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And she’s finally going to meet her idol this week.
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Mimi compares her own tennis skills to Serena's: "I shoot it way up in the air, and I was like Serena Williams!"
This tiny ninja is about to steal your heart.
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Yoshi's dad Ken told BuzzFeed, "He started watching American Ninja Warrior about a year ago. His interest has grown over time to the point of running over and around toys in the living room during the commercials."
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Ken said, "One afternoon, Yoshi and I were in the garage and I just started pulling random items out of the garage to make a little course for him to see how he would like it. Needless to say, he loved it!"
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Ken told BuzzFeed, "It took me about an hour or so, to come up with the obstacles and the layout of the course. The ideas came from watching American Ninja Warrior along with him and trying to adapt more manageable obstacles for his size."
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♫ All the single ladies ♫
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NYPD chief Bill Bratton said Thursday he wants to apologize after his officers mistook him for a fraud suspect – but said they couldn’t get in touch with Blake.
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NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said Thursday that the department wants to apologize to former tennis star James Blake for being thrown to the ground and handcuffed in a case of mistaken identity.
The city's top cop said at a news conference that he and the mayor had tried reaching out to Blake to issue an apology but haven't been able to get in touch with him.
Bratton then went on to explain that Blake bore "a remarkable likeness" to a man suspected of committing credit card fraud.
"They look like twins," Bratton said of Blake and the suspect, who had been identified through an Instagram photo. The NYPD did not supply the photo of the suspect for comparison.
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Blake was waiting for a car outside of the Grand Hyatt hotel just outside of Grand Central Terminal on Wednesday when the incident happened. The former tennis player, who was about to head to the U.S. Open in Queens, was just standing there when suddenly a plainclothes police officer tackled him to the ground with the help of four undercover detectives and handcuffed him, according to the New York Daily News.
Police said Wednesday that Blake had been mistakenly identified by an informant during an NYPD sting operation to catch people using of fraudulent credit cards to purchase cell phones. The informant mistakenly told detectives that he had sold merchandise to Blake.
The former tennis player was released after 15 minutes when he provided identification and his US Open credentials.
On Thursday morning the NYPD said in a statement that one of the officers involved in the incident had been placed on modified duty, pending an investigation by the department's Internal Affairs bureau.
"The use of force was such that I'm comfortable that it's in the best interest of the department to place the officer on modified assignment as the investigation moves forward," Bratton said.
He also said that he does not believe "at all that race was a factor," and that there has been a rush to place a "race tag" on the incident.
Blake, who is black, told the Daily News Wednesday that he sees it as a simple issue of "unnecessary police force, no matter what my race is. In my mind there's probably a race factor involved, but no matter what there's no reason for anybody to do that to anybody."
When reached by phone by BuzzFeed News Wednesday afternoon, Blake declined to comment further on the incident but confirmed the narrative in the Daily News report.
He appeared on Good Morning America Thursday morning, telling host Robin Roberts he'd "like an apology. We all need to be held accountable for our actions, police as well."
Blake told the Daily News he was initially hesitant to speak publicly about the incident, "but what about someone who doesn't have those resources and doesn't have a voice? The real problem is that I was tackled for no reason and that happens to a lot of people who don't have a media outlet to voice that to."
A spokesperson for the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, the police union, could not be immediately reached for comment.
Dude…
Really, don't ask anyone why they aren't smiling. Some people just don't want to smile!
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But she's too blessed to be stressed, so she doesn't.
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Even if you don’t like football, we ~know~ you like beer, cheese, and bacon.
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Also, beer. So, BuzzFeed Life editors created the ultimate game day menu — seven fun, beer-filled snacks that'll make your life delicious from the first kick-off to the Super Bowl.
With a cheesy, braised brisket topping: Can you even stand it?
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