What’s Brewing With Jen Includes A New Steakhouse By NFL PLayers
See what was brewing with Jen Scordo today. Every day on The Best Show Ever? Jen Scordo shares a few recent weird and interesting news stories. Today that includes two Kansas City Chiefs are opening a restaurant and staffers dress as foxes to care for orphaned fox … Here are her stories from today.
Travis Kelce And Patrick Mahomes Are Opening A Steakhouse
Well, they won their third Super Bowl together, so why not open a restaurant? That’s exactly what Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes are doing. They released renderings of their new steakhouse called 1587 Prime, scheduled to open in early 2025. Check the name there… 1587… Number 15 for Mahomes, number 87 for Kelce. Cute. They’re working with Las Vegas based restaurant company Noble 33 to give visitors a unique experience. With Noble 33 making most of the big decisions, however the duo have contributed their input. Both Mahomes and Kelce are said to have frequented Noble 33’s other restaurants and they look to make 1587 Prime a chain restaurant in the future.
[Source – ESPN.com]
Staffers At A Wildlife Center Dress Up As Foxes To Care For Orphaned Fox
This is the feel-good story of the week. A wildlife center in Virginia has gone viral with a video that shows workers dressed up as a mother fox in order to care for a small orphaned red fox. Executive Director Melissa Stanley can be seen dressed as a fox while feeding the young fox. The center has explained that it’s important to make sure that the orphaned foxes that is raised in captivity do not become imprinted upon or habituated to humans. Very Twilight, isn’t it? In seriousness, they are doing really good work here, it’s special. The orphaned fox was found in an alley in Richmond, VA and is being cared for in the hopes that the fox will be released back into its natural habitat.
[Source – NY Post]
A Cup of Coffee: 10 Philadelphia Sixers Players Better Known With Other Teams
Nikola Vucevic
Vucevic has had a nice career between the Magic and Bulls. But he started out as a rookie that Doug Collins refused to give too many minutes to. The next offseason after being drafted, he was part of the now infamous deal for Andrew Bynum. He went on to make two All-Star games. Bynum never played a minute for the Sixers.
Kwame Brown
One of the most famous NBA busts had a cup of coffee with the Sixers. The Warriors sent him to the Bucks as part of the Andrew Bogut trade. The Bucks cut him soon after though. He signed a 2-year deal with the Sixers, but played in only 22 games and was cut before the second season of his contract. He nearly had as many personal fouls (37) as he did points (41) while with the Sixers. It was the last chance in the NBA he ever got.
Glenn Robinson
The Sixers tried so hard to find the second scoring option behind Allen Iverson. One of the guys they tried, was Glenn Robinson. He was very good with the Bucks, usually averaging over 20 points per game. He was not bad with the Sixers, but he was not that same guy. He played just 42 games here and averaged 16 points per game. He was injured for his entire 2nd season here and then got traded.
JaVale McGee
McGee is perhaps best known for his frequent appearances on Shaqtin a Fool. Its gave him a bit of an unfair repuation. Did he make some bone headed plays in his career? Yes. But he was also a 3-time champion, an Olympic Gold Medalist, and a physical presence on defense.
His time with the Sixers was know memorable at all though. The Nuggets shipped him here, along with a first round pick, and the rights to Chukwudiebere Maduabum, as a pure salary dump. He played just 6 games here.
Toni Kucoc
Kucoc won 3 NBA Finals with the Bulls, was 6th Man of The Year in the 1995-1995 season, and won pretty much every award you can as a Basketball player when over in Europe. He was a significant piece of the Bulls second run of 3 straight championships. But he did not get much time with the Sixers.
He was decent in the 1999 -2000 season, averaging 12 points per game. But the next season he was part of the trade that landed the Sixers Dikembe Motumbo. In the end, he played in only 80 total games here, averaging a little over 8 points per game.
Dwight Howard
Obviously we don’t forget he played here. It is too recent. But he will be one of those guys where we look back one day and go “Oh yea, he did play here.”. Howard was probably one of the best backups for Embiid. He only lasted one year here. And like so many backup bigs before him, he disappeared in the playoff.
Chris Webber
Not sure if anyone forgets his time here, so maybe it doesn’t quite fit the brief. But Webber is a superstar, who had a disappointing cup of coffee in Philly. Webber was supposed to come here and finally be the guy to be AI’s Co-Star. It never quite worked out. He was injured for parts of his first season, had a decent first full season here, but then was benched in year 3.
