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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Shedeur Sanders' new car purchase draws attention before Browns OTAs
Back in the day, rookie players in the NFL made the least amount of money. Veterans treated them bad, and bossed them around in practices as well as off the field. Veterans did not associate with 'rooks' at restaurants or bars. Most rookies never even saw the field for a minimum of two seasons. Just the way it was. Advertisement But now? A team's starting quarterback can be a rookie. So can the left tackle and one of the cover cornerbacks. An EDGE pass rusher picked in the first round is expected to grab one of the starting defensive end spots. But how many rookie purchase a custom Rolls-Royce before their very first training camp? If you said a Cleveland Browns rookie, then you are correct. If that guess is the player Cleveland selected in the first round, fifth overall, you would be mistaken. It is QB Shedeur Sanders, the Browns fifth-round draft pick. Over this past weekend, the delivery of a custom Rolls-Royce Phantom estimated to be worth a minimum of half a million dollars became known via the video below. Advertisement The Browns signed Sanders to a four-year, $4.6 million contract, which includes an annual salary of $1.16 million and a signing bonus of $447,000. The green Rolls-Royce arrived from Advanced Auto Transport out of Southlake, Texas to Deion Sanders' Canton, Texas estate, to an area that already had four trucks, one SUV, one car, one custom golf cart, plus an RV parked outside two buildings that house other vehicles. Editor's note: The arrival of the car begins at 3:45 Trimmed with an orange pinstripe and black wheels, the four-door Rolls-Royce is not his first. At the University of Colorado, Sanders drove a black and gold Rolls-Royce Cullinan, which arrived with custom accessories. He also owned a Rolls-Royce Ghost. Shedeurs' brother Shilo, who signed an undrafted rookie free agent contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and drives a Tesla Cyberbeast, was doing FaceTime with Shedeur when the vehicle arrived. Advertisement Upon seeing the new ride via his brother's cell phone, Shedeur stated: 'That's a winning car.' Shedeur will compete with three other quarterbacks in Browns camp this year: Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, and fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel out of Oregon. It is projected that the Cleveland coaching staff will only retain three quarterbacks on their final roster, with at least one signal-caller on their practice squad. It may seem odd that a rookie taken in Round 5 would be spending his money on such a lavish expenditure, but a view into his father's estate and their possessions is simply another toy tossed into the arena for this family. Advertisement Sponsorships have already started coming Shedeur's way when he was featured in a recent Gatorade commercial. So, although his father is wealthy, Shedeur's money-making opportunities are already beginning to surface. This is even though he may become QB3 or could be released. For sponsors, right now, Shedeur is the hot commodity, and everyone wants to watch. With potential earnings from sponsorships and other ventures, Shedeur is in a great position to amplify his financial portfolio significantly. Keep in mind, Shedeur could have made more money if he had remained in college. Last year, he led all college football athletes in NIL money to the tune of $5.1 million. The custom Rolls-Royce is not just a lavish ornament. It is a bold statement even before his NFL career begins that he has arrived and plans to take the league by storm. Whether that happens or not is irrelevant at this point. If he succeeds, it will only help the Browns franchise around him. Advertisement More from
Time of India
27-05-2025
- Automotive
- Time of India
"Another lie": Shedeur Sanders puts $500K Rolls-Royce rumor to rest as he fully commits to Cleveland Browns
Shedeur Sanders (via Getty Images) Shedeur Sanders, recently drafted quarterback for the Cleveland Browns and son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, has laid to rest the viral scandal over a reported $500,000 Rolls-Royce purchase. While skeptics wondered if the rookie was allowing stardom to blind him to football, Shedeur Shedeur sent a resounding message: he's solely dedicated to working his way into the NFL. Against off-field rumors, Shedeur Sanders focuses on Cleveland Browns and football Time for the QB1 talk for Shedeur Sanders, work ethic resemblance of Tom Brady? | THE FACILITY Shedeur Sanders may be a fifth-round draft choice, but the media attention he's receiving is on par with that of a top-five draft pick. Following his selection 144th overall in the 2025 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns, Shedeur Sanders has been fighting to make a name for himself on the field and not in the tabloids. The rookie quarterback, though, was at the center of a maelstrom of rumors this past weekend. Rumors emerged that Shedeur Sanders had bought a bespoke olive-green Rolls-Royce Phantom worth more than half a million. The rumor spread fast on social media, helped by his flashy history and the big NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) deals he inked in college. But the arithmetic didn't add up for much: Sanders signed a four-year, $4.64 million deal, much of which wasn't guaranteed. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Invest today with in Shriram's ULIP Shriram Life Insurance Undo If true, the car would have eaten up nearly half of his signing bonus. Rather than let the story gain traction, Shedeur Sanders took to X (formerly Twitter) to set the record straight. 'Another lie. I'm focused on my team, not a car purchase,' he wrote, cutting off the narrative with one swift post. This wasn't merely a reaction to hearsay—it was a strategic move to refocus eyes onto football. With veterans Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett and fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel joining the Browns' quarterback room, Sanders is locked into what might be the most critical training camp of his professional career. In an interview with SportsCasting, Shedeur Sanders explained how he's shutting out the noise. 'I've mainly just been focusing on the team, everybody that's currently around me, and the coaches on the team,' he explained. 'I haven't really been on my phone much or talking to many people. I really don't even talk to my family. It's one of those situations where I just have to lock in and stay focused on what's present now. ' Even under the microscope, Shedeur Sanders is demonstrating maturity about his NFL adjustment. The diamond chain and sideline dancing are a thing of the past—at least for now. What's left is a concentrated young player who is determined to see beyond distractions and show that he has a place in the NFL. Also read: Cleveland Browns QB battle 2025: Dillon Gabriel, Shedeur Sanders, and Cade Klubnik's impact on the franchise future With Deion Sanders loudly supporting Shedeur and Shilo Sanders as "NFL-ready," expectations run high. But if this initial character test is a guide, Shedeur isn't merely here to generate headlines—she's here to win football games. Get IPL 2025 match schedules , squads , points table , and live scores for CSK , MI , RCB , KKR , SRH , LSG , DC , GT , PBKS , and RR . Check the latest IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings.
India.com
26-05-2025
- Automotive
- India.com
Meet 12th fail auto driver who built a business empire worth Rs 800 crore; his business is...
Sathya Shankar You must have heard about many success stories but today, we have a story of a person who was a autorickshaw driver but now owns a household brand with an annual turnover of Rs 800 crore. Hailing from Bellare, Karnataka, Sathya Shankar was born in 1964 as third son of his farmer father. Most interestingly, Sathya Shankar is a class 12 dropout who now drives a drives a luxury car worth 11 crores. Here are all the details you need to know about the success story of Sathya Shankar. Success journey of Sathya Shankar The journey of Sathya Shankar started at a very young age when he left his studies and applied for an autorickshaw license. After he got the autorickshaw driving license, he took a loan and brought an auto for himself. During his early days as a driver, Sathya used to drive the auto on the streets of Bangalore from where he used to earn a significant income. Not satisfied with this, he took the next step and brought an ambassador car with which he could take more tourists and cover a much larger area, which he was not able to do with his autorickshaw, as per a report by Bollywood Shadis. However, like every successful businessman, he was not satisfied with this success. He started a auto parts business and named it Praveen Automobile. During these times, he learned the core concepts of business which helped him flourish his business empire later. Business empire of Sathya Shankar With the experience he gained in finance, he started his automobile finance industry, named Praveen Capital in 1994. As of today, Praveen Capital contributes to Rs 240 crore to the Group's total revenue. Sathya Shankar Bindu is now the founder of SG Group, a Rs 800 crore business based in Puttur, Karnataka. He started with a capital Rs 35 lakh in 2001. Later on, the SG group expanded into finance, beverages, and snacks with over 55 products. Most importantly, the product range includes the popular Bindu Fizz Jeera Masala. His wife Ranjitha and children Megha, Mahima, and Manasvith are key figures in the business. He also owns a Rs 11 crore Rolls-Royce Phantom, symbolizing his inspiring rise from humble beginnings.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Yahoo
Diddy Could Lose $400M Fortune If Feds Seize His Remaining Assets
Sean 'Diddy' Combs is reportedly facing the potential collapse of his multi-million dollar empire as federal investigators pursue sweeping RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) charges that could lead to massive asset forfeiture. The music mogul, whose holdings span music, fashion, spirits, media, and philanthropy, is under intense legal scrutiny as prosecutors build a case alleging a criminal enterprise tied to racketeering, sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, and transportation for prostitution. 'RICO forfeiture is intended to be very broad, and so it has significant consequences,' former federal prosecutor Stefan Cassella told USA Today. 'So, it's going to boil down to what they can prove was part of the enterprise.' Federal authorities are reportedly aiming at a wide swath of Combs' business ventures, and if it is determined that any part of his empire was funded or involved in illegal activities, those assets could be seized. This includes his record label Bad Boy Records, parent company Combs Global, Revolt Media, his wine and spirits brands, the Sean John fashion line, and even the Sean Combs Foundation. 'This is a very, very broadly phrased forfeiture allegation. It doesn't look like there was any sort of pre-indictment seizures that they're counting towards it,' former DOJ Organized Crime and Gang Section Chief Jim Trusty told CNN's Laura Coates. 'And they've named the enterprise in a very broad way, the RICO. The RICO is essentially anything he touched in his business world, whether it's record labels, liquor labels, planes, trains, and automobiles.' Combs' personal property is also potentially at risk, including high-end vehicles such as a $500,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom, a Ferrari 360 Spider, a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder, and a Cadillac Escalade The Bad Boy Entertainment founder's federal trial has included harrowing testimony from Combs' former associates, include Cassie Ventura Fine, whom Combs dated for over a decade. Ventura, who testified on two separate days, detailed the alleged trauma and turmoil the disgraced mogul caused her over the course of their relationship, including physical and alleged sexual abuse. If convicted, Combs faces a potential life sentence in from Former Diddy Employee Reveals The Notorious B.I.G.-Inspired Alias He Used To Book Hotels Clinical Psychologist Testifies During Diddy Trial, Speaks On Abuser-Victim Dynamic Meek Mill Reveals The "Craziest" Experience He's Had While At A Diddy Party
Forbes
21-05-2025
- Automotive
- Forbes
Rolls-Royce Phantom 8 Is 100. Could 2125's Phantom 16 Be A True Flying Lady?
The Rolls-Royce Phantom name has been sitting in the stratosphere of car-dom for 100 years. But what about the next 100 years, and the journey Phantom might take at the average rate of a new or updated version every 12-and-a-half years? It seems Phantom might today be an indication of future features for "everyday" cars, while Phantom itself may move to an entirely new level: airborne luxury. Tom Cheesewright is an applied futurist. He's a mechanical and electrical engineering university graduate, who, through analyzing the past and tracking trends, advises a range of organizations—NASA, Ford and Pepsi amongst them—on what's next, and what's after that, then after that. He's also a car nut. Who better to sit with in the Phantom 8's passenger "suite" and ask the question about the future of Phantom, and how we as a race will fit cars into our lives. "History and heritage count for less these days. Quality and service count for more. So long as Rolls-Royce continues to exhibit quality and deliver service, then its relevance will grow," he says. Given the arguably peerless quality of its product and service that's certainly a deliverable ask, and a lead maintained swan-like: gliding along, but with not a chance of knowing just what unseen efforts are deployed. Service from the self-described "house of luxury," aimed at making everything about life in the Rolls-Royce universe effortless, sits right at the top of standard-setting. They'll be chased hard, not by competitors, but by natural technological evolution. "Luxury trickles down. Not so long ago a passenger wing mirror was a luxury, having entertainment was a luxury, all things standard on family cars for years," said Cheesewright. "So you can expect some of the things in this Phantom to be the norm in more modest cars over the next 100 years—the sense of solidity and strength, and the wafty quality of movement. Those will be normal." While, says Cheesewright, most cars will be self-driving in 100 years, Phantom-level adjustability and comfort of seating, massage, heating, cooling, all of those things we've come to expect on a high-end vehicle, will become the norm in mid-range cars. There could well be personalized entertainment screens all round, but a lot of the technology in cars won't be so obvious. "It'll be completely invisible, integrated—in many ways the direction of travel of luxury car interiors now," he says. "What is 'luxury' is less and less obvious and more and more discreet—luxury is time and not having to think, or fiddle, or press. It's things that just work. In 100 years' time, every car will be focused on things that just work and don't show their underlying workings. "Some of the most exciting areas of research right now are in material science, in the underlying elements or compounds that have their own properties. "You could make a car that's stronger and stiffer with less, sound deadening that's thinner, heating and cooling with much less engineering." Rolls-Royce has always been about craftsmanship. "When it comes to artisans, in 100 years it's hard to say the part they'll play. But in the near-term, I think the artisan picture looks pretty good. "Androids in car making may not be in mass adoption yet, but you can see the direction of travel. That's great for the mass market, but it only serves to increase the value of the personal, the individual, the handcrafted, the things that have got the artisan signature on them." Such progression relies on world economies being strong and consistently stable enough to support the appetite for investment in cash-hungry automotive development. "But we're going to want them (artisans, and their output) as a way to help demonstrate our status, as a way to differentiate ourselves," said Cheesewright. "Look at the new generation coming through—Gen Alpha—they're interested in things that are individual, unique or personal to them because they've grown up with everything being digital, copy-able, mass-produced. They've got an almost punk aesthetic; they either want something unique to them, or they make it themselves. "But then the really big epiphany after we've sorted the EV thing is probably going to be the completion of the ACE vision—the 'autonomous connected electric' vehicle," says Cheesewright. "We'll have ticked off the electric bit largely by the mid-2030s; the connected bit's kind of there, albeit with some issues around security here and there. But the autonomous piece has taken longer than expected—some of us saying it won't be till the 2040s or 2050s, until any car can navigate any conditions, any roads at any time of day or night with just the voice command. True 'Class 5' (completely self-driving). "The really interesting point is not the completion of that vision, it's the backlash against it. And that gets really interesting: Does piloting your own car become a statement of competence, capability, wealth? "Insurance will almost certainly be higher. For a human pilot to choose to drive their own car will be expensive, if synthetic fuels are still available, a relatively expensive option compared to running a battery electric vehicle. "I think having a combustion engine will be a statement, piloting yourself will be a statement. That opens up some really interesting design possibilities, particularly for low-volume cars, very artisanal and catering to that desire to do and drive something different. "Owning and driving a 'stick-shift' manual transmission car in North America doesn't just make you cool, it's a marker of competence, more awareness of your driving environment, and an enviable ability to truly enjoy your car. "I expect that as we lose the sense of control and enjoyment of piloting, let's be honest, a dangerous machine round the roads, we'll look to other ways to get that thrill. Amateur motorsport might be in for a real boom as we go through that shift." What will the wealthy want from their transport? "I think they will probably own their main ACE vehicle, unlike a lot of other people who will 'subscribe' to vehicle usage on demand. "The wealthy will have a subscription like everybody else—but which allows them to be picked up in something suitably swanky wherever they want. "I think ownership will remain a status piece for the ultra-high net worths, the ability to customize, the ability to have things that are to their expectations, to their standards, but more importantly to their preference that are a piece of them. Like Rolls-Royce. "Today, the vast majority of users are traveling in cars they don't own, are paying on finance. It's really only a small cognitive shift from that to a subscription- or service-based car, there when it's wanted." Cheesewright says UHNWs will probably make greater use of personal air transport. "It's been surprising how slow personal electric aircraft have come about. But I think they'll be using those because they'll be quiet, they'll be safe, great for going between city and airport. "Property developers in London, for instance, have been building landing pads into office developments and high-end residential developments for years, with the likes of Skyports buying and leasing them; these things are coming." Could there be a flying Phantom 16? "People have a have a real brand affinity for a particular type of vehicle. If someone loves Rolls-Royce, then the idea they can get out of the ground-bound vehicle and into a same-brand air-capable vehicle, the same interior experience, I think that would appeal hugely. The Rolls-Royce Phantom outside Brae Cottage, what was Sir Henry Royce's home in Cheshire, England. "It might be more of a partnership than Rolls-Royce doing the manufacturing. But in 100 years' times a coachbuilt Rolls-Royce Flying Lady personal electric aircraft? I can see that happening. And they already have the figurine…"
