While resellers and other toy shops may sell the viral figurines only for the money, owner Heather Rasmussen has made it a point to keep her business grounded by prioritizing the customer experience. "I wanted more respect from the collectors [and] show them that we are not upselling," Rasmussen said. "There’s no point in it. It’s hard for me to see things selling for more than they should. For me, it's about the loyalty of the customer, not a quick profit." Rasmussen’s commitment to selling tre...

Before becoming a two-time Super Bowl champion, Dan Bunz was just a talented high schooler figuring out what to do next with his career. “I graduated at 17,” Bunz said, still sounding a little surprised by it. “Lots of colleges recruited me but I was not that fired up to go to college. I had to study all the time.” His hero and inspiration for pursuing his athletic and academic journey was his older brother. Bunz started at UC Riverside but after the program was discontinued, he followed their c...

At Cal State Long Beach, among the buzz of scooters riding by you, chatter in the crowd and chips falling from vending machines, there’s one person amongst the noise who will bring the energy of Los Angeles sports with him wherever he goes, Garrett Bishop, a proud Latino student where LA sports isn’t just a hobby, it’s his cultural identity. For Bishop, he was basically born in stadiums. LA sports were part of his upbringing long before he had any knowledge of what was going on other than differ...