Monica Sings The National Anthem at the Final Four
The good folks from Turner Broadcasting reached out to R&B Diva Monica personally to sing the National Anthem live at the NCAA Final Four in New Orleans on Saturday. The Turner people didn’t ask Brandy to sing the National Anthem. In fact, no one has ever asked Brandy to sing the National Anthem, to our knowledge.
Monica took her sons Rocko and Romelo with her to the Final Four in New Orleans to watch Kentucky defeat Louisville 69-61.
The NCAA Championship is tonight, but Monica and her sons won’t be in the stands to watch. She’s in California doing a photo shoot with Brandy as I type this.
The Miami Heat Show Support for Trayvon Martin
Unlike rappers who only support a cause if there is something financially in it for them, LeBron James and the rest of the Miami Heat team showed their full support for Trayvon Martin by wearing grey hoodies in a group photo. LeBron uploaded the photo to Twitter.com today with the hashtags: “#WeAreTrayvonMartin #Hoodies #Stereotyped #WeWantJustice”.
17-year-old Trayvon was unarmed and carrying a bag of Skittles candy when he was ambushed and gunned down by a racist neighborhood watch captain as he walked home from a corner store in Sanford, Florida on Feb. 26th.
Meanwhile, Fox News host Geraldo Rivera fanned the flames of controversy when he advised black and Hispanic parents not to let their sons leave home wearing hoodies.
Rivera denied that he was “blaming the victim” and called it “common sense” for minorities to avoid wearing hoodies. He said that he was “reminding minority parents of the risk that comes with being a kid of color in America,” according to the Huffington Post.
Speaking to guest host Juliet Huddy, Rivera said that he believed George Zimmerman should be “investigated to the fullest extent of the law” and “prosecuted” if criminally liable, but blamed Martin’s parents for letting him go outside wearing a hoodie.
Crybaby Derek Fisher buys out his contract from Houston
What is wrong with these effeminate girly men who play for the Los Angeles Lakers? Don’t they understand that being traded is a part of the game? First Lamar Odom acts like a cry baby about being traded to Dallas, and now Derek Fisher is boo-hooing after being traded to the Rockets.
As you probably know, the Lakers traded Fisher to Houston in return for Jordan Hill on Thursday. It seems that, just like his former teammate Odom, Fisher has taken his sudden trade very hard. Reportedly, even his former teammates, Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol couldn’t console him.
Bryant, Gasol and Andrew Bynum all said they spoke to Fisher over the previous three days since the Lakers traded him, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Sports: “Linsanity” is over; Knicks new coach benches Lin
The excessive media-driven hype surrounding NY Knicks point guard sensation Jeremy Lin is over.
When Knicks interim coach Mike Woodson took over from the departing coach Mike D’Antoni, one of his first tasks was to return the team’s focus back to its “bread and butter” offense — Carmelo Anthony and center Amar’e Stoudemire. That meant taking the emphasis off of D’Antoni’s high speed, pick-and-roll offense, led by emerging star Lin.
The Knicks also have to decide whether to spend all or part of their $5 million mid-level exception to keep Lin on the roster next season. Lin’s $762,000 salary this season is considered low by NBA standards for a starting point guard.
Sports: Jeremy Lin and immature J.R. Smith sink the NY Knicks
“Linsanity” has faded and some semblance of normalcy has returned to Madison Square in Times Square where the NY Knicks (18-23) are coming off a 5-game losing streak.
Yesterday, the division leading Philadelphia 76ers routed the NY Knickerbockers 106-94 at the Garden. But the chants of “Fire D’Antoni” began even before the final minute ticked off the clock. In a controversial move, the Knicks embattled coach Mike D’Antoni benched his superstars, Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire for the entire 4th quarter in favor of his 2nd unit led by his struggling starting point guard Jeremy Lin and the problem child J.R. Smith.
The baby faced Asian-American Harvard grad was hailed as the Knicks savior when he came off the bench to spark a 7-game winning streak back in February. But even as the gullible NY media went into a feeding frenzy of biblical proportions — cooler heads realized that Lin was simply a flash-in-the pan.
The media was looking for a ratings boost, and they hoped that non-sports fans wouldn’t notice that Lin and the rejuvenated Knicks were playing against mediocre sub .500 teams.
The only worthy opponent the Knicks faced during that 7-game win streak was the Los Angeles Lakers, who had an off night because their self-centered superstar Kobe Bryant is less concerned with winning and more concerned with chasing NBA records.
Celebs Out & About: Jay Z, Victor Cruz at Nets vs Clippers game
Rap mogul Jay Z, 43, was spotted sitting courtside with his longtime friends, high powered record executives, Shawn Pecas (Def Jam), 2nd from right, and Atlantic Records head honcho Michael Kyser (@Littleburger), far right, at the Prudential Center in downtown New Jersey. Jay Z left Beyonce at home to watch his team the New Jersey Nets take on the LA Clippers yesterday. Clippers stars Chris Paul and Blake Griffin took it to the NJ Nets, but Kris Humphries and Jordan Farmar were too much for them. The Nets defeated the Clippers 101-100.
Prince Harry races Usain Bolt in Jamaica
Britain’s Prince Harry raced Jamaican track star Usain Bolt in the 100 yard dash — and beat him! But it was all in fun: Bolt was only running at 25% of his maximum speed. Prince Harry left Usain Bolt in his wake as he crossed the finish line at the Usain Bolt Track at the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica today.
Before the Royal foot race began, the two men stretched together on the track. Prince Harry is in Jamaica as part of a Diamond Jubilee Tour, representing Queen Elizabeth II, including Belize, the Bahamas, Jamaica and Brazil.
The West Indian island of Jamaica gained its independence from London, England in 1962. But Jamaican currency still features a prominent image of Queen Elizabeth on one bill.
Photos by Chris Jackson/Getty Images South America
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