The Miami Heat Defeat Themselves to Lose the 2011 NBA Finals
You must know failure before you can meet with success…
Last night, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and the hapless Miami Heat defeated themselves to lose the NBA championship to the aging Dallas Mavericks in Miami. The final score doesn’t matter to anyone outside the city limits of Dallas, Texas.
What matters is that the most talent-rich team in the NBA self-destructed in spectacular fashion during a game that they had to win. Sports critics will analyze and deconstruct game 6 of the NBA Finals from now until next season (if there’s no lockout). There will be heated debate among the fans about LeBron’s habit of choking in 4th quarters and how he’s on the team just to sell jerseys.
But basketball purists know that critical games are won and lost by the team as a whole — not by any one player.
The 2011 NBA Finals was lost in game 2 when the Heat, as a team, blew a commanding 15 point lead in the final 6 minutes of the game. The rest of the series was a foregone conclusion. It was like the aging Mavs drained the life out of the young Miami Heat in game 2.
You can’t win championships if you have no heart. And, as a team, Miami’s heart failed them in game 2 of the Finals.
Photos by Getty Images North America
Beyoncé’s Fans Shocked By Her Sudden Weight Loss
Beyoncé, 29, landed at Nice airport in France yesterday to rehearse for her upcoming concerts there. Bey wore a striking black & white outfit from head to toe. She accessorized her outfit with a pair of sharp looking Gianmarco Lorenzi.
But it was her gaunt, sickly appearance that caught the attention of her fans in Europe and stateside. Beyoncé looked shockingly thin! A confidential source tells Sandrarose.com that Bey is worried sick about her new album, entitled ’4′.
Her concerned fans took to blogs and message boards yesterday to discuss her sudden weight loss.
Even though she’s half the woman she used to be, Beyoncé tried to put on a game face for her European fans.
According to a Columbia records source, the release date for Bey’s fourth studio album has been pushed back to add a couple of dance tracks in hopes of appeasing her gay fans who are unhappy with the current product. The new release date will be announced sometime this week.
Photos: Splash News Online and Bauer Griffin
Originally posted on June 13, 2011 @ 9:10 a.m. This post was revised to reflect the following correction: in the original post, Beyonce’s shoes were incorrectly identified as Versace.
Celebs Out & About: Drake, Rihanna, Nicole Scherzinger
Over the weekend, R&B singer Rihanna was spotted leaving her Montreal hotel in a black Escalade and arriving at rapper Drake’s hotel 15 minutes later. About 2 hours later, they left Drake’s hotel in 2 separate cars. Rihanna was in the Escalade while Drake rode in the Maybach. In all, there were 5 SUVs and 1 Maybach in their motorcade. Their “presidential security” included “20 policemen, 40 security guards, and 1 dog.” They arrived at the famous Restaurant, Buonanotte Bistro in downtown Montreal, Canada at 9 pm. Afterwards they returned to Drake’s hotel. The paparazzi reports that Rihanna “spent the night in the place with him.”
Earlier in the day, Rihanna braved the pouring rain to attend the Formula One Grand Prix of Canada with her bestie, Melissa Forde (not pictured). An unlucky cameraman got in her way and was literally run over by Rihanna’s security. Without missing a beat, an amused Rihanna stepped over the poor guy and kept it moving as he lay sprawled on the wet ground.
Guinness World Records Certifies New World’s Shortest Man
Craig Glendar (L), editor-in-chief of the Guinness Book of World Records, measures Junrey Balawing on June 12, 2011
A Philippines man was certified the world’s shortest man when he turned 18 over the weekend.
Junrey Balawing of Sindangan in the southern Philippines is 23.6 inches (60cm) tall, making him nearly three inches shorter than the previous record holder, Khagendra Thapa Magar of Nepal.
Balawing was born a normal size, his family said, and they did not notice anything unusual about him until he was about 4 years old and his peers grew more than he did.
He has not grown since his first birthday, his parents told Guinness. Source
It does seem odd that the parents didn’t notice their son was the size of a malnourished 1-year-old until he was 4. According to CNN, the family was impoverished and couldn’t afford to take Junrey to a doctor to determine why he didn’t grow.
It’s a wonder that little Junrey lived to be 18. Look at his barrel chest. That’s usually a sign of chronic respiratory problems.
His mother Concepcion told CNN that Junrey can’t stand for too long because he’s in too much pain. “He needs my care every minute of every day. Junrey can only walk with some help.”
But they call him “their lucky charm,” according to his father Reynaldo, a blacksmith by trade.
Junrey may have physical disabilities, but there’s nothing wrong with his mouth.
When Guinness World Records editor-in-chief Craig Glenday (pictured above) asked him if he had a girlfriend, Junrey answered in his squeaky high-pitched voice: “You fool! Don’t even ask!”
Jennifer Hudson’s Camp Responds to Lap-Band Rumors
As you know, Jennifer Hudson fell ill with severe stomach pains while performing on ABC’s Good Morning America Summer Concert Series on Friday. She was rushed to a NYC hospital where she was reportedly treated for food poisoning and released a few hours later.
It wasn’t long before rumors began swirling that the 29-year-old Oscar winner was actually experiencing complications from a gastric lap-band procedure she underwent in 2009.
Yesterday evening, someone from Jennifer’s camp left this comment on my blog:
TheVoiceOfReason says:
Okay,
I have read all the garbage and now will insert a few facts.
Star Jones, with all her lies, has ruined massive weight loss for all Black women. Lap Band Surgery is the first thing out of haters mouths when a woman of color loses a large amount of weight, not so fast.
The Facts: Jennifer’s weight loss journey lasted 20 months (not 3 or 6) and it began days after her son’s birth in August of 2009. Her journey began by walking several miles a day and totally changing her eating habits. For a year she ate nothing but baked chicken or fish with brown rice and veggies and lost only about 20 pounds or so. Racked with frustration Jenn switched over to Weight Watchers which taught her portion control and the right combinations of food. WW in tandem with a 5-6 day a week workout routine caused the pounds to fall off. Jennifer does not eat tiny bites, she eats a full meal 5 times or so a day. She did not have Lap Band or any other type of weight loss surgey, period.
Anyone can do what she did, it just takes patience and discipline.
When travelling, as she often does, she tends to eat either restaurant or hotel room service food. Bottom line, her breakfast did not sit too well with her on Friday the 10th. Bad food coupled with singing and gyrating around the GMA stage just stirred up the gastric acids in her stomach causing intense cramping sending her to the ER. End of story.
Just because Star Jones lied does not mean that every Black woman lies about her weight loss journey. And do you really believe that Weight Watchers would open themselves to possible lawsuits of false advertising for Jennifer Hudson? I think not.
Business Women: Meet Rachel Johnson, the Woman Who Dresses The Big Three
If you’ve been wondering who influences the fashion tastes of the NBA’s Big Three, Amar’e Stoudemire, LeBron James and Chris Bosh; meet their stylist, Rachel Johnson.
Johnson is a six-foot tall sista who parlayed her impeccable style and taste into a successful career as a personal shopper to celebs, such as Jamie Foxx, Puffy, Keyshia Cole, Ne-Yo and the Knicks’ Amar’e Stoudemire.
A quick Google search reveals that Johnson, 36, has put in her time picking out ties and matching socks for her friends and well-heeled clients:
After over a decade of working on countless photo shoots, videos, commercials and red carpet appearances, Rachel launched the Thomas Faison Agency with the goal to provide stylistic freedom for just about anyone who seeks it. She and her accomplished team of wardrobe visionaries “view style as intensely personal and a reflection of the individual.” Source
In this video, Rachel gives you an insider’s peek into the closet of the Miami Heat’s LeBron James. Watch as LeBron, who always has to have everyone’s attention focused on him, interrupts Rachel repeatedly as she explains her styling techniques. Narcissists are annoying
Follow Rachel on Twitter @LovingRachel.
Ice Loves Coco Premieres Tonight On E!
In this new series, E! takes viewers behind the hype and conjecture and into the daily lives of rapper/actor/author/motivational speaker Ice and his fitness/swimsuit model/Internet-sensation buxom and bootylicious wife Coco. The two have been married ten years and remain inseparable. From the start, Coco dedicated herself to becoming the woman behind her man. But, now that she has a series of projects of her own on the horizon, Coco has set her sights on establishing a solo career while maintaining balance in her relationship. With a loving and adventurous take on life, this over the top celebrity couple will blow expectations to smithereens when “Ice Loves Coco” premieres tonight at 10:30/9:30c only on E!
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