Michael Kidd-Gilchrist’s girlfriend Paige Elliott is a former basketball player herself. She was a 5’8″ guard at West Chester University in Pennsylvania and graduated in 2013 with a major in communications. She did, however, manage to transition that major into a professional life and career. First, Paige started out interning at an AM radio station while she was still a student at West Chester. She was also part of other broadcasting projects and television projects…
Micky Arison’s wife Madeleine Arison is living it up with her billionaire husband, but there’s no shortage of charitable involvement in her life. Honestly, it’s a lot of work to keep up with a bunch of charities if you’re actually involved with their organizing and events. If you’ve got gaggles of money, you can just cut a check, but Madeleine seems to take a more hands-on approach. Micky and Madeleine are known to chill out…
I remember Jerry Sloan as the tall, shouty and somewhat awkward-moving coach of the Utah Jazz during the peek of the Jazz’s reign as top dog in the west. Unfortunately for the Jazz, Michael Jordan and the Bulls always stood in their way. Jerry Sloan’s wife Tammy Sloan wasn’t with him at that time since he was married to his high-school sweetheart and wife Bobbye Sloan. Bobbye passed away on 2004 of pancreatic cancer after…
Sam Hinkie’s wife Ali Burness Hinkie attended the University of Oklahoma, along with her husband. The pair were both in the Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma and met in the JCPenney Leadership Program. That’s a mouthful, huh? Well, here’s a few more. While at Oklahoma, Sam was also student business association president, Dean’s Roundtable chairman and on the advisory board for the business school’s leadership center. He also set a profit record, at the…
Joe Johnson’s girlfriend Candise Zepherin is the mother of Justice Johnson, one of Joe’s kids. His other child is named Gavin. Gavin’s mom is a lady named Shannon whom Joe had to go through a lengthy lawsuit with in order to establish a stable relationship with Gavin. That mostly had to do with getting Shannon to move closer to Joe and giving her child support. Sometimes, that’s just how it goes in the NBA. Candise is 25 years…
Pat Riley’s wife Chris Rodstrom Riley has been with Mr. Riley for a very, very long time. To give you proper perspective: Wilt Chamberlain was still playing and would continue to play for three more years after Pat and Chris said their vows. The couple have both a son and daughter who are fully grown by now. I read a Los Angeles Times article from 1985 profiling Pat and Chris back in the Lakers years. It was…
D’Angelo Russell’s girlfriend Niki Withers was recently featured on TMZ for her sick hops. She is 5’10” (also my height) but she was seen jumping and hanging on a regulation basketball rim recently. I don’t think I can do that any more. I used to be able to do it- I swear! Her height listed on her official sports page is 6 feet, and since she’s so skinny I have no trouble believing she’s that tall because…