It is still widely used today for springs, bearings, bushings, automobile transmission pilot bearings, and similar fittings, and is particularly common in the bearings of small electric motors. Phosphor bronze is particularly suited to precision-grade bearings and springs. Bronze is typically 60 percent copper and 40 percent tin.
The NAACP Image Awards is an award presented annually by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to honor outstanding people of color in film, television, music and literature. Brown has won two awards from six nominations.
Brown earned Big Ten Defensive Player and Defensive Lineman of the Year honors along with being named a consensus All-American in his senior year in 1999. The Alvin, S.C., native earned All-Big Ten status in each of his three years as a starter, including first-team laurels in 1998 and 1999.