SLAM: Legend of the Week: Jalen Rose
August 7, 2019 | General Latest News Press
August 6, 2019 — In 1973, there were less than five boys born with a variation of the name “Jalen.” One of those kids was Jalen Rose. That number wasn’t much higher when, in 1991, Rose enrolled at the University of Michigan. By 1999, however, the same season Rose made an NBA Finals appearance, that number had skyrocketed to 7,400 names.
The reason was pretty clear: Jalen Rose.
Forget that he was a McDonald’s All-American, made two NCAA Finals at Michigan, won Most Improved Player in the NBA and averaged a career high 22.1 points per game at 30 years old. Yes, Jalen Rose could hoop, but to just list his basketball accomplishments wouldn’t do him justice. People wanted to be like Jalen Rose. They wanted to name their kids after him.
While at Michigan, Rose and four other freshman superstars, the “Fab Five,” redefined mainstream basketball. They wore baggy shorts and black socks. They shaved their heads. They talked trash. They bumped Ice Cube in the locker room. As Michigan …
SI.com: The Crossover – ‘It Don’t Stop’: Jalen Rose’s Work Days Are a Whirlwind
July 11, 2019 | General Latest News Press
By KAELEN JONES July 11, 2019
NEW YORK – It’s 6:45 a.m. on a Tuesday morning in mid-April. The sun is slowly creeping its way above Pier 17, situated in Manhattan’s Seaport District overlooking the East River. There, outside ESPN’s 19,000-square-foot waterfront facility, it’s quiet; a sleepy blue haze illuminates the surprisingly unperturbed scene. Perhaps the present setting is unbecoming of a place dubbed the City That Never Sleeps, but inside the building, the day is already in full swing. And one could argue that no one is working harder than Jalen Rose, whose duties these days include serving as a co-host of ESPN’s Get Up!, NBA Countdown analyst, and co-host of Jalen & Jacoby.
Upon meeting Rose in the lobby of ESPN’s facility, there’s hardly any time to take in his magnetic 6’8″ presence. Before you can even admire Rose’s impeccably crisp hair-do and deep-blue-colored suit, you’re following him into the studio where he co-hosts his podcast-turned-talk show, Jalen & Jacoby.
Once inside, Rose goes back to prepping for Get Up!, his first gig of the day, which starts in about an hour, but is determined to acknowledge your presence simultaneously. Kayla Johnson, …
ESPN: Godzilla – Part 2
May 5, 2019 | General Latest News Press
Gotta give the people what they want. Check me out in the new trailer of Robzilla: King of the Monsters. Your boy got skills. #GodzillaMovie – In Theaters May 31
