A Tiger Comeback?

Maybe....

Tiger Woods -- Major Clue in Golf Comeback

Posted Mar 12th 2010 8:00AM by TMZ Staff

Tiger Woods has still not announced when he's returning to golf -- but TMZ has learned one upcoming tournament is beginning to make several mysterious arrangements ... arrangements that have Tiger's tracks all over them.



It's all connected to the Tavistock Cup -- an exclusive golf tournament scheduled to begin on March 22nd, which pits the Lake Nona Country Club against the Isleworth Country Club ... where Tiger is a member.

The famously private event is known for allowing fans to get up close and personal with the golfers -- but sources close to the tournament tell us management for the Isleworth Country Club, this year's home course, has suddenly decided to cut down on the number of passes given to Lake Nona employees.

We're told several staff members are being told the move is being orchestrated by Tiger's camp in an effort to control who will have access to the golfer when he makes his return.

We'll see if they're right in t-minus 10 days ...

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• Tiger Woods -- The First unstaged Golf Photos
• Tiger & Elin -- One Night Under the Same Roof

Young......Stupid.....& Black.....Again

When....oh when...will our young black athletes.....understand?

Yet another case of being young, black, and stupid.

Driving a "Bentley".........late at night.....no insurance.....and under the influence....

Note to NBA stars:  "You're making millions of dollars.....hire a driver......it's not ......rocket science!

From TMZ.com:

NBA Star Arrested for DUI in Miami Beach

Posted Mar 11th 2010 12:14PM by TMZ Staff

Miami Heat forward Dorell Wright was arrested in Miami Beach early this morning after cops say he was driving his 2005 Bentley under the influence of alcohol.

According to the police report, obtained by TMZ, Wright was pulled over at 3:37 AM after cops noticed he was driving erratically.

Cops say they approached the vehicle and when they began talking with Wright, they noticed "red and watery eyes, odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath, and low and slurred speech."

Cops say the 24-year-old couldn't provide current insurance information -- they also discovered he was driving on a suspended driver's license.

Wright was taken to a nearby jail where he was booked for DUI and driving on a suspended license.

Earlier in the evening, Wright played 22 minutes in the Heat's victory over the Los Angeles Clippers -- but he only scored one point in the game.

Love & Divorce......NBA Style

Another NBA ....marriage gone bad.

Another sports superstar forced to give up .....half.

Another ex-wife.....who will walk away with millions.......

Another sad day......in ...."Manville", USA......

From TMZ.com:

Shaq and Wife Reach Divorce Settlement

Posted Mar 11th 2010 1:47PM by TMZ Staff

Shaquille O'Neal and his estranged wife, Shaunie have reached a settlement in their divorce ... TMZ has learned.

Shaunie's mega-lawyer, Sorrell Trope, tells TMZ Shaq and Shaunie have reached agreement on all terms of the divorce, including property, custody and support.

Under the agreement, the Florida courts will have jurisdiction to officially divorce the couple. In addition, a Florida judge will handle any issues that may arise involving property division and spousal support.

Trope tells TMZ the California courts will have jurisdiction over any issues related to child custody.

As we first reported, Shaunie filed for legal separation in California back in November, just days after moving to L.A. with their kids. We've learned Shaunie just filed a petition to dismiss the separation action.

More Shaq & Shaunie

• Shaq Wants Wife Thrown Out of Cali Court
• Shaq and Shaunie Wanted a Reality Check
• Shaq's Wife Files for Legal Separation

And more....from  YBF.com....Are those ...little  "Shaqettes"???
 

Shaunie O’Neal & The Kiddies Do ESSENCE+Shaq & Shaunie Reach Divorce Settlement

Posted by Natasha - Last updated: Thursday, March 11, 2010

Shaunie O’Neal is featured in the new issue of Essence magazine.  And looking fabulous in it while playing with her kiddies.  She did an 8 page spread for the mag about her new show, her marriage to Shaq, and why she FINALLY left.
Her new reality show on VH1 is called “Basketball Wives,” and it premieres on Sunday, April 11th at 10PM ET/PT.
News on her divorce settlement with Shaq when you read the rest…
Read The Rest…

Dunk of the Night

In the " Association"...last night....we bring this spectacular dunk.

NBA player's dunk leaves opponent in awe

Denver's J.R. Smith throws down a spectacular jam normally reserved for a dunk contest. » Watch him pull it off

• Best dunks of all time
• Rookie's wild shot

Courtside.....in L.A.

The NBA.......loves it's celebs.....especially in Hollywood....

From YBF.com:

COUPLEDOM: Eddie Murphy & His Boo Cuddle Courtside

Posted by Natasha - Last updated: Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Well looky here. Eddie Murphy was spotted kicking it courtside at the Lakers game with his lil boo last night. And the two looked extra cuddled up. First time we’ve seen Eddie snuggled up with someone since….yeah.
*EDIT* Eddie’s mystery boo is actress Maya Gilbert.  She’s currently starring in the Cinemax series “Zane’s Sex Chronicles.”

Kobe........Again

Last night.....in the......."Association":

Are Hairy Legs......Sexy?

You be the judge.....

From our friends at TMZ.com:

Oscar Win Hasn't Changed Mo'Nique, Or Her Legs

Posted Mar 9th 2010 12:05PM by TMZ Staff

The day after winning an Academy Award, Mo'Nique was spotted showing off her proud trademark hairy legs on Monday.

She won for "Precious," but it's all about Hair Show.

Welcome Back........Marion Jones

You did your time.....you're still beautiful......you're still young....

Welcome back........Marion.

Marion Jones signs with WNBA's Shock (AP)‎

Hump Day.....News & Views

We welcome back......a 5 on Five......staple!

It is a Wednesday.... it is .....a "Hump Day".....

So.....here's some ....."stuff".......we're following:

Long road back for one-time basketball star

Far from the NBA and millions of dollars in debt, Antoine Walker is attempting a comeback. » His virtually unknown team 

Small town boy makes good......makes millions......loses millions....seems we've heard this story before.

Player cut by team vents on city's fans

Former Browns QB Derek Anderson has harsh words for Cleveland's faithful on his way out of town. » Then apologizes 

This fool.......got it right ....the first time......then he got it wrong by apologizing....

Tough-guy actor Chuck Norris turns 70

According to Internet lore, the "ultimate fighting machine" just gets fiercer with age. » Interest in celebrities' ages 

Chuck Norris?   70?  I think I can take him now......

Unusual assist in pro basketball game

An unsuspecting fan has a hand in a key play of a tight Lakers game. » He's not your average Joe 

Only in.......LA!!!


Have a great....."Hump Day"  

  

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?

Revenge.......At 195 mph

This .......could have been ....really bad.

But .......this is NASCAR......and the cars are the safest....they've ever been.....and this guy literally walks away.

From Sunday's Atlanta Motor Speedway:

Not ...Again......Big Ben.......

Seems.....Pittsburgh Steeler  .....QB....Ben Roethlisberger  is in trouble ......again.

From the guys and gals .....at TMZ.com:

Ben Roethlisberger Accused of Sexual Assault

Posted Mar 5th 2010 3:15PM by TMZ Staff

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been accused of sexual assault by a young woman in Georgia, TMZ has learned.

The alleged incident occurred early this morning at Capital City -- a club in Milledgeville, Georgia.

According to law enforcement sources, the alleged victim -- who has already been interviewed by police -- was treated at a local hospital and released.

We're told in addition to the alleged victim, witnesses are being interviewed -- and one law enforcement source says they will attempt to interview Roethlisberger.

In addition to the Milledgeville Police Dept, we've learned the Georgia Bureau of Investigations is also investigating.

As we previously reported, Roethlisberger is being sued by a Reno woman, Andrea McNulty, who claims the QB sexually assaulted her in 2008.

UPDATE: We're told Ben Roethlisberger has already been interviewed by police. We're also told no formal charges have been filed at this point.

UPDATE 3:30 PM EST: A rep from the Steelers tells TMZ, "We are gathering information on this incident - until then we have no further comment."

Story developing ...

And......there is more:

Accuser: Big Ben Assaulted Me in Bathroom

Posted Mar 5th 2010 4:00PM by TMZ Staff

The woman accusing Ben Roethlisberger of sexual assault told police the whole thing went down inside the women's restroom of a Georgia nightclub.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ the woman told cops she was inside the restroom of Capital City nightclub when the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback entered and allegedly assaulted her.

We're told Roethlisberger has still not been charged with a crime.

 

Women's Basketball.....Just got .....Interesting

Check it out....Happened last night...



Courtesy of ESPN  and YouTube........
Now....that's ....a punch!!!

Divorce.......MLB Style...Update

Cheaper....to keep her....

This guy.......is learning the hard way.  Once you have ....money.......it takes a great deal of money......to keep......said money.

From our friends at TMZ.com.....(those people are everywhere):

L.A. Dodgers Wife - It's Expensive to Be Me

Posted Mar 1st 2010 6:08PM by TMZ Staff

Now we know why the L.A. Dodgers divorce case between Frank and Jamie McCourt is so high-stakes ... it costs a bundle to be them.



Jamie submitted an expense declaration with the court in her quest for $988,845. Here are some of her MONTHLY expenses:

- Expenses for Holmby Hills home - $202,715
- Expenses for L.A. home - $9,007
- Expenses for Malibu home - $151,054
- Expenses for other Malibu home - $88,106
- Expenses for Cape Cod house - $93,279
- Expenses for Willowbend house (we don't even know where that is) - $5,048
- Expenses for Vail house - $7,784
- Expenses for Cabo house - $2,530

In all, the homes cost her $568,829 a month. Her total nut is almost twice that. But in her declaration, Jamie says she was only pulling in $166,667 a month from the Dodgers. Someone missed their home ec classes!

More McCourt Divorce

• Jamie McCourt -- I'm No Cheater
• Jamie McCourt in A League of Her Own
• Dodgers to McCourt Judge -- Please Butt Out!

"I Love Me....Some Me"

Famous quote.....from Terrell Owen.....

Well......Mr. Owens........Who's ......loving you now?

The next stop for Terrell Owens

Now that Buffalo has cut ties with the controversial star, one team already admits interest in him. » Iraq connection

• Buffalo, Owens part
• Vikings to wait on Favre
• Combine's top corners

NBC's Dreadful Ending

From GaPeach 913......

Parting shots.....on the 2010 Winter Olympics:

NBC awkwardly and abruptly ends Olympic coverage

By Chris Chase

How did NBC choose to end its 865 hours of Winter Olympic coverage? By barely acknowledging that said coverage was ending.
In a bizarre conclusion to its telecasts of the 2010 Vancouver Games, NBC awkwardly cut away to air the premiere of the much-hyped reality show, "The Marriage Ref." Viewers were abruptly informed that coverage of the Ceremony would continue at 11:30 p.m. ET.
Here's how it went down: At 10:29 p.m. ET, the network abruptly cut to commercial after singer Michael Buble finished a swinging, Sinatra-like rendition of "The Maple Leaf Forever". After a few ads, NBC cut back to a wide shot of the ongoing Ceremony (there were a number of inflatable animals on the floor at BC Place, making it look like an indoor version of the Macy's Day Parade) and viewers heard Bob Costas say:

"We're back in an hour with the Closing Ceremony party from Vancouver. Nickleback and Avril Lavigne are among the acts that will be performing. But right now we take you to the premiere of Jerry Seinfeld's new series, 'The Marriage Ref.' "

And then, suddenly, coverage of the Olympics was over and the intro to Jerry Seinfeld's show began.
All that NBC does in over-dramatizing the Games and that's how they choose to end coverage for a vast majority of viewers? (Because, let's face it, most people aren't tuning in for the 11:30 p.m. coverage.) No Costas sign-off? No end credits? No cheesy summation of the triumphs of the Olympic spirit? Where's our closure?

Final Medal Count.......Vancouver 2010 Olympics

Okay....I .......admit it.


I actually watched.......a hockey game.   Interesting......USA versus Canada ....in the Gold Medal game.    


Great atmosphere.......great drama.....Canada wins,  3-2.......in overtime.


They won the battle.......but .....lost the war.    Final medal counts:

Overall Medal Count

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Flag of United States	9	15	13	37
2	Flag of Germany	10	13	7	30
3	Flag of Canada	14	7	5	26
4	Flag of Norway	9	8	6	23
5	Flag of Austria	4	6	6	16
6	Flag of Russia	3	5	7	15
7	Flag of South Korea	6	6	2	14
8	Flag of China	5	2	4	11

Ebonics Language Lesson

A little.....Sunday afternoon comedy.

Courtesy of YouTube.....enjoy:

Shocker......In ...Beantown

It did......indeed.......happen.

The New Jersey Nets.........the NBA's  worst team.....by a mile.....beat one of the league's best....as in the Boston Celtics last night.

Ouch!!

New Jersey Nets vs. Boston Celtics

Team 1 2 3 4 Score New Jersey 29 20 25 30 104 Boston 27 15 22 32 96

 For the Boston faithful.....well....let's just say.....They are not amused....

 

Today in Sports History

Today in
Sports History
1931 - The Canadian Rugby Union adopted the forward pass.

1940 - The first televised basketball game was shown. The game featured Fordham University and the University of Pittsburgh from Madison Square Gardens in New York.

1948 - Bud Gartiser set a world record when he cleared the 50-yard low hurdles in 6.8 seconds.

1967 - Wilt Chamberlain set and NBA record with his 35th consecutive field goal.

1987 - Chick Hearn broadcasted his 2,000th consecutive Los Angeles Laker's game.

1988 - Pat Verbeek became the first New Jersey Devil to score 4 goals in a game.

1998 - Mark Messier (Vancouver Canucks) became the fourth NHL player to score 1,600 points.

1999 - Venus and Serena Williams became the first sisters to win WTA Tour events on the same day.

2002 - It was announced that John Madden would be replacing Dennis Miller on "Monday Night Football." Madden signed a four-year $20 million deal with ABC Sports.