"Nigga Please"!

Leave it to our pal,  Stephen A. Smith...to keep it real....real!   Stephen A. must have thought he was alone with his "bros"...just shooting the shit.

However....it was live TV...and national...and on the world wide leader...ESPN.

Let's just hope he doesn't get his ass fired.

We're with you Stephen A.

Is This Going To Get Stephen A. In Trouble With ESPN?

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LeBron......May Have Other Things on his Mind

LeBron James ......stunk it up in game 4 of the NBA Finals.....

Maybe he had a problem focusing.....

Maybe.....his longtime girlfriend  and the mother of his children...was ......"dipping"...

Maybe......LeBron.....has had his heart broken.

Maybe.........

If you can believe YBF...........(they are usually right on).......

From ......"The Young, Black & Fabulous":

DO WE BELIEVE IT?: Did Wizards Baller Rashard Lewis Tap LeBron's Girl Savannah?

Jun 09 | by Natasha

I'm going on the record now saying I don't believe this ish....yet.  However, I'm doing my duty of relaying the pressing gossip out here in these innanet streets.  At least the gossip that could possibly hold some water.

As it always happens during the NBA Finals, crazy rumors are hitting the streets.  And this time, yet another NBA baller has allegedly gotten it in with yet another one of LeBron James' girls.  Deets inside....

Reports say Rashard Lewis of the Washington Wizards was allegedly caught getting it in with LeBron James' long-time girlfriend and sons' mother, Savannah Brinson.

Ladies: Here's one reason you'll be able to tolerate watching the game with your man tonight.  You never know what info can leak during a game.

Supposedly, LeBron's poor performance the other night in the Heat's loss to the Dallas Mavericks was all due to him finding out Rashard Lewis and his girlfriend Savannah getting it in. Mmhmm...

The folks over at Hello Beautiful say they have a source who claims they know Rashard indeed slept with Savannah recently while he visited South Beach:

Looks like Lebron James lackluster performance in this year’s NBA playoffs is related to yet another off the court drama. Word on the street is that Rashard Lewis slept with Lebron’s girl Savannah while he was visiting South Beach.
Here’s what I found out :

I have a very reliable source who clubs and drinks with all of the athletes that come through Orlando. He was all over the Tiger Woods issue and knew what all happened with Tiger prior to it being released publicly. My buddy has a place in Orlando, Lake Nona to be exact, and he lives among some athletes that live there in Orlando. Needless to say he golfs, drinks, and parties with some of the best people in central Florida. So when word got to him while at the bar last night, he called me. Word got out while drinking with friends, that Rashard Lewis slept with Lebrons girl while visiting South Beach.

ESPN’s analyst Stephen A. Smith recently said on his radio show that Bron Bron is going through personal off court issues and that’s the reason for his poor play on the final.

Hmmm.  Stephen could have been talking about many things honestly.  And REALLY--how many unemployed women who are living the life of a come-up with arguably the richest man currently in the NBA would "downgrade cheat"?  REALLY?  Yes, we know men "downgrade cheat" OFTEN.  But is this a different scenario?

At the same time, isn't cheating in the NBA damn near a given these days?  Crazier things have happened.

There were rumors of LeBron's mom getting it in with Delonte West (and supposedly caused him to lose the Playoffs last year)--and yes, we believed that ish.  Yet, there were recent rumors of a Laker wives love triange we barely paid attention to that supposedly caused kobe and co. to lose in the Playoffs this year.  So this could be just another rumor on the NBA Finals grill.

No other hard core facts (or denials) have come out yet.  So for now--it's just a rumor.  Do we believe it?

Allen Iverson......Update

Say it ain't so......Allen Iverson......Gambling?   Alcohol?

From the Philadelphia Inquirer:

Stephen A. Smith: Iverson needs more than a prayer

POSTED: March 7, 2010

By Stephen A. Smith

Inquirer Sports Columnist

His closest confidant asked the basketball world to pray for Allen Iverson, as if no one has all these years while seeing this train wreck coming.
He acted as if the former 76ers star hadn't needed a significant dose of prayer, luck, and divine intervention until now.
And as the rest of us are forced to bear witness to a disintegration, the rapid decline of a career clearly lacking nurturing, the time has arrived for Iverson's inner circle to stand up and be counted, to provide some semblance of tough love - by any means necessary.
Unless those people are willing to write his epitaph instead.

Just listening to Gary Moore, Iverson's business manager and the person he trusts most, they may be doing so very soon.

Allen Iverson is in trouble, folks, deep trouble. The combination of alcohol and gambling - and a once-promising career in tatters because of the first two - won't culminate in anything short of disaster if help does not arrive in short order.
If numerous NBA sources are telling the truth - and there's no reason to believe they'd do otherwise in a situation of this magnitude - Iverson will either drink himself into oblivion or gamble his life away.
Moore, ever the protector, would never admit as much, of course. But that's part of the problem, isn't it?

Iverson's wife, Tawanna, having hired some high-powered Atlanta attorney and filed for a divorce last week, does not help matters. Nor does it help that she's already separated from her husband, with custody of their five kids and seeking both alimony and child support.
When you consider Iverson's well-known penchant for alcohol and his banishment from casinos in Detroit and Atlantic City, if disgust and sadness don't come to mind, at least one question does:

Where is the person with the ideal combination of compassion and toughness who would shelter Iverson at the same time he's holding his feet to the flames? Someone whose vested interest is in Iverson's well-being, someone who doesn't need his money or cachet?
In other words, someone he does not have in his camp right now. Or someone who has an impact, and needs to utilize it.
"I think there's one guy, and his name is John Thompson," said former Temple basketball coach John Chaney, noted for saving souls as much as winning basketball games throughout his illustrious career. "John is the one guy who'll have a chance of slowing this train wreck down, who could wrap his arms around Iverson and have an impact, because clearly it has not been done. But there's still this one question: Will [Iverson] listen?

"See, too many of our athletes give lip service when someone is trying to help them. And as soon as you leave them, they find themselves dealing with self-preservation and denial. It's an athlete's biggest problem to overcome.
"When you were young and vital, there were a lot of hit songs on that side of the record," Chaney said. "With Iverson, there are no more hit songs on that side of the record. You've got to accept the fact that you've danced and boogied. Now that they've flipped it over and ain't nobody dancing anymore, it's over!

"The ball is deflated. So now you have to find another life for yourself."
Iverson's NBA life may be over, but he and the folks he keeps close to him don't seem to realize it.
Take the more than $200 million he has earned in his career, subtract Uncle Sam's take, alimony, child support for five kids, and no millions forthcoming, then ask yourself what the 6-foot guard has left.
With his lifestyle, his mistakes, his lack of preparation for a life beyond the glory.
Talk to anyone remotely associated with Iverson and they can't deny that he is ill-prepared for a post-basketball career. His cohorts still look to him as that mercurial box-office star who won four scoring titles and a league MVP award, not as someone who simply dreams about those days right now.
The one advantage Iverson acknowledged having all of these years was a wife about whom he publicly said, "I'd die for her. . . . I'd die without her." Now, she essentially has said, "Go right ahead."
No wonder Moore said, "Pray."
This is Iverson we're talking about. What else is there to do? Especially if he is forced to stand alone?

The End.......For Iverson?

Could this ...be the end of an era......for Allen Iverson?

Seems ......Steven A. Smith thinks so:

Stephen A. Smith: Say goodbye to Allen Iverson

POSTED: February 23, 2010

By Stephen A. Smith

Inquirer Sports Columnist

It's over.
The tears. The jogging out to midcourt at the Wachovia Center to kiss the floor to raucous, rabid applause. The crackling voice, filled with gratitude and appreciation for an organization that said, "You can come home again." It all ended for Allen Iverson yesterday afternoon when the 76ers announced that, arguably, the greatest player in franchise history would be out "indefinitely" because of his daughter's illness - undoubtedly ending The Answer's career in Philadelphia.

For the entire article.........click the link below:
Say goodbye to Iverson



So sad.......our condolences.......to GaPeach913.......  

Hump Day Thoughts........and More.......

Pretty good radio.......

If..........at 3 pm on the week days ....... you're ever around an AM radio....and can pick up an ESPN Radio station........(you can also hear it on ESPNradio.com)......I urge you to lend an ear to the Stephen A. Smith Show.

The show is only an hour long........but is filled with interesting talk and interviews. Stephen A. Smith has never been bashful. After a mere five minutes of listening .....I promise you .......you will know where he stands on any issue.

The show is primarily a sports show.......but dabbles in current events as well as politics from time to time. Because he is black........and hails from Philadelphia, most people assume he is a liberal democratic.

Stephen A. will quickly remind you.......he is neither Republican nor Democratic.......conservative nor liberal........just.........an American.

So........if you're in your car.....sitting in traffic.......or just resting in the mid afternoon......give him a listen.......he won't disappoint.


22...........and now they're through.....

The Houston Rockets lost a basketball game last night. The Boston Celtics came into NASA town and blew out the Rockets, 94-74. In one of the few late starting NBA games this season....I actually watched this one from the opening tip to the final horn.

I came away with just a few choice thoughts:

How......in the name of Hakeem (the Dream) Olajuwon........did this team ever win 22 in a row?

Where is Tracy McGrady? When needed most?

Why is Dekembe Mutombo......(he is approaching 60.....right?)....still trying to run up and down the court? Much less still trying to play....And.......he is ....still.....(albeit quite weakly).....wagging his fingers after attempted blocked shots.

Houston.......We feel your pain. You're without Yao Ming...........You have T Mac........You have no chance in the Western Conference.

Happy Trails.........DeAngelo Hall......


The Atlanta Falcons...........have done it again.........Let's see.........who is the most talented player we have.........Whoa..........he has a bad attitude.......so lets trade him. Such is the thinking of Atlanta. Arthur Blank wants role models..............Arthur Blank want community stall worths......Mr. Blank wants ...........robots!

Exit..........DeAngelo Hall.........2 time pro bowler........shut down corner........Mr Hall will now don the uniform of the Oakland Raiders for the 2008 season. Will this city ever learn? Chased out were.......Deion Sanders, David Justice, and .......recently.........Andruw Jones......All just a little too black.......and a little too out spoken for the city of Atlanta.



Finally...........

Supposedly .........Spring.........arrives tomorrow ..........I honestly can't remember how March arrived......as a lion .......or a lamb.

Easter is this Sunday? And it's still March? The Apocalypse is upon us!