Bucknell College college students could not have been followers of former MLB star Alex Rodriguez earlier than Sunday, however the ex-New York Yankees third baseman undoubtedly turned their notion.
Rodriguez attended the Bucknell-Military recreation along with his enterprise companions Marc Lore and Jordy Leiser. The baseball star was referred to as upon to ship a clutch shot at halftime.
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Former New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez speaks in the course of the Outdated Timers’ Day Ceremony at Yankee Stadium within the Bronx on Aug. 24, 2024. (Wendell Cruz-USA At this time Sports activities)
He stepped as much as midcourt on the Sojka Pavilion in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and banked the halfcourt shot into the basket. The Bison pupil part went wild. One pupil received $10,000 due to Rodriguez’s make.
Lore and Leiser graduated from Bucknell – Lore in 1993 and Leiser in 2006. Lore, Leiser and Rodriguez helped begin Bounce, which is a know-how firm geared toward constructing relationships between followers {and professional} sports activities organizations. Lore and Rodriguez have been additionally companions within the current acquisition of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves.
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The Minnesota Timberwolves possession group, from left, Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore, and proper, Glen Taylor with the brand new president of basketball operations Tim Connelly in Minneapolis, Could 31, 2022. (Jerry Holt/Star Tribune through AP)
The three males spoke at a Bucknell Discussion board occasion earlier than tipoff.
Rodriguez went to highschool in South Florida earlier than he turned professional and was the No. 1 choose of the Seattle Mariners within the 1994 draft. Since his retirement from baseball, Rodriguez has became a distinguished businessman.
Apart from his relationship with Lore and Leiser, he began A-Rod Corp and has made investments in a number of corporations, together with Snapchat, Vita Coco and Hims and Hers, amongst different main corporations.
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Alex Rodriguez watches because the Minnesota Timberwolves lose to the Houston Rockets in additional time at Goal Middle in Minneapolis, Nov. 26, 2024. (Bruce Kluckhohn-Imagn Pictures)
Bucknell received the sport, 84-53.
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