Woods is on track to pass $1 billion in career earnings by 2010. Becoming a billionaire – that is, having a net worth above $1 billion – will take slightly longer, since a sizable chunk of Woods’ prize and endorsement money is eaten up by taxes and management fees – we estimated 45 percent. We also credited Woods with annualized investment returns of 8 percent says Forbes.
I like the Nike smile!!!
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The Canadian Press reports that the search is officially on for the next "Hockey Night in Canada" theme song. The CBC has launched Canada's Hockey Anthem Challenge, a national contest to find a new song for its weekly hockey broadcast. The network is currently without a song after the rights to the iconic jingle that opened the show for some 40 years were snapped up by CTV last week.
Shaquille O’Neal is offering to buy mortgages of Orlando borrowers facing foreclosure. “I want to come in not to kick them out, but to work with them and save them so they can stay in their homes,” Shaquille told The Orlando Sentinel on Tuesday. The NBA star would sell the homes back to the buyers with more affordable terms. “He’s become a businessman with a conscience,” says Shaq’s attorney Mark NeJame.
It's about time all that NBA money went to work! Don't you think? Shaq's a sweetie! When he was a Laker, he signed KJ's fan photo when my babe was just a toddler!!! LOL!
I heard about this story last week and couldn't help laughing. Some crazy things do happen here in Canada! My O My! Last week, the report hit the wires that Canada's national broadcaster, the CBC, had come to an impasse with the rights holder to the theme from Hockey Night in Canada, the network's, and the nation's, signature television program. But now, CTV, the parent company to Canada's TSN and RDS sports networks, has stepped in and swiped that theme right out from under the CBC. As a result, CTV will now be using that theme music over its telecasts of the NHL beginning this Fall, and as part of its hockey coverage during the 2010 Winter Olympics from Vancouver.
Boxing legend MUHAMMAD ALI is to live on in the form of his TV presenter daughter's unborn son - who will share his famous grandfather's name. Former boxer Laila Ali has confirmed her first child will be a boy, who will have the middle name Muhammad.
The 30-year-old says, "His name is going to be Curtis Jr. - after his father (Curtis Conway) - and Muhammad is the middle name." Ali is due to give birth in three months (Sep08), and she tells U.S. news show Extra how she plans on "doing a natural home birth with no medication". Good luck to her on that bad move!
The former fitness fanatic admits the most difficult thing about being pregnant is missing out on strenuous gym work-outs. She adds, "My husband has got on me a couple of times saying, 'You're not supposed to be doing that with those weights!' and I'm like, 'Oh, OK.'"
Toronto Raptors star Chris Bosh finally got his chance at a star-making turn at the NBA finals - as a correspondent on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."
Vancouver Canucks defenceman Luc Bourdon, who helped Canada win gold medals at the 2006 and 2007 world junior hockey championships, died in a motorcycle accident on Thursday. He was 21. Bourdon was driving his motorcycle that collided with a transport truck on a road between Lemeque and Shippagan, his hometown
Former wrestler HULK HOGAN and his daughter BROOKE were involved in a car crash in Florida on Sunday afternoon (25May08). The star - real name Terry Bollea - and his 20-year-old daughter were travelling across the Bayside Bridge in Clearwater, Florida, when their vehicle was involved in a collision with several other cars. No one has been reported injured after the smash, which is said to have occurred when Bollea's Mercedes hit the back end of another car, according to TMZ.com. Bollea's son Nick, 17, is currently serving an eight month jail sentence after pleading no contest to felony reckless driving following a horrific car crash in Clearwater, Florida, last year (07) which left his friend John Graziano critically injured. Above is a recent photo in the courtroom during Nick's sentencing.
Meanwhile HULK HOGAN's estranged wife LINDA BOLLEA has launched a scathing attack on the mother of the victim left critically injured in a car crash caused by her son NICK BOLLEA. In a telephone conversation taped by Florida's Pinellas County Jail, where Bollea is behind bars serving an eight-month sentence for the crash, Linda claims she is suffering more than the mother of 23-year-old John Graziano, who has been hospitalised with brain injuries following the 2007 car crash in Clearwater, Florida.
On the tape, obtained by TMZ.com, Linda can be heard telling her son: "Debbie (Graziano) didn't know you. I knew John, I knew you. I knew him better than his own mother knew him. "She has no other recourse other than to be nasty and vindictive now. Because if she really knew the relationship between you and John, she'd be sad right now. She wouldn't be mad, she'd be devastated like I am. (But) she's not sad, she's just angry, like 'I want the money.'" Sobbing uncontrollably, she continues, "I'm sad because I really appreciated you! She's not suffering, I am! I have the loss. I'm at the beach house all by myself, it's not the same!" Bollea, 17, has been given five years probation and had his driver's license suspended for three years after Florida officials deemed him a dangerous driver, following the August (07) accident that left Graziano needing nursing care for the rest of his life.
She should better be concerned about her daughter and estranged husband's health now. Watch what you say linda!!!
Hulk was just returning from visiting Nick in jail. In a recent phone call to Nick, Hulk said that Nick’s friend who got brain damage in their accident got hurt because he was thinking negatively, and God brought down his wrath on him. Hulk might think about asking for forgiveness before something worse happens. What is wrong with these people?
Randy Couture has partnered with Pressure, a creative marketing studio (www.pressure.org) to establish and create Round 5 Corporation (www.round5mma.com). After months of planning and hard work the collectables are ready to be unveiled at the Round 5 Launch Event sponsored by Yahoo! Canada in Toronto’s own Brant House (www.branthouse.com) on Friday, May 30th, 2008.
Round 5 has released the first official line of collectible Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) figures. Randy “The Natural” Couture, Sean “The Muscle Shark” Sherk and other renowned MMA fighters will be present to celebrate and launch these products into the mainstream market. Not only does Couture play an essential role in Round 5, his figurine is also part of Round 5’s Series I. Fresh off his fight with BJ Penn, Sherk will be at the event to announce his inclusion in Series II. Evidenced by 21,000 people filling the Bell Center in Montreal last April, the impact of MMA in North America has taken the sporting industry by storm. Pressure sees Mixed Martial Arts differently than the average television viewer.
.........and the Hornets won 101-79.
"I told her to sit down, in some language I shouldn't have used. Thank God today wasn't Mother's Day. All I could think about is her. I know my mother. It's fine, we're good."......Lebron James to his mom. Watch the lady in the white shirt.
Following two seasons in which his skills as a play-by-play announcer were increasingly criticized by sports writers, Bryant Gumbel announced Friday that he would not be returning to the NFL Network's telecasts in the fall. "I take comfort in knowing that I tried my best," he said. Asked whether he had asked for Gumbel's resignation, NFL Network chief Steve Bornstein told the New York Times, "What happened is we had a conversation and we agreed to go in different directions. It's really as simple as that."
Trevor Immelman's win at The Masters golf tournament on Friday was watched by more people than have ever tuned in to a golf tournament in cable-TV history, according to Nielsen Fast National results announced on Saturday.
Looking at the cover of Vogue magazine featuring LeBron James and Gisele Bundchen (Vogue, April 2008), one wonders what Anna Wintour and her editors were thinking of, or if indeed, they were thinking at all. Commentary on the cover ranges from James as King Kong, bearing his teeth whilst grasping Bundchen in one hand, to James putting on his game face while an obviously unthreatened Bundchen smiles benignly.
Sports Commentator Jason Whitlock then sparked his own controversy on the Internet over the weekend prompting letters from some of my readers!
Tamara Shelly a Publicist who runs Caiz Communications in Toronto representing urban and hip-hop figures then fired a letter to Whitlock and I received a copy of that letter. This is a good POST and READ! BRACE YOURSELF!
Mr. Whitlock,
Your article on MSN.com is very concerning and actually disgusts me, with no exaggeration of the word.
The handbook that you are suggesting only encourages the insensitivity that Blacks have to deal with when dealing with namely, White people. I've concluded that you are just as under qualified to represent Black men as you suggest that Lebron James is because you're encouraging the stereotype that Black people are just angry and don't even know what to be angry about. You're encouraging the thoughts that we are always playing the race card, when the reality is, the race card, makes up the entire faulty deck that we have been dealt.
Do you think that this is the first portrayal, ever, in history, that paints the Black man as animalistic? A barbarian? A ferocious beast? An animal? Sub human?
This notion that the Black man isn't human, is the foundation on which racism is founded and festered. It was this belief that made the studding of our strongest black men, the lynching of men and women, whippings and countless other tortures justifiable for over 400 years. And the fact that it's continually perpetuated leads to many injustices that still prevail today. Don't believe me? Look at the prison population, injustice in the courts, police brutality... if I go on, I may develop carpal tunnel syndrome.
The part that really irks me about your write up though is how you try to flip the script and say,
Would we be having this discussion if LeBron struck the same pose on the cover of Ebony while holding Selita Ebanks? Think about it. And if we wouldn't be having the discussion, what does that say about us? Are we only bothered by negative images of black men when the primary/sole consumer of the image is white people?
Ebony would never portray another Black man like a beast. For you to even mention the classic, groundbreaking magazine alongside your narrow minded, Uncle Tom views, as a comparison to a racist magazine, that you yourself say is not made for US, is unnerving.
And yes, it is bothersome when negative images of Black men or women are portrayed negatively to all white audiences, because Blacks have been the butt of the joke for much too long. Why should Whites continue to profit from the humiliation of Blacks? The coon act is played out. But this does not mean that Blacks are not aware of the negativity our own community perpetrates and that we don't speak out against it. Have you seen the recent episodes of the Boondocks? Probably not because they were banned from your 'FREE' country.
The difference is that our indiscretions DESERVE understanding, and warrant education. And the reason for that, is because the effects of racism have bred 'self-hatred' into the minds of blacks for years. It was forced upon us to ACT like we were inferior. When our people touched Western soil, I am sure that they didn't forget who they were, their ancestry, or their history; but in order to survive, to let this history of kings and queens live on, they had to play the part of the inferior. Once again, the jig is up! Where we need understanding,when offences are made but when the shoe is on the other foot Whites need reprimanding!
In any abusive situation, it's the offender that needs to be corrected and the victim who needs to be educated. But we are rarely painted as victims because there is no empathy in the eyes of those who view us as less than human. Look at the Rodney King tapes! Look at the fact that Blacks have never received any form of reparations!
Why you are dragging Tyler Perry into this is another thing that boggles my mind. If this cover is not racist in your eyes, why not compare it to something or someone White to show what IS in fact a racists innuendo? There are many examples to choose from. You have the White mentality that says, "Well Blacks, call each other Nigger, why can't we call them that??" History says you can't that's why!!!
Tyler Perry is taking a hold of REALITY and putting it on the big screen to grab our attention but within the script, enforces messages of love, positivity, community, wisdom, history... again the risk of carpal tunnel keeps me from continuing. Every black person can see themselves or someone they know within Tyler Perry movies. White media are the ones who say that he has found what Black people want to see in theatres. But the truth is Hollywood filmmakers have never cared to research! Hollywood has always known what Blacks wanted to see... but never cared. They have seen the success of Spike Lee and countless other Black filmmakers and playwrights so even that 'credit' to Tyler, is a discredit to so many others.
Therefore this Animalistic idea, is not to be sensationalized, like the cover of Vogue, because anyone who knows the history of slavery and it's root causes would be sensitive to this issue. The Vogue cover is just as racist as a white man in blackface makeup! But you'd probably call that a 'modern' day clown and argue the origin of white face paint?And compare the white face paint worn by "Homie the Clown". Did Vogue, truly capture Lebron as really he is? Aside from being a star athlete, he is married, he is a father, and is also a role model to other kids with hoop dreams. Does the picture say all that? Any of that? No! It did not capture him as he is. You make it seem as though this portrayal was a lucky break for the young star, because otherwise he looks like a prisoner or gangster with all of his tattoos. Tattoos do not a dangerous man make, the origin of tattoos are not from prison or gangs but from ancient times in Africa and the Eastern world.
"... You see, showing up to work in a white T and iced-out (heavy jewelry) was their way of showing loyalty to their boys in the 'hood, a shout-out to the corner boys and girls."
Was that was it really was?Do you think that is what these NBA stars are thinking about as they get dressed each day? It this form of dress a deliberate attempt to acknowledge corner boys and girls in the 'hood, the way that Hornecek acknowledges his kids when he rubs his face at the freethrow line? And if it was some sort of homage to them, where is the harm in that? The last time I checked, white t's, baggy jeans, and bling is the current style in hip hop culture worn by people of all races, sex, and ages, all over the world. So much, that you don't even need to explain to your readers that iced out means heavy jewellery. The style is that popular. Why is it that when Lebron shows himself for who he is, it's not okay in your eyes. But when portrayed as something that he is not (animalistic) it's fine??? His self - expression is chastised, and the racist impression dignified, by your standards.
"And any time someone with common sense points out that athletes are making fools of themselves and feeding negative stereotypes, he or she is shouted down as a sellout, racist or out of touch."
You are a sellout and you are out of touch when you have no common sense when it comes to what racism is, where it began and where it lies today. If you did Mr. Whitlock, you would realize that it hasn't gone anywhere. And without education you will put yourself, others like you, and those who come after you at risk for violence. "We" are not in a state of confusion. You are. So before you defend racism - be it, direct or indirect, and misguided thoughts that run deep within the minds of the ignorant, you need to educate yourself on history and then take a stance, rather than talk loosely while in the midst of your confusion.
Until then,
Jason Whitlock brings his edgy and thought-provoking style to FOXSports.com. Columnist for the Kansas City Star, he has won the National Journalism Award for Commentary for "his ability to seamlessly integrate sports and social commentary and to challenge widely held assumptions along the racial divide." You read the article. It is regarding that Vogue cover with LeBron James and Gisele Bundchen.
ESPN is buying HoopGurlz.com, widely regarded as the authoritative voice of girls' high-school and college basketball online. The acquisition will help ESPN grow its 12- to 17-year-old audience, says company exec James Brown. HoopGurlz showcases "the student-athletes we strive to serve."
We all know David Beckham's first two passions (soccer and family), but as the superstar tells Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes this Sunday, the guy is also obsessed with his ink. Watch the video.
With millions of people obsessed with picking the winners of the NCAA men's hoops tournament, sports Web sites that offer bracket games are winning with audiences. ESPN.com, CBS SportsLine.com, Yahoo Sports and Fox Sports are signing up several blue-chip advertisers.
