Asal-usul ADIDAS

adidas-Salomon AG, juga dikenal sebagai adidas, adalah sebuah perusahaan sepatu Jerman. Perusahaan ini dinamakan atas pendirinya, Adolf (Adi) Dassler, yang mulai memproduksi sepatu pada 1920-an di Herzogenaurach dekat Nuremberg. Rancangan baju dan sepatu perusahaan ini biasanya termasuk tiga strip paralel dengan warna yang sama, dan motif yang sama digunakan sebagai logo resmi adidas.
Rudolf Dassler, adik Adi, mendirikan perusahaan saingan, Puma.
Pada Agustus 2005, adidas mengakuisi rivalnya, Reebok, dalam upaya memperketat persaingan dengan Nike.


Selama lebih dari 80 tahun lamanya grup Adidas telah menjadi bagian dari dunia olahraga di segala bidangnya dengan menawarkan sepatu, pakaian serta beragam aksesori pelengkap olahraga yang bernilai seni pada setiap produknya. Sekarang, grup Adidas telah mengglobalisasi dan menguasai di bidang industri produk olahraga dan menawarkan portfolio yang begitu luas dari segi produk di seluruh dunia. Strategi grup Adidas sangatlah simpel: memperkuat bran secara terus menerus dan mengimprovisasi posisi kompetitif serta keuangan mereka. Aktivitas perusahaan dan lebih dari 150 cabangnya dipantau langsung oleh pemimpin grup di Herzogenaurach, Jerman. Tertanggal 31 Desember 2009, grup Adidas tercatat mempekerjakan sebanyak 38.982 orang selama setahun penuh.

All about FC Real Madrid

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (Spanish pronunciation: [reˈal maˈðɾið ˈkluβ ðe ˈfutβol] Royal Madrid Football Club), commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the most successful club in Spanish football in terms of international and overall trophies^[3], and was voted by FIFA as the most successful football club of the 20th century, having won a record 31 La Liga titles, 18 Spanish "Copa del Rey" Cups, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la Liga, a record 9 UEFA Champions Leagues, 2 UEFA Cups, 1 UEFA Super Cup and 3 Intercontinental Cups.
Real Madrid was a founding member of FIFA and the now-defunct G-14 group of Europe's leading football clubs as well as its replacement, the European Club Association. The word "Real" in the club's name is the Spanish term for "royal", and was given by the King Alfonso XIII in 1920 together with the royal crown in the emblem – several other Spanish football teams also received this royal distinction: Real Sociedad, Real Unión de Irún, Real Betis, and Real Zaragoza.
Founded in 1902, Real Madrid has never been relegated from La Liga, the top league of Spanish football. The club established itself as a major force in both Spanish and European football during the 1950s. In the 1980s, the club had one of the best teams (known as La Quinta del Buitre) in Spain and Europe, winning two UEFA Cups, five consecutive Spanish championships, one Spanish Cup and three Spanish Super Cups.
The team's traditional home kit colour is white, although it originally adopted a blue oblique stripe on the shirt. Its crest has been changed several times to modernise or re-brand it. The current crest is a modified version of the one first adopted in the 1920s. Real Madrid's home ground is the 80,354-seater Santiago Bernabéu football stadium in downtown Madrid, where it has played since 1947. The Bernabéu was the venue for the European cup (or UEFA Champions League) finals of 1957, 1969, 1980 and 2010.
Real Madrid holds long-standing rivalries with other football clubs, most notably FC Barcelona, with matches between the two teams referred to as "el Clásico". Unlike most European football clubs, Real Madrid's members (socios) have owned and operated the club since its inception. The club is the world's richest football club (€438.6m) in terms of revenue^[4] and the second most valuable worth over €1.4mld in 2011.^[5]

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• 1 History
  • 1.1 Early years (1902–1945)
  • 1.2 Santiago Bernabéu Yeste and European success (1945–1978)
  • 1.3 Quinta del Buitre and seventh European Cup (1980s–2000)
  • 1.4 Los Galácticos, Calderón and second Pérez era (2000–present)
• 2 Crest and shirt
• 3 Stadiums
• 4 Statistics and records
• 5 Support
  • 5.1 El Clásico
  • 5.2 El Derbi madrileño
• 6 Finances and ownership
• 7 Popular culture
• 8 Players
  • 8.1 First-team squad
  • 8.2 Out on loan
• 9 Personnel
  • 9.1 Current technical staff
• 10 Management
• 11 Honours
  • 11.1 Domestic competitions
  • 11.2 European competitions
  • 11.3 Worldwide competitions
• 12 See also
• 13 References
• 14 Further reading
• 15 External links

It's our history, "The World War II"

World War II, or the Second World War^[1] (often abbreviated as WWII or WW2), was a global military conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, which involved most of the world's nations, including all of the great powers: eventually forming two opposing military alliances, the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, with more than 100 million military personnel mobilised. In a state of "total war," the major participants placed their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities at the service of the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Marked by significant events involving the mass death of civilians, including the Holocaust and the only use of nuclear weapons in warfare, it was the deadliest conflict in human history,^[2] resulting in 50 million to over 70 million fatalities.
The war is generally accepted to have begun on 1 September 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany, and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France and most of the countries of the British Empire and Commonwealth. Germany set out to establish a large empire in Europe. From late 1939 to early 1941, in a series of campaigns and treaties, Germany conquered or subdued much of continental Europe; amid Nazi-Soviet agreements, the nominally neutral Soviet Union fully or partially occupied and annexed territories of its six European neighbours. Britain and the Commonwealth remained the only major force continuing the fight against the Axis in North Africa and in extensive naval warfare. In June 1941, the European Axis launched an invasion of the Soviet Union, giving a start to the largest land theatre of war in history, which, from that moment on, tied down the major part of the Axis military power. In December 1941, Japan, which had been at war with China since 1937,^[3] and aimed to dominate Asia, attacked the United States and European possessions in the Pacific Ocean, quickly conquering much of the region.
The Axis advance was stopped in 1942 after the defeat of Japan in a series of naval battles and after defeats of European Axis troops in North Africa and, decisively, at Stalingrad. In 1943, with a series of German defeats in Eastern Europe, the Allied invasion of Fascist Italy, and American victories in the Pacific, the Axis lost the initiative and undertook strategic retreat on all fronts. In 1944, the Western Allies invaded France, while the Soviet Union regained all territorial losses and invaded Germany and its allies.
The war in Europe ended with the capture of Berlin by Soviet and Polish troops and the subsequent German unconditional surrender on 8 May 1945. The Japanese Navy was defeated by the United States, and invasion of the Japanese Archipelago ("Home Islands") became imminent. The war in Asia ended on 15 August 1945 when Japan agreed to surrender.
The war ended with the total victory of the Allies over Germany and Japan in 1945. World War II altered the political alignment and social structure of the world. The United Nations (UN) was established to foster international cooperation and prevent future conflicts. The Soviet Union and the United States emerged as rival superpowers, setting the stage for the Cold War, which lasted for the next 46 years. Meanwhile, the influence of European great powers started to decline, while the decolonisation of Asia and Africa began. Most countries whose industries had been damaged moved towards economic recovery. Political integration, especially in Europe, emerged as an effort to stabilise postwar relations.

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• 1 Chronology
• 2 Background
• 3 Pre-war events
  • 3.1 Invasion of Ethiopia
  • 3.2 Spanish Civil War
  • 3.3 Japanese invasion of China
  • 3.4 Japanese invasion of the Soviet Union and Mongolia
  • 3.5 European occupations and agreements
• 4 Course of the war
  
  • 4.1 War breaks out in Europe
  • 4.2 Axis advances
  • 4.3 The war becomes global
  • 4.4 Axis advance stalls
  • 4.5 Allies gain momentum
  • 4.6 Allies close in
  • 4.7 Axis collapse, Allied victory
• 5 Aftermath
• 6 Impact
  • 6.1 Casualties and war crimes
  • 6.2 Concentration camps and slave work
  • 6.3 Home fronts and production
  • 6.4 Occupation
  • 6.5 Advances in technology and warfare
• 7 See also
• 8 Notes
• 9 References
• 10 Further reading
• 11 External links

All about FC Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona (Catalan pronunciation: [fubˈbɔɫ ˈkɫub bərsəˈɫonə] ( listen), English: Football Club Barcelona), also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça,^[2] is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
They are the current European and Spanish football champions, and the most successful club in Spanish football in terms of domestic and overall trophies,^[3] having won 21 La Liga, 25 Copa del Rey, 10 Supercopa de España, 3 Copa Eva Duarte^[4] and 2 Copa de la Liga trophies, as well as being the record holder for the latter four competitions. It is also one of the most successful clubs in European and international club football, having won four UEFA Champions League, a record four UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, four UEFA Super Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup trophies.^[5] They also won a record three Inter-Cities Fairs Cup trophies, considered the predecessor to the UEFA Cup.^[6]
It is the only European club to have played continental football every season since 1955, and one of the only three clubs to have never been relegated from La Liga, along with Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid. In 2009, Barcelona became the first club in Spain to win the treble consisting of La Liga, Copa del Rey, and the Champions League. That same year, it also became the first football club ever to win six out of six competitions in a single year, thus completing the sextuple, comprising the aforementioned treble and the Spanish Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.
Founded as Foot-Ball Club Barcelona in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English and Catalan footballers led by Joan Gamper, the club has become a symbol of Catalan culture and Catalanism, hence the motto "Més que un club" (English: More than a club). The official Barça anthem is the "Cant del Barça" written by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs.^[7] Unlike many other football clubs, the supporters own and operate Barcelona. It is the world's second richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €398 million. The club holds a long-standing rivalry with Real Madrid, and matches between the two teams are referred to as "El Clásico".

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• 1 History
  • 1.1 Birth of FC Barcelona (1899–1922)
  • 1.2 Rivera, Republic and Civil War (1923–1957)
  • 1.3 Club de Fútbol Barcelona (1957–1978)
  • 1.4 Núñez and the stabilisation years (1978–2000)
  • 1.5 Exit Núñez, enter Laporta (2000–2008)
  • 1.6 The Guardiola Era (2008–)
• 2 Support
  • 2.1 El Clásico
  • 2.2 El derbi Barceloní
• 3 Finances and ownership
• 4 Records
• 5 Crest and shirt
• 6 Stadiums
• 7 Honours
  • 7.1 Domestic
    • 7.1.1 League
    • 7.1.2 Cups
  • 7.2 European
  • 7.3 Worldwide
• 8 Current squad
  • 8.1 Out on loan

FC Barcelona - juga dikenal sebagai Barça, adalah sebuah klub olahraga di Barcelona, Katalonia, Spanyol yang mempunyai klub-klub dalam beberapa cabang olahraga, namun yang paling terkenal adalah sepak bola.
Didirikan pada 1899 oleh 12 pemain sepak bola berasal dari Swiss, Inggris, dan Spanyol dibawah pimpinan Joan Gamper. FC Barcelona memiliki motto "Barca bukan hanya sekedar klub" (El Barça, és més que un club) serta memiliki himne yang berjudul "El Cant del Barca" yang diciptakan oleh Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs. Tidak seperti klub sepak bola pada umumnya, FC Barcelona benar-benar milik dan dioperasikan oleh para suporternya. Stadion utamanya berada di Camp Nou, Barcelona.
Klub ini masuk menjadi peserta Primera División (Divisi Utama) sejak tahun 1928, dan bersama-sama Real Madrid dan Athletic Bilbao menjadi tim yang tak pernah terdegradasi ke Segunda División (Divisi Dua). Klub ini juga menjadi klub yang menjuarai liga Spanyol pertama kali. Dengan persembahan 21 gelar Liga Spanyol, 25 gelar Copa del Rey, 10 gelar Piala Super Spanyol, 4 gelar Liga Champions Eropa, 4 gelar Piala UEFA, 4 gelar Piala Super Eropa, FC Barcelona menjadi salah satu tim tersukses di Spanyol, Eropa, dan dunia. Bukti paling nyata ketika pada tahun 2009 FC Barcelona berhasil menjadi klub Spanyol pertama yang berhasil meraih gelar Treble (juara La Liga, Copa del Rey, dan Liga Champions). Dilanjutkan dengan raihan gelar Piala Super Spanyol, Piala Super Eropa dan FIFA Club World Cup untuk melengkapi raihan gelarnya menjadi Sextuples. Barcelona merupakan klub sepak bola pertama di dunia yang melakukan raihan ini. Fans Barca juga sering dipanggil Culés.

Daftar isi

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• 1 Sponsor
• 2 Prestasi
• 3 Skuat
  • 3.1 Dipinjamkan
• 4 Mantan Personel
  • 4.1 Presiden
  • 4.2 Pelatih
• 5 Rangkuman perjalanan
• 6 Rujukan
• 7 Pranala luar

• 10 Management
• 11 See also
• 12 References
• 15 External links
• 14 Filmography
• 15 External links

Barca:" Madrid terlalu berkuasa"

BARCELONA, KOMPAS.com - Presiden Villarreal, Fernando Roig, menilai perbedaan antara Barcelona-Real Madrid dan tim lain sangat jauh dan itu menjadi kompetisi tidak sehat. Uang disebut sebagai salah satu penyebab dan Roig berharap peraturan diubah sehingga kompetisi semakin terbuka.
Sejak musim 2006-2007 sampai 2010-2011, peringkat dua besar dihuni Barca-Madrid, dengan Barcelona menjuarai tiga musim terakhir dari periode tersebut.
Musim ini, kedua klub itu telah menunjukkan dominasi yang jauh di luar jangkauan tim lain. Pada laga perdana, sementara Madrid menang 6-0 atas Zaragoza, Barca menang 5-0 atas Villarreal.
"Ini adalah liga yang Anda inginkan. Saya menjual pemain untuk menyeimbangkan keuangan, tetapi klub lain berutang dan mendapatkannya," ujar Roig.
"Jika Anda ingin liga ini hanya punya dua pertandingan, maka Anda akan mendapatkannya. Namun, ini tidak bagus untuk sepak bola. Kita lihat dalam tiga atau empat tahun lagi. Kita mau berubah atau membunuh sepak bola Spanyol."
"Kami mendapat tawaran untuk Giuseppe Rossi dan Nilmar, tetapi kepergian mereka akan melemahkan tim. Perbedaan ekonomi membawa (kita pada masalah ini)," tuturnya.
Mengenai hasil kekalahan timnya 0-5 dari Barca, Roig mengatakan, "Mereka bermain gemilang dan kami mengalami pertandingan yang buruk. Salah satu dari yang terburuk (dalam sejarah)."


Roig juga mengatakan, Villarreal akan menyimpulkan transfer Jonathan De Guzman dari Mallorca. "Pemain asal Kanada itu bisa menjadi pemain Villarreal dalam beberapa jam lagi, tetapi juga bisa jadi tidak," tukasnya.

SOULJAH, siapakah mereka ??, kenalan yuk..!!

Personel Souljah :

Danar - Vocal
Sa'id – toasting
Renhat - Bass
Bayu – Guitar
David – keyboard
Vino – saxophone

Apakah ada filosofi di balik nama Souljah ?
Souljah, adalah pelafalan slang dari Soldier, dibaca dengan logat Jamaican jadi Souljah. Kita sih ngerasakita pejuang, pejuang karya kita, pejuang indie, dan juga pejuang jamaican music..

Kenapa milih aliran musik reggae? Hal-hal apa saja yg membuat memilih genre ini?

Sebenernya kita nggak milih reggae sih, reggae adalah salah satu pilihan dalam musik kita, soalnya kita mainin semua genre Jamaican Music, mulai dari SKA, Rocksteady, reggae, dub dancehall juga. Yang ngebuat kita milih musik ini, hmmmm yah kita mainin genre Jamaican music dari tahun 98, waktu itu kita cuma mainin ska, tapi sekarang kita lebih lebar lagi. Dan emang semua personil Souljah kalo gabung cocok soulnya yah cuma mainin musik kayak gini. Kita pernah coba mainin jazz, pop atau rock, gak kena kalo smua anak-anak ini ngumpul...hehehehehehe.

Kalau inspirasi lagu-lagunya dari mana? Influences?
Aduuuhh banyak banget, hampir semua musisi yang masukin unsur jamaican music kita jadiin referensi. Mulai dari yang oldskool Skatalites, Desmond dekker, The Wailers, sampe nu skool No Doubt, 311, Long Beach Dub Allstars, dan masih banyak lagi. Nah kalo inspirasi, kita sesuaiin sama konsep album dulu. Kalo album yang pertama emang karena konsepnya kolaborasi kita lebih bebas cari inspirasinya. Bisa dari kehidupan sehari-hari. Tapi kalo yang album kedua karena konsepnya emang audio novel, jadi kita bentuk liriknya bukan berdasarkan pengalaman tapi emang kita ciptain cerita.

Kalo punya album sudah berapa album yang dikeluarkan?

Album udah dua :
(2005) BREAKING THE ROOTS
(2007) BERSAMAMU

Sejak kapan mulai konsen di genre Reggae dan sdh berapa lama?

Reggae udah kita mainin juga kok dari tahun 1998. Walopun waktu itu kita lebih konsen ke ska-nya..

Pernah ikut musik competition atau Reggae Festival?

Musik competition, hmmmmmm dulu mungkin pas awal ngeband, tahun 1998 kita ada ikutan audisi buat ikutan acara-acara.

Bisa sebutkan sering manggung dimana saja?

Manggung seringnya dimana aja yah, yeahhh di pensi sekolah, kampus atau acara komunitas.

Selain bermusik ada hobi lain, misalnya main bola, dll?

Hobi lain....wahhhh banyak bangetttt anak-anak Souljah paling suka makaaannnnn, wahahhahaha makanya pada cabi-cabi kan.

Markas atau tempat ngumpul dimana?

Kalo latian sih kita seringnya di studio 12 rawamangun, nongkrong, hmmmm dimana yah, di tebet paling.

Management :
Jl. Swadaya Jatibening, Kalimalang, kalo mau dateng en udah sampe di Caman Kalimalang, telfon aja ke 86903125, heheheheh, atau kalo mau ngubungin manajer Souljah telfon aja ke 0813 1919 0441, atau kalo mau liat souljah ada di :
- www.braddasouljah.com
- www.myspace.com/braddasouljah
- atau mau add souljah di friendster, ke braddasouljah@yahoo.com
- atau ke amp.channelv.com/braddasouljah

 

Arsen Wenger: "mohon maaf yang sebesar-besarnya fans Arsenal"

The Gunners dibuat bertekuk lutut saat berjumpa Setan Merah di laga ketiga Liga Primer Inggris yang dihelat di Stadion Old Trafford, Manchester, Minggu (28/8/2011) malam WIB.
Pasukan arahan Wenger itu takluk dengan skor telak 8-2. Bomber MU Wayne Ronney mencetak hatrik di pertandingan tersebut.
Adapun, gol MU lainnya masing-masing dilesakkan oleh Park Ji-Sung, Danny Welbeck, Nani, dan sepasang gol Ashley Young.
Ini merupakan kekalahan kedua terbesar sepanjang sejarah berdirinya Arsenal. Rekor tertinggi kekalahan The Gunners adalah saat digebuk Loughborough delapan gol tanpa balas di musim 1896.
Terkait hal itu, pelatih berjuluk The Proffessor itu meminta maaf yang sebesar-besarnya kepada fans The Gunners aras kekalahan memalukan itu.
“Saya hanya bisa meminta maaf atas kekalahan memalukan itu. keklahan itu sangat menyakitkan bagi saya,” ungkapnya sebagaimana dinukil Sunsports.
“Para suporter telah mendukung kami dengan hebat dan saya merasa sangat bersalah. Mereka tentunya tak ingin meluhat timnya dibantai seperti itu.”
“Kami hanya bisa meminta maaf dan berjanji bahwa kami akan segera bangkit di pertandingan selanjutnya,” demikian Wenger.

Sebagai bentuk permintaan maaf kepada fans yang telah bersusah payah datang ke Old Trafford dan merogoh kocek tidak sedikit untuk membeli tiket, kubu Arsenal dikabarkan berencana menggratiskan tiket pertandingan klub selanjutnya.

Manchester United squad for 2011-2012

We need to name a 25 man squad, plus an unlimited number of under 21 year old players (born on or after 1st January 1990). At least 8 of these 25 have to be "home grown", which means trained at English / Welsh clubs for 3 years between the ages of 16 & 21. We have 11 players who currently qualify! If you project forward a further 12 months you'll see that 7 players were born in 1990. When the 2012-2013 season starts, all of them will be classed as "over 21", so how many of that cohort will still be at United?
1) 29 November 1973 - Ryan Giggs (MF/LW)*
2) 7 November 1978 - Rio Ferdinand (CB)*
3) 14 December 1979 - Michael Owen (ST)*
4) 30 January 1981 - Dimitar Berbatov (ST)
5) 25 February 1981 - Ji-Sung Park (Wing/MF)
6) 15 May 1981 - Patrice Evra (LB)
7) 28 July 1981 - Michael Carrick (MF)*
8) 21 October 1981 - Nemanja Vidic (c) (CB)
9) 20 March 1982 - Tomasz Kuszczak (GK) RES
10) 1 February 1984 - Darren Fletcher (MF)* RES
11) 13 April 1984 - Anders Lindegaard (GK)
12) 9 July 1985 - Ashley Young (LW/RW/ST)*
13) 4 August 1985 - Antonio Valencia (RW/RB)
14) 24 October 1985 - Wayne Rooney (ST)*
15) 17 November 1986 - Luis Nani (RW/LW)
16) 25 October 1987 - Darron Gibson (MF)* RES
17) 16 December 1987 - Mame Biram Diouf (ST) RES
18) 2 January 1988 - Jonny Evans (CB/LB)*
19) 13 April 1988 - Oliveira Anderson (MF)
20) 1 June 1988 - Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez (ST)
--) 8 November 1988 - Ritchie De Laet (CB/FB) (loan Norwich)
21) 12 August 1989 - Tom Cleverley (MF/Wing)*
22) 22 November 1989 - Chris Smalling (CB/RB)*

Cesc Fabregas: "Main bersama Messi sangat menyenangkan"

Barcelona - Kombinasi Cesc Fabregas-Lionel Messi kembali ikut andil dalam kemenangan Barcelona. Fabregas menyebut bermain bersama Messi sebagai sesuatu yang menyenangkan.

Di Piala Super Eropa akhir pekan lalu, kombinasi Fabregas-Messi menghasilkan gol kedua Barca. Kala itu, umpan cungkil Messi sukses dituntaskan Fabregas menjadi gol.

Kejadian serupa terjadi lagi saat Barca menjamu Villarreal, Selasa (30/8/2011) dinihari WIB. Umpan terobosan dari Messi membuat Fabregas leluasa mencetak gol kedua Azulgrana.

Messi sendiri dalam laga itu ikut mencetak dua gol pada babak kedua.

"Senang bermain dengan dia (Messi)," kata Fabregas yang dikutip Reuters.

"Anda tahu Anda bisa memberinya bola kapan pun dan dia akan memutuskan pertandingan sendiri. Itu mengagumkan," ujar eks pemain Arsenal ini.

"Waktu yang akan menjawab apakah saya bisa terus mencetak gol. Untuk saat ini, saya punya hasrat yang besar untuk bermain baik dan saya sangat bahagia di lapangan," tutur Fabregas.

who is "The Rock" - WWE Legend ?

Dwayne Douglas Johnson^[7] (born May 2, 1972),^[5] also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American actor, professional wrestler and philanthropist currently signed with WWE, primarily featured on its Raw brand.^[8][9] He is often credited as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.^[3]
Johnson was a college football player. In 1991, he was part of the University of Miami's national championship team. He later played for the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League, and was cut two months into the 1995 season.^[10] This led to his decision to become a professional wrestler like his grandfather, Peter Maivia, and his father, Rocky Johnson. He gained mainstream fame as a wrestler in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), originally known as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), from 1996 to 2004, and was the first third-generation superstar in the company's history. Johnson was quickly given a push as a heroic character in the WWF, originally billed as "Rocky Maivia", and then as "The Rock". He would subsequently turn into a villain as a member of the Nation of Domination in 1997. Two years after he joined the WWF, Johnson won the WWF Championship, and became one of the most popular wrestlers within the company's history for his engaging interviews and promos.
Johnson won a total of 16 championships in WWF/E. This included nine World Heavyweight Championships (the WWF/E Championship seven times and the WCW/World Championship twice), two WWF Intercontinental Championships, and five times as co-holder of the WWF Tag Team Championships. He was the sixth WWF/E Triple Crown Champion, and the winner of the 2000 Royal Rumble.
Johnson's autobiography co-written with Joe Layden, The Rock Says..., was released in 2000. It debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list, and remained on the list for several weeks. Johnson's first leading role as an actor was in The Scorpion King in 2002. For this film, he received the highest salary for an actor in his first starring role, earning $5.5 million.^[11] He has since appeared in several blockbuster movies such as The Rundown, Be Cool, Walking Tall, Gridiron Gang, The Game Plan, Get Smart, Race to Witch Mountain, Planet 51, Tooth Fairy, Doom, Why Did I Get Married Too?, The Other Guys, Faster, and most recently Fast Five starring opposite Vin Diesel and Paul Walker.

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• 1 Early life
  • 1.1 Education
• 2 Professional wrestling career
  • 2.1 Training and Rocky Maivia (1995–96)
  • 2.2 World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment (1996–present)
    • 2.2.1 Early WWF run (1996–97)
    • 2.2.2 Nation of Domination and feuding with DX (1997–98)
    • 2.2.3 The Corporation (1998–99)
    • 2.2.4 The Rock 'n' Sock Connection (1999)
    • 2.2.5 Feuds for the WWF Championship (2000–01)
    • 2.2.6 The Invasion and final storylines (2001–03)
    • 2.2.7 Part–time WWE appearances (2004–09)
    • 2.2.8 Return to WWE and feud with John Cena (2011–present)
• 3 Television and film career
• 4 Filmography
• 5 Personal life
  • 5.1 Public activities
  • 5.2 Philanthropy
• 6 In wrestling
  • 6.1 Relatives in wrestling
• 7 Championships and accomplishments
• 8 References
• 9 External links

Ryan Dunn was dead in fatal car crash

Dunn was killed along with another passenger when the Porsche GT3 he was driving crashed in suburban Philadelphia at 3am on Monday morning, with police claiming that speed could have been in factor in the accident.
Dunn's fellow Jackass star, Johnny Knoxville, took to Twitter to express his sadness over the 34-year old's death, stating: "Today I lost my brother, Ryan Dunn. My heart goes out to his family and his beloved Angie. RIP Ryan. I love you buddy."
Steve-O also tweeted: "I don't know what to say, except I love Ryan Dunn and I'm really going to miss him."
Jason 'Wee-Man' Acuna then added on the social networking site: "I miss you, bud. You were always a happy kick-ass dude!"
David England, who also starred in Jackass, tweeted: "I love you Ryan. I'm gonna miss you bad."
Speaking of Ryan's death, Van Toffler, president of MTV Networks Music/Film Group, stated: "We are devastated by the tragic loss of Ryan Dunn — a beloved member of the MTV family for more than a decade,"
"He made us all laugh and had the tireless enthusiastic approach to life of your favorite middle school friend. Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with Ryan's family and friends. The Jackass brotherhood will never be the same."
An autopsy on Ryan Dunn is expected to be carried out today to determine if alcohol contributed to the cause of death, after TMZ claimed the star consumed six alcoholic drinks before driving.
This has been strongly denied by his friends and bar staff, with one onlooker telling our US Team that Dunn "wasn't too drunk to drive."
An employee of the establishment where Dunn was drinking also added that Ryan: “didn’t seem intoxicated. He was himself. He seemed like he was having a good time, hanging out with his friends.”

Story about Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses (sometimes abbreviated as G N' R or GnR) is an American hard rock band. The band formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California in 1985. Led by frontman and co-founder Axl Rose, the band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album while going through numerous line-up changes and controversies since its formation. Rose is the only consistent and original member of Guns N' Roses.
The band has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide,^[6] including shipments of 45 million in the United States.^[7] The band's 1987 major label debut album, Appetite for Destruction, has sold in excess of 28 million copies worldwide and reached No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 and is also the highest selling debut album of all time both in the US and worldwide. In addition, the album charted three Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including "Sweet Child o' Mine" which reached No. 1.^[8] The 1991 albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II debuted on the two highest spots on the Billboard 200 and have sold a combined 14 million copies in the United States alone and 35 million worldwide. After over a decade of work and many lineup changes, the band released their follow-up album, Chinese Democracy, which debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and was certified platinum in the United States.
The current lineup comprises lead vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarists Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal and DJ Ashba, rhythm guitarist Richard Fortus, bassist Tommy Stinson, keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Chris Pitman and drummer Frank Ferrer.
Guns N' Roses' mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s years have been described by individuals in the music industry as the period in which "they brought forth a hedonistic rebelliousness and revived the punk attitude-driven hard rock scene, reminiscent of the early Rolling Stones.".^[9] This lineup primarily consisted of lead vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Steven Adler. Keyboardist Dizzy Reed was introduced in 1990, and drummer Matt Sorum and guitarist Gilby Clarke replaced Adler and Stradlin during the Use Your Illusion tour.

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• 1 History
  • 1.1 Formation (1985–1987)
    • 1.1.1 Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide
  • 1.2 Appetite for Destruction, G N' R Lies (1987–1989)
  • 1.3 Fame and fortune (1990–1993)
    • 1.3.1 Use Your Illusion
    • 1.3.2 Use Your Illusion World Tour
    • 1.3.3 "The Spaghetti Incident?"
  • 1.4 Hiatus (1994–1998)
  • 1.5 Chinese Democracy (1999–2008)
  • 1.6 Live Era: '87-'93 (1999)
  • 1.7 The "New" Guns N' Roses, Chinese Democracy (2001-present)
    • 1.7.1 Next album
• 2 Musical style
• 3 Recognition and criticism
• 4 Band members
• 5 Discography
• 6 Awards and nominations
• 7 Notes
• 8 References
• 9 External links