Atlanta Gets WNBA Team...

Atlanta has been chosen to host a WNBA expansion team in 2008. The Atlanta franchise, which will choose a name, logo, colors and head coach at a later date, is the sixth WNBA team to be independently owned and operated. With that addition, the WNBA will feature 14 teams! I feel like I should be getting paid for this! I've beeeeen saying that Atlanta should have a WNBA team for the longest!!!! Hopefully they'll be more exciting to watch than the Hawks. Since it only costs $25 to sit courtside at WNBA games, I think I'll be getting season tickets :)~

Oh HELL Naw!!!!!!!!!!!

Will you just look at Shawn Merriman pouring champagne on some random chick at the club! Ol' girl seems to be enjoying herself. WTF ever! I'm a black girl and the myth about us going from lamb to lion about our hair is true!!! I swear I would've lost my mind if that negro decided to overturn a bottle on my head!! This would be big news if I had been involved b/c I would've acted a damn fool on Shawn Merriman!!

High School Removes Vick's Jersey...

Mike Vick's old high school removed his jersey from the gym. The principal decided to remove it after his guilty plea. I think that I'm the only person in the world who feels like Michael Vick isn't the worse person in the world right now so I won't go into why I think that removing his jersey is unecessary. But I'm also the chick who graduated from a school that proudly displays the jersey of a former football player who made it to the league only to serve time for drug trafficking where he still remains...

Ya'll Vote for Floyd!!!

I don't know if ya'll have been watching Dancing With the Stars, but last night Floyd was in the bottom two and you can tell that he was NOT happy!! The look on his face during last night's results show was (to me) a look of disappointment or perhaps frustration, even though a lot of people viewed it as him being cocky, arrogant, and having a bad attitude. Read some of the comments from the DWTS message board:

...your attitude stinks you should not act that way in front of fans you are there to have fun and everyone is there to learn and take what the judges say so you need to watch your face expersion

... Floyd have lost my votes for the rest of the season. I will not vote for him again no matter how well he dance in the following weeks. He have a serious attitude problem.

...Just poor sportsmanship.

...hope everyone noticed (how could you NOT) and no one vote for him. This show is as much about charisma and personality as it is about dancing. He is a medicre dancer at best and scores zero in the others. He needs to go. I hope he doesn't get one single vote.

They were clowin' Floyd!! I felt bad b/c I've voted for him every week and this week I didn't vote :( If you haven't been watching you wouldn't know that Floyd is extremely entertaining and dances his ass off every week. However he's failed to score higher than a 21!! I think he's had a great attitude despite the judge's scores and last night I viewed his demeanor as disappointment. He's been a great sport every week by complimenting the other contestants and etc. so for people to try to make him out to be an asshole just b/c he showed human emotion last night is contradictory to the way he's been on the show so far! Make sure to vote for him (abc.com)!! You get like 11 votes online...give him all 11!!!!

Liar, Liar Pants On Fire!!!

Marion Jones pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Friday to two counts of lying to federal investigators and admitted taking steroids before the Sydney Olympics in 2000. She is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 11, and sentencing guidelines call for her to receive up to six months in jail. Everybody knows that she strongly denied ever using any performance enhancing drugs during her career. Yesterday she admitted that it was all a lie, cried, and retired. To add to it all, the U.S. Olympic Committee announced that they want her five (3 golds, 2 bronze) medals back. My advice to her is to do what all celebrities on the downside of their careers do...write a book.

Give It Up O.J.!!

O.J. might as well give Fred Goldman his SSN so he can claim him on his income taxes. A judge ruled that O.J. must hand over a Rolex watch and other assets to Goldman. Any future royalties from a sports video game featuring Simpson also must be delivered to Goldman as well. Simpson must also surrender any of the disputed memorabilia items recently seized by Las Vegas authorities that are found to be legally his. The items would then be auctioned by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the money they bring in given to Goldman. Being O.J. has to suck!!

What A Comeup!!!

I hadn't really been keeping up with the California Raisin Isiah Thomas sexual harassment trial. I do know that it's over now, and the jury ordered $11.6 million be paid to the former team executive who "endured crude insults and unwanted advances" from Isiah!! Before being fired, she made $260,000/year (so I'm sure she was never broke), but now she really doesn't need to ever work again so I consider this a major comeup!! Don't spend it all in once place chica!! And Isiah should know better....you can't just go around sexually harrassing women all willy nilly!!

If This I True Then I DEFINITELY Understand...

I wasn't mad at the idea of Shaunie stashing away a couple mill for a rainy day. Nothing about her doing that seemed shady. If anyone thought that she was on some triflin, gold digger type shit check this out...

According to a person close to Shaunie, once she found out that Shaq was planning on leave her for his pregnant girlfriend - she began stashing away the family money. "Shaunie [took] 9 million dollars from Shaq once she found out that he had indeed had an affair and gotten another woman pregnant."

And that's not the best part. Word is that Shaunie was entitled to substantially less than $9 million under the prenuptial agreement that she signed before the wedding. (MTO)

I'on know if that's true or not, but if it is who can blame her? If Shaq indeed has a chick pregnant, and Shaunie was not even entitled to $9 mil if they divorced, his ass needs to just be happy that she didn't take more than that! I would've been auctioning off his Championship rings, LSU jersey, and our 4 children!

Give Him a Break!!!

Talk about kicking a man when he's down. Michael Vick now faces two state charges that could get him more prison time if he's convicted....He faces state charges of beating or killing or causing dogs to fight other dogs and engaging in or promoting dogfighting. Each felony is punishable by up to five years in prison. Arraignments are set for Oct. 3. I know that this topic has been over discussed, but can Mike Vick please get a break?!! DAMN!!!

Barry's Ball Will Be Branded...

Marc Ecko (a fashion designer) bought Barry Bonds' record-breaking home run ball for $752,467 only to leave the decision of what should happen to the ball up to the public. He set up a Web site for fans to vote on the ball's fate which included: branding it with an asterick, sending it to the Hall of Fame museum unblemished, or launching it into space. The option to brand it received the most votes, and so that will be done. The asterisk suggests that Bonds' record is tainted by alleged steroid use.

And speaking of Barry Bonds...he WILL NOT be on the Giants' roster next season...I repeat, Barry Bonds WILL NOT be on the Giant's roster next season. That's dirty San Fran!!!

WOW!!

(Juicy News)

When I see Serena looking like this, I have to give her props! Girl is lookin' mo and mo better (lol)! I posted a pic of her a while back and wondered if she'd gotten a new stylist or something and I'm convinced that she has! She looks really great and it's so good to see her wearing clothes that are flattering to her muscular body instead of clothes that just make her look manish!

In case you were wondering the occassion for her looking so fabu, she was at the premiere of the new Jamie Foxx movie (The Kingdom).

Not Them Too!!!....

Ya'll know I love D.Wade right :o) BUT this news does not make me happy at all and I really hope that it's a rumor! "Supposedly" he and his wife are separated! As beautiful as I think he is, and as much as I dream about him at night, and as much as I drool when I see pictures of him...I don't want him and his wife to get a divorce. What good does it do me if they split anyway?! It's not like I'm next in line or anything. That just means he's fair game to some other chick that I won't accept like I've come to accept his wife (lol). I wonder what's in the Miami water b/c it's breaking people up! First Shaq now D. Wade? I'm gonna cross my fingers for these two!

The Goldman's Need Jesus!!

Everybody knows what's going on with O.J. It's looking like he was set-up last week and now a mockery is once again being made out of him. Please don't get it twisted, I am in no way an O.J. supporter, fan, or whatever. I didn't give a damn about O.J. before his ex-wife and her boyfriend turned up dead and that feeling still remains today.

It seems like every since O.J. got off was acquitted, the Goldman family has been trying to take everything from him! I don't know how it feels to have a close loved one so brutally murdered, but I'm almost sure that I wouldn't invest all of my time and energy into making the acquitted person's life hell. Last week, the money hungry Goldman's released O.J.'s controversial book "If I Did It" and are racking up all of the profit. I understand getting the rights to the book and making sure that it is NEVER released, but they released it which makes absolutely no sense. This week, they've crawled their way back into O.J. World yet again by trying to receive the memorabilia that O.J. Simpson is accused of committing armed robbery to recover. Their plan is to make sure that "the stuff will never go back to Mr. Simpson. He's going to walk out of Clark County empty-handed."

All I can do is shake my head. It's been over 10 years since the death of their son. Why not just try to move on? It's a damn shame that they have so much hate in their heart's and can't find it within themselves to get past this and let God deal with whoever actually murdered their kid. I can't help but feel that they are missing so much out of life by trying to find ways to get at O.J. When will they realize that none of this will bring their son back?

Listen to "OG" Simpson Get Gangsta, lol!!!

(Courtesy of TMZ...PLAY AUDIO)

I LOVE Floyd Mayweather!

...So I will be tuning into Dancing with the Stars every week! The first shows begins with the ladies on September 24. Floyd and the rest of the celebrity men will be on September 25.

Grandaddy Greg Will Miss the ENTIRE Season...

Greg Oden will miss the entire upcoming basketball season due to micro fracture knee surgery. Oden is expected to be on crutches for up to eight weeks. Recovery time from micro fracture surgery varies from person to person, but generally takes between six and 12 months for full recovery. I really, really like Greg Oden so I'm hoping that he fully recovers and has a great season whenever he does return!

I Told Ya'll that I Believed in Miracles...

I posted about the possible paralysis of Kevin Everett a few days ago. However, I was hoping that a miracle would occur and he'd someday walk again. He's been making tremendous improvements and though he'll never be able to play football again, he may be able to walk someday soon!

Kevin Everett has slightly moved three fingers on his right hand, potentially another positive sign in his recovery from a life-threatening spinal-cord injury. The Buffalo tight end voluntarily moved his fingers Thursday night "more than a little bit but not with great force." "There was slight movement." On Wednesday, doctors said Everett could wiggle his toes, bend his hip, move his ankles, elevate and kick his leg, as well as extend his elbows and slightly flex his biceps. But he had not been able to move his hands. (ESPN)

FINALLY!!

Jamarcus Russell is finally getting the money that held out over six months for. Today he'll sign a deal and should be practicing for the first time as a Raider on tomorrow. The deal has a maximum value of $68 million with $31-$32 mil in guarantees!!! Although his holdout has cost him the chance of winning the starting job in training camp, it was well worth it (financially that is). If I had over $30 mil in guaranteed money, I wouldn't even want to be the starter...hell I wouldn't even care if I was on the practice squad or not! *lol*

Kevin Everett SEVERLY Injured

It's been a long time since a football player has sustained an injury as severe as paralysis. On Sunday, Kevin Everett sustained a "catastrophic and life-threatening spinal-cord injury while trying to make a tackle during the Buffalo Bills' season opener and is unlikely to walk again." This is really sad. I believe in miracles so I hope that one day he's able to walk again.

"A best-case scenario is full recovery, but not likely," orthopedic surgeon Andrew Cappuccino said. "I believe there will be some permanent neurologic deficit." Everett was hurt Sunday after he ducked his head while tackling the Denver Broncos' Domenik Hixon during the second-half kickoff. Everett dropped face-first to the ground after his helmet hit Hixon high on the left shoulder and side of the helmet. Cappuccino noted the 25-year-old reserve tight end did have touch sensation throughout his body and also showed signs of movement. But he cautioned that Everett's injury was life-threatening because he was still susceptible to blood clots, infection and breathing failure."

NOOOO!!

Shaq and Shaunie are getting a divorce after 5 years and 4 kids! What happened?! They seemed so perfect for each other. I thought they had at least a 10 year marriage in them. Shaq, who filed for divorce, wants Shaunie to "provide a correct accounting of all money, funds, stocks, bonds, and other securities" that she had access to or obtained during the marriage. Hmmm....sounds like Shaunie may have been a little funny with the money. If I was Shaunie I'd be trying my damnest to make it work, because I can only imagine how hard it'll be to raise five children (she had one before Shaq) alone.