Nebraska - Bob Boozer

Nebraska - Bob Boozer

No, Bob Boozer is not an ancestral descendant of Carlos Boozer despite both playing in the NBA decades apart. Matter of fact, Bob Boozer is one of those NBA legends that rarely gets the praise or recognition that he fully deserves. The wildly athletic 6'8 power forward was picked first overall in 1959 NBA Draft by the Cincinnati Royals and played alongside other NBA Legends such as Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, Jerry Lucus, Elgin Baylor, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar throughout his twelve-year NBA career.

Surprisingly, Boozer's only NBA Championship came in 1971 when he was a member of the Milwaukee Bucks. With career averages of 14.8 points and 8.1 rebounds per game, Bob Boozer was one of the NBA's best wingmen during the league's early stages. Unfortunately, Bob Boozer passed away in May 2012 from a brain aneurysm at the age of 75. In his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska his legacy lives on in the form of his very own street, Bob Boozer Drive. Rest well.

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Did You Know...

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Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.

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Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.

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Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.

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Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.

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