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TRAIL BLAZER IS 26 TODAY

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Robin Lopez (right) while at Stanford

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Lopez joining Phoenix in 2008

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From left: Blazer Terrel Harris and Robin Lopez when he was with 
the New Orleans Hornets 

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Robin Byron Lopez

NBA power forward/center Robin Lopez spent the first four years of his
NBA career with the Phoenix Suns, then played a season for the New
Orleans Hornets before a July 10, 2013 trade to the Portland Trail
Blazers. He played 2 years of college ball at Stanford.

 

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Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is 70 today

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                                          Sandy Kozel

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CHARLEY PRIDE IS 76 TODAY

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Charley Frank Pride

Pride is one of the few African-American country musicians to have had
considerable success in the country music industry and only the second
African American to have been inducted as a member of the Grand Ole
Opry
. He has garnered 39 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs
charts. Before fame, Pride was a pitcher for the New York Yankees’ minor
league team.

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Mike Gracia

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