Who is Chris Evert’s husband Greg Norman?
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GREG Norman earned a name for himself as a legend in the world of golf.
However, his prowess as a businessman has made him one of the most successful athletes-turned-entrepreneurs in the world.
2 Greg Norman was born in Australia. Credit: Getty Images
Who is Chris Evert’s husband Greg Norman?
Gregory John Norman, often referred to as Greg Norman, was born on February 10, 1955, in Queensland, Australia.
Greg, whose byname is The Great White Shark, is a retired professional golfer who began his professional career in 1975.
After winning his first professional tournament in 1976, he went on to win his first European victory in Scotland at the 1977 Martini International during his rookie year.
Subsequently, he won a total of 91 professional tournaments which included 20 PGA and 71 internationals.
He also won the British Open in 1986 and 1993 respectively. During his career, he once held the ranking of top golfer in the world for a total of 331 weeks. As a result of his accolades, he was finally inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2001.
What is Greg Norman’s net worth?
As of January 2022, Greg Norman has an estimated net worth of about $400million.
In addition to his earnings during his professional golfing career, Greg is also known as a serial entrepreneur.
He is known to be one of the most successful athletes-turned-entrepreneurs who amassed his wealth through a myriad of businesses.
His brand called Shark which makes sportswear, golf equipment, and wine have earned him a comfortable living.
He is also known to be involved in designing golf courses, private equity, and real estate. All his businesses are under the Greg Norman Company, for which he is the chairman and CEO.
2 Greg and Chris got married on June 28, 2008. Credit: Getty Images - Getty
Who is Chris Evert?
Greg Norman and Chris Evert got married on June 28, 2008, in the Bahamas.
Currently aged 67, Chris has an estimated net worth of about $16million.
The former American world number one has been married three times. Her first marriage was with John Lloyd, from 1979 to 1987.
Her second marriage was to Andy Mill, from 1988 to 2006. Her final marriage was to Andy Mill, from 2008 to 2009.
Who is tennis star Chris Evert?
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CHRIS Evert is a retired American professional tennis player.
She achieved a lot of success during her stellar career, winning a total of 157 singles titles.
2 Chris Evert was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Who is tennis star Chris Evert?
Born on December 21, 1954, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Chris Evert was a professional tennis player who retired in 1989.
Currently aged 67, she has an estimated net worth of about $16million.
The former American world number one has been married three times. Her first marriage was with John Lloyd, from 1979 to 1987.
Her second marriage was to Andy Mill, from 1988 to 2006. Her final marriage was to Andy Mill, from 2008 to 2009.
Currently, Evert has three children: Alexander James, Nicholas Joseph, and Colton Jack.
What did she achieve during her career?
During Evert’s stellar career as a professional tennis player, she was able to win 18 Grand Slam singles titles.
She also won a total of 32 doubles titles and was able to reach number one in the WTA rankings.
The star holds the record for the most consecutive years of winning at least one major title each year, with 13 major titles to her name.
Evert also served as president of the Women Tennis Association from 1975 to 1976, and from 1983 to 1991.
2 She is an on-air announcer at ESPN Credit: Getty Images - Getty
What is she doing after retiring from tennis?
After a prolific career in tennis, Evert is now an on-air announcer and analyst on ESPN.
In a story she penned for ESPN on January 14, 2022, the former tennis champion stated that she learned that she had cancer.
She stated: “I’ve lived a very charmed life. Now I have some challenges ahead of me. But I have comfort in knowing the chemotherapy is to ensure that cancer does not come back.”
After her announcement, the Australian Open’s official Twitter account stated: “Thinking of you here and wishing you a speedy and full recovery.”
Aspen Hall of Fame delays induction banquet because of COVID concerns
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The Aspen Hall of Fame board of directors announced Tuesday night it is postponing the annual banquet because of the recent spike in COVID-19 cases.
The event at the Hotel Jerome is being moved to March 19; it was scheduled for Feb. 22. Hall of Fame inductees for 2022 are Rita Hunter, Bruce Gordon and Andy Mill.
“While we are anxious to celebrate our three new inductees and host this much-anticipated event, we felt it was prudent to postpone the banquet until COVID cases are on the decline in Aspen and Pitkin County,” Aspen Hall of Fame President Lorna Pedersen said in the news release. “The Aspen Hall of Fame Banquet attracts Aspen’s most ‘precious cargo’ when it comes to bringing together longtime and treasured citizens of our community and we want this event to be fun and stress-free for everyone.”
Invitations and ticket information will be sent at the end of February. Sign up to receive an invitation and other information from the Aspen Hall of Fame at AspenHallOfFame.org/contact.
Proof of vaccination will be required to attend the event, and Public Health protocols will be followed.
Antonio Conte’s words will have left Harry Kane in no doubt over his Tottenham future
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When Conte spoke – after the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final against Chelsea –about Spurs having “dropped a lot” and of the need for “patience and time” and of them being a team “in the middle”, Kane must have allowed himself a wry smile
Antonio Conte’s words will have left Harry Kane in no doubt over his Tottenham future
If Harry Kane had any doubts about his wisdom in wanting a move away from Tottenham, Antonio Conte has probably dispelled them.
When Conte spoke – after the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final against Chelsea –about Spurs having “dropped a lot” and of the need for “patience and time” and of them being a team “in the middle”, Kane must have allowed himself a wry smile.
To think some people doubted whether leaving Spurs would be a good idea, he must have thought.
There was a stage when I was in that camp. Tottenham is a smashing club, with a beautiful stadium, a decent squad and splendid tradition.
Kane could have helped make them truly great again. What a challenge that would be.
But he knew better than anyone that it was not going to be possible.
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Recruitment has been flawed, as have managerial choices.
Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea kept evolving.
Spurs stood still – at best.
Kane knew it, that’s why he wanted out last summer.
Those words of Conte, essentially labelling Tottenham a run-of-the-mill, mid-table operation, could easily have come from Kane, one imagines. If the standards at Spurs really have dropped as significantly as Conte and, probably Kane, believe, then the England captain knows it is a long and improbable journey for the club to challenge the current elite.
And, as he turns 29 in the summer, Kane really hasn’t got the time for that sort of journey.
When the move to the Etihad did not materialise, Kane reaffirmed his commitment to Spurs and there was talk of a new contract.
Surely that is now an unlikely scenario.
The ramifications of the summer transfer kerfuffle have been felt all around Spurs.
Kane’s form has been, to put it kindly, patchy and supporters cannot help but wonder if he really is 100 per cent focused.
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And you suspect the idea that he might, for a big fee, leave in the summer of 2022 might not be as horrendous to Tottenham loyalists as it was last time.
He is not going to set the scoring charts alight this season, that is for sure.
And that could be a problem for Kane. Daniel Levy has privately valued Kane at £200million – well, this Kane is not worth £200m, this Kane might not be worth half that amount.
City would appear to be one of the few clubs who would have the money for him and they would probably judge the striker on previous seasons and not on this unusual one.
They might still go to £100m to get him.
Going into the World Cup, he will want to be scoring goals.
There will be three months of a new Premier League season, going into Qatar 2022, and Kane will want his confidence high.
And his confidence will be high if he is getting lots of chances and plenty of goals.
In their current state, that looks very unlikely to happen at Tottenham.
Which is surely why, this summer, we will see Kane try for City one last time.
Ex-Bengal, Super Bowl champ, is connected to both Spooky Nooks: Pennsylvania and Hamilton
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When a delegation of Hamilton city officials and business leaders visited Spooky Nook in early 2017, officials there mentioned Lengel regularly worked out there.
A nice coincidence
About that same time, Lengel and new wife Lauren bought a home in Mason, deciding to settle there even though he would later play for Cleveland, Houston and the Bengals again.
“We moved here, and then I had a conversation with Jim (Launer),” Lengel recalled. “He said, ‘You know, we’re buying a building out there and we’re making another Spooky Nook about 20 minutes down the road from you.’
“It just blew my mind,” he said. “I couldn’t even believe it. So when I decided to retire, I was just like, ‘Hey, man, I just want to be a part and help out some kind of way,” he said. “I care about Jim, I care about Sam (Beiler), and obviously, Spooky Nook helped me accomplish my dreams. I wanted to be part of it.”
He’s now director of facility operations in Hamilton. When Spooky Nook hosts tournaments, “it’ll be my job to make sure everything’s set up, all the organizers have everything they need. That the experience at Spooky Nook is as good as it can be,” he said.
Spooky Nook, when it broke ground in Hamilton, was estimated to open at the end of December 2021. The conference center and hotel part of the complex now is to open in March, but the indoor sports complex has been delayed to an unknown date later this year, owner Sam Beiler told the Journal-News earlier this month.
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Caption BALTIMORE, MD - NOVEMBER 18: Tight End Matt Lengel #89 of the Cincinnati Bengals celebrates with teammates after a touchdown in the third quarter against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium on November 18, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) Credit: Rob Carr Caption BALTIMORE, MD - NOVEMBER 18: Tight End Matt Lengel #89 of the Cincinnati Bengals celebrates with teammates after a touchdown in the third quarter against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium on November 18, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) Credit: Rob Carr Credit: Rob Carr
Football life/softball wife
Lengel’s football life started while he was asleep.
“I was taking a nap one day, and I was in second grade,” he said. “I had this dream that I was holding the Lombardi Trophy and I was playing football and was in the NFL, and I had never even thought about playing football before. And just I woke up, and I was like, ‘Dad, I want to play football.’”
The son of a police officer remembers getting his equipment for the first time. He played fullback and linebacker. His teams won a couple of Pee Wee Super Bowls.
“I had a great childhood, fun time playing football,” he said. He grew up a fan of the (then) Oakland Raiders because hometown hero Jon Ritchie played for them (1998-2002) and the Philadelphia Eagles (2003-04).
“We’d get done playing games and I’d go to the restaurant with my parents and I’d just sit there on Sundays and watch football all day all over again,” he said.
By the time he played at Cumberland Valley High School, he was a tight end, because he was “too tall to play fullback.”
Northeastern University in Boston was one of two schools that offered him full scholarships, and he went there, his first experience living in a large city. But after the first season’s final game, the team was told the football program was ending. The school honored players’ scholarships through their college years, and let them transfer. He went to Eastern Kentucky University.
In college, he played 37 games across five seasons, with 33 catches for 361. He tore his ACL in the 2012 season opener, and re-injured that knee in 2013 after starting EKU’s first two games.
During his six-year college career, he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and his master’s at EKU in physical education. While there, he met Lauren Cumbess, a softball pitcher and first baseman at the nearby University Kentucky who played in the Women’s College World Series and threw a no-hitter against Georgia.
Caption Matt Lengel, director facility operations at Spooky Nook Sports Champion Mill and his wife, Lauren. They met while he attended Eastern Kentucky University on a football scholarship and she was a pitcher for the University of Kentucky who played in the Women’s College World Series. PROVIDED Caption Matt Lengel, director facility operations at Spooky Nook Sports Champion Mill and his wife, Lauren. They met while he attended Eastern Kentucky University on a football scholarship and she was a pitcher for the University of Kentucky who played in the Women’s College World Series. PROVIDED
Pro football career
Lengel wasn’t drafted by an NFL team, but the Bengals called afterward, and he made the practice squad his first year.
“I was still hungry to keep achieving more, but I was never going to complain about being on the practice squad, because at the time there was only 10 guys on each time that made up a practice squad,” he said.
Also, players could be signed from a squad to another team or activated onto the team’s roster.
The Bengals then included Tyler Eifert, C.J. Uzomah and Andy Dalton.
“It was a great unit to be a part of, because that was the last time the Bengals went to the playoffs,” he said.
With the practice squad, “I was on the sideline for that last playoff game against the Steelers. That was a heartbreak, but I was fortunate to get re-signed at the end of the year, signed a futures contract and ended up making the practice squad again the next year. And that’s when I got signed off the practice squad to go to the Patriots.”
Caption Cincinnati Bengals tight end Matt Lengel makes a catch defended by safety Clayton Fejedelem on the first day of mandatory mini camp Tuesday, June 14, 2016, at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF Credit: Nick Graham Caption Cincinnati Bengals tight end Matt Lengel makes a catch defended by safety Clayton Fejedelem on the first day of mandatory mini camp Tuesday, June 14, 2016, at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF Credit: Nick Graham Credit: Nick Graham
Signed balls from Brady, Dalton
A top moment in his career was a Patriots game on Christmas Eve of 2016, when he made his first NFL catch and became the 64th player to catch a Tom Brady touchdown, against the New York Jets.
“I was very fortunate to keep that ball. I actually got Tom to sign it for me,” he said. That ball and a signed touchdown ball from Andy Dalton have places of honor in his home, along with jerseys that he and Lauren wore during their playing careers.
Another highlight was when he realized that second-grade dream and put his lips to the Lombardi Trophy. He says he wore his ring only once, mainly because Super Bowl rings these days are so large and gaudy. It was when he and Lauren wed in Lexington, among college friends and family.
“That was fun because I was around people who helped me get to where I wanted to be, and it was something I wanted to share with them,” he said. “For a while at my wedding, I couldn’t find my ring, but I trusted it was with somebody I trusted, so I ended up getting it back.”
Jim Launer, who trained him at Spooky Nook as director of sports performance, has “obviously accumulated more and more departments and now he’s the president of the company,” Lengel said.
What Spooky Nook will be like
A big thing Lengel enjoyed about Spooky Nook was the electricity when tournaments were happening or people were training in their sports nearby as he worked out.
“The environment, being around all these sports,” he said. “You’d see so many athletes that are all training and playing to be as good as they can be, and they’re leaving all their passion out on the court, or on the field, whatever sport they’re playing. The energy in the building, the equipment, it’s an experience. It’s not just going to the gym to train. It’s fun.”
Top athletes from high schools, local colleges, pro teams and even those who were home during college breaks also gravitated to the training facilities. He envisions players from Greater Cincinnati and the Dayton area to use the Hamilton facilities, as well as entire local teams.
Kai Sotto, a 19-year-old, highly regarded 7-foot-3-inch basketball player from the Philippines, announced 13 months ago that he plans to launch his Kaiju Academy, to train younger basketball prospects. Kaiju is a Japanese term for monster, beast, or strange creature, Sotto said.
Spooky Nook also will have a fitness area for local people of all athletic levels.
For siblings of athletes, there will be activities like rock climbing, arcades and other entertainment within Spooky Nook, and the visitors coming from three-hour-drives or farther are expected to visit local shops, restaurants and bars within the city.
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At the sports complex, “The equipment’s slowly starting to come in, and furniture’s slowly starting to come in,” Lengel said.
He’s giving tours and keeping enthusiasm up in the city despite the delay.
He thinks most local people don’t realize all the sports that can be played in the facility, which will have 28 basketball/volleyball courts.
“They obviously know all of our courts. They assume we’re just basketball and volleyball, but really, we’re the conference center, we’re the restaurants, we’re the space where people can come and just have a good time.”
And he ticks off just a few of the sports that can be played: including wrestling, futsal (indoor soccer), dance, cheerleading, almost any sport, except those requiring a swimming pool.
“The economic impact in the local area of Lancaster has been huge,” he said about the original location. “I think if you’re a local small business in the Hamilton area, just be ready, all-hands-on-deck when we open up, because it’s going to be a lot of people.”
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