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 result of her split from her husband of over 30 years. In September 2008, For Better or For Worse transitioned into a unique mix of straight re-runs and strips that featured original 1980s artwork (sometimes slightly retouched) but new dialogue by <mask> to reflect societal and technological changes. In September 2015, <mask> and her daughter moved back to North Vancouver.<mask> had a close friendship with Charles M. Schulz, creator of Peanuts. She wrote the introduction to one of the volumes of Fantagraphics Books' series The Complete Peanuts. On 13 March 2014, Library and Archives Canada announced that it had acquired material to add to its <mask> collection, including 3282 drawings, 296 watercolours, 244 photographs, about 3.5 m of textual items, and a few other objects. Hi Dad!, 1975
 Do They Ever Grow Up? Leaving Home (With Andie Parton)
 See For Better or For Worse for compilations of the comic strip

References

External links

 Official Website of For Better or For Worse
 Official Website of FBorFW character Ned Tanner
 1994 Hogan's Alley interview, conducted by Tom Heintjes
  NCS Awards
 The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum: <mask> Collection guide

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<mask> (born January 8, 1957) is an American businessman, investor, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and former politician. He is a former senior executive with America Online (AOL), and the founder, chairman, and CEO of Monumental Sports & Entertainment. He is also founding member and investor in the Revolution Growth Fund, which includes investments in FedBid, Resonate Insights, Optoro and CustomInk. He is the founder and chairman of SnagFilms, which produced the documentary film Nanking. The film was honored with the 2009 News & Documentary Emmy Award. He is also an author, having published the book The Business of Happiness in 2010. Personal background
<mask> was born on January 8, 1957, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.Born to a family of working-class Greek immigrant parents and grandparents who were mill workers, who worked as a waiter and a secretary. When his high school guidance counselor evaluated his skill set, the counselor concluded that young <mask> was destined to work in a grocery store. <mask> also reflects on his working-class roots that being a grocery store manager was all his dad aspired him to be. During his youth, Leonsis mowed lawns for extra money. One day when mowing, he stumbled upon mowing the lawn owned by a wealthy stockbroker and Georgetown alumnus named Jim Shannon. Impressed by Leonsis, he helped Leonsis gain admission into Georgetown University. He attended Brooklyn Technical High School, before moving to Lowell, Massachusetts, where he graduated from Lowell High School in 1973.In 2005, he was honored as one of Lowell High School's Distinguished Alumni for reaching the highest level of accomplishment and possessing the

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 highest standards of integrity and character. He was first in his family to go to university where he attended Georgetown University to pursue his undergraduate studies majoring in American Studies, and graduated in 1977 at the top of his class. Also during college, <mask>, with encouragement from a mentor, Reverend Joseph Durkin, used computers and primitive punch cards to his thesis where it introduced him to the potential fortunes that were to be made in the emerging software and personal computer industries of the early 1980s. After graduating from college, he then moved back to his parents' home in Lowell and began working for Wang Laboratories as a corporate communications manager  and Harris Corp. as a marketing executive. Business career

LIST Magazine
<mask> left Harris Corporation in March 1981 when, at the age 25, he moved to Florida and began his first business venture. His first venture was publishing LIST, a technology magazine that focused on the then-new personal computing industry. He raised $1 million in seed capital with his partner Vincent Pica,.The first issue of the magazine was published in 1982, and was a huge success; $50,000 worth of copies were sold near cash registers, bookstores, and newsstands. Two years later, he sold the company to Thomson Reuters for $40 million netting him $20 million. AOL
In 1987, <mask> established the marketing communications company, Redgate Communications Corporation. When the organization was acquired by America Online (AOL) in 1994, <mask> began working with AOL as a senior executive, remaining with the company for 13 years. Under his leadership, AOL increased its membership from under 800,000 members to

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 over 8 million, while their annual revenue increased from $100 million to $1.5 billion. He held numerous positions at AOL during his years there, completing his tenure and retiring in 2006 as the audience group's president and vice-chairman. , he serves as vice chairman emeritus of AOL.Monumental Sports & Entertainment
<mask> is the founder, majority owner, chairman and CEO of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns the NHL's Washington Capitals, NBA's Washington Wizards, NBA G League's Capital City Go-Go, WNBA's Washington Mystics, and formerly the AFL's Washington Valor and Baltimore Brigade. Monumental Sports additionally owns the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. and manages the MedStar Capitals Iceplex and George Mason University's EagleBank Arena. Formed in 2010 by a merger between Leonsis' Lincoln Holdings with Washington Sports & Entertainment, Monumental Sports & Entertainment is the only privately held company in a top-10 market to own and operate five professional sports teams and a major arena. Media
In January 2013, Monumental Sports & Entertainment launched Monumental Network, a digital platform that serves as a hub for Washington's sports and entertainment news. In 2016 a rebranded Monumental Sports Network was launched for digital, mobile and over-the-top platforms. The new Monumental Sports Network offers an OTT service that provides live streaming of Mystics, Valor and AFL Baltimore games as well as additional live events and games. Monumental and CSN Mid-Atlantic formed an advanced media partnership that not only extended CSN's exclusive media rights to the Capitals and Wizards but also saw Monumental become an equity partner in


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After purchasing the Wizards, <mask> criticized the NBA's salary cap at a luncheon with business leaders. He was fined $100,000 by the league, for "unauthorized public comments regarding the league's collective bargaining negotiations." <mask> has sought to roll-back changes to the Wizards and Capitals franchises that coincided with the opening of the Verizon Center in 1997. In 2007, he changed the Capitals team logo and its colors back to their original red, white, and blue, and in May 2011, received positive responses from media, fans, players and alumni when the Wizards unveiled a similar red, white and blue color scheme, along with uniforms reminiscent of those worn by the team under their former name, the Bullets, when they won the NBA Championship in 1978. Additionally, he had taken under consideration restoring the Bullets name to the franchise, though critics said that this would "send the wrong message" about gun violence in Washington. Washington Capitals
<mask> has owned the Washington Capitals since the spring of 1999, and in that timeframe the team has won ten Southeast Division titles, three Presidents' Trophies, recorded more than 200 consecutive sellouts at Verizon Center (now Capital One Arena), and won a Stanley Cup Championship.In the early years of his ownership, the Capitals went on to win back-to-back Southeast Division titles in 2000 and 2001, but lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Pittsburgh Penguins. In summer 2001, the Capitals traded for Jaromír Jágr and signed him to what was at the time, the largest contract in

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texts: NHL history. The trade was enthusiastically well received by fans and over 300 people showed up at Dulles International Airport to greet Jágr when he arrived. After Jágr was traded in 2004, <mask> was criticized by fans. He was involved in a physical altercation with a fan, who led a mocking chant of <mask> during the game and hoisted a sign chiding him. In the altercation, Leonsis grabbed and threw the fan to the ground, which also caused a young child to fall to the ground. For his involvement in the scuffle, <mask> was fined $100,000.He also received a suspension of one week, during which he was prohibited from having any contact with the team. After the incident, <mask> personally called the fan to apologize for his actions and invited him and his family to watch a game in the owner's box. In 2009, a season ticket holder informed Leonsis of a homeless man, Scott Lovell, who spent his nights sleeping outside Verizon Center. <mask> found Lovell a part-time job as a restaurant kitchen worker and provided him with a paid and furnished apartment, a prosthetic leg and Capitals season tickets for life. In return, Lovell vowed to remain clean and sober. In 2010, journalist Damien Cox, author of the Ovechkin Project, a biography of Alexander Ovechkin, wrote that <mask> was trying to circumvent the NHL's salary cap when signing Ovechkin's contract. He also alleged that <mask> was bribing bloggers for positive coverage of the Capitals.<mask> said that Cox was angry that he did not receive the access to Ovechkin that he wanted and defended his support for the league. During the 2009–2010 season, the Capitals earned the NHL's President's Trophy as the team that finished

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texts: with the most points in the league during the regular season. The 2010–2011 season marked the highest attendance in franchise history, drawing 754,309 fans. The Capitals, like other teams, have raised ticket prices in recent years. In 2011, after raising ticket prices for the fourth consecutive year while shrinking the size of beers sold at the Verizon Center, he earned the nickname "Leon$i$". In 2001, <mask> claimed to have written a computer program that prevented Pittsburgh Penguins fans (the Capitals first-round opponent) from purchasing tickets online. When asked if the actions were unfair, <mask> stated, "I don't care.I'm going to keep doing it." Again in 2009, he received criticism for preventing visiting team fans from purchasing Capitals playoff tickets. In the face of community opposition, <mask> has persisted with a plan to expand the billboards around the Verizon Center. Critics said the signage would make the arena more garish and cheapen DC's Chinatown, <mask> said it was necessary to raise an additional $20 to 30 million in annual revenue, and a sports expert explained that "an owner saddled with underperforming teams is under greater pressure to find income sources." <mask> persevered and in March 2013 construction of the new signs were announced. In 2013, <mask> received a letter about Jack Dibler, a lifelong Capitals fan who had recently been diagnosed with esophageal cancer. In response, <mask> sent Dibler a package that included a signed Alexander Ovechkin jersey and a letter inviting Dibler and his family to a game.On June 7, 2018, the Washington Capitals won the Stanley Cup Championship by defeating the Vegas Golden Knights 4 games to 1. This

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 was the first Stanley Cup victory in the history of the Washington Capitals. Washington Wizards

<mask> became the majority owner of the Washington Wizards in June 2010, inheriting a team that had 26 wins and 56 losses during the previous season. <mask> has taken a fan-centric approach to running the franchise, by listening and responding to the concerns of Wizards supporters through his email and personal website. On May 10, 2011, the Wizards unveiled a new color scheme, uniforms and logo. The team reverted to its traditional red, white and blue colors. The uniforms are based very closely on those worn by the Washington Bullets from 1974 to 1987, during the team's glory years.During <mask>' tenure as owner, the Wizards have compiled a promising young nucleus of players, including John Wall (No. 1 pick in the 2010 NBA Draft), Bradley Beal (No. 3 pick in the 2012 NBA Draft) and Otto Porter Jr. (No. 3 pick in the 2013 NBA Draft). They also acquired veterans like Nenê, Paul Pierce and Marcin Gortat early in <mask>' tenure. <mask> was chairman of the NBA's 2014 media committee that negotiated a nine-year expanded partnership with Turner Broadcasting and The Walt Disney Company. In February 2016, construction started on a new practice facility for the Wizards.The development was paid for by DC taxpayers and District-funded Events DC while <mask>' contribution to the $55 million cost was considered ceremonial. The Wizards also announced that they would raise ticket prices for a third consecutive year. Washington Mystics
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 <mask> announced that he was purchasing an expansion franchise in the Arena Football League (AFL) to play at the Verizon Center beginning in 2017. On March 16, 2016, the announcement was made official by AFL commissioner Scott Butera. On July 14, 2016, the team name was revealed as the Washington Valor. On November 14, 2016, Monumental announced that it had acquired an AFL team that would begin play in 2017 in Baltimore.The team name was later revealed as the Baltimore Brigade. But in 2019, those teams went defunct, as the league went bankrupt and dissolved. Capital City Go-Go
In 2018, <mask> announced the purchase of an NBA G League franchise that would be later named the Capital City Go-Go. SnagFilms
<mask> is the founder, chairman and largest shareholder of SnagFilms, a content and technology company with a full-service video streaming platform, professional video and journalism content assets and established relationships with the creative community. The company grew out of <mask>' experience as a film producer. In addition to being the Internet's leading site for watching and sharing nonfiction films, the company owns indieWIRE, a news information and networking site targeted towards independent-minded filmmakers, the film industry and moviegoers alike. His first production was the documentary Nanking, which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.The film is based on the book The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang. It was honored with the 2008 Peabody Award and the 2009 News & Documentary Emmy Award for Best Historical Programming (Long Form). In 2008, <mask> produced Kicking It, which is a documentary by Susan Koch about the 2006 Homeless World Cup. The

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 film was narrated by actor Colin Farrell and featured residents of Afghanistan; Kenya; Dublin, Ireland; Charlotte, North Carolina; Madrid; and Saint Petersburg. The film premiered in January 2008 at the Sundance Film Festival. A third documentary, A Fighting Chance, tells the story of Kyle Maynard, who became a nationally ranked wrestler, motivational speaker, and bestselling author, despite being born without arms or legs. In 2013, <mask> produced the documentary Lost for Life, which explores juvenile offenders who have been sentenced to life without parole.Revolution Money and Clearspring Technologies
Leonsis is the founder of Revolution Money, a company which provides secure payments through an Internet-based platform. In 2009, the company was sold to American Express; <mask> is now on the board of directors at American Express. He is currently the Chairman of Clearspring Technologies, an online content sharing network, which connects publishers, services and advertisers to audiences on the internet. Private equity and venture capital
Leonsis is cofounder and partner in the D.C.-based venture fund, Revolution Growth. Revolution Growth has made investments in: CLEAR, Sportradar, Bigcommerce, CustomInk, Echo360, Optoro, Resonate, sweetgreen, Revolution Foods and Handybook. In a 25-year period he has personally made investments and owned equity stake in numerous companies, including Groupon, Google, AOL, Revolution Money, AddThis, Preview Travel (Travelocity), GridPoint, Inside.com (formerly Mahalo), MobilePosse, ObjectVideo, SB Nation, Zedge, Triporati, Personal, I-Village, Proxicom, ePals, SnagFilms, MediaBank, Two Harbors, Videology, Algentis, Social Radar and

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 Forbes travel guide. Board game design
<mask> is also the co-inventor of Only In New York, a board game that blends street savvy and smarts needed to make it in New York City.Players move around the city answering trivia questions about the city and receive the letters N.E.W Y.O.R.K by answering at least one question correctly. Involvement in eSports
<mask> is a member of the investment group, aXiomatic, which owns Team Liquid, a competitive eSports Team, and has made public statements on Forbes regarding his involvement in the industry. Writing career
<mask> has authored a number of books, including Blue Magic: The People, Power and Politics Behind the IBM PC and The Business of Happiness: 6 Secrets to Extraordinary Success in Work and Life. Personal life
<mask> is married to <mask> and they have a son and a daughter. He has been married to Lynn since August 1987. He is an avid fan of sports and music, especially Fugazi, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones and Elvis Presley. He recalls his experience with music when Leonsis was let out of school and when his parents got home from work where music helped him fill the void during his spare time.In early 2011, <mask> purchased a 13-acre estate in Potomac, Maryland. He acquired the property for $20 million after selling homes in McLean, Virginia and Vero Beach, Florida. The  estate was once the home of Joseph P. Kennedy, summer home of Franklin Roosevelt, and was owned by the Gore family from 1942 to 1995. <mask> purchased the home from Chris Rogers, a telecommunications executive who acquired Leonsis' home in McLean. Forbes estimates his net worth at around US$1 billion in 2018. Politics
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As vice chairman of Washington 2024, <mask> took on a leading role in the region's bid for Summer 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In June 2014 the United States Olympic Committee identified Washington and three other cities as potential locations. The USOC ultimately selected Los Angeles, which lost the 2024 bid was awarded the 2028 Summer Games. <mask> is the founder of the Leonsis Foundation, which supports children "overcome obstacles and achieve their goals". Through the Leonsis Foundation, his sports teams and the Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation, SnagFilms and his family's personal giving, more than 400 charities were served and supported during the last 12 months. These charities and causes include Best Buddies, DC Central Kitchen, See Forever Foundation, Venture Philanthropy Partners, Street Soccer USA, YouthAIDS, GlobalGiving.org, DC-CAP, D.C. College Success Foundation, Potomac School, Georgetown University, Children's Hospital, Potomac Valley Amateur Hockey Association, Salvation Army Angel Tree, Alliance for Lupus Research, Serve DC, Fort Dupont Ice Arena and Ice Hockey Club, USO of Metropolitan Washington, Capital Area Food Bank, Flashes of Hope, Inova Health System Foundation, UNICEF, obesity prevention and numerous local schools, cancer research and awareness programs.Board membership
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 Georgetown University – Member of the Board of Directors (2008–2009)
Uptake (business) - Member of the Board of Directors

Honors and awards
 2001: Businessperson of the Year – Washington Business Journal and
 2001: Washingtonian of the Year – Washingtonian Magazine
 2009: Washington's Tech Titans – Washingtonian Magazine
 2010: Washington Business Hall of Fame – Junior Achievement of Greater Washington
 2010: John Carroll Award – Georgetown University
 2013: Virginia's 50 most influential people – Virginia Business magazine
 2013: No. 1 Sports PowerPlayer in Maryland
 2016 Greater Washington Urban League Unsung Philanthropist Award
 2018 Stanley Cup Champion

Published works
 <mask>, <mask> (1984). Software Master for the IBM PC (128k), Warner Software, 323 pages. <mask>, <mask> (1984). Software Master for Pes: Apple Version (48k), Warner Software. Chposky, James; and <mask> (1988). Blue Magic: The People, Power and Politics Behind the IBM Personal Computer, Facts on File Publications, 228 pages.<mask>, <mask> (2010). The Business of Happiness: 6 Secrets to Extraordinary Success in Work and Life, Regnery Publishing, 256 pages. References

External links

 C-SPAN Q&A interview with <mask>, May 9, 2010

1957 births
American advertising executives
American billionaires
American business writers
American chairpersons of corporations
American chief executives in the media industry
American chief executives of financial services companies
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texts: <mask> (née Andrzejewski; born January 10, 1953), known professionally as <mask>, is an American rock singer and songwriter. In the United States, she has had two multi-platinum albums, five platinum albums, and 15 Billboard top 40 singles, while in Canada she had eight straight platinum albums and has sold over 35 million albums worldwide. She is also a four-time Grammy Award winner. Benatar's 1979 debut album, In the Heat of the Night, was her breakthrough in North America, especially in Canada where it reached number 3 on the album chart. Two singles from it were hits: "Heartbreaker" and "We Live for Love",  the latter written by her lead guitarist and future husband, Neil Giraldo. Benatar's second album, 1980's Crimes of Passion, was her most successful work, peaking at number 2 in North America and France, being certified 4× and 5× platinum in the US and Canada, respectively. Its single "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" reached the top 10 in the US and Canada and is considered to be her best-known song.Benatar's third album, Precious Time (1981), was another success, topping the US Album Chart and becoming her first top 10 album in Australia. Its single "Fire and Ice" charted highly in the US and Canada. Her next release, Get Nervous (1982), sold less well than her previous two albums, but did include the North American hit "Shadows of the Night". Benatar's sound began to move towards more atmospheric pop in 1983. The single "Love Is a Battlefield" (1983) written by Holly Knight and Mike Chapman was her biggest hit in most countries, reaching number 1 in

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 the Netherlands, Australia and on the US Rock Tracks chart, and number 5 on the US Hot 100. The live album it came from Live from Earth, was her biggest seller in Australia, Germany and the Netherlands. In 1984, Benatar released Tropico and its lead single "We Belong", which reached the top 10 in several countries, including number 5 on the US Hot 100.Benatar's 1985 album, Seven the Hard Way, sold less well but it yielded two singles harking back to the rock vein: "Invincible", written by Holly Knight and Simon Climie, a top 10 hit in North America, and "Sex as a Weapon". Her follow-up, Wide Awake in Dreamland (1988), marked a resurgence in sales in Canada and Australia, and was her biggest hit in the UK. Its rocker, "All Fired Up", was a significant hit in Canada, Australia and the US. Benatar released four additional albums between 1991 and 2003. Early life
<mask>r was born <mask> Andrzejewski on January 10, 1953, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City. Her mother, Mildred (née Knapp; 1928–2016), was a beautician, and her father, Andrew () Andrzejewski (1926–2009), was a sheet-metal worker. Her father was of Polish descent and her mother was of German, English, and Irish ancestry.Her family moved to North Hamilton Avenue in Lindenhurst, New York, a village in the Long Island town of Babylon. Benatar became interested in theater and began voice lessons, singing her first solo at the age of eight, at Daniel Street Elementary School, a song called "It Must Be Spring". At Lindenhurst Senior High School (1967–1970), she participated in musical theatre,

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 playing Queen Guinevere in the school production of Camelot, marching in the homecoming parade, singing at the annual Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony, and performing a solo of "The Christmas Song" on a holiday recording of the Lindenhurst High School Choir in her senior year. Benatar trained as a coloratura with plans to attend the Juilliard School, but decided instead to pursue health education at Stony Brook University. At 19, after one year at Stony Brook, she dropped out to marry her first husband, high school sweetheart <mask>, a U.S. Army draftee who trained at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, then served with the Army Security Agency at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, before being stationed at Fort Lee, Virginia, starting in 1973. <mask>r worked as a bank teller near Richmond, Virginia. Career

Career beginnings
Benatar quit her job to pursue a singing career after being inspired by a Liza Minnelli concert she saw in Richmond.She had a gig at a Holiday Inn and got a job as a singing waitress at a nightclub named the Roaring Twenties. At the Roaring Twenties, she met and formed a duo with pianist, Phil Coxon, which soon expanded to a ten-person lounge band called Coxon's Army, a regular at Sam Miller's basement club. The band gained in popularity and was the subject of a never-aired PBS special; its bassist Roger Capps was later the original bass player for the <mask>r Band. The period also yielded Benatar's first and only single until her eventual 1979 single (taken from the album In the Heat of the Night on Chrysalis Records): "Day Gig" (1974), Trace

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 album, Wide Awake in Dreamland, which generally improved on the success of Seven the Hard Way, such as peaking at number 11 in the UK and Canada, earning her eighth consecutive Platinum certified album in Canada, and number 13 in Australia. It peaked at number 26 in the US, but stalled at number 15 in New Zealand, usually one of her most successful markets. The Grammy-nominated lead single, "All Fired Up" (written by Kerryn Tolhurst, ex-The Dingoes) reached number 19 in both the U.S. and the U.K. (plus number 2 on the US Rock Tracks chart), number 8 in Canada, number 20 in New Zealand, and was a number 2 smash in Australia, becoming one of the biggest hits of 1988 in that country. Other singles released from the LP are "Don't Walk Away" (UK number 42), the Grammy nominated "Let's Stay Together", and "One Love" (UK number 59). 1989–present: True Love, Gravity's Rainbow, and Go

True Love was a jump blues record, released in late April 1991, and featured the blues band Roomful of Blues, backing up <mask>, Neil Giraldo and Myron Grombacher.The album sold over 339,000 copies without significant radio airplay and limited exposure on VH-1. "Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss", "So Long", and the title cut were released as singles, with the first reaching number 17 on the US Rock Tracks chart, but not charting anywhere else. The album reached number 40 in the UK and number 37 in the US. It was certified Gold in Canada for sales of 50,000 units, her first to not achieve Platinum status and her last certified album for that country where it peaked at 22 on the albums


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 artists but despite coming in second in the fan vote was not among the inductees. She was nominated for a second time in 2022.Personal life

<mask>r married her high school sweetheart, <mask>, at the age of 19 in 1972; the couple divorced in 1979. She has been married to her second husband, guitarist Neil Giraldo, since 1982. They have two daughters and live in Los Angeles, California. Benatar is a lapsed Roman Catholic. Tours
1979–1980: toured in support of In the Heat of the Night and Crimes of Passion
1981: Precious Time Tour
1982–1983: Get Nervous Tour, resulting in the Live from Earth album and HBO special released on VHS and (eventually) DVD
1985–1986: Seven the Hard Way Tour
1988: Wide Awake in Dreamland Tour
1991: True Love Tour with Hall and Oates
1993: Gravity's Rainbow Tour with seven dates only (cut short because of second pregnancy)
1995: Can't Stop Rockin' Tour with Fleetwood Mac and REO Speedwagon
1996: Hits Tour, which previewed some material from Innamorata
1997: toured with the Steve Miller Band, adding full-length solo shows in bars and clubs on Miller's nights off; appeared at Lilith Fair for two performances
1998: Innamorata Tour
1999: Synchronistic Wanderings 20th Anniversary Tour
2000: PB2000 Tour
2001–2002: Summer Vacation Tour in support of the CD and DVD release Summer Vacation Tour
2003: I Won't Go Tour
2004: Let's Go Tour
2005: Almost II Tour
2006: Polyamnesia Off the Rock Tour
2007: Summarized Tour
2008: Fired Up! Tour
2009: Call Me Invincible Tour with Blondie;  also featured The Donnas on some full-length solo shows
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2011: The Elements of Five Tour
2012: toured with Loverboy and Journey
2013: New Zealand tour with Bachman & Turner and America; North American tour with Cheap Trick, Eric Burdon and selected solo dates
2014: Dressed to Kill Tour with Cher
2014: 35th Anniversary tour with solo dates, and co-headlining dates with Rick Springfield, Cheap Trick, and John Waite.Berlin also opened for Benatar on a few dates
2015: 35th Anniversary tour continued from previously cancelled dates with Cher, in support of the 35th Anniversary Tour (Live) CD/DVD release; this tour too was cancelled because of emergency eye surgery for Neil Giraldo in late summer 2015. An acoustic tour with just <mask>r and Neil Giraldo was begun in October
2016: We Live For Love Tour with Melissa Etheridge and solo dates. In protest of the anti-LGBT laws passed in Mississippi and North Carolina, Benatar chose to still perform in those states. The proceeds from her tickets sales, however, were donated to organizations to help fund the reversal of those laws
2017: Let's Go Tour
2018: Almost II Tour
2019: 40th Anniversary Tour
2021: De Novo Tour

Memoir
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 array of berets, blazers, and 1980s-style ties.In 2007, he replaced the late Danny Federici in the E Street Band. Roger Capps, the original bassist for the first five albums (In the Heat of the Night, Crimes of Passion, Precious Time, Get Nervous, and Live from Earth), co-wrote "Hell Is For Children" with Benatar and Giraldo and left the band in 1984. Scott St. Clair Sheets (Scott Sheets) who was originally the lead guitarist of the infamous 1970s NYC band, The Brats, was an original member of the <mask>r Band. Sheets is credited as guitarist on the first 3 albums (In the Heat of the Night, Crimes of Passion, and Precious Time) and first 3 world tours. He wrote the song "Prisoner of Love" for the Crimes of Passion album and co-wrote the hit "Fire and Ice" for the Precious Time album. Mick Mahan is the band's bassist and has performed with Benatar since 1995 and has appeared on albums (Innamorata and Go). The original bassist, Roger Capps, was replaced by Donnie Nossov on Tropico, and then later by Frank Linx.Donnie Nossov was the band's 2nd bassist for 2 of <mask>'s albums (Tropico and Seven the Hard Way)
 Frank Linx was the bassist for 2 of <mask>r's studio albums (Wide Awake in Dreamland and Gravity's Rainbow)
 Glen Alexander Hamilton played drums on the first album (In the Heat of the Night). Chuck Domanico was the band's bassist on their 8th studio album and 9th album overall (True Love)
 Chris Ralles is the band's current drummer. Other achievements

Stage and screen appearances
 Benatar played the role of Jeanette Florescu in the film Union City

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 of a $20 million ad campaign for Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, although the version used in the commercial was not Benatar's. In 2013, Benatar contributed an original song "Passion" for a Jello Fruit commercial. In 2019, "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" was used in a Chili's commercial, promoting their new fajitas, and "We Belong" was used in a Pepsi commercial. Awards and nominations

Discography

 In the Heat of the Night (1979)
 Crimes of Passion (1980)
 Precious Time (1981)
 Get Nervous (1982)
 Tropico (1984)
 Seven the Hard Way (1985)
 Wide Awake in Dreamland (1988)
 True Love (1991)
 Gravity's Rainbow (1993)
 Innamorata (1997)
 Go (2003)

References

Further reading
 Benatar, <mask> and Cox, <mask>si (2010). Between a Heart and a Rock Place. Harper Collins. .
 Fissinger, Laura (1983). <mask>r.Rock'n PopStars. Mankato, Minn.: Creative Education. .  .
 Magee, Doug (1985). <mask>r. Proteus. . External links

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<mask> (May 25, 1902—July 26, 1963) was a German historian and political scientist. Thieme converted to the Catholic Church from Lutheranism and was part of an international intellectual network, along with figures such as Waldemar Gurian and John M. Oesterreicher (both converts from Judaism), who initially argued against anti-Jewish sentiment and for Jewish conversion to Christianity. After the Second World War, he was a pioneer in Catholic-Jewish interfaith dialogue through his work at Gertrud Luckner's Freiburger Rundbrief and numerous personal correspondencies. Although Thieme died before the end of the Second Vatican Council, his activities, along with his intellectual sparing partner Oesterreicher, paved the way for Nostra aetate (Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions). Biography

Early life and background
<mask> was born in Leipzig as the son of <mask>, an ethnic German Lutheran Protestant theologian, who taught at the University of Leipzig. His brother was the legal historian <mask>. From 1912 he attended the Königin-Carola-Gymnasium, which he left in 1921 with the secondary school leaving certificate.He then studied philosophy, history and law at the universities of Leipzig, Basel and Berlin until 1926. As early as 1924 he received his doctorate under his teacher Hans Driesch on the subject of Schopenhauer's metaphysics in its relationship to the Kantian transcendental philosophy. From 1927 <mask> was a lecturer at the Berlin Deutsche Hochschule für Politik, following his teacher Hermann Heller there. Thieme, the son of a Lutheran family from Dresden, identified as a Christian throughout his life including during his youth. Thieme became involved in left-wing politics and joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1924. This shocked some of his friends, as at the time, the Social Democratic Party of Germany identified as Marxist (though democratic) and was openly anti-religious in its materials. Thieme continued to pronounce his religious beliefs, however, editing the Religiöse Besinning publication which promoted ecumenism between Protestants and Catholics (something

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 then condemned by the Vatican).From 1931 to 1933 he was professor of history and civics at the Pedagogical Academy in Elbing. In the last years of the Weimar Republic, he briefly flirted with conservative revolution and "third positionist" politics, including Otto Strasser, the Neue Blätter für den Sozialismus (Social Democrats who were on the right of the party) and the Catholic Ring Movement of Heinrich Brüning. Following Adolf Hitler's rise to power and the establishment of National Socialism as the ruling regime in Germany, Thieme was due to give an address at a Social Democratic Party event in Elbing celebrating <mask> on the fiftieth anniversary of his death, on March 14, 1933. However, the evet was cancelled as the Gestapo rounded up Marxist politicians in the city, a week later Thieme himself was placed in protective custody. Thieme was informed that he no longer had a job at the academy as Social Democrats were banned from holding state positions. The Church and the Jews
At first, Thieme, looking to protect his family, considered joining Der Stahlhelm, so that he would avoid political persecution. However, his wife forbade this.By July 1933, while visiting Berlin, Thieme heard first hand accounts of the Köpenick's week of bloodshed; violence carried out by the Sturmabteilung (SA), where at least 21 people, including Thieme's fellow Social Democrats, were killed (many more were tortured). From this point on, he went into open opposition to the National Socialist regime. By this time, many of the Protestant Landeskirche were bending to the Hitler government and adopting the "Aryan paragraph"; much to the dismay of Thieme (converts of Jewish descent were banned from holding positions within these Protestant churches). Controlling and arbitrarily changing the doctrines of the Catholic Church would prove more difficult for any political regime; this attracted Thieme and some German Protestants to it at the time (while not holding Jews in high regard, the Catholic Church did not exclude on the basis of racial origin, converts from taking part in the life of the Church). Thieme entered the Catholic Church on January


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 intellectual sparing-partner, Oesterreicher later adopted the same views as Thieme and working with Cardinal Augustin Bea at the Second Vatican Council had a significant influence on drafting the document Nostra aetate (Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions). According to John Connelly, Oesterreicher borrowed directly Thieme's vision of the end times which he had formulated for an ecumenical congress in Evanston in 1954, into the text of Nostra aetate (Thieme had drawn from <mask> from this and Barth had drawn it from Moses Maimonides). Thieme died in Basel, Switzerland in 1963. A <mask> archive has existed in the Jewish National Library in Jerusalem since 1980. Works
 Das alte Wahre.Eine Bildungsgeschichte des Abendlandes. Leipzig 1934. Christliche Bildung in dieser Zeit, Verlagsanstalt Benziger, Einsiedeln, 1935
 Beiträge zur Geschichte des Dolmetschens (with Edgar Glässer and Alfred Hermann), München 1956
 Biblische Religion heute. Heidelberg 1960
 Dreitausend Jahre Judentum. Quellen und Darstellungen zur jüdischen Geschichte, Paderborn 1960
 (Editor): Judenfeindschaft. Darstellung und Analysen. Fischer Bücherei des Wissens, Frankfurt am Main 1963.See also
 Joseph Wirth

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References

Footnotes

Bibliography
 Elias H. Füllenbach: The Catholic-Jewish Relationship in the 20th Century. Catholic initiatives against anti-Semitism and the beginnings of the Christian-Jewish dialogue in Germany. In: Reinhold Boschki, Albert Gerhards (ed. ): Culture of remembrance in the plural society. New perspectives for the Christian-Jewish dialogue (series of studies on Judaism and Christianity ). Schöningh, Paderborn 2010, pp. 143–163.John Connelly. From Enemy to Brother: The Revolution in Catholic Teaching on the Jews, 1933–1965 Harvard University Press, 2014. External links
 Jewish Encyclopedia

1902 births
1963 deaths
German male writers
German emigrants to Switzerland
German Roman Catholics
Converts to Roman Catholicism from Lutheranism
Christian and Jewish interfaith dialogue
Roman Catholics in the German Resistance
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Social Democratic Party of Germany

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texts: <mask> (6 July 1930 – 22 November 2016) was an Indian Carnatic vocalist, musician, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer, and character actor. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1978. He has garnered two National Film Awards (1976, 1987), the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1975, the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honor in 1991, for his contribution towards arts, the <mask> Gandhi Silver Medal from UNESCO in 1995, the Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government in 2005, the Sangeetha Kalanidhi by Madras Music Academy, and the Sangeetha Kalasikhamani in 1991, by the Fine Arts Society, Chennai to name a few. <mask> started his career at the age of six. In his life-time, he gave over 25,000 concerts worldwide. Apart from Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, he presented jugalbandi concerts (duets) with Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty and Kishori Amonkar, among others. He is also known for popularizing the compositions of Sri Bhadrachala Ramadasu, Sri Annamacharya, and others.Balamuralikrishna's concerts combined sophisticated vocal skills and rhythmic patterns of classical music with the popular demand for entertainment value. Balamuralikrishna presented concerts in many countries, including the US, Canada, UK, Italy, France, Russia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, countries in the Middle East, and elsewhere. Apart from his native tongue, Telugu, he has also composed in other languages including Kannada, Sanskrit, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Bengali, and Punjabi. He appeared as a featured soloist with an award-winning British choir, performing the "Gitanjali Suite" with words from Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel Prize-winning poetry and music by "Dr. Joel", the noted UK-based Goan composer. His clear

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 diction in several languages prompted an invitation to record Tagore's entire Rabindra Sangeet compositions in Bengali, preserving them for posterity. He had sung in French, and even ventured into jazz fusion, collaborating with the top Carnatic percussion teacher, Sri T.H. Subash Chandran, in a concert for Malaysian royalty.Early life

Balamuralikrishna was born in a Brahmin family at Sankaraguptam, East Godavari District, Madras Presidency (now a part of Andhra Pradesh state). His father, <mask>i Pattabhiramayya, was a well known musician and his mother, Suryakanthamma, was a veena player. Balamuralikrishna's mother died when he was an infant and he was raised by his father. Observing his interest in music, his father put him under the tutelage of Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu, a direct descendant of the shishya parampara (lineage of disciples) of Tyagaraja. Under his guidance, the young Balamuralikrishna learned Carnatic music. At the age of eight, he gave his first full-fledged concert at a Thyagaraja Aradhana in Vijayawada. <mask> Suryanarayana <mask> Bhagavatar, a Harikatha performer, saw the musical talent in him and gave the prefix "Bala" (lit.child) to the young Balamuralikrishna. (Prior to this, his name was <mask>a; following Bhagavatar's addition of the prefix, he began to be known as Balamuralikrishna.) Having begun his musical career at a very young age, by age fifteen he had mastered all the 72 melakartha ragas and had composed krithis in each of them. His Janaka Raga Manjari was published in 1952 and recorded as Raagaanga Ravali in a nine-volume series by the Sangeeta Recording Company. Not merely content with his fame as a Carnatic vocalist, he also played the kanjira, mridangam, viola, and violin. He accompanied various musicians on the violin. He also presented

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 solo viola concerts.He was the person who introduced viola to classical Indian music. Experimentation

Characteristic of Balamuralikrishna's musical journey have been his non-conformism, spirit of experimentation, and boundless creativity. Balamuralikrishna has experimented with the Carnatic music system by keeping its rich tradition untouched. Ragas such as Ganapathi, Sarvashri, <mask>i, Lavangi etc. are credited to him. The ragas which he invented represent his quest for new frontiers. Ragas such as Lavangi are set to three or four notes in ascending and descending scale.Ragas such as <mask>hi, Lavangi, Sidhdhi, Sumukham that he created have only four notes; while his other ragaa creations such as Sarva Sri, Omkaari, and Ganapathy have only three notes. He also innovated in the tala (rhythm) system. He has incorporated "gati bhEdam" (గతి భేదం) in the "sashabda kriya" (సశబ్ద క్రియ). Actions that can produce sound/shabda (శబ్ద) in talas are called sashabda kriya – సశబ్ద క్రియ and are a part of the existing Tala chain. New chains are possible, too. Saint Arunagirinaadhar used to inject such systems in his famous Thirupugazh, but only as Sandham, while Balamuralikrishna is known to be the pioneer in bringing such Sandhams into a logical rhythm, with Angam and definition. Trimukhi, Panchamukhi, Saptamukhi, and Navamukhi are the basic classifications in his New Tala System.He gave his authorisation to S. Ram Bharati to found "Academy of Performing Arts and Research" in Switzerland. He also worked on music therapy. After his death, his family started a trust in his name 'Dr.M.Balamuralikrishna Memorial Trust' to honor and keep his legacy alive. He has authored a musical therapy research paper with Shreya Kappagantula regarding "The Effects of Musical Therapy on Mental

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Compositions
Balamuralikrishna has over 400 compositions to his credit and is one of the very few people to have composed in all the 72 Melakarta Ragas and has created several ragas, with 4 notes and 3 notes and also has invented a new Tala system. His compositions encompass every genre in Carnatic Music including Varnas, Krithis, Thillanas, Bhavageethas. Cinema

Balamuralikrishna has sung in several films in Telugu, Sanskrit, Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil. He made his acting debut with the Telugu film Bhakta Prahlada (1967) as Narada, and has acted in a few other films in Telugu and Tamil.Death

<mask> passed away at his residence in Chennai on 22 November 2016; he was 86. He died in deep sleep at around five in the evening, due to a cardiac arrest. He was cremated with full state honours at Besant Nagar Crematorium in Chennai the very next day. Thousands attended his funeral. He is survived by three daughters and three sons who are all Doctors. His wife, Smt. Annapurna, outlived him for three months, and died on 16 February 2017.Legacy
His family has formed the Dr. M. Balamurali Krishna Memorial Trust to represent him after his death. The film was directed by National award winner Director Gul Bahar Singh. Telugu Book of Records honoured him for Telugu Legendary Personality in 2014 at Vijayawada

Ragas created

Talas created

The 'Mukhi' Tala system builds on the traditional Adhi Tala or Chathusra Jaathi Triputa Tala ( I 0 0 ), however the first kriya or mukha (meaning face) of each anga takes the gathi of its tala name and the rest in chathusra gathi. For example: Panchamukhi – the first kriya of each anga will be in kanda gathi and so the tala consists of 35 Matras (5 + 4 + 4 + 4 | 5 + 4 | 5 + 4 || ). Following this method, four Talas can be generated:

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 can be extended across all 35 sooladi thalas, however currently these four are in practice. Compositions:

There have been many pallavis set to panchamukhi Tala such as 'Isai inbathirku ēdillaye ivulakil – sentamil' in ragam Lathangi composed by Amrutha Venkatesh and 'Aadi Vaa, Pirai Soodi Vaa, Aalavaai Naathane''' in ragam Abheri composed by Rameshvaidya and tuned by S.J Jananiy and also others in Bilahari, Thodi and Kalyani composed by Dr. <mask> himself. There have also been Alarippus composed for Bharathanatyam in Panchamukhi.Selected compositions

Albums and songs
Balamuralikrishna has composed songs few albums and has sung, list of albums and songs below

Film compositions
Balamuralikrishna acted in few films and gave his voice to some selected songs in Indian cinema. References

Further reading

External links

 <mask>rali and Me: A tribute by Prince Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma. Balamuralikrishna with his musicians in Switzerland in 1992. Various devotional works of Balamuralikrishna. 1930 births
2016 deaths
Male Carnatic singers
Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
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Kerala State Film Award winners
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Best Music Direction National Film Award winners
Indian male playback singers
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title: Matthew James Thomas

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<mask> (born 3 March 1988), also occasionally credited as <mask>, is a British actor and singer who has made appearances in television, film, and theater. He is known for his television roles including the BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning, The Lost Prince, and the ITV drama-musical show, Britannia High. In The U.S., <mask> is best known for having originated the title role of the 2013 Broadway revival of Pippin, which received a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. He was also a late addition to the U.S. national tour of Pippin in 2014. He had his Broadway debut in 2010 playing Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark directed by Julie Taymor, with music by U2's Bono and Edge. In 2013, <mask> was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical for his performance in the title role in Pippin, and, in 2015, he was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical for his performance as Fenwick in the Barry Levinson-produced musical, Diner. In 2016 he performed the Role of Riff in West Side Story at the Hollywood Bowl with the LA Philharmonic orchestra, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, alongside fellow Broadway actors Jeremy Jordan and Karen Olivo.Early life and education
<mask> trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London and later at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts also in London. He grew up largely in Buckinghamshire, England. His first professional acting job came at the age of 8 when he played Kipper in a production of Oliver! in the West End. As a child, he also appeared as Simon in Billy Elliot and in About a Boy, starring Hugh Grant.

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 Additionally, <mask> made frequent appearances on numerous British television shows, including Wonderful You, The Bill, Bad Girls, and Stephen Poliakoff's The Lost Prince, among others. Career
For much of his early career, <mask> worked on the screen and stage in films, television shows, musicals, and plays.Prior to coming to Broadway, <mask> acted in numerous London-based and West End plays. He had a featured role as Clarence in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical version of Whistle Down the Wind. Other UK roles include: Schlomo in Fame, directed by Karen Bruce, Wayne in an adaption of Ben Elton's Novel – Popcorn, directed by Lee Morgan at the Landor Fringe Theatre, Romeo and Juliet, and Dick Whittington, directed by award-winning director Gillian Lynne. In 2008, <mask> was cast as Jeremy (Jez) Tyler in the ITV television drama musical, Britannia High, created by Arlene Phillips. Over 3,000 people auditioned for roles as one of the six lead characters on the show. The series ran for 9 episodes in the latter half of 2008. Less than a year later, <mask> earned the title role in the musical adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray.The musical ran from 2 July to 2 August 2009 at the Leicester Square Theatre. It was directed by Linnie Reedman and the music composed by Joe Evans. In 2010, <mask> appeared in an episode of the ITV series, Midsomer Murders alongside John Nettles, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Lydia Wilson, and Richard Fleeshman. Also in 2010, <mask> ventured to New York City and Broadway where he earned a role as the alternate lead in Julie Taymor's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. <mask> played Peter

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texts: Parker/Spider-Man for two performances each week while Reeve Carney took on the role 6 times per week. The play was staged at the Lyric Theatre, which, at the time, was known as the Foxwoods Theatre. In November 2011, <mask> was injured backstage during a Wednesday matinee performance.The injury was not considered serious. <mask>' final performance as Spider-Man was on 10 November 2012. He left the show to perform in the lead role in the American Repertory Theater's revival of Pippin, directed by Diane Paulus. In 2013, the show moved from Cambridge, Massachusetts to the Music Box Theatre on Broadway. It officially opened at the Music Box on 25 April 2013. During the show's Broadway run, <mask> starred in 8 shows each week, alongside co-stars Patina Miller, Terrence Mann, and Andrea Martin. Pippin won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical in 2013.In 2013, <mask> released a three-track EP of original songs entitled, No Sound at All. The album was produced by Duncan Sheik. In early 2014, it was reported that <mask> was in contention for the lead role in the upcoming film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. At the end of Pippin'''s Broadway run in 2014, <mask> joined his parents in Malta for their anniversary celebration. Almost immediately after arriving, he received a phone call asking him to reprise his role as Pippin for the U.S. national tour, which was opening in Denver in 8 days. Kyle Selig, the actor originally hired to play Pippin for the tour, had been put on vocal rest. <mask> filled in and continued in the role for later dates on the tour, including those for Los Angeles and San Francisco.In late 2014 and

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 early 2015, <mask> starred as Fenwick in a musical adaptation of Barry Levinson's 1982 film, Diner. The play was produced by Levinson and Scott Landis, and the music was written by Sheryl Crow. The musical was developed at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia and was directed by Kathleen Marshall. The play was well-received and sold out its entire run at the Signature Theatre. In March 2015, <mask> appeared as Henry Paine in a pilot episode for a planned HBO drama series, The Devil You Know, co-created by Orange Is the New Black creator Jenji Kohan, but the series was not picked up and the pilot went unaired. In 2017 he appeared in the main cast of another pilot episode, for a planned medical drama, Shelter, created by Law & order veteran Warren Leight, but the series was again not picked up. Recognition and awards
<mask> played the title role in Pippin, which won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.The musical was nominated for a total of 10 awards and won 4. <mask>' performance in Pippin earned him a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical by the Outer Critics Circle Awards. In 2015, <mask> was nominated for the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical (HAYES Production) for his performance in Diner. List of credits
Television

 Theatre credits

Film

DiscographyOverrated Life''* (2005)

References

External links

 twitter.com/matthewjethomas

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<mask> (born November 5, 1974) is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Vanderbilt Commodores men's team. He played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and was a two-time NBA All-Star. He formerly was the head coach of Raptors 905 and an assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors and Memphis Grizzlies. Additionally, he has worked as an NBA TV analyst. <mask> played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels. Early career
<mask> was a premier player from the time he was a sophomore in high school. He was the state player of the year for North Carolina in 1991–92, leading Kinston (N.C) High School to the state finals.His senior year, he played for Oak Hill Academy with future college teammate Jeff McInnis, leading them to an undefeated season. He was a two-time first team Parade All-America selection, and was the MVP of the McDonald's All-American Game. At the 1992 Nike Camp, he and Rasheed Wallace were considered to be the top players at the camp. There were some who considered <mask> the top prep player to come out of North Carolina since Michael Jordan. <mask> attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a teammate of future NBA players Wallace, McInnis and Shammond Williams. In his sophomore season at UNC, <mask> led the team in scoring with 19.2 points per game and averaged 8.2 rebounds per contest. He led UNC to a Final Four appearance and was named as the National Player of the Year by Sports Illustrated and earned first-team All-America and All-ACC honors.While playing for Tar Heels, he was coached by Dean Smith. Following the season, <mask> declared his eligibility for the 1995 NBA draft. Even though he left UNC after two years, he continued working on his degree and

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 received his bachelor's degree in African American Studies in 1999. NBA career

NBA draft
<mask> was selected in the first round of the 1995 NBA draft with the third pick by the Philadelphia 76ers. At one time he was hyped as the "Next Jordan" since both players played at North Carolina, went #3 in the draft, were listed at 6'6", looked similar physically, and had similarly acrobatic games. Coincidentally, both had a taller power forward from UNC drafted immediately after them in the #4 spot, Sam Perkins in 1984, and Rasheed Wallace in 1995. Philadelphia 76ers (1995–1998)
In his first season with the 76ers, <mask> led his team with a 19.2 points per game (PPG) average, and was named to the NBA's All-Rookie team.In the 1996–97 season, the 76ers also drafted Allen Iverson. Combined, the two posted 44.2 points per game for the Sixers. <mask> was dealt to the Detroit Pistons with Eric Montross for Theo Ratliff, Aaron McKie and future considerations. By the 1999–2000 season, his second full season with the Pistons, <mask> was averaging 23.6 points per game. A year later, he had a career-high average of 29.8 points per game. In a late season victory over the Chicago Bulls, he set the Pistons' franchise record and the league's season high for points in a game with 57.In 2001 he led the NBA in total points scored, finishing 2nd in the PPG scoring title to his former 76er teammate, Allen Iverson. <mask> saw his final action as a Piston with Detroit's elimination in the second round of the 2001–02 NBA playoffs to the Boston Celtics. Washington Wizards (2002–2004)
During the 2002 offseason, <mask> was traded to the Washington Wizards in a six-player deal, also involving Richard Hamilton. In his first season with Washington (2002–03), <mask> led the Wizards in points and assists per game with

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 21.5 and 4.5 respectively. <mask> became the only teammate to average more points per game than Michael Jordan for an entire season (Jordan averaged 20.0 points per game in 2002-03 which was his last season in the NBA). <mask> missed most of the 2003–04 season while recovering from arthroscopic surgery on his right knee, playing in only 26 games. In 2020 <mask> stated that he regretted playing with Jordan, as plays were being designed for an NBA legend who was past his prime, stalling <mask>'s All-Star momentum.Dallas Mavericks (2004–2009)

In the 2004 offseason, <mask>—along with Christian Laettner and the Wizards' first-round draft pick (Devin Harris)—was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for former Tar Heel and NBA All-Star Antawn Jamison. He did not play for 41 games during his first two seasons with Dallas due to groin and continued knee problems, and played mostly the role of sixth man. During the 2004–05 playoffs, <mask> began wearing pressure stockings during games to keep his legs warm, to aid his groin injury, and hold his thigh sleeves in place; the stockings also allowed for better blood flow to the legs. The practice quickly became a trend among NBA players, with Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and others adopting pressure stockings the following season. <mask> was still coming off the bench as the 6th man for the Dallas Mavericks during the 2005–06 NBA season. He was a significant factor in the NBA Finals series against the Miami Heat. The Mavericks suffered when <mask> was suspended for Game 5 for a flagrant foul on Shaquille O'Neal, and the Heat eventually won the series 4–2.<mask> was the third player from the Mavericks suspended during the 2006 playoffs. Milwaukee Bucks (2010)
<mask> was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies

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 on July 8, 2009, in a four-way trade. On the day after the trade, <mask> was waived by the Grizzlies. On January 17, 2010, the Milwaukee Bucks signed <mask> for the remainder of the 2009–10 season. Miami Heat (2010)
On October 23, 2010, <mask> and the Miami Heat agreed to a contract. On November 23, 2010, the Heat waived <mask> to make room for Erick Dampier who was signed to replace injured forward Udonis Haslem. Atlanta Hawks (2011–2012)
On December 9, 2011, Stackhouse joined the Atlanta Hawks.<mask> was chosen to replace injured teammate Joe Johnson as Atlanta's representative in the Haier Shooting Stars Competition during NBA All-Star weekend. Brooklyn Nets (2012–2013)
On July 11, 2012, <mask> made a verbal agreement to sign a one-year, $1.3 million deal with the Nets. <mask> has worn the number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson, his favorite athlete, and became the first professional athlete to wear the number 42 in Brooklyn since Robinson. On November 26, 2012, the Nets played the New York Knicks for the first time since the Nets had moved to Brooklyn. <mask> played 22 minutes and scored 14 points, including a tiebreaking 3-pointer in overtime, and the Nets went on to win. On March 18, 2013, he scored 10 points against the Detroit Pistons, one of his former teams. After the Nets' first-round playoff loss to the Chicago Bulls, <mask> announced his retirement.Broadcasting career
On November 15, 2013, it was announced that <mask> had joined Fox Sports Detroit as a Pistons analyst. He primarily provided studio analysis but also was the road color commentator for Fox Sports Detroit on select road trips. <mask> was also a college basketball analyst for the ACC Network and Fox Sports Detroit. By Joining Fox Sports Detroit, <mask> reunited with his former Pistons teammate Mateen Cleaves

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Toronto Raptors
On June 29, 2015, he was hired to serve as an assistant coach by the Toronto Raptors. During his first season with the Raptors, he helped the team finish second in the Eastern Conference along with reaching the Eastern Conference Finals. Raptors 905
On September 9, 2016, the Raptors named him head coach for Raptors 905, the franchise's NBA Development League team.<mask> has aspirations of being an NBA head coach and told The Ringer that he hopes the D-League position will propel him to a head coaching job. <mask> led the 905 to a successful year during the 2016–17 season as the team was crowned champion of the NBA D-League. <mask> was named NBA D-league Coach of the Year in 2017. Memphis Grizzlies
Stackhouse served as an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies for the 2018–19 NBA season. Vanderbilt
On April 5, 2019, <mask> was named the head coach of the Vanderbilt Commodores, signing a six year contract. Personal life

<mask> is the younger brother of former CBA player and one-time Sacramento Kings and Boston Celtics forward Tony Dawson, and he is the uncle of former Wake Forest University guard Craig Dawson. Stackhouse has performed the U.S. national anthem before Mavericks home games and during the Bucks' 2010 and the Nets' 2013 playoff appearances.Although formerly a Pescatarian, <mask> is now back to eating meat. In 2017, Stackhouse completed the Harvard Business School executive education program on the Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports. Achievements
Sports Illustrated Player of the Year (1995)
Had the highest point total, 2,380, for the 2000–01 NBA season, but was second in scoring average, 29.8. Became the 106th NBA player to score 15,000 career points, only one game after teammate Dirk Nowitzki surpassed

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Anthony Joseph Gaffney, Jr. (born November 14, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player who most recently played for Ironi Nahariya of the Israeli Premier League. He played college basketball at the University of Massachusetts. During the 2008–09 season, he received numerous honors from the Atlantic 10 Conference including Defensive Player of the Year, All-Defensive Team, and Second Team all conference. In 2021, he joined former UMass teammate Matt Hill as an assistant boys coach at New Bedford High School. Early life and high school
<mask> was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 14, 1984, and grew up in Berkley, Massachusetts. He played four years of high school basketball at Somerset High School in Somerset, Massachusetts. In 2002, Gaffney helped turn a 2–20 Raiders team into the 21–4 Massachusetts Division 2 South Sectional Champions.That season, Gaffney averaged 23 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists and 11 blocks a game. He was rewarded for his strong play in his senior season with the title of the Eastern Athletic Conference Most Valuable Player, All State honors, and Rivals.com Massachusetts Player of the Year. After his senior season, Gaffney played a prep season at Northfield Mount Hermon School in Mount Hermon, Massachusetts. He averaged 13 points per game along with 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks. College
In his 2004–05 freshman season, Gaffney played in all 29 games for Boston University. He averaged 15.6 minutes, 3.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, 1 assist and 0.8 blocks a game. During the 2005–06 season, Gaffney averaged 17 minutes a game, 4.5 points, 3.2


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 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 0.5 blocks.After the season, Gaffney transferred to the University of Massachusetts. NCAA transfer rules forced him to sit out the 2006–07 season. He returned in 2007–08 to play thirty-three games with eight starts while averaging 20 minutes, 3.2 points, 4.8 rebounds, 0.6 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.7 blocks a game. In thirty games in his senior season in 2008–09, <mask> averaged 33.9 minutes, 11.5 points, 10.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 2 steals, and 3.8 blocks; his 3.8 blocks a game ranked him third in the nation. He is also the first person since Shelden Williams to have more than 100 blocks and 50 steals in one season. Gaffney's defensive play earned him the Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year award, a spot on the A-10 All-Defensive Team, and a spot on the A-10 Second Team. Professional career
Gaffney trained at the IMG Basketball Academy for the 2009 NBA Draft.After going undrafted, Gaffney joined the 2009 Los Angeles Lakers Las Vegas Summer League team. Thanks to his strong play in Las Vegas, Gaffney was invited to the 2009–10 Lakers training camp. He was the final player waived (on October 25, 2009) to reach the opening day roster. Gaffney then played for the Hapoel Gilboa Galil Elyon club in Israel, but, after injuring his foot, returned to the United States for treatment. On April 13, 2010, Gaffney signed a contract with the Boston Celtics for the rest of the regular season and playoffs, and a non-guaranteed contract for the 2010–11 season. Gaffney was waived on October 1, 2010 without appearing in a game for the Celtics. In October 2010, he signed with


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texts: <mask> (born September 18, 1975) is a former professional lacrosse player who played professional box lacrosse in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) and professional field lacrosse in the Major League Lacrosse (MLL). <mask> starred as a member of the Princeton Tigers men's lacrosse team from 1995 through 1998, where he earned Ivy League Player of the Year, Ivy League Rookie of the Year, three All-American recognitions from the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA), four Ivy League championships, and three national championships. He holds Princeton's lacrosse scoring records for both career and single-season goals. In high school, he had set the Interstate Athletic Conference (IAC) scoring record, while playing for St. Albans School and becoming The Washington Post boys' lacrosse player of the year. As a professional, he was the MLL's leading goal scorer for its first three seasons and its all-time goal leader as recently as the 2010 MLL season. His 54 goals in 2002 continue to be a league single-season record. He is a five-time Major League Lacrosse All-Star.In August 2010, he was selected to the MLL 10th Anniversary team. He has represented Team USA in the World Lacrosse Championships and is an ambassador of the sport both through service with Warrior Sports and his own annual youth camps. <mask> got his first lacrosse stick when he was 11 or 12 years old. <mask> played middle and high school lacrosse at St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.)., where he was a captain and earned All-Metropolitan and All-American honors. The Washington Post named <mask> to the 1993 All-Met Boys' Lacrosse First Team as a midfielder after he led

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 the IAC in goals with 59 as a junior. Then, when as a senior <mask> became the All-time IAC goal scorer with 217, they named him the 1994 All-Met Boys' Lacrosse Team Player of the Year. College career
When <mask> went to Princeton, he was expected to be one of the key incoming midfielders.<mask> became was part of a trio of revered attackmen who were Princeton classmates along with Jon Hess and Chris Massey. As starters, the trio of All-Americans, which retired second (Hess), third (<mask>) and fourth (Massey) in career points at Princeton, had a 43–2 record and combined for 618 points. He was a first team USILA All-American Team selection in 1996 and 1998 and second team selection in 1997. He was also first team All-Ivy League in 1996 (when he was Ivy League Player of the Year), 1997 and 1998 and a second team selection in 1995 (when he was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year). The 1995 team, which earned the school's sixth consecutive NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship invitation, was Ivy League co-champion, while the 1996–1998 teams were 6–0 undefeated outright conference champions. These undefeated league champions won the 1996, 1997 and 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championships, becoming the first team to threepeat since Syracuse from 1988–90 and the first to be recognized to have done so without an NCAA scandal since Johns Hopkins from 1978–80. In 1996, he earned co-Ivy League Player of the year by recording six or more goals four times during the regular season.In the 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament quarterfinals 22–6 victory over Towson State, <mask> again scored six goals. <mask> added three more

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 goals in the championship game against Virginia including the first goal and the final goal in overtime of the 13–12 victory. In the 1997 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament quarterfinals, he again scored six goals in an 11–9 victory over the UMass. He scored in the semifinal 10–9 victory over Duke, and he scored four goals in the 19–7 championship victory against Maryland. The 1997 team is regarded as the best in school history with a record number of wins during its 15–0 season. He served as co-captain of the 1998 team. He scored three goals in the 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament 11–10 semifinal victory over Syracuse.He also scored four goals and added six assists in the 15–5 championship game victory over Maryland. When <mask> was on the field, the Princeton offense was explosive. <mask> holds the Princeton University single-season (53, 1996) and career (163, 1995–98) goals records. He also broke Kevin Lowe's school single-season points record of 69 in 1996 by three, but Hess broke the record in 1997 with 76 points. <mask>'s 23 goals as a freshman was a Princeton freshman record until B. J. Prager posted 25 in 1999. <mask> threatened the Ivy League record for career goals in conference games needing just eight in his final two games, but as of 2010, Jon Reese's 1990 record remained on the books. He was named number 11 of the top 20 athletes in Princeton Tiger history by the Daily Princetonian.Professional career
<mask> represented Team USA in the 1998 World Lacrosse Championship. <mask> also played in the National Lacrosse League for the Baltimore Thunder (1999), Pittsburgh CrosseFire (2000)


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 the only other 50-goal season in league history. The MLL schedule was reduced from 14 games to 12 in 2003, meaning that <mask>'s 50 goals is the record for a 12-game season. The closest anyone has come to his single-season goal scoring record was John Grant's 47-goal 2008 season. As a result of having been the goals scored leader for the MLL's first three-season, he built up a career goals scored lead that stood up until during the 2005 season when Mark Millon took a 206–193 lead in career goals scored. However, Millon only scored five goals in 2007 when his career came to an end. In July 2008, <mask> surpassed Millon's career total of 239 by reaching 247.On August 1, 2010, Tim Goettelmann surpassed <mask> with his 246th, 247th and 248th career goals. In August 2010, <mask> was selected to the MLL 10th anniversary team. <mask> is a spokesman for Warrior Sports and annually runs the Jesse <mask> Experience, a youth lacrosse camp for boys ages 9–17 held each summer at George Mason University. Personal
<mask> has an older brother named Andy. Andy was a midfielder on the 1992 and 1994 teams that earned Princeton's first two NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships. Statistics

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Awards and Achievements

See also
NCAA Division I men's lacrosse records

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New Jersey Pride players
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<mask> (born October 23, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers. Early life
<mask> was born on October 23, 1987, in Greenfield, Indiana, to Harold and <mask>. He has a sister named Holly. Between his freshman and sophomore year of high school, <mask> transferred from Cathedral High School in Indianapolis to Greenfield-Central High School; as a result, the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) ruled that he could not play for Greenfield-Central's high school baseball team for one season. During his junior year, he was 7–2 and led the Cougars to a sectional championship and to the regional finals. In his senior year, he was 8–6 with a 0.98 ERA and 140 strikeouts.He led Greenfield to the Elite Eight by pitching all of his team's tournament games. He was named the Hancock County Player of the Year after his senior year. He was also named to the Indianapolis Star All-East team in both his junior and senior years. After his senior year, he was named All-East Player of the Year and made the Indiana All-Star Team. College career
The Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB) selected <mask> in the 36th round of the 2006 MLB Draft, but he chose not to sign. Instead, he opted to play college baseball for the Missouri Tigers, serving as the No. 2 starter behind Aaron Crow.In 2007, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Professional career

Minor league career
Despite worries that a stress fracture to his elbow would negatively impact his chances in the 2009 MLB Draft, the Minnesota Twins selected <mask> in the first round, 22nd overall after receiving the all-clear from the team's doctor. Negotiations for <mask>'s signing bonus forced his decision to sign with the team into the final hour before the August 16 deadline, with <mask>

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texts: ultimately agreeing to sign with the team for a bonus of $1.85 million. The stress fracture pushed <mask>'s professional baseball debut back to the beginning of the 2010 season, when he was assigned to the Class A-Advanced Fort Myers Miracle of the Florida State League. In seven starts with Fort Myers, <mask> posted a 4–1 record and a 1.87 ERA, striking out 40 batters in  innings of work. <mask>'s stint with the Miracle was short-lived: on May 11, he was promoted to the Double-A New Britain Rock Cats in order to clear room on the Fort Myers 25-man roster for new pitchers Loek van Mil and Andrei Lobanov. After winning his first three Double-A starts and building a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 3.17 in his first month and a half with his new team, <mask> was one of three Rock Cats players selected to appear at the 2010 Eastern League All-Star Game that July.<mask> put up a 7–5 record at New Britain, with a 3.68 ERA in 16 starts and 77 strikeouts in 93 innings, before he received another promotion to the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings on August 11. He had been called up to replace Jeff Manship, who had been promoted to the major leagues as a fill-in for the injured Jose Mijares. Twins minor league director Jim Rantz informed reporters that there was no intention of promoting <mask> beyond Rochester during the 2010 season, as the team wanted to shut him down after 150–160 innings, and he had already pitched  between Fort Myers and New Britain. He was shut down on August 25 in order to preserve his forearm for future seasons. At the time, <mask> had gone 0–0 with a 1.72 ERA in three Triple-A starts, giving him a combined 11–6 record and 2.96 ERA for the year. He had pitched a total of 152 innings, with 126 strikeouts and 39 walks, and had been placed on the disabled list with a sprained ankle. Going into the 2011 season as Baseball Americas top-ranked prospect with in the Twins organization, <mask> received an invitation to spring training.He was assigned to

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 Rochester for the season, where he seemed to experience a sophomore slump: <mask> did not win a game for the Red Wings after May 29, and was 3–8 with a 4.81 ERA when he was placed on the disabled list at the start of August with an elbow injury. After a non-surgical rehabilitation program did not improve his health, <mask> underwent Tommy John surgery to repair his ulnar collateral ligament. He returned to the mound in 2012, pitching a series of rehab assignments for the Twins' lower-level affiliates before returning to Rochester on August 22, 2012, for the final two weeks of the International League season. In two starts at the end of the season, <mask> went 0–2 with a 9.45 ERA, striking out 10 batters in  innings. He continued his rehabilitation process in the Arizona Fall League, where he finished 3–2 with a 5.40 ERA, striking out 28 batters and allowing 31 hits in  innings. <mask> opened the 2013 season in Rochester, with Twins management anticipating that he would make his MLB debut sometime that season. Minnesota Twins
The Twins called <mask> up to the major leagues on June 25, 2013, after starting pitcher Mike Pelfrey suffered a back injury that placed him on the disabled list.At the time, he was the ninth pitcher to start a game for Minnesota during the 2013 MLB season, and his promotion offered a path to remain in the majors for the remainder of the year. <mask> was credited with the win in his MLB debut, allowing two runs and eight hits while striking out five batters in six innings on June 29. The Twins defeated the Kansas City Royals 6–2. His success did not continue past that debut, as <mask> struggled to strike out batters in his future starts. After posting a 2–4 record and a 6.53 ERA with 29 strikeouts in 10 starts and 51 innings, <mask> was optioned back to Rochester on August 19. In his final major league start of the season, he gave up four runs on 10 hits in only  innings. While he was sent back to Triple A to work on his pitch


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 3.62 ERA and a career high 179 strikeouts.He slotted 2nd in the Twins rotation in 2019. <mask>'s K/9 rose to a career high 9 despite registering an ERA of 4.84 in 160 innings. <mask> tied a career high in wins with 13. Texas Rangers
A free agent after the 2019 season, <mask> signed a three-year, $28 million contract with the Texas Rangers on December 6, 2019. Because of his ulcerative colitis diagnosis, <mask> was considered "high risk" for COVID-19, and was given the option to opt out of the 2020 MLB season while receiving a full pro-rated salary. After discussion with his wife and gastroenterologist, he decided to play the season and limit his non-baseball outings. The 60-game season was ultimately the worst of <mask>'s career as he went 2–6 with a 5.35 ERA, a 1.53 WHIP, and a 5.39 fielding independent pitching (FIP).After picking up his first win of the season on August 15, <mask> did not win again until he pitched a complete game shutout against the Houston Astros on September 17. Prior to the shutout, the Rangers staff had isolated a mechanical issue when <mask> was pitching from the stretch, which he responded to by narrowing his stance. <mask> and the rest of the Rangers' starting rotation remained healthy throughout the shortened season, but saw low inning counts: <mask> was second on the team with  innings pitched, while his rotation mate Lance Lynn led MLB with 84. <mask> was tapped for his first career opening day start in , where he was pulled after only one out after giving up five earned runs to the Kansas City Royals and briefly lifting his ERA to 135.00. His opening day outing proved to be a fluke, as <mask>'s ERA over his next five starts was only 0.82, and he did not allow a single home run in the month of April. After leading the AL with a 1.98 ERA and a 6–0 record through his first 16 starts, <mask> received his first All-Star Game selection in 2021, joining his Rangers teammates Joey Gallo and Adolis Garcia. Philadelphia

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On July 30, 2021, <mask> was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies along with Ian Kennedy, Hans Crouse, and cash considerations in exchange for Spencer Howard, Kevin Gowdy, and Josh Gessner.He recorded his 1,000th career strikeout in his Phillies debut on August 1, fanning Michael Pérez of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the fifth inning of a 15–4 Phillies rout. Pitcher profile
<mask> carries a six-pitch repertoire consisting of a sinking fastball, a slider, a cut fastball, a four-seam fastball, a changeup, and a curveball. Boasting a fastball speed of only , rather than pitching for power, he aims to confuse his opponents by getting them to chase balls outside of the strike zone. His sinker is his primary pitch, with an average velocity of . Both the slider and the cutter act as off-speed pitches that feint to <mask>'s glove side, but at , the cutter is much faster than his  slider. His  changeup breaks to the opposite side of the former two pitches, while the  curveball serves as a surprise from the other five. This expanded repertoire has made <mask> an unpredictable pitcher to face; whereas, early in his career, batters knew how to hit well against him, he has improved at generating strikeouts, particularly with use of his slider.Personal life
<mask> married Elizabeth Straatmann on November 27, 2010. The couple have three children together, with the youngest born in September 2019. <mask> identifies as a Christian, and grew up attending a Southern Baptist church in Indiana. References

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Theodore Roosevelt "Double Duty" <mask> (July 7, 1902 – August 11, 2005) was a professional baseball player in the Negro leagues. An accomplished two-way player, he played as a pitcher and a catcher, became a manager, and in his old age became a popular ambassador for the game. He is one of only a handful of professional baseball players who lived past their 100th birthdays, next to Red Hoff (who lived to 107) and fellow Negro leaguer Silas Simmons (who lived to age 103). Newspaperman Damon Runyon coined the nickname "Double Duty" because <mask> played as a catcher and as a pitcher in the successive games of a 1932 doubleheader between the Pittsburgh Crawfords and the New York Black Yankees. In the first of the two games at Yankee Stadium, <mask> caught the pitcher Satchel Paige for a shutout and then pitched a shutout in the second game. Runyon wrote that <mask> "was worth the price of two admissions." <mask> considered his year with the 1932 Pittsburgh Crawfords to be one of the highlights of his career.Of the six East-West All-Star Games in which he played, <mask> pitched in three and was a catcher in three. He also pitched in two and caught in six other All-Star games. He hit .376 (11-for-29) in nine exhibition games against major leaguers. Career

Early life
<mask> grew up in Mobile, Alabama as one of ten children. His brother <mask> also achieved renown as a ballplayer playing third base. The boys played baseball using a taped ball of rags with their friends including future Negro league All-Star ballplayers Leroy "Satchel"

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