Curry is standing at the forefront of a new era of playmaker. For the first time since Magic Johnson took an evolutionary leap for the position, we’re witnessing the ultimate embodiment of the point guard. Not a shooter like Steve Nash, a passer like John Stockton, a defender like Gary Payton or a floor general like Isiah Thomas. Someone with the ability to do it all, excelling in each category while elevating everyone around him and then topping it the very next night: basketball’s new 6-foot-3, 190-pound unstoppable force. “He’s lethal,” says Curry’s coach, Steve Kerr. “He’s mesmerizing,” says his teammate Klay Thompson. He’s the “best shooter I’ve ever seen,” says his president, Barack Obama.
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High-tech maps may help researchers understand and predict disease outbreaks like malaria, an illness that kills between 600,000 and 1 million people each year. Scientists have begun using temperatures, rainfall patterns and other data to better target areas most at risk. Special correspondent Spencer Michaels reports on other potential applications of these tools.
Giving to others is a habit – a part of an ongoing pattern of behavior that begins early in life. Studies show that when parents talk to their children about giving, it increases the likelihood that the child will give. And when kids see their parents involved with a cause, they are more likely to volunteer in their lifetime.
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LeBron James’s reign as America’s most popular basketball player is at last under serious threat — from the Bay Area’s unostentatious star, Stephen Curry.
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When Stanford University Professor Jennifer Aaker and her venture capitalist husband, Andy Smith, wrote The Dragonfly Effect, which is about ways to use social media to drive social change, they hoped it would inspire their three young children to lead purposeful lives. Little did they imagine that their son Cooper would find his purpose with the help of a world-famous NBA champion.
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2015 NBA MVP and Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry recently visited the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and while he was there he told Stephen about his work with Nothing But Nets. As a Nothing But Nets Champion, Stephen donates three life-saving, insecticide-treated bednets to the campaign for every three-pointer he makes during the NBA season. For three consecutive seasons, Stephen’s “Three for Three Challenge” has inspired fans, his team, and other organizations to get involved in the fight against malaria.
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This year our annual celebration of Golfers Who Give Back is devoted to athletes, and though Curry isn’t No. 1 on Golf Digest’s ranking of Athlete Golfers, he might have been if we combined his golf ability with his commitment to giving back.
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Admire, if you dare, the inflated post-deflation numbers of Tom Brady. Salute, as you should, the Grand Slam flirtations of Jordan Spieth and Serena Williams. Even think out of the box, or the barn, and consider American Pharoah as the sporting figure for whom we’ll remember 2015. Or congratulate the small-market Kansas City Royals for finally making the mad dash home that didn’t happen against the Giants last autumn, when the runner stayed on third base.
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As we celebrate this season of giving, all of us at Alaska Airlines are honored to feature Melinda Gates In the December issue of our inflight magazine and here on the Alaska Airlines blog. Melinda and Bill Gates have been incredibly successful in their lives – success that is perhaps only matched by their incredible generosity.
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After five years of strong leadership under Dr. Mark Dybul, we look forward to working in partnership with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria’s new Executive Director Peter Sands. No other organization has contributed more resources to the fight against malaria than the Global Fund, including nearly 800 million bed nets delivered to families around the world. The Nothing But Nets team looks forward to continuing to champion the lifesaving work of the Global Fund under Peter Sands’ leadership as we push to eliminate malaria for good.
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