Pops Mensah-Bonsu

@NBCOlympics 🐐

ELANA MEYERS TAYLOR'S QUEST FOR GOLD IS COMPLETE!

@LaligaCoverage Henrik Larsson

If you know his name, you are a true football fan!

@Eurohoopsnet Memories!

Mathias Lessort moved AGGRESSIVELY toward Fenerbahce players after Wade Baldwin's buzzer beater 😳

@_HOV_DID Marcy Me!

Which track from 4:44 do you still run back the most? 👀🔥

@fakeshoredrive I watched this match live! Meth and Red on the walkout was crazy 🔥🔥🔥

the Redman reveal here is too good 🤣

@Joe__Bassey SMH! Is that how you present champions with their trophy? Shame

The useless FIFA president refuses to hand over the AFCON trophy. He also refuses to touch the Senegalese players or even look at them. Hypocritical fools. Their plan didn’t work!

@Real1_balogun @TheYomiKazeem Where would the World Cup be without African players???

@TheYomiKazeem Good stuff. It was why I asked where will AFCON be without Europe?

How African is the African Cup of Nations? I dug into the data to break down how ~1 in 3 players at AFCON 2025 were born and raised outside the continent—and why it matters. PS: I'm not questioning their heritage, just showing what the data says. Read here: @TheYomiKazeem/d25dbf9ffe48" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@TheYomiKazeem…

@TheYomiKazeem your initial sentence states the contrary. It doesn’t make them or the tournament any less African. I could also say the same for most European national teams that are made up of primarily players of African heritage. 🤷🏿‍♂️

@BlackMediaHub 🥲❤️🙏🏿

He spent 44 years living in the shadow of someone else’s fame—then, almost overnight, became one of comedy’s greatest storytellers. And for just eight brilliant years, he burned with a light entirely his own before tragedy took him far too soon. Imagine moving through adulthood not introduced by your name, but by your proximity. At parties. At auditions. In interviews. Always the same question: “So… you’re Eddie Murphy’s brother?” For Charlie Murphy, that question followed him for decades. The irony? Charlie was the older brother—born July 12, 1959, two years before Eddie Murphy. They grew up in Brooklyn, inseparable, dreaming big together. But when Eddie’s career detonated in the early 1980s, it created a gravitational force so powerful it reshaped both of their lives. Eddie didn’t just become famous. He became Eddie Murphy. By 19, he was redefining Saturday Night Live. By his early 20s, he was headlining blockbuster films and becoming one of the biggest celebrities on Earth. Meanwhile, Charlie was still searching for his lane. He worked odd jobs. He did stand-up in tiny clubs. He tried breaking into an industry where his younger brother was already a legend. Every room carried the same unspoken question: Is he good—or is he just Eddie’s brother? There was no jealousy. Only pride. Charlie loved Eddie deeply and celebrated his success. But living in the shadow of your sibling’s superstardom is a psychological weight few can imagine. How do you prove your worth when people assume you’re riding coattails? Still, Charlie stayed in the game. He took small roles in films like Harlem Nights and Vampire in Brooklyn. He wrote. He performed. He waited. For more than twenty years, he was simply “Eddie Murphy’s brother.” Then, in 2003, fate finally cracked the door open. Dave Chappelle had heard Charlie tell stories at parties—wild, raw recollections of 1980s celebrity chaos. Stories so specific, so outrageous, they had to be true. Dave invited him onto Chappelle’s Show to tell them himself. What followed was cultural lightning. “Charlie Murphy’s True Hollywood Stories.” The Rick James episode didn’t just land—it detonated. “Fuck yo couch!” became immortal. Then came the Prince story: Shirts vs. blouses. Basketball in ruffled velvet. Pancakes after defeat. Instant legend. Charlie’s gravelly voice, surgical timing, and vivid detail transformed chaos into comedy art. These weren’t just anecdotes—they were perfectly structured narratives, delivered by a man who had spent a lifetime observing the absurd. At age 44, Charlie Murphy was no longer “Eddie’s brother.” He was Charlie Murphy—a storyteller with a voice no one could imitate and no one could forget. From that moment on, his career ignited. Then life struck again. In 2009, Charlie’s wife, Tisha Taylor Murphy, died of cervical cancer. She was his partner, his anchor, the love of his life. Overnight, he became a single father raising three children. The grief was immense. Comedy became his refuge. For seven more years, he kept building—touring, creating, living fully. Then came the diagnosis he kept private: leukemia. He worked through treatment. He avoided sympathy. He refused to let illness define him—just as he had refused to let fame define him. On April 12, 2017, Charlie Murphy died at 57.

@CfcDan_01 They would manage themselves 😂

Chat, Who would be the MANAGER of this team ?

The roar of World Basketball Day echoes across the continent, this time rising all the way from Kumasi🇬🇭. #NBAAfrica #WorldBasketballDay #nba

@CinemaTweets1 This moment! The staredown! That single tear drop! Was a defining moment for Denzel and his career. Iconic ✊🏿

Denzel Washington turns 71 years old today. In the 150 years or so that cinema’s existed, Denzel is one of the art form’s greatest actors. This man transcends film. You could know nothing about movies- but you’d still know Denzel. I’m thankful to be alive at the same time as him.

@FTBLsection Legend!!!

YAYA TOURÉ: “When I arrived at Barcelona, many didn’t know who I was. I had to fight for a place in a midfield full of stars. Guardiola asked me to play as a center back in a Champions League final, and even though it wasn’t my position, I accepted because I understood that the team was above everything. That day I learned that sacrifice also makes you great. Then at Manchester City I found my home. Scoring that free-kick goal against Newcastle in 2012, or the goal in the FA Cup final against United, were moments that made me feel like the leader of a historic project. I always wanted to show that African players could be protagonists at the elite level, not just complements. And if I managed to open doors for others, then my career was worth it.”

Pitch Competition With Former NBA Star @Pops Mensah Bonsu & Founder of @seedacademygh GHANA

@FastbreakHoops5 🐐

A 22-year-old Tim Duncan in the 1999 NBA Finals 🏆

@roywoodjr 😂😂😂

All this remembering Hans but buddy wasn't shit w/o Theo.

Great energy in Kumasi 🇬🇭 at the Her Time To Play basketball clinic, empowering a generation of confident, capable, and visionary African leaders through sport 🏀. #NBAAfrica #HerTimeToPlay #JrNBA

Smiles all around! 🇬🇭🏀 Participants of the Her Time To Play Clinic with NBA legend Pops Mensah-Bonsu in Kumasi for World Basketball Day. #NBAAfrica #HerTimeToPlay #JrNBA

Amazing day 1 in Kumasi 🇬🇭for the HTTP Conference, where passion, creativity, discipline, and cultural identity sparked conversations about extraordinary careers. 100 female participants were in attendance at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology. #NBAAfrica #HerTimeToPlay #JrNBA

@HeatDiehards 1000% true! Injuries destroyed a would be HOF career

Monty Williams says Brandon Roy was on Dwyane Wade’s heels “Back then, it was Kobe and Dwyane Wade — the hallmark two guards. Wade is a monster and doesn’t get enough credit for how good he was. People don’t talk about him the way they should. But I dare say Brandon, on some nights, was on Wade’s heels and maybe some nights ahead of him. That was the stretch he had. He wasn’t in Kobe’s world, but dog on man, he was headed that way.” (via @RunYourRaceTL)