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<mask> has a variety of pitches. His primary pitch is a four-seam fastball in the 91–94 mph range.He throws a two-seam fastball with similar velocity. He features two breaking balls: a slider (79–82) and a knuckle curve (75–77). His last pitch is a changeup in the low 80s. <mask> does not mix his repertoire differently between right-handed and left-handed hitters. He throws his four-seamer about half the time and uses his curveball most often when he is ahead in the count. In the early part of the 2012 season, his slider was recognized as the NL's second-best swing-and-miss pitch, only behind Cole Hamels' changeup, with whiff rate of 49% since 2011. <mask>'s father, also named <mask>, played basketball at USC and football for the Los Angeles Rams from 1983–87, while his uncle <mask>, was a professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors.His cousins are former Chicago Cubs outfielder Darnell <mask> and former New York Yankee and Kansas City Royal outfielder Donzell <mask>. References

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<mask> (2 December 1817 – 1 August 1895), German historian, came from a Protestant family which had long been established at Soest, in Westphalia. Life

He was born in Düsseldorf, where his father held important posts in the public service under both the French and the Prussians; in 1831 he was raised to the hereditary nobility. His home was one of the centres of the vigorous literary and artistic life for which Düsseldorf was renowned at that time. <mask> was educated at the local Gymnasium, and then at the University of Berlin, where he came under the influences of <mask> and <mask>, whose most distinguished pupil he was to become. After taking his degree, he settled down in 1841 as a Privatdozent in history at the university of Bonn. He had already made himself known by critical studies on the history of the Middle Ages, of which the most important was his Geschichte des ersten Kreuzzuges (History of the First Crusade) (Düsseldorf, 1841; new ed., Leipzig, 1881), a work which, besides its merit as a valuable piece of historical investigation employing the critical methods he had learnt from Ranke, was also of some significance as a protest against the vaguely enthusiastic attitude encouraged by the Romantic school towards the Middle Ages. In 1861 Lady Duff-Gordon published an English translation of a part of this book, to which were added lectures on the crusades delivered in Munich in 1858, under the title History and Literature of the Crusades.This was followed by a study of the growth of German kingship (Die Entstehung des deutschen Königtums, Frankfurt, 1844, and again 1881), after which he was appointed professor. In the same year (1844) <mask> became prominent as an opponent of the Ultramontane party. The exhibition of the Holy Shroud at Trier

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texts: internal history.He demonstrated that letters attributed to Marie Antoinette were not genuine. He undermined the influential revolutionary legends, expounded by French writers. <mask> was interested in Edmund Burke, on whom he had published two essays. The work was in fact the first attempt to substitute for the popular view of Thiers and Lamartine, a line which was later taken up by Taine and Albert Sorel. In 1856, on the recommendation of Ranke, <mask> accepted the post of professor at Munich, where King Maximilian II of Bavaria, a generous patron of learning, hoped to establish a school of history. Here he found a fruitful field for his activity. Besides continuing his work on the Revolution and on the Middle Ages, he occupied himself fully with the Historical Seminar which he instituted; with the Historische Zeitschrift which he founded - the original model of the numerous historical periodicals which now exist – and as secretary of the new Historical Commission.Political differences soon interfered with his work; as a supporter of Prussia and a Protestant, especially as a militant champion against the Ultramontanes, he was from the first an object of suspicion to the Clerical party. In the political excitement which followed the war of 1859 he found that he could not hope for the unreserved support of the king, and therefore in 1861 he accepted a professorship at Bonn, which he held till 1875. He was elected a member of the Prussian Lower House, and during the next three years was one of the most active members of that assembly. In several important debates he led the attack on the government, and opposed the policy of Bismarck, not only on finances but also on Polish and Danish affairs, in particular the impending crisis with Denmark over

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 importance. This work has been translated into English as The Founding of the German Empire, by M L Perrin and G Bradford (New York, 1890–1891). <mask> did not live to write an account of the war with France, dying at Marburg on 1 August 1895. His other writings include Die deutsche Nation und das Kaiserreich (1862) and a large number of historical articles. <mask> left two sons, one of whom became an officer in the Prussian army; the other, <mask> <mask> (1846-1929), a professor of archaeology in the university of Marburg, was the author of several works dealing with Greek archaeology. Some of <mask>'s numerous historical and political essays have been collected in Kleine historische Schriften (3 vols, 1863, 1869, 1881; new ed., 1897); Vorträge und Aufsätze (Berlin, 1874); and Vorträge und Abhandlungen, published after his death with a biographical introduction by Conrad Varrentrapp (Munich, 1897).References

 Gooch, G.P. History and historians in the nineteenth century (1913). online
Biography at Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie

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History and Literature of the Crusades, trans. Lady Duff Gordon (at Google Books)
Geschichte des ersten Kreuzzugs (at Google Books)

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<mask> (born 13 December 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger for EFL Championship club Queens Park Rangers. Born in England, he represented the Ghana national team. He is both a Ghanaian and a British national. His previous clubs are Harrow Borough, Barnet, Bristol City,  Middlesbrough, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest. Club career

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After a spell at Chiswick-based amateur side Old Meadonians as a teenager, <mask> began his career playing semi-professional football with Isthmian League Premier Division club Harrow Borough, while studying Level 2 Decorative Finishing and Industrial Painting at the College of North West London. Barnet
In January 2008, <mask> joined League Two side Barnet. Barnet agreed to play Harrow in a pre-season friendly.He scored on his Football League debut for Barnet in a 2–1 win over Hereford United at Edgar Street on 30 January 2008. In March, he scored two first half goals in a 4–1 win over Shrewsbury Town and scored in two successive games, against Chester City and Lincoln City. He made a total of 22 league appearances in the 2007–08 season, scoring five goals and helping Barnet to a 12th-place finish in League Two. <mask> was voted Barnet FC Young Player of the Year 2008-9 by the Barnet Football Club Supporters association. In July 2009, <mask> was linked with a transfer to Championship side Blackpool. On the final day of the transfer window, Barnet chairman Tony Kleanthous revealed that talks with Blackpool broke down two hours before the deadline and that he had also turned down offers from Norwich City and Watford. It was later reported that Adomah could still move to Blackpool on loan, with a view to a permanent move in January 2010.On 6 October 2009,

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 it was announced that football commentator John Motson had sponsored Adomah at Barnet. On 12 November 2009, <mask> turned down Barnet's offer of a new contract. His agent, Tony Finnigan, confirmed that Adomah wanted to leave, saying, "Barnet made an excellent offer...but he deserves a run at a higher level." Tony Kleanthous said that he would not stand in Adomah's way if they received an acceptable offer. On 13 May 2010, Barnet made a bid to keep Adomah at the club by offering a twenty-percent increase on their original contract offer, which would have made him the highest paid player in the club's history, but on 28 May it was confirmed that <mask> would not be signing a new contract. He had played 120 games for Barnet scoring 20 times. Bristol City
On 1 July 2010, he agreed to join Bristol City on a three-year deal, with an initial fee of £150,000 being set later by a tribunal.<mask> scored his first Bristol City goal on 13 July, in a friendly against Swedish club IFK Gothenburg. After impressing in pre-season, Steve Coppell named <mask> in the starting line-up for City's first game of the season at home to Millwall, a game which they lost 3–0. He continued to put in good performances in the domestic league, and instantly became a fans' favourite through his exciting style of play and his humorous interviews on the club website. He scored his first goal for City during a 3–3 draw with Barnsley at Ashton Gate. After a few below-par performances, <mask> was taken off at half time during City's 0–4 win away at Preston North End, and reaped the rewards as his side then went on a winning run with <mask> being instrumental on his return to the side. He scored his fourth goal of the season in a 2–1 win against in form

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 Portsmouth, and ended the season top of the club's assists chart with 12 to his name in all competitions. <mask> was awarded the player of the season award for Bristol City for the 2010–11 campaign, days after agreeing a new three-year contract which would keep him at the club until 2014.The 25-year-old Ghana international had made it clear to City that he did not wish to play in League One following their relegation from the Championship, following this, Wigan Athletic made two bids for the winger, both of which were rejected; <mask> submitted a transfer request which was refused. The start of the 2013 season saw <mask> rested for Bristol City's campaign opener. Middlesbrough
On 6 August 2013, <mask> was announced to be having a medical at Middlesbrough's Rockliffe Park training ground. On 8 August 2013 <mask> completed his move to Middlesbrough for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of £1,000,000. He was issued the number twenty-seven squad number worn last season by striker Scott McDonald who signed for Millwall. <mask> made his debut for Boro in their 1–0 victory over Charlton Athletic on 10 August 2013. <mask> scored his first goal for the club on 14 September 2013 in a 3–1 loss to Ipswich Town.He scored again on 5 October 2013 in a 4–1 home win over Yeovil Town and twice more on 19 October 2013 in a 3–2 defeat at Barnsley. A week after grabbing a brace against Barnsley, <mask> once again scored twice in a 4–0 victory over Doncaster Rovers. <mask> was nominated for the Championship's Player of the Month for October after several impressive performances and scoring 5 goals in 4 games. <mask> reached the play-off final after a 5–1 aggregate win over Brentford, including Adomah scoring in the semi final but

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 they lost the decisive match 0–2 to Norwich City at Wembley Stadium in the Final. The following season, <mask> earned promotion as Middlesbrough finished runners-up in the EFL Championship. He played 2 games for Middlesbrough in the Premier League during the beginning of August 2016 prior to his move to Villa. Aston Villa
Adomah signed for Aston Villa on transfer deadline day for an undisclosed fee, swapping directions with Adama Traoré who went the other way, 31 August 2016.He scored his first goal for Aston Villa in a 3–1 win against Cardiff City on 26 November 2016. He scored two goals in a 2–2 draw at home against Preston North End. He enjoyed a good run of form as he was among the second best in terms of assists within the championship assisting 11 goals compared to Conor Hourihane's 14 assists in the 2016–17 EFL Championship season. During the 2017–18 Aston Villa F.C. season <mask> scored 15 goals, finishing the club's top scorer, to help Villa secure a play-off place and defeat his old side Middlesbrough in the two semi finals to reach the final, playing in the final, as Villa lost 1–0 to Fulham in the final and thus missed out on promotion to the Premier League. He was released by Aston Villa at the end of the 2018–19 season. Nottingham Forest
On 10 July 2019, <mask> signed a two-year deal with Nottingham Forest.He scored his first goal for Forest in a 1–1 draw with Charlton Athletic on 21 August 2019. On 2 October 2020, <mask> and Forest mutually agreed to terminate his contract with the club. Cardiff City (loan)
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<mask> made his international debut when coming on as a substitute for Ghana in their 1–0 defeat against Brazil on 5 September 2011 at Craven Cottage.He broke through the national team to book his place in Ghana's provisional 26-man squad for the 2013 African Cup of Nations. On 9 January, <mask> made the starting team, was given the number 10 shirt and was told he would play a big role for the national team. He was selected and went to 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil where he played in one game for Ghana. Career statistics

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Middlesbrough
 EFL Championship runner-up: 2015–16

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 EFL Championship play-offs: 2019

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 Barnet FC Young Player of the Year: 2008–09
 Bristol City Player of the Year: 2010–11

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<mask> (born November 19, 1956) is a retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force colonel. A former military instructor and test pilot, <mask> was the first female pilot and first female commander of a Space Shuttle. She was awarded several medals for her work. Colonel <mask> has logged 38 days 8 hours and 20 minutes in outer space. <mask> retired on May 1, 2006, to pursue private interests, including service as a board member of USAA. Early life
<mask> was born in Elmira, New York. Her parents were James E. and <mask>.According to a speech she gave when she was inducted into the Irish American 2016 Hall of Fame, her ancestors came to America in the mid-1800s, settling in Pennsylvania and Elmira, New York. She has three siblings. As a child, she participated in Girl Scouts, and expressed an interest both in space flight and in being a pilot. After graduating from Elmira Free Academy in 1974, <mask> attended Corning Community College where she earned an associate degree in mathematics/science in 1976. She graduated from Syracuse University in 1978 with a bachelor of arts in mathematics and economics, then earned a master of science degree in operations research from Stanford University in 1986, and a master of arts degree in space systems management from Webster University in 1989. Air Force career
Following graduation from Syracuse, she was one of four women chosen for Undergraduate Pilot Training at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. After earning her pilot wings, she stayed on at Vance for three years as a T-38 Talon instructor pilot before transitioning to the C-141 Starlifter at Travis Air Force Base, California.From 1986 to 1989, she was assigned to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, where she was an assistant professor in mathematics and a T-41 instructor pilot. In 1989, <mask> became the second female pilot to attend the U.S.

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 Air Force Test Pilot School and graduated with class 89B. She was selected for the astronaut program in 1990. <mask> married pilot Pat Youngs in 1987; they have two children. Astronaut

<mask> was selected to be an astronaut in 1990 and first flew the Space Shuttle as pilot in 1995 aboard STS-63, which involved a rendezvous between Discovery and the Russian space station Mir. In recognition of her achievement as the first female Shuttle Pilot, she received the Harmon Trophy. She was also the pilot for STS-84 in 1997.<mask> was also the first female commander of a U.S. Spacecraft with Shuttle mission STS-93, launched in July 1999, which deployed the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. <mask> commanded STS-114, NASA's "return to flight" mission to test safety improvements and resupply the International Space Station (ISS). Asked if she felt even a twinge of fear after the loss of Columbia, Colonel <mask> replied "I would have to say no. I want to fly again. I am very mentally ready to go fly again." Then pausing, noting that she wanted to be precise, she added "I am mentally ready to go fly again when the shuttle is cleared to fly." The flight was launched on July 26, 2005, and returned on August 9, 2005.During STS-114, <mask> became the first astronaut to fly the Space Shuttle through a complete 360-degree pitch maneuver. This was necessary so astronauts aboard the ISS could take photographs of the Shuttle's belly, to ensure there was no threat from debris-related damage to the Shuttle upon reentry. On May 1, 2006, <mask> announced that she would leave NASA to spend more time with her family and pursue other interests. Since her retirement from NASA, she has made occasional public appearances as an analyst covering Shuttle launches and landings for CNN. Other activities
In May 2001, <mask> was the commencement speaker at the 148th commencement of

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 Syracuse University. On Feb 19th 2022, <mask> was the keynote speaker at the 6th annual Roger That!. Political activity

On July 20, 2016, <mask> addressed the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.It was speculated that she would be appointed NASA administrator under President Donald Trump. Awards and honors
<mask> has also received the Free Spirit Award, and the 2006 National Space Trophy, and has an astronomical observatory named in her honor—the Eileen M. Collins Observatory—run by Corning Community College. <mask> has been inducted into the  National Women's Hall Of Fame. She has also been recognized by Encyclopædia Britannica as one of the top 300 women in history who have changed the world. The main entrance boulevard to Syracuse Hancock International Airport is named in <mask>' honor. The New York State Legislature passed a resolution honoring her career on May 9, 2006. The resolution, which touches on the many highlights of <mask>'s career, reads, in part, "It is the sense of this Legislative Body to take note of and publicly acknowledge the significant milestones of those individuals from this noble Empire State who have distinguished themselves through their exemplary careers, pioneering spirit and purposeful lives."It was sponsored by State Senator George Winner in the State Senate and Assemblyman Thomas F. O'Mara in the Assembly. Elmira College awarded <mask> an honorary Doctor of Science degree at the college's 148th Commencement Ceremony on June 4, 2006. Previously <mask> received an honorary degree from another alma mater, Webster University, in 1996. In 2001, <mask> received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement. The Women's Board of the Adler Planetarium awarded <mask> their Women in Space Science Award on June 7, 2006. University College Dublin conferred on Colonel <mask> the honorary

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<mask> (born November 24, 1981) is an American businessman currently serving as the CEO of Jigsaw (formerly Google Ideas) and an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Previously, he served as a member of the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff and as an advisor to Condoleezza Rice and later Hillary Clinton. Initially brought in by Condoleezza Rice as a member of the Policy Planning Staff, he was one of a few staffers that stayed under Hillary Clinton. In this capacity, he focused on counter-terrorism, counter-radicalization, Middle East/South Asia, Internet freedom, and fostering opposition in repressive countries. According to The New York Times Magazine, right before his departure <mask> was one of the participating architects of what was labeled in 2010 as "21st century statecraft" along with Richard Boly and several foreign service officers in the Department of State's Office of eDiplomacy In 2013, <mask> was named by Time as one of its 100 most influential people. Early life and education
<mask> was born to a Jewish family in Weston, Connecticut. <mask> received a bachelor's degree from Stanford University in 2004.He majored in history and political science and minored in African studies. He subsequently earned a master's degree in international relations from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. Career
Before graduating college, <mask> pursued interests in government and in mass media. He was an intern at the U.S. State Department. U.S. State Department
Following his internship and graduation, <mask> served as a member of the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff from 2006 to 2010. He was 24 years of age. His service began after his internship under former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, during the Bush Administration.<mask> was one of the few members of Policy Planning kept on by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He played a role in helping shape counter-radicalization strategies and advised on US policy towards Iran and the Middle East. Beginning in April 2009, <mask> aided delegations focused on

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 connecting technology executives with local stakeholders in Iraq, Russia, Mexico, Congo, and Syria. In the midst of the June 2009 protests in Iran, <mask> sought to support the opposition in Iran. He contacted Twitter, requesting that the company not perform planned maintenance that would have temporarily shut down service in Iran, because the protestors were using Twitter to maintain contact with the outside world. According to The New Yorker Ryan Lizza, "The move violated Obama's rule of non-interference, and White House officials were furious." In an interview with Clinton, she "did not betray any disagreement with the President over Iran policy," but "cited <mask>'s move with pride."While serving on the Policy Planning Staff, <mask> became an advisor to Richard Holbrooke, who was the first Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. He took several trips with Holbrooke to Afghanistan, where he helped develop some of the early strategic communications strategies. <mask> was among the early adopters of social media in the U.S. government. In April 2010, <mask> had the third largest number of Twitter followers in the US government, behind Barack Obama and John McCain. By Sept 2013, he was not in the top 20. Google

<mask> left the State Department's Policy Planning staff on 2 September 2010. On 7 September 2010, <mask> became an adjunct senior fellow at The Council on Foreign Relations focusing on counter-radicalization.He was hired as the first director of Google Ideas, a new branch within Google, in mid-October 2010. With the creation of Alphabet, Google Ideas spun out into Jigsaw, which <mask> founded and now leads as CEO. Jigsaw is tasked with "invest[ing] in and build[ing] technology to address humanity's most intractable problems, from countering violent extremism to online censorship, to expand[ing] access to information for the world’s most vulnerable populations and to defend[ing] against the world’s most challenging security threats." According to a Fast Company article, "Jigsaw’s employees are a mix of engineers and researchers, who have built out a

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 portfolio of more than a dozen products." Wired wrote that "The New York–based think tank and tech incubator aims to build products that use Google's massive infrastructure and engineering muscle not to advance the best possibilities of the Internet but to fix the worst of it: surveillance, extremist indoctrination, censorship." According to a 2019 Vice Motherboard report, "Current and former Jigsaw employees describe a toxic workplace environment, mismanagement, poor leadership, HR complaints that haven't resulted in action, retaliation against employees who speak up, and a chronic failure to retain talent, particularly women engineers and researchers. Sources describe a place full of well-intentioned people who are undermined by their own leaders; an organization that, despite the breathless headlines it has garnered, has done little to actually make the internet any better."In a July 2012 email to members of Clinton's team <mask> reportedly sent to Clinton said: “My team is planning to launch a tool on Sunday that will publicly track and map the defections in Syria and which parts of the government they are coming from.”

Techno-democracy
According to the Washington Post's David Ignatius, the concept of "techno-democracy" was first articulated in detail in a November article in Foreign Affairs, which <mask> co-authored with Richard Fontaine. "The concept is anchored on the creation of a 'T-12' group of advanced democracies that would work together to compete with China on issues related to technology." Ignatius writes, "it has the strong backing of Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. Books

The New Digital Age
The New Digital Age: Re-shaping the Future of People, Nations and Business co-authored with Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, was a New York Times bestseller. The book considers the geopolitical future when 5 billion additional people come online, and the presumed terrorism, war, identity theft, conflict and altered relations between nations that the authors say will result. The book grew out of an article, "The

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Another critical review by Evgeny Morozov in The New Republic stated:

Accidental Presidents
Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America was written by <mask> in 2019 and is a New York Times Bestseller. According to the Guardian it is "a history of eight vice-presidents who stepped up when their president was removed by fate. It covers the assassinations everyone knows, Lincoln and Kennedy, those some may not, Garfield and McKinley, and what happened when presidents died from natural causes: Harrison, Taylor, Harding, Roosevelt." Early books
<mask>'s first book, One Hundred Days of Silence: America and the Rwanda Genocide, was published in 2006 by Rowman & Littlefield and chronicles U.S. policy toward Rwanda during the 1994 Genocide. His second book, Children of Jihad: A Young American's Travels Among the Youth of the Middle East, was published by Penguin Books (Gotham) in October 2007 and has also been published as an audio book and translated into Dutch and Italian. He and co-author Eric Schmidt published "The Dark Side of the Digital Revolution" in the Wall Street Journal in 2013, and a 2012 article for The Washington Post, entitled "Technology Can Be Harnessed to Fight Drug Cartels in Mexico," which grew out of a trip the two took to Ciudad Juárez. Other activities
<mask> has been involved in the Tribeca Film Festival, serving as a juror in multiple categories over a number of years.Personal
He is married to Rebecca Zubaty. References

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<mask>,  (; February 21, 1935 – January 10, 2009) was a Canadian politician who served as the 37th mayor of Quebec City, Chief of Staff in the Prime Minister's Office, and chairman of Via Rail. He was a leading organizer of the Liberal Party of Canada. Early career
Born in Chicoutimi, Quebec, the son of Burroughs and Marie (Desautels<mask>, <mask> was educated at the College des Jesuits in Quebec City and the Séminaire de Trois-Rivières. He studied social sciences at Laval University before working as a journalist with CFCM-TV in Quebec City in 1957. From 1958 to 1958, he was a correspondent with Télévision de Radio-Canada. In 1959, he was the press secretary for the Premier of Quebec, Paul Sauvé. From 1960 to 1962, he was the executive secretary for the Commission des Monuments Historiques de la Province de Québec, a society for the listing and preserving all buildings of historical interest in the province of Quebec.From 1963 to 1964, he was a Technical Advisor to the Secretary of the Province of Quebec. Moving into the private sector, he was a broker for Levesque & Beaubien from 1964 to 1970. From 1970 to 1973, he was a Vice President for Dumont Express. From 1973 to 1977, he was vice-president of Action Sociale Ltée. Political career
<mask> began his political career with the Union Nationale party, a conservative and nationalist party identifying with Quebec autonomism. He won a seat as a municipal councillor in Quebec City on December 1976. He was elected mayor in 1977, serving for twelve years and two more elections.During his tenure as mayor, from 1977–1989, he improved rail service into the city, was instrumental in reviving the Lower Town and in having it designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While mayor, <mask> also became friends with Paris mayor Jacques Chirac. The two worked closely together as part of the Association of Francophone Mayors (1979–89), where <mask> served as vice president. He successfully persuaded Chirac to keep quiet during the 1980 Quebec referendum, though Chirac personally supported an independent Quebec like General

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<mask> was a longtime close ally and friend of <mask>. They knew each other for years, having first met at boarding school while still youths.They attended law school at Laval University together and earned similar reputations as being aggressive. When Chrétien won the leadership in 1990, he was largely unpopular in Quebec, rocked by caucus defects, and indecisive in responding to the Oka standoff. The federal Liberals were disorganized, near bankruptcy, and dropped in the polls from 50 to 32 per cent. In order to reinvigorate his leadership and reorganized his chaotic office, Chrétien hired <mask> as his chief of staff, while Eddie Goldenberg continued as senior political adviser. <mask> ran unsuccessfully in a Quebec City riding during the 1993 election, which saw the party capture few seats in the province of Quebec outside of their federalist stronghold of Montreal. That campaign saw Chrétien become Prime Minister, and <mask> became his Chief of Staff, making him head of the Prime Minister's Office. Chrétien praised <mask> as Chief of Staff, saying "He ran a very tight–and tight-lipped–ship.... As a result, we didn't suffer from the public feuding, backbiting gossip, and anonymous leaks that had plagued other PMOs.Even those columnists and academics who were no fans of the Liberal Party had to concede that Pelletier's operation was among the most efficient and harmonious in memory, despite having been reduced from 120 to 80 employees as a cost-saving measure." Jeffrey Simpson, a columnist for The Globe and Mail, noted that "<mask> stayed away from the media. He seldom met with journalists, and when he did, he gave almost nothing away. He was courteous, refined, sometimes witty and usually non-informative." Pelletier persuaded two designates for Governor General, Roméo LeBlanc and Adrienne Clarkson, to marry their long-time partners, so they could be appointed as Canada's head of state. <mask> remained close friends with Jacques

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On May 4, 2001, Chrétien appointed <mask> chairman of Via Rail, a Crown corporation. Soon after, Chrétien promised an extra C$700 million to improve Via's service. On March 1, 2004, Pelletier and Via President Marc LeFrançois were fired by Prime Minister Paul Martin and Transport Minister Tony Valeri. Their dismissals were shortly after the Liberal Party became embroiled in the sponsorship scandal. <mask> was one of four Chrétien loyalists sacked from jobs at Crown corporations by Martin's government during the sponsorship scandal.Via was accused of skipping mandated procedures in order to hand out contracts to Liberal-friendly firms and individuals. <mask>, however, was not at Via for most of these occurrences, and the Martin government was accused of using an incident as an excuse to remove one of Chrétien's allies. Eddie Goldenberg said that Pelletier "was very hurt about being fired for saying something about Myriam Bédard without being asked for his side. The whole purpose [of firing him] had nothing to do with Ms. Bédard and everything to do with the fact that Mr. Martin didn't like him because he had worked for Mr. Chrétien". Paul Martin maintained that Pelletier was fired for remarks that he made to Montreal's La Presse newspaper attacking Olympic athlete Myriam Bédard. Talking about Bédard, who had held a marketing position at Via and had gone to the media with stories of corruption, <mask> said "I don't want to be mean, but this is a poor girl who deserves pity, who doesn't have a

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texts: spouse, as far as I know." He later reiterated that "She is struggling as a single mother with economic responsibilities.Deep down, I think she is pitiful." This caused an immediate media fracas and the remarks were widely condemned as sexist and out-of-touch by women's groups, sports groups and others. On March 30, 2004, <mask> sued Via and the federal government for C$3 million, for defamation and illegal dismissal. A federal court ruled that dismissal did not follow due process and ordered him reinstated in November 2005. Although he was reinstated, the government appealed the court ruling and kept him off the payroll. On December 22, 2005, he was fired a second time, this time after the government ensured that due process was followed. <mask> filed suit in Quebec Superior Court alleging wrongful dismissal; Transport Minister <mask>rre issued a written statement noting that the recent dismissal is effective immediately and that <mask> would not receive compensation due to his suit against the government.After the 2006 federal election, Reg Alcock, the outgoing President of the Treasury Board, did approve $40,000 to assist <mask> with legal fees in a court challenge against the Gomery Commission. Representatives of other parties criticized this payment, saying that the government should only cover legal costs for working civil servants. <mask>'s lawyer argued that it followed a long-standing government policy for high-ranking functionaries in judicial proceedings. A Federal Court justice ruled in March 2007 that the Martin government acted improperly in 2005 when it fired <mask> a second time, immediately after a court overturned his first dismissal as head of Via Rail. Justice Francois Lemieux ruled that then-Transport Minister <mask>, who fired <mask> the second time, was biased and failed to follow proper procedures. On November 22, 2007, Judge Hélène Langlois of Quebec Superior Court ruled that government of Prime Minister Paul Martin had acted in a "cavalier and precipitous" fashion when it fired Pelletier. Langloise stated, "that behaviour doesn't

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In 1985, <mask> was made a Member of the Order of Canada in recognition for having "played a pivotal role in many social, cultural and philanthropic organizations in the Old Capital". He was promoted to Officer in 2003 in recognition for having "dedicated his life to public service". In 1990, he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec. References

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<mask> was born at The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, and grew up in Richmond, Virginia. His parents are Harrison Benjamin <mask>, a lawyer, and <mask> (née Turner), a nurse director.He has an older brother, Harrison IV, and a younger sister, Anna. <mask> started playing football with his father and brother at the age of four, and played his first organized game for the Tuckahoe Tomahawks youth football team in sixth grade. <mask>'s great-great-grandfather was a slave to a Confederate colonel and was freed after the American Civil War. <mask>'s paternal grandfather, Harrison B<mask> Jr., was a former president of Norfolk State University who played football and basketball at Kentucky State University, and his paternal grandmother, Anna W<mask>, was on the faculty at Jackson State University. <mask>'s maternal grandfather was noted painter A. B. Jackson. According to genetic admixture analysis, <mask> is 62% African, 36% European, 1% West Asian, and 1% Central Asian.His European family lineage has been traced back to 524 A.D. to Saint Arnulf of Metz via Charlemagne. <mask>'s father played football and baseball at Dartmouth and was a wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers preseason squad in 1980. <mask>'s brother, Harry, played football and baseball at the University of Richmond, and his sister Anna plays basketball for Stanford. <mask>'s father died on June 9, 2010, at age 55 due to complications from diabetes, the day after <mask> was drafted

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<mask> attended Stone Bridge High School public high school for a semester before attending Collegiate School, a preparatory school in Richmond, Virginia. As a junior in 2005, he threw for 3,287 passing yards and 40 passing touchdowns and rushed for 634 rushing yards and 15 rushing touchdowns. He was named an all-district, all-region, and all-state player.<mask> was twice named the Richmond Times-Dispatch Player of the Year. As a senior, he threw for 3,009 passing yards, 34 passing touchdowns, and seven interceptions. In addition, he rushed for 1,132 yards and 18 touchdowns. That year, he was named an all-conference and all-state player as well as conference player of the year. He was featured in Sports Illustrated magazine for his performance in the state championship game win. <mask> also served as his senior class president. During his time in high school, <mask> attended the Manning Passing Academy, a summer football clinic run by multiple NFL MVP winner and eventual Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning.Due to this encounter, Manning recognized <mask> many years later when the latter had flown to Denver to discuss the prospect of getting drafted by the Denver Broncos, where Manning had recently signed. <mask> was also a member of the Collegiate School basketball and baseball teams. <mask> committed to North Carolina State University on July 23, 2006. He also received a football scholarship offer from Duke University. College football career

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In January 2011, <mask> announced that he would report to spring training with the Colorado Rockies organization.NC State head coach Tom O'Brien expressed reservations with <mask>'s decision, saying "<mask> and I have had very open conversations about his responsibilities respective to baseball and football. While I am certainly respectful of <mask>'s dedication to baseball these last several years, within those discussions I also communicated to him the importance of his time commitment to NC State football." O'Brien and his staff reached out to NFL coaches and general managers on <mask>'s behalf, but he failed to receive an invitation to the 2011 NFL Scouting Combine. On April 29, 2011, O'Brien announced that <mask> had been granted a release from his football scholarship with one year of eligibility remaining. Wisconsin

On June 27, 2011, Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema announced that <mask> had committed to Wisconsin for the 2011

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 season. In the season opener against UNLV, <mask> passed for 255 yards and two passing touchdowns in a 51–17 victory. He also rushed for 62 yards, including a 46-yard touchdown run.At the end of the regular season, <mask> was named first team All-Big Ten by both the coaches and media. He also won the Griese-Brees Big Ten Quarterback of the Year award. In the inaugural Big Ten Championship Game on December 3, <mask> threw for three touchdowns and led the Badgers to a 42–39 win over the Michigan State Spartans. <mask> was named the game's Grange-Griffin MVP. In December 2011, <mask> was named a third team All-American by Yahoo! Sports, and he finished ninth in the voting for the Heisman Trophy with 52 points. In the 2012 Rose Bowl against the Oregon Ducks on January 2, 2012, <mask> had 19 pass completions on 25 attempts for 296 yards, 18 rushing yards, and 3 touchdowns (2 passing, 1 rushing) as the Badgers lost by a score of 38–45.<mask> finished the season with 33 passing touchdowns, which set the single season record at Wisconsin and was the second-most in Big Ten history behind Drew Brees during the 1998 season at Purdue (39). <mask> also set the single season FBS record for passing efficiency (191.8). On January 28, 2012, <mask> completed his college football career at the 2012 Senior Bowl. Statistics

Professional football career
On January 16, 2012, <mask> began training for the NFL Scouting Combine at the IMG Madden Football Academy in Bradenton, Florida. Prior to the 2012 NFL Draft, <mask> had been projected by NFL scouts and analysts to be a middle-round pick. In February 2012, former NFL quarterback and

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<mask> was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the third round (picked 75th overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft, the sixth quarterback selected. The Seahawks received significant criticism for their selections in this draft, and for <mask> in particular, as they had just signed free agent Matt Flynn. Two weeks later, <mask> signed a four-year, $2.99 million contract with the Seahawks on May 7, 2012. He made his preseason debut against the Tennessee Titans on August 11, 2012 and had his first preseason start on August 24 against the Kansas City Chiefs. Two days later on August 26, 2012, <mask> was named the starting quarterback for the first regular season game after competing with Matt Flynn and Tarvaris Jackson for the position.On September 9, 2012, <mask> made his regular season debut in a 20–16 road loss to the Arizona Cardinals. He had 18 completions on 34 passing attempts for 153 yards, one passing touchdown, and one interception. In the third regular season game on Monday night, the Seahawks won 14–12 over the Green Bay Packers on a controversial Hail Mary touchdown pass to Golden Tate. The contentious nature of the replacement officials' decision on the play was widely considered to have been the tipping point that led to an agreement being reached to end the referee lockout. <mask> earned the

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<mask>'s Seahawks opened the 2013 season with the first 4–0 start in franchise history, before losing to the Indianapolis Colts in Week 5. The Seahawks then went on a 7-game winning streak, including a 41–20 victory over the Minnesota Vikings where he posted a career-high 151.4 passer rating and culminating in a 34–7 victory over the Saints in Week 13 in which <mask> threw three touchdown passes and earned his second NFC Offensive Player of the Week award. Over the next three weeks, the Seahawks suffered divisional losses to the San Francisco 49ers and Arizona Cardinals (the loss to the Cardinals was <mask>'s first home loss), but defeated the Rams in Week 17 to finish the season with a 13–3 record, the NFC West title, and the No. 1 seed in the playoffs.<mask> finished the season with 26 touchdown passes, 9 interceptions, and a 101.2 passer rating, becoming the first quarterback in the Super Bowl era to post a 100+ passer rating in each of his first two seasons. <mask> was named to his second Pro Bowl on December 27, 2013. In the Divisional Round, the Seahawks defeated the New Orleans Saints by a score of 23–15. On


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On September 21, 2014, <mask> led the Seahawks on an 80-yard touchdown drive in overtime to defeat the Denver Broncos, 26–20, in a Week 3 rematch of the previous season's Super Bowl. On October 6, 2014, against the Washington Redskins, <mask> set a new Monday Night Football record for rushing yards by a quarterback in a single game with 122. The Seahawks clinched a playoff spot in Week 16 when the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Indianapolis Colts by a score of  42–7, eliminating the Philadelphia Eagles from postseason contention and allowing the Seahawks to clinch before their Sunday Night Football matchup. On December 21, 2014, <mask> went 20-of-31 and threw for a then-career-high 339 yards with two touchdown passes and a rushing touchdown against the Arizona Cardinals in a primetime matchup on Sunday Night Football. <mask> also led the offense in gaining 596 yards, setting a franchise record for most yards gained in a game. The Cardinals had the


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On July 31, 2015, the Seahawks and <mask> agreed to a 4-year, $87.6 million contract extension, making him, at the time, the second-highest-paid player in the NFL. In the first nine games of the season, <mask> threw 10 touchdown passes and seven interceptions.Over the next five games, <mask> threw 19 touchdowns and no interceptions, becoming the only quarterback in NFL history to throw 3+ touchdown passes and no interceptions in five consecutive games. After a 2–4 start to the season, <mask> led the Seahawks to win seven of their next eight games and clinch a fourth consecutive playoff appearance in their Week 15 win over the Cleveland Browns. His strong performance over the second half of the season, even after losing star running back Marshawn Lynch and


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 a solid 2016 season with <mask> at the helm. However, <mask> drew two minor injuries: his ankle during Week 1 against the Miami Dolphins after getting stepped on by defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh, and his left knee against the San Francisco 49ers during Week 3 after a takedown by linebacker Eli Harold. The injuries hampered <mask>'s trademark mobility, and many speculated that he would be rested in order to properly recover. Regardless, <mask> started all 16 games in the season. On November 20, against the Philadelphia Eagles, he had a 15-yard touchdown reception on a pass from Doug Baldwin on a trick play.<mask> also played the worst game of his career in 2016, throwing 5 interceptions in a 38–10 loss to the Green Bay Packers during Week 14. The team finished with a 10–5–1 record and won the NFC West. <mask> put together a season where he recorded a career-high 4,219 passing yards, 21 passing touchdowns, 259 rushing yards, and one rushing touchdown. The Seahawks made the playoffs, where they defeated the Detroit Lions in the Wild Card Round. The win gave <mask> his eighth playoff victory. However, they fell to the eventual NFC champion Atlanta Falcons in the Divisional Round at the Georgia Dome. As of 2022, this is the only season where <mask> did not earn a Pro Bowl selection.He was ranked 24th by his peers on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2017. 2017

On September 5, 2017, <mask> was voted Seahawks offensive captain for the fifth consecutive season. In Week 3, in a 33–27 loss to the Tennessee Titans, he was 29 of 49 for 373 passing yards and four passing touchdowns. In Week 8 against the Houston Texans, <mask>

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 posted an astounding performance, going 26 of 41 for a career-high 452 passing yards and four touchdowns in a matchup where both he and Deshaun Watson each threw over 400 yards. <mask> also rushed for 30 yards, totaling 482 yards of offense in the 41–38 victory. With his strong performance, <mask> earned NFC Offensive Player of the Week. On December 21, 2017, the Seahawks were fined $100,000 for failure to properly apply the concussion protocol on a hit <mask> sustained during the Week 10 win over the Arizona Cardinals.In Week 12, with the win over San Francisco, <mask> became the winningest quarterback in a player's first six seasons with 63 wins, surpassing Joe Flacco. Next week, with his 15-yard touchdown throw to running back J. D. McKissic, the third of his game, <mask> tied Eli Manning in 2011 for the most fourth quarter touchdowns in a single season with 15. He went 20 for 31 for 227 yards and three touchdowns in that game, earning him NFC Offensive Player of the Week. On December 19, 2017, <mask> was named to his fourth Pro Bowl. The Seahawks ended the season with nine wins, ending <mask>'s streak of five consecutive seasons with double-digit wins and a playoff appearance. He threw for 34 touchdown passes, finishing the season as the league's leader in touchdowns thrown. With 586 rushing yards and three touchdowns, he also finished the season as the team's leading rusher in both categories.<mask> was ranked 11th by his peers on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2018. 2018

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texts: Richard Sherman, and having star safety Earl Thomas injured in the beginning of the regular season, many considered the team a long shot to return to the playoffs. In addition to dealing with a re-tooled roster, <mask> also had a new offensive coordinator in Brian Schottenheimer, who replaced Darrell Bevell. <mask> was once again named as a captain for the Seahawks going into the 2018 season. He started the season with 298 passing yards, three touchdowns, and two interceptions in a 27–24 loss to the Denver Broncos in Week 1. In Week 3, against the Dallas Cowboys, he helped lead the Seahawks to their first victory of the season with 192 passing yards and two touchdowns. In Weeks 5–8, against the Los Angeles Rams, Oakland Raiders, and Detroit Lions, he had three consecutive games with three passing touchdowns.In Week 13, against the San Francisco 49ers, he had 185 passing yards and four touchdowns in the 43–16 victory. In Week 16, the Seahawks faced off against the top-seeded Kansas City Chiefs on NBC Sunday Night Football. <mask> out-dueled the season's eventual MVP Patrick Mahomes to lead the team to a 38–31 victory. This not only ensured another winning season for the Seahawks, but also defied early-season expectations by returning to the post-season after a one-year absence. <mask> finished the season with 35 touchdowns and a 110.9 passer rating, both personal and franchise bests. He also set career franchise records with most quarterback regular-season wins (75) and most touchdowns (196). as the No.5-seed in the NFC, the Seahawks faced off against the Dallas Cowboys in the Wild Card Round. <mask> passed for 233


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On April 16, 2019, <mask> signed a four-year, $140 million contract extension to remain with the Seahawks through the 2023 season, making him the highest paid player in the NFL. In Week 2 against the Pittsburgh Steelers, <mask> threw for 300 yards and three touchdowns as the Seahawks won 28–26, earning him NFC Offensive Player of the Week. In Week 3 against the New Orleans Saints, <mask> completed 32 passes for 406 yards and two passing touchdowns. In addition, he rushed seven times for 51 yards and two rushing touchdowns in the 33–27 loss.In Week 5 against the Los Angeles Rams, <mask> threw for 268 yards and four touchdowns in the 30–29 win on Thursday Night Football. The next week, in a 32–28 victory over the Cleveland Browns, he had 295 passing yards and two passing touchdowns. In Week 9 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, <mask> threw for 378 yards and five touchdowns in the 40–34 overtime win, taking over the league lead in touchdowns and quarterback rating. He was named NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance. In Week 10 against the then-undefeated San Francisco 49ers on Monday Night Football, <mask> threw for 232 yards, one touchdown, one interception and led the Seahawks to a 27–24 overtime win. <mask> finished the 2019 season with 4,110 passing yards, 31 passing touchdowns, and five interceptions to go along with 75 carries for 342 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns as the Seahawks finished with


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<mask> started off the 2020 season going 31 of 35 for 322 passing yards and four passing touchdowns in the 38–25 victory over the Atlanta Falcons. He was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in Week 1.In Week 2, against the New England Patriots on NBC Sunday Night Football, he had 288 passing yards, five passing touchdowns, and one interception in the 35–30 victory. <mask> continued his great start to the season with 315 passing yards and five touchdowns in the 38–31 victory over the Dallas Cowboys. <mask> set an NFL record most passing touchdowns through three games with 14. He was again named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in Week 3. On October 1, 2020, <mask> was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Month for his performance in September. In Week 4,


texts: <mask> passed for 360 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception in the 31–23 victory over the Miami Dolphins. In Week 5 against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday Night Football, <mask> threw for 217 yards and three touchdowns, including the game-winning six-yard touchdown pass to DK Metcalf with 14 seconds left in the game, during the 27–26 win.This win was his 100th win in 148 total games as starting quarterback for the Seahawks. In Week 7 against the Arizona Cardinals, <mask> completed 33 of 50 passes for 388 yards and three touchdowns, plus rushed 6 times for 48 yards, but threw three interceptions including a costly one to Isaiah Simmons with one minute left in overtime as the Seahawks lost 37–34. In Week 8 against the San Francisco 49ers, he threw for 261 yards and four passing touchdowns in the 37–27 victory. In Week 9, against the Buffalo Bills, he had 390 passing yards, two passing touchdowns, and two interceptions to go along with a rushing touchdown in the 44–34 loss, with the 44 points the Buffalo Bills scored becoming the highest number of points allowed in the Pete Carroll era. In Week 14 against the New York Jets, <mask> threw for 206 yards, four touchdowns, and one interception during the 40–3 win. In the Week 17 season finale against the San Francisco 49ers, <mask> threw for 20 of 36 for 181 yards and 2 touchdowns and also rushed for 29 yards in the 26–23 victory. Overall, <mask> finished the 2020 season with 4,212 passing yards, 40 touchdowns, and 13 interceptions.<mask> broke his own franchise record for passing touchdowns in a single season with his efforts in 2020. In the Wild Card Round, <mask>


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During the Seahawks Week 5 loss to the Los Angeles Rams, <mask> left the game after suffering a broken finger in the third quarter. He had surgery to repair the injury on October 8, 2021. On October 15, 2021, he was ruled out for the Seahawks' Week 6 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.It was the first game he missed in his career, which ended a streak of 149 consecutive games started by an NFL quarterback, which is sixth all-time. He was placed on injured reserved later that same day, ensuring he would miss the next three games at minimum. He was activated off injured reserve November 12. The Orioles considered <mask> a talent worthy of the first ten rounds and offered him a $350,000 signing bonus, the third-largest they offered a draftee that year after Matt Wieters ($6 million) and Jake Arrieta ($1.1 million). <mask> instead elected to attend NC State that fall. In a 2008 interview, <mask> said, "I was leaning towards [entering the draft], but a college education is something you'll always have." College baseball
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On June 8, 2010, <mask> was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the fourth round (140th pick overall) of the 2010 MLB draft. That summer he played 32 games as a second baseman for the Tri-City Dust Devils, the Class A Short Season affiliate of the Rockies in the Northwest League. He finished the season with two home runs, 11 RBIs, and a .230 batting average. In the summer of 2011, <mask> played 61 games with the Asheville Tourists, the Class A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies in the South Atlantic League. He hit three home runs with 15 RBIs and a .228 batting average. In January 2012, <mask> informed the Rockies that he would be pursuing a career in the NFL and would not report to spring training for the 2012 season.On December 12, 2013, <mask> was acquired from the Rockies by the Texas Rangers in the Triple-A phase of the Rule 5 draft. <mask> attended Rangers spring training in Surprise, Arizona in 2014 and 2015. On February 7, 2018, <mask> was traded from the Rangers to the New York Yankees and assigned to the Yankees' Double-A affiliate, the Trenton Thunder. <mask> grew up as a Yankees fan and promised his late father that he would one day wear the Yankees uniform. On March 2, <mask> pinch-hit for Aaron Judge in the fifth inning against the Atlanta Braves, his first appearance in a professional baseball game since 2011. He struck out on five pitches from Braves pitcher Max Fried. Business


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On April 26, 2012, <mask> announced he had chosen French/West/Vaughan as his marketing, public relations, and endorsements agency.Since being named the starting quarterback of the Seahawks in August 2012, <mask> has appeared in advertisements for Levi's, American Family Insurance, Pepsi, Nike, Alaska Airlines, Microsoft, Duracell, Braun, Bose, United Way, and Larson Automotive Group. In 2014, <mask> became part-owner and endorser of Eat the Ball, a European bread company. In 2015, he began endorsing Luvo, a frozen food company, and Reliant Recovery Water. On February 29, 2016, <mask> launched Good Man Brand, a clothing line which he co-founded. In August 2016, it was announced that <mask> Press to open the company's first Seattle franchise. On November 14, 2016, <mask> announced he had joined Chris Hansen, Wally Walker, and Erik and Pete Nordstrom as partners in the investment group working to bring a new sports arena to Seattle's SoDo neighborhood for potential NBA and NHL teams. <mask> in 2017 founded a fan network platform to connect fans with celebrities called TraceMe.TraceMe launched its public beta on September 8, 2017, and announced $9 million in Series A funding with investors including Jeff Bezos' Bezos Expeditions, Alibaba co-founder Joe Tsai and YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley. On November 20, 2017, football helmet manufacturer VICIS announced a $7 million investment round which included <mask> as an investor. In June 2018, <mask> and his wife Ciara announced they were joining an effort to bring a Major League Baseball franchise to Portland, Oregon. In July 2018, <mask> became an

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<mask> has appeared on the cover of several magazines including Sports Illustrated, Sports Illustrated Kids, Rolling Stone, ESPN The Magazine, Men's Fitness, and Men's Health. Rapper Eminem mentions <mask> in his 2013 song, "The Monster":

<mask> has appeared on Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Charlie Rose, and in the 2015 film Entourage. He also hosted the 2015, 2016, and 2017 Kids' Choice Sports on Nickelodeon

<mask> was the keynote speaker for the 2016 commencement ceremony at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.Personal and academic life
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<mask> is an active volunteer in the Seattle community. During the NFL season, <mask> makes weekly visits on his days off to the Seattle Children's Hospital, and has also visited with soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. In the offseason, <mask> hosts the Russell Wilson Passing Academy, a youth football camp, in several cities. In 2012, proceeds from the camp went to the Charles Ray III Diabetes Association, for which <mask> is the National Ambassador. In 2013 and 2014, <mask> partnered with Russell Investments for its "Invested with Russell" program, which donated $3,000 to <mask>'s charitable foundation for every touchdown he scored.<mask> co-hosts an annual

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 List of NCAA Division I FBS career passing touchdowns leaders
 List of NCAA major college football yearly passing leaders
 List of Seattle Seahawks starting quarterbacks
 List of Super Bowl starting quarterbacks
 List of NFL quarterbacks who have posted a perfect passer rating
 List of National Football League annual passing touchdowns leaders

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Seattle Seahawks bio
NC State Wolfpack bio
Wisconsin Badgers bio

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African-American baseball players
African-American Christians
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Players of American football from Seattle
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 appointed as manager of Newcastle United in March 2016 in an attempt to save the club from relegation. He was unable to avoid relegation, but earned promotion back to the Premier League the following year, winning the Championship. He left the club in June 2019 and the following month was appointed manager of Chinese Super League club Dalian Professional. He left the club by mutual consent in January 2021 before taking over as manager at Everton in June. He was dismissed in January 2022 after a run where Everton lost 9 out of 13 games.Early career
Benítez passed through the playing ranks as a midfielder for both Real Madrid Aficionados in the Tercera División and Castilla CF in the Segunda División. He also enrolled as a student at INEF, the sports faculty at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and in 1982 he obtained a degree in physical education. In 1979, <mask> was selected to play for the Spain Youth U-19s at the World Student Games in Mexico City and he scored a penalty in the opening game, a 10–0 win against Cuba. In the next game, a 0–0 draw against Canada, he was injured in a hard tackle. The injury saw him sidelined for a year and hampered his chances of becoming a major player. In 1981, <mask> joined Tercera División side Parla. Initially, he joined Parla on loan, but eventually signed for them permanently and helped them gain promotion to Segunda División B.He also played a further three games for the Spain Universities XI. In 1985, he signed for Segunda División B club Linares and under Enrique Mateos, he served as a player/coach. Further injury problems saw him miss almost the entire 1985–86 season and he subsequently retired as a player. Managerial career

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In 1986, at the age of 26, Benítez returned to Real Madrid to join the club's coaching staff. At the start of the 1986–87 season, he was appointed coach of Castilla B. With this team, he won two league titles in 1987 and 1989. He won a third league title with Real Madrid Youth B in 1990.Halfway through the 1990–91 season he succeeded José Antonio Camacho as the

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 coach of Real Madrid' under-19 club. With the team, he won the Spain Under 19s Cup in 1991 and 1993, defeating Barcelona in both finals. In 1993, the team completed a double when they also won the national under-19 league. While at Real, Benítez also gained his coaching certificate in 1989 and in the summer of 1990 taught at a football camp at the University of California in Davis, California. During the 1992–93 season, Benítez also worked as an assistant coach to Mariano García Remón at Real Madrid B. After his success with the U19s, Benítez then succeeded García Remón at the start of the 1993–94 season. Real Madrid B were then playing in the Segunda División and on 4 September 1993, he made his debut as a Segunda División manager with a 3–1 over Hércules.In March 1994, he became assistant manager to Vicente del Bosque with the senior Real Madrid team before returning to coach Real Madrid B for the 1994–95 season. Early coaching
The first attempts by Benítez at senior management away from the Real Madrid fold were less than successful. He was appointed manager of Real Valladolid for the 1995–96 season, but was dismissed after only two wins in 23 games with the club bottom of La Liga. During the 1996–97 season, Benítez took charge at Osasuna in the Segunda División, but after only nine games and one win, he was dismissed. He did, however, meet the fitness instructor Pako Ayestarán at the club, and went on to form a partnership with him at several clubs for the next decade. In 1997, he joined another Segunda División side, Extremadura, and this time led them to promotion, finishing second in the table behind Alavés after winning 23 out of 42 games. Extremadura only survived one season in La Liga, however, and were relegated in 1999 after finishing 17th and losing a play-off to Rayo Vallecano.<mask> subsequently quit Extremadura and took a year off from football to study in England and Italy. He also worked as a commentator/analyst for Eurosport, Marca, El Mundo and local Madrid TV. In 2000, he was appointed manager of Tenerife of the Segunda División and


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2001–04: Twice Spanish champions and UEFA Cup winners
In 2001, <mask> was appointed coach of Valencia, replacing Héctor Cúper. The club had previously approached Javier Irureta, Mané and Luis Aragonés and had been turned down by all three. However, Club Director Javier Subirats recognised the potential of Benítez and campaigned for his appointment. According to Santiago Cañizares, the squad was initially surprised but they were immediately won over by his modesty as he presented himself as quoted: "You come from the Champions League final and I come from Segunda División, but humbly I think I have tools to make you improve".Valencia fans also were soon won over by <mask> after he introduced a more attacking style of play than his predecessor, Cúper. He also brought in both Mista from his former club and Francisco Rufete from Málaga, with Mista going on to become top goalscorer for Valencia with 19 goals in the 2003–04 season. In 2002, these tactics saw Benítez lead Valencia to their first La Liga title in 31 years, winning it by a seven-point margin over second-placed Deportivo La Coruña. However, the following 2002–03 season was a disappointing one; the club failed to follow up on their title success, finishing 18 points behind champions Real Madrid, and missed out on the top four by a single point. The season also saw Benítez make his debut in the Champions League, where his side reached the quarter-finals, losing to Inter Milan. In 2003–04 season, Valencia won La Liga with three games to spare and beat Marseille 2–0 in the UEFA Cup final. Despite this success, Benítez fell out with Jesús García Pitarch, the club's director of football, over control of new signings and the club's failure to reinforce the squad with the players he wanted.He said, "I was hoping for a sofa [a defender] and they've brought me a lamp [Fabián Canobbio]," in reference to the positions he wanted to be