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Portland Trail Blazers’ Robert Covington scores season-high 21 on mother’s birthday: ‘I woke up in a great mood today’
Updated Mar 02, 2021;
Posted Mar 02, 2021
Portland Trail Blazers forward Robert Covington (23) drives to the basket on Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball (2) as forward P.J. Washington, right, closes in during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., Monday, March 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Dykes) APAP
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His mother, Teresa Bryant, was celebrating her birthday, and Covington got to spend time with family.
“I woke up in a great mood today,” Covington said.
“And to top it off with a victory and come out and play well, I’m just thankful that we were able to do enough to get a victory tonight,” Covington said.
March 2, 2021 at 1:56 pm
QueenCare owner, Monika Mathews, cuts the ribbon on her new space in the Central District. (Photo courtesy of QueenCare)
A few weeks ago, Monika Mathews was able to open a second location of QueenCare in Seattle’s Central District, selling her handmade, all-natural body oils, scrubs, and creams.
“If it wasn’t for Vulcan, we would not be able to be in this location here,” said Mathews about the new space she’s renting on the ground level of the Jackson Apartments. “Vulcan, along with a lot of African-American community members, advocated that these spaces be dedicated to Black businesses. Vulcan took it a step further to actually subsidize some of the rent so that Black micro businesses could actually afford to be in a beautiful location like this.”
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The music star made this known during his live performance on
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According to the celebrity, his father s humble beginning remains his biggest inspiration. The inspiration for me has been my father, a Nigerian-American like me. He studied in the States. I studied there myself. I went to HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities), a predominantly black college,” he said.
“My dad went to one as well. He used to work at Burger King. He was a manager at Burger King.”
Recall a few days ago, the music star shared a similar story about being broke before hitting stardom.