemic, the LAKERS after a decade, obtained another title, but this time without their fans present. In fact there will be no parade in Los Angeles, until after the threat of the pandemic has passed. LAKERS WON THE 17TH NBA CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE THE KING LEBRON JAMES GOT HIS 4TH MVP  THE ROAD TO THE NBA CHAMPIONSHIP The  LAKERS of Los Angeles , California began last Wednesday night, September 30, the road to the title of the NBA by facing the   HEAT   of Miami .  FIRST GAME SEPTEMBER 30  The final score of the first game last week was 116-98 and left no doubt who...

EUSEBIO "THE BLACK PANTHER" one of THE 10 GREATEST SOCCER PLAYERS of the world

Eusebio da Silva Ferreira, known as Eusebio in the Latin soccer single-name fashion,  who past away a few years ago in Lisbon at the age of 71, is still considered one of the 10 best players in the world of soccer. Soccer fans called him the Black Panther , he was without a doubt the  most captivating player of the 1966 World Cup. Playing for Portugal, Eusebio was the center of gravity in that tournament. He personally gave Portugal a victory, after his team was loosing 3-0 to North Korea in the first 25 minutes, the North Koreans had previously already stunned Italy. However, Eusebio scored four goals, and Portugal won that match, 5-3. Eusebio was born in Mozambique on Jan. 25, 1942, to an Angolan father, but he was able to play for Portugal because those countries were still considered colonies. The rumor grew that he had been kidnapped by Benfica, one of the greatest soccer teams from Portugal, until he signed a contract. “These are all lies, pure and simple!...

DISCOVER THE GETTY VILLA

A recreation of an ancient Roman country house, the Getty Villa offers a taste of life in the first century A.D. J. Paul Getty and His Villa J. Paul Getty purchased his first work of ancient art in 1939: a small terracotta sculpture. His   antiquities collection  grew to include Greek, Roman, and Etruscan art, and in 1968 he announced he would build a major museum on his Malibu property. It would be a near replica of the Villa dei Papiri, a luxurious Roman residence in Herculaneum, Italy that had been buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Re-imagining the Villa dei Papiri The Villa dei Papiri (“Villa of the Papyruses”) was rediscovered in the 1750s. The excavation recovered bronze and marble sculptures, wall paintings, colorful stone pavements, and over a thousand papyrus s...

A TRIBUTE TO THE EAGLES ONE OF THE LAST CONCERTS WITH GLENN FREY

The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971 by Glenn Frey (R.I.P.), Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner. With five number-one singles, six Grammy Awards, five American Music Awards, and six number one albums, the Eagles were one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s. At the end of the 20th century, two of their albums, Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) and Hotel California, were ranked among the 20 best-selling albums in the United States according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Hotel California is ranked 37th in Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" and the band was ranked number 75 on the magazine's 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. The Eagles are one of the world's best-selling bands of all time, having sold more than 150 million records[3]—100 million in the U.S. alone—including 42 million copies of Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) and 32 million copies ...