DETROIT – Tony Hawk is understood worldwide, not only for what he can do with a skateboard, however for his skateboard undertaking that has given over $10 million to 600 skatepark tasks, together with proper right here in Detroit.
Native 4′s Victor Williams is a skateboard fanatic himself. His tips in a reside shot acquired the professional skate boarders’ consideration final 12 months.
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The 2 just lately met up nose to nose at Chandler Park Skatepark.
Hawk desires skate boarders everywhere in the world to have locations to search out themselves. That’s why he’s dropping in every so often to the Motor Metropolis, particularly on Detroit’s east aspect.
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“A giant purpose I even began our basis is as a result of I acquired very fortunate that I reside close to one of many final remaining skate parks within the U.S., and it was by no means misplaced on me that I had a spot to go,” mentioned Hawk. “I had a way of neighborhood. I had a spot to develop my model, my identification. Not simply in skating however as an individual.”
Chandler Park Skatepark, in a manner, is being proven as what a neighborhood can do with all the precise instruments.
“This is without doubt one of the examples of the parks we’re doing, and it actually has helped us to expedite the method as a result of our work is nationwide,” Hawk mentioned.
Chandler Park Skatepark was conceived in massive half due to his group, The Skatepark Mission, amongst many others.
“Now we have been partnered with Constructed To Play due to Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Basis, and the main focus is on Southeast Michigan,” Hawk mentioned.
Unknown to most, skateboarding is a lifetime exercise with numerous members from numerous backgrounds. However As Hawk explains, whereas recovering from a damaged femur, getting older additionally has its limitations that create the necessity to adapt.
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“It’s enjoyable,” Hawk mentioned. “It’s form of been liberating to refocus my model on extra tactical stuff and stuff that principally skaters would recognize and never, you understand, it’s not transferring the needle with most of the people or something, however I don’t actually care, so I find it irresistible like I like my little coping dancers. That’s like, that’s my, you understand, that’s my focus now, and it retains me fired up.”
With age, sure tips take much more work to land.
“I get the identical feeling landings one thing of that nature that I did after I was a child making an attempt to study a brand new trick, you understand, that’s like, it’s just like the dragon I’ve been chasing the entire time,” Hawk mentioned.
Learn: Tony Hawk shares what impressed him about Victor Williams’ skateboarding expertise
Both manner, assembly and skating with “The Birdman” in particular person was one thing reporter Victor Williams at all times dreamed of.
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Others had been additionally in a position to expertise that very same feeling like Kayden.
“It’s actually cool simply to have the ability to meet your idol and him residing as much as each expectation,” mentioned Kayden. “He was tremendous candy. Signed my board.”
With Chandler Park Skatepark and even Riverside Skatepark in downtown Detroit, Hawk’s encouraging the youthful technology to attempt one thing totally different whereas they’re impressionable.
“Once I had some likelihood to have an effect on change, that’s what I assumed the very best factor I might do is to truly present extra of these amenities to youngsters who really feel disenfranchised and don’t really feel like they belong in group sports activities,” Hawk mentioned. “And I imply, that’s my proudest work, and likewise selfishly, I acquired extra locations to skate.”
Hawk’s skatepark undertaking has donated cash to assist construct 25 skateparks in Michigan.
Different Skate Parks are set to be constructed in North Detroit and several other different suburbs quickly.
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While the Mike Boynton era is over in Stillwater, one of his former players is continuing to thrive in the NBA.
A former top recruit in college basketball played his lone season at the collegiate level in an Oklahoma State jersey — with that player being Cade Cunningham.
Since starring in Stillwater for one season, Cunningham has shown plenty of promise at the NBA level. Through former No. 1 overall picks three seasons, Cunningham has averaged 20 points per contest, doing so through 128 games — all of which have been starts. He was only able to play 12 games during his sophomore season, so he’s been unable to completely show his full potential.
On Sunday, as the free agency period opened, Cunningham negotiated a five-year, $236 million contract extension, the maximum for a rookie. Being drafted by the Detroit Pistons in 2021, the team now has their building block as there is plenty of question as to the rest of their young core.
The Detroit Pistons plan to sign Cade Cunningham to a five-year, $226 million maximum rookie extension, sources tell me and @JLEdwardsIII. pic.twitter.com/Zu828t1jNe
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 1, 2024
Now, the Pistons have been rebuilding for quite some time. They’re still quite a few paces behind in the roster-building aspect of things, but that could be accelerated should they choose to let Cunningham remain the centerpiece of the franchise.
Cunningham, who, as mentioned, was a top recruit in the 2020 class, was landed by Boynton, who is no longer with the program. He averaged 20.1 points per game in 27 contests as a member of Oklahoma State’s basketball team. He helped the Pokes to the NCAA Tournament, too, also averaging 6.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.
While the Cowboys could have gone further in the postseason that year, they ultimately fell short, but his time in Stillwater is still incredibly memorable as it led to him being the top selection in the 2021 NBA Draft.
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Detroit Pistons enter Sunday evening and the start of 2024 NBA free agency with the second-most cap space, behind only the big-fish hunting Philadelphia 76ers.
Not many other teams are swimming in cap space, positioning the Pistons for rare flexibility to serve as a dumping ground for unwanted salary in exchange for draft capital, and/or to take shots at luring a few mid-to-lower tier free agents by outbidding other cash-strapped teams.
The NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement, signed one year ago, restricts high-spending teams with numerous hard caps. Accordingly, the Pistons have already made two deals to take on salary, moving up 16 spots in the second round Thursday in exchange for taking on Wendell Moore Jr., and on Friday receiving three future second-round picks for acquiring Tim Hardaway Jr.’s overpriced contract and sending back Quentin Grimes.
With that in mind, here are some Pistons predictions for free agency, the first under new president of basketball operations Trajan Langdon:
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Free agency opens Sunday at 6 p.m. ET, with negotiations allowed between teams and all upcoming free agents. Deals can be can be signed officially starting Saturday at 12:01 p.m.
The top free agent is Paul George, with plenty of solid starters and depth pieces on the market, including James Harden, DeMar DeRozan, Klay Thompson and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
The Pistons have several free agents, both unrestricted and restricted.
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DETROIT – Police are asking the public to help them identify a baby and locate the child’s parents or guardians.
The baby was found early Sunday, June 30, 2024, morning in the 3200 block of Virginia Park Street in Detroit.
Anyone who can identify the child or their parents or guardians is asked to contact the Detroit Police Department’s 10th precinct at 313-596-1000.
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