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Yahoo
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Former NBA Star Tony Parker's $16.5 Million Texas Mansion Includes a Waterpark With 8 Pools
After first listing his Texas Hill Country home in late 2021 for $19.5 million, retired NBA star Tony Parker is officially doubling down on efforts to sell the sprawling property he's owned for around two decades, this time with a new real estate agent and a marketing plan featuring a popular internet personality. The six-time All-Star and former San Antonio Spurs point guard—he currently spends most of his time across the pond, where he's the majority owner and president of the French pro basketball team LDLC ASVEL—has just put his Mediterranean-style residence tucked away in the suburban community of Boerne, some 25 miles northwest of San Antonio, back on the market after a brief absence for $16.5 million. More from Robb Report Porsche Just Unveiled a Stealthy New Black Edition of the Taycan Dua Lipa's One-of-a-Kind Porsche 911 GT3 RS Is up for Grabs Cruise Liners Are Now Offering Multi-Story Suites That Are More Luxurious Than Your Manhattan Condo The listing is now held by Erwin Nicholas II of Houston-based Mr. Real Estate, and he's brought Twitch entertainer Kai Cenat and his AMP (Any Means Possible) crew on board to help advertise the extravagant 53-acre spread to their millions of viewers during the month of July. The 30-day live streamathon features a pop-up Nando's peri-peri restaurant, plus a look at more permanent perks like a nearly 6,000-square-foot gym with a half-court basketball setup and an arcade, a wet bar-equipped movie theater, a barber studio, dual offices, a 1,500-bottle wine cellar, a fingerprint-access trophy room, and an over-the-top waterpark. 'This isn't just a home—it's a legacy,' Nicholas told Robb Report. 'Tony Parker's estate blends world-class amenities with a sense of wonder no other property in Texas can offer. From the tallest private water slides to the largest residential waterpark in the country, we've created a cultural moment that merges luxury real estate with generational storytelling. 'Live streaming has proven to be a powerful emerging market that delivers unprecedented viewership while bringing families together in real time,' he added. 'It's the best global open house you can have—and this estate is the perfect stage.' Custom-built on a multi-lot parcel the NBA Hall of Famer purchased in 2005, the 53-acre compound within the exclusive Anaqua Springs Ranch community was completed in 2009 while he was still married to actress Eva Longoria. Securely hidden away behind double gates with a guardhouse and a Jurassic Park-themed rear entrance, the residence includes a main mansion, a separate guesthouse, and a detached gym—for a combined total of 10 bedrooms and 12 baths spread across roughly 21,200 square feet. Inside the primary dwelling, a sweeping wrought iron-railed staircase and an elevator flow to bi-level living space anchored by a double-height living room sporting a stone fireplace and floor-to-ceiling windows. From there, a formal dining room seats 16 and a vaulted family room connects to a light gray-hued kitchen outfitted with an eat-in island and top-notch stainless appliances, while an opulent primary suite sports a lounge, a massive walk-in closet, and a marble and travertine bath. Rounding it all out are the resort-inspired grounds, which host tennis and sand volleyball courts, a full outdoor kitchen with a pizza oven, a greenhouse, an herb garden, a fruit orchard, and even a tortoise habitat. There's also the professionally crafted waterpark, which includes eight pools, a mountain, grottos, several slides, a 35-foot-high jumping ledge, a trio of hot tubs, water cannons, and a lazy river. The Spurs legend and four-time NBA champion earned almost $170 million over his 18-year career before retiring in 2019 after a final season with the Charlotte Hornets. In addition to his Texas estate, the 43-year-old Belgium native also maintains a historic chateau in France's southern Rhône Valley, where he operates a of Robb Report The 10 Priciest Neighborhoods in America (And How They Got to Be That Way) In Pictures: Most Expensive Properties Click here to read the full article.
Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
George Strait to Provide 'Meaningful, Immediate' Support for Texas Flood Victims With Star-Studded Event
George Strait to Provide 'Meaningful, Immediate' Support for Texas Flood Victims With Star-Studded Event originally appeared on Parade. Country superstar is known as someone who gives back, and now he has put together a huge event to help the Texas flood victims. On his Instagram on Friday, July 11, Strait announced that he and businessman and Vaqueros del Mar partner Tom Cusick will stage the "Strait to the Heart" benefit event in Boerne, Texas, on Sunday, July 27, to help the Hill Country flood victims. The flooding on July 4 took the lives of over 100 people, including many young girls at the local Camp wants to "directly help those impacted by the Texas floods and recognize first responders who saved the lives of countless members of his community with a fundraising event in Boerne, Texas, at the end of this month." He writes in a statement, "The destruction and loss in our community from the recent floods is hard to wrap your head around. Our hearts and prayers are with you all. The goal with this event is to raise meaningful, immediate support that can be put directly into the hands of flood victims without delay, while also honoring the first responders that work tirelessly to save lives. Special thanks to our friends and fellow troubadours — @WilliamBeckmann, @RayBensonAATW, @WadeBowen, @DeanDillonMusic, @RileyDuckman, @RandyHouser, @JameyJohnsonOfficial, @KylePark, @HudsonWestbrook and members of my Ace in the Hole Band — for joining me on stage to lend their talent and their hearts to this mission.' "The road ahead will be a long one. However, the immediate need is so great that we didn't want to wait. Together, we can show our neighbors that when hardship strikes, Texas and our country stand strong, and we stand together," added Cusick in a Strait mentioned, other guests include William Beckmann, Ray Benson, Wade Bowen, Dean Dillon, Riley Green, Randy Houser, Jamey Johnson, Kyle Park and Hudson Westbrook. Donations will be collected and distributed by 501c3 Vaqueros del Mar Texas Flood Relief Fund, directly benefiting those affected by the flood. For ticket inquiries, please email Vaquerosdm@ 🎬 SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox 🎬 George Strait to Provide 'Meaningful, Immediate' Support for Texas Flood Victims With Star-Studded Event first appeared on Parade on Jul 11, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 11, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
George Strait to Play Benefit Concert With Jamey Johnson, Randy Houser to Help Texas Flood Victims
Country Music Hall of Fame member and Texas native George Strait is stepping up to help those in the Texas Hill Country impacted by the recent floods — and he's welcoming plenty of his country music comrades to help. On Sunday, July 27, Strait will hold the Strait to the Heart special benefit dinner and concert at Estancia at Thunder Valley indoor arena in Boerne, Texas. Also on the lineup are William Beckmann, Ray Benson, Wade Bowen, Dean Dillon, Riley Green, Randy Houser, Jamey Johnson, Kyle Park and Hudson Westbrook. More from Billboard Selena Gomez Speaks Out About 'Unfathomable' Deadly Texas Floods: 'My Heart Breaks' Coco Jones Is Engaged to NBA Star Donovan Mitchell Bad Bunny Named to 'Hottest Men of All Time' List With Tupac, Elvis & More Strait has teamed with businessman and Vaqueros del Mar partner of 15 years Tom Cusick to organize the event. 'The destruction and loss in our community from the recent flood is hard to wrap your head around,' Strait said in a statement. 'Our hearts and prayers are with you all. The goal with this event is to raise meaningful, immediate support that can be put directly into the hands of flood victims without delay, while also honoring the first responders that work tirelessly to save lives.' Cusick added, 'The road ahead will be a long one, however, the immediate need is so great that we didn't want to wait. Together, we can show our neighbors that when hardship strikes, Texas and our country stand strong, and we stand together.' The event is limited to 1,000 guests, and tickets and tables are available for purchase with price points beginning at $1,000. First responders in the local area will be offered complimentary tickets to the event. Donations from the funds raised by the event will be made to 501c3 Vaqueros del Mar Texas Flood Relief Fund and distributed directly to affected families as well as established Hill Country funds. Persons interested in purchasing a table or tickets to Vaqueros del Mar's Strait to the Heart concert — or those would like to make a donation — can email vaquerosdm@ The flooding in the Texas Hill country over the July 4 weekend has left more than 120 people dead, and over 160 people still missing, including 150 still missing in the hard-hit Kerr County in Texas. See the poster for the event below:Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
Fox News
10-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
DAVID MARCUS: In Texas, warning signs for Trump on mass deportations
BOERNE, Texas – As I have mentioned before in this space, when people on the road start bringing up an issue without me mentioning it, my antenna goes up. And recently, the Trump administration's aggressive deportation measures have been sparking conversation. Just this week at Pinchy's Seafood restaurant, I met Paul and Tonya, who live nearby. The town and its surroundings are doing pretty well. High-end stores occupy the limestone buildings of 1910 or so origin along with fancy restaurants. It was Tonya who raised the issue of deportations, telling me, "there are so many hard-working people here, and I don't know if they are documented or not, and I don't ask. But they are good and decent. It's scary that they could just disappear." Paul is a local businessman, and because his company handles federal contracts, he can't hire illegal migrants himself. But he told me that "a lot of businesses don't have a replacement for it." I don't argue with the people I meet on the road; I just listen. But I couldn't help hearing the voices of others I've spoken to, specifically some of Trump's biggest supporters, whose attitude is, "Sorry, but you came illegally and now you have to go." In fact, it is often these better-off communities that are blamed for the illegal immigration problem, owing to their desire for cheap domestic and landscaping labor. Polling, in fact, indicates that the deportation of illegal migrants who are not accused of other crimes has majority support among all voters, with strong support from independents. But it's hard to know how much of that support comes from people who know somebody under the direct threat of deportation. Earlier in the day, I had met Bill, a Democrat in his 60s who told me that he had believed that Trump's plan was "to deport criminals, not to do raids at Walmart." I hear that sentiment quite a bit. In fact, Trump, since the campaign trail, and border czar Tom Homan, since January, have always said that if an illegal with no other criminal charges gets caught up in a raid, they will be deported. On the other hand, Trump has recently sent some mixed messages about the need for illegal farm and hotel workers, promising that there will be no amnesty, but perhaps a guest worker program or something for those industries. Bill had also heard that ICE was baiding Catholic churches, something that this week Homan addressed after a California bishop, Alberto Rojas, gave special dispensation to illegals to miss mass, citing fears they could be arrested at church. "It's B.S.," Homan said on Tuesday, adding, "I do not know of a single incident of a church arrest." On Wednesday he flat out told Fox News Channel, "It's not happening." That is a message the administration needs to repeat loud and clear, because a lot of people believe it is happening. What struck me most about my conversations about deportations, especially with Tanya, was that this clearly had an emotional impact. It did for Bill too, along with others. That's not true of every issue. For the worried folks I met in Texas, the Trump administration has to send a clearer signal. If the deal is that everyone has to go, as is the theme of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's aggressive TV ads, that has to not only be clearly stated but justified. If, on the other hand, as Trump has hinted, there are to be some exceptions made, that too must be laid out in detail, so that people can make judgments about the policy. The confusion at the moment is starting to become a problem. It is understandable why President Trump is acting cautiously here. Unlike tariffs or the attack on Iran's nuclear sites, which did not fracture the MAGA coalition, mass deportations are a much different matter. There are an awful lot of Trump voters who I have met, and I'm not talking about podcasters, for whom the promise to deport everyone here illegally, or at least try, is the core reason they support him. For them, anything close to amnesty would be a bitter betrayal. It almost seems unfair that, after miraculously shutting down a southern border that had been a gushing wound, in just six months, Trump finds himself in such a political pickle over deportations. But nobody ever said being president is easy. For now, the best thing the administration can do is to get its story straight and level with the American people about what the deportation plan really is. Then, let the political chips fall where they may.
Fox News
08-07-2025
- Climate
- Fox News
DAVID MARCUS: Hill country Texans are all in on emergency relief after deadly flooding
-Boerne, Texas In the proximity of great tragedy there often lies an eerie stillness, as if any loud noise or sudden movement might trigger nature's wrath again. Such is the feeling in Boerne, Texas this week, about 25 minutes outside of the Kerr County flood zone where 82 souls have perished. Within hours of the flash floods on Friday, Boerne (pronounced like Bernie), along with nearby towns such as Fredrickburg, and Welfare were already assembling supplies and arranging volunteers for their flooded neighbors, it's just what they do here. I met Dick outside the Black Rifle Coffee cafe on Main Street. He's retired, has lived in the town for 25 years and he told me, "Everybody feels it, if this doesn't make you sad then you aren't human." When I asked Dick if he was surprised by how aggressively the community responded, he told me, "Not at all, it's how we are," adding, "Did you know this area was founded in the 19th century by German freethinkers, they wanted to be free, and we still do, so we take care of our own." As we spoke beneath the unparalleled beauty of the same Texas skies that wrought such devastation last week we saw and heard massive equipment on the backs of flat beds, heading to Kerr County. Dick wasn't the first person to raise these Hill Country roots to me, even on my plane, the woman next to me, who lives in the area, gave me a short history of the freethinkers and their impact, and she was an immigrant from Columbia. Later in the day I spoke with Kristen who lives in Fredericksburg and told me that she knew things looked bad early on Friday, and was annoyed at first by the initial lack of news coverage, "then we heard about the camp, that girls were missing, it was a gut punch." By Saturday morning she and her friends were bringing supplies to Comfort, TX which had turned what was supposed to be a legendary local fireworks show, into an emergency center. This was also about when Rabbi Yosef Marrus of the Chabbad of Boerne, began not only collecting supplies, but contacting the organization's HQ in Brooklyn to begin a national fundraising campaign. "The Jewish community in the Hill Country is small, Marrus told me, "but we are proud to be here and had to help, we are all Americans." Marrus stressed to me the importance of finding out what specifically is needed in the area, in one case, a fire department was flush with food donations but didn't have enough refrigerators to store them, not long after, the Chabbad bought 2 fridges and had them delivered. One of the central locations where Marrus and others have staged supplies is Bunker Branding in Boerne, owned by Clint Sanders and his wife Jenna, and it was abuzz with activity on Monday morning. "We do branding for a lot of websites," Chris told me, "so we had a way to get word out and we needed to do something, and we have this warehouse space." He walked me through the facility, different items staged around, trailers outside to be packed, Sanders also told me that finding out what is really needed is key, "we have a ton of donated clothes upstairs, but they don't need clothes right now, next week maybe they will." Impressed as I was by the operation I said to Sanders, "How do you and your wife know how to do all this," without a beat, he smiled and said, "We don't." That really is the most impressive part of all of this, no regular person really knows what to do after 20 feet of water rises in 45 minutes, taking with it scores of lives, but with the help of the state, local and federal authorities, they learn on the job with incredible speed. Maybe, given the particularly horrible loss of life of so many children from this area, people need something to do, to stay busy. On the couple occasions when the loss of so many kids came to the fore of my conversations, a thousand-yard stare would emerge in their eyes. How does one even comprehend? Being here in Boerne, seeing the selfless efforts of these tough Texans, I trust that the German freethinkers who settled this land 175 years ago would be very proud today of the communities they created. And as Americans, we should all be very proud of them, too.
