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The Impact13 Foundation joined forces with the Houston Astros Foundation and Relief Gang in January to fill an 18-wheeler truck with toiletries, gift cards, water, blankets, clothing, diapers and more in Houston to give those affected by the Los Angeles fires in Altadena and Pasadena. The foundation also partnered with Strong Home Network, a non-profit family support, and the Burger Guyz to aid and feed those impacted by fires in Altadena. Harden’s foundation also has given school supplies to the Los Angeles Unified School District. “My foundation, the impact that I have while still playing basketball at a high level is very, very important,” Harden said. “What better chance than now? I can do everything [here]. The last couple years, Houston was basically where I called home. But just being on the East Coast in Brooklyn and Philly, I’m making calls from a distance. With my presence now being here, showing face, it means way more. So, I’m grateful for being at home in [NBA] Year 16 and being able to do things that I can do on the court and off the court.
Cooper will be inducted into the Hall on Sunday in Springfield, Massachusetts. The Pasadena, California, native learned that he made the Hall of Fame on April Fools’ Day after receiving a phone call from Hall of Fame CEO John Doleva and board chairman Jerry Colangelo. “I’ve always played this game for the love of the game. And after 12 years, the accolades that come with it, I never, ever, ever thought that my footsteps would be standing at the door of the Hall of Fame,” Cooper said. “So, I knew the call was going to be coming, and it came at about 9:10 that morning. I had been on the ballot two years, and I got that call [previously], and I’m waiting, and I was really excited. And [in prior years] they said, ‘Hey, Coop … it’s not your year.’ “So, when [this] call came, I remember answering the phone, and my wife was sitting next to me and I had it on speakerphone. And I kind of like spazzed out for a minute, and they were going like, ‘Coop. Congratulations, you got in.’ I’m sitting there holding the phone and my wife [hit] me on the leg, she said, ‘Babe, you got in.’ And I’m like, ‘If this is an April Fools’ joke, this is very, very rude, you guys.’ Mr. Colangelo starts laughing and he goes, ‘No, no, Coop, you got in.’ ”
Legendary Laker Michael Cooper and his family continue to grieve following the sudden loss of his brother after investigators said he was gunned down at a park in Pasadena over the weekend. On Wednesday, the former NBA star joined officials as they announced the criminal charges against 24-year-old Aaron Miguel Conell, the suspect in Mickey Cooper’s killing. "Yes, we’re going to miss Mickey, so we like to feel that he’s in a better place," Michael Cooper said.
During the early morning hours of Saturday, Nov. 18, Michael's younger brother, Mickey, was found in Pasadena's Washington Park suffering from gunshot wounds. He was declared dead by authorities at the scene. "This is the time of year when families should be together," said Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordon. "When they’ve been a victim of crime, that can’t happen. So we should do everything we can to avoid situations like this." Cooper said Washington Park is where he and his brother grew up playing basketball. "The reason is that my brother was there was because it was a safe haven for him… and it had been up until that tragic night," Michael Cooper said.
Michael Cooper's brother fatally shot
The brother of former Lakers great Michael Cooper was fatally shot Saturday in the same Pasadena park where the siblings played basketball as youngsters. Cooper, a basketball analyst for KABC-TV Channel 7, confirmed to the station that the victim of the shooting at Washington Park was his brother, Mickey, 64. Michael said he and Mickey played at the park as children. Police responded to a shooting around 4 a.m. in the 700 block of East Washington Boulevard after being alerted by the ShotSpotter sound-detection system that recognizes loud, repetitive sounds that may be gunshots, according to the Pasadena Police Department. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
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Daniel Wallach: Just in: Derrick Rose’s sexual assault accuser will have her appeal heard by the Ninth Circuit on November 16th. The oral argument will be heard in Pasadena. Each side is allotted 15 minutes. Back in 2016, a jury rejected her claims of sexual assault following a 10-day trial.
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