REEBOK SAYS “NO” TO OCHO CINCO!

 

 

 

When  Chad Johnson legally changed his name to Chad Javon Ocho Cinco, I thought it was a brilliant move for several reasons. First of all,the sales of the the new Ocho Cinco jersey will sky rocket…We all know how Johnson has grown frustrated with the Bengals as an organization, that a few seasons ago seemed to be on a verge of a Super Bowl berth. With a myriad of arrest, waiving key players, and a consistently inept offense, I see why Chad wants to get out of dodge. 

 

Now the NFL (a.k.a. the NO FUN LEAGUE) is hating, once again. Ocho, is not yet allowed to wear his new name on his jersey according to NFL spokesman Greg Aiello , “He has a financial obligation to Reebok, which produces the jerseys available to fans. That has to be resolved before the on-field jersey can be changed. “The same obligation exists for any player that changes his number or name.”

 SOURCE: AP NEWS

VINCE YOUNG HAS A NEW BUSINESS VENTURE…THE TITANS MAY SIGN JOEY HARRINGTON?

 

 

While most NFL players file for bankruptcy shortly after they retire, Vince Young is being proactive preparing for his life after the game. Young who is used to slangin’ pigskin on Sunday, will now be tossing swine that everyone can catch. Vince Young is now in the meat business after launching his new company Vince Young Foods featuring smoked sausage, brisket, and ribs. http://www.vinceyoungsausage.com/

 

 

VINCE YOUNG DISAPPEARING ACT?

 

  

After Vince Young left Sunday’s game after a knee injury has he gone AWOL? According to WKRN-TV,  the Titans are concerned about the “mental state” of their field general after suffering a knee sprain against the Jags, that may keep him out for up to four weeks. I am sure Vince is upset over suffering an injury in the first game of the season, but that is no reason for Jeff Fisher to call the police. Young apparently left his cell phone at home when he left his house on Monday.  When Fisher was unable to reach Young, he decided the best plan of action was to call the “po-po”.  The story goes on to mention that Young had an unloaded handgun in his car (Tennessee law permits unloaded handgun in a vehicle as long as no ammunition is present). Why would they allow you to carry a weapon with no ammunition…what’s the purpose? I digress. Anyway…the way this incident was reported, you would think that Vince Young was trying to kill himself over a knee injury. Just because a team can’t get in touch with their star player, doesn’t constitue them getting the law involved to find him. Fisher, should have just called Young’s agent instead of the police. According to Vince’s agent, he was doing what most men in America were doing Monday night, watching football and eating wings.

SOURCE: espn.com

THE TOP 8 SUPRISES OF THE 2008 NFL SEASON

  

1. Michael “The Burner” Turner will have a breakout season and make the pro-bowl. He was a career back-up to one of the best RB’s in the game. He has been waiting for an opportunity so show what he can do, and trust me he will deliver this season. Turner will have 1,000+ yds, 10 tds and a Pro-Bowl selection.

2. Adam “Pac-man” Jones will have the ultimate redemption year (similar to Ray Lewis after he did time on Rice St.).  Jones will return a few punts and and take at least one pick to the house. He will be selected for the Pro-Bowl and have a shot to be a Super Bowl MVP. Yeah I said it…Dallas will be in the big game this year. 

3. Atlanta Falcons will make the playoffs. Most NFL experts predict the Falcons to win a game or so this season. The Falcons always do well after a horrible season. They have a new staff and lots of new players. I think the offense will do well as long as they can keep Ryan on his feet. They have a good running game with Burner and Norwood. Receivers White and Jenkins have something to prove this year. Defense is solid, the only weakness I see is in the secondary. The schedule is not that tough, and we know that the NFL south is always unpredictable.  Outside of Calvin Johnson scoring 3 Td’s on them in week one, the Birds will finish the season with 9 wins and make the playoffs.

4. Tatum Bell will get a contract from a team with a void to fill at RB, most likely the Texans, or the Bengals. More importantly, Bell will team up with Disturbing the Peace (Ludacris’ label), and will do a song with Playaz Circle called, “Duffel Bag Boys Part 2”. It will be a club banger, son!

5. Manning/Harrington TD Combo  just destroying people on Sunday is over. Manning has been injured and not able to practice, and his success is based on his rhythm and timing. Harrison is aging, and showed his alter ego this off season by popping caps on someone near his store in Philly. Sorry Colts fans this will be a long season for you guys.

6. Donovan McNabb is playing his last season in Philly. His contract expires in 2009, and he has missed 20 games in the last four seasons. McNabb has never had the support at WR that is needed for Andy Reid’s “pass all the time” offense. You would think that the GM would acquire the best receivers to compliment his coaches scheme…I digress. Hopefully, McNabb can play for a team that will contend for a title and redeem his performance in the Super Bowl where we last saw him calling ‘Earl’ in the huddle i.e. Willie Beamon. Kevin Kolb will be promoted to the starting QB, and put up big numbers with DeSean Jackson. Philly fans will be bitter as always and say, “how come McNabb couldn’t be as good as Kolb?”

7. Tony Romo will finally break up with Jessica Simpson and lead the Cowboys to the Super Bowl. If a loser like Nick Lachey can kick Jessica to the curb, why is Tony having such a difficult time shaking her? Dude, you are the starting QB for the Dallas Cowboys. That means you have rock star status, and can pull any top notch chick anywhere in America. Stop acting like Babyface and act more like Snoop and stop loving dem hoes! Dallas should have been in the last two Super Bowls, but thanks to Romo’s botched snap and his Mexico vacation with Simpson, I was denied another Cowboys championship banner on my wall.

 

8.DALLAS / SAN DIEGO will play in SUPERBOWL XLIII

Both teams have been hanging around in the playoffs the last few years. The Giants won’t be as tough, and the Pats and Colts are on the decline. Cowboys-Chargers (who should have played in XXIX, but Steve Young had the best game of his career beat Dallas in the NFC Championship game) will be an exciting SBXLIII match up.

BUN B PAYS TRIBUTE TO PIMP C

AUG. 28TH

 

BUN B RELEASES SHOE DEDICATED TO PIMP C

   

 

 

BUN B's VERSION OF THE GREEDY GENIUS COOL BREEZE "R.I.P. PIMP C

Whenever you see Bun B, he is always rockin’ some of the latest street fashion. That’s why I am glad to see him hook up wit Greedy Genius to do his own shoe. Bun played a role in designing this exclusive version of the Greedy Genius ‘Cool Breeze Vador High Top’. Having creative input on the shoe, Bun could have just made the shoe about him. Instead, he was a ‘G’ about the situation and decided to dedicate the shoe to his beloved friend and partner in rhyme, Pimp C.

ADAM JONES OFFICIALLY REINSTATED

Aug. 28th

ADAM JONES HAS 7OO,OOO REASONS TO SMILE!

 

JONES IS ALL SMILES NOW THAT HE IS AN OFFICIAL TEAM MEMBER.

SOURCE: DALLASNEWS.COM

While eating lunch at Hooters, Adam Jones got the phone call from league officials announcing he was fully reinstated. “It feels good man, you know, to get a second chance and I just have to take advantage of it. First and foremost, I don’t want to let myself down, definitely my little girl down. I’m thankful for Jerry, the fans in Dallas and my teammates for believing in me. I need to keep doing what I’ve been doing to get reinstated staying with myself and my teammates and staying away form those knuckleheads and just stay focused.”  Jones will receive 700 stacks this season, part of his 4-year $13.3 milli contract with no guaranteed money.

FORMER BLAZERS CENTER KEVIN DUCKWORTH FOUND DEAD AT 44

EVEN KAREEM DIDN'T WANT NONE OF THE DUCKWORTH PATENTED SOFT TOUCH!

 

LINCOLN CITY, Ore – Former Portland Trailblazers Center Kevin Duckworth was found dead at a lodge in Oregon.  The cause of death was to be determined by a medical examiner but the Lincoln County sheriff’s office said there was no indication of foul play.

Hailing from Chi-town, Duckworth played college ball at Eastern Illionois University before being drafted by the Spurs in the 1986 NBA draft. Kevin was an intregal part of the Blazers NBA Finals teams in 1990 and 1992. The 7-foot Duckworth averaged 11.8 points and 5.8 rebounds over 11 seasons in the NBA. The two-time All-Star also played for San Antonio, Washington, Milwaukee and the Los Angeles Clippers.

As a young basketball fan, I admired Duckworth’s game in the paint. His trademark box fade with the widows peak will live in infamy.  I can recall playing Tecmo basketball on Nintendo with the Blazers and Duckworth, along with Drexler, and Porter helped me to be a beast at that game in the 90’s. I am still a beast today in 2k8, just find me on-line and I will give you the business.

During Duckworth’s playing days, Portland had one of the more balanced teams in the League. Porter ran point and buried 3’s from anywhere, Drexler had a sick all around game. Jerome Kersey was the other enforcer down low. They even had a young Cliff Robinson, who went on to play almost 19 years in the NBA. They just could not get past Magic and the Lakers, or Jordan with the Bulls…but what team really could beat the Lakers and Bulls at that time anyway? 

Duckworth remained in the Portland area after he retired in 1997, doing woodwork, fishing and hunting. He ran a construction company in Northern California for a time, and a restaurant venture in Vancouver, Wash., with former NBA player Kermit Washington went out of business.

“Within the world of basketball, within those Trail Blazers teams, he was a jokester,” said Phoenix Suns coach Terry Porter, who played with Duckworth. “He was a big loving teddy bear. At times guys got frustrated because he didn’t have a mean streak. He was just a great guy. He loved the team atmosphere, loved being a teammate in those successful Blazer teams.“

August 2008 has taken away alot of talented people; Bernie Mac, Isaac Hayes, Julius Carry III, and now Kevin Duckworth. All true NBA fans will all miss the gentle giant Kevin Duckworth. My prayers go out to him and his family.

NEW NIKE COMMERCIAL DIRECTED BY TRILLALI?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A lot of you may not be aware of this, but I have been going back and forth with the top brass at Nike about directing viral commercials for them.  We finally came to an agreement a couple of months ago, and they let me shoot my own Nike commercial.  I know a lot of you may have seen a similar commercial on youtube, but this the real deal.

In the viral ad Kimbo is training LT in his own back yard, including a bench press with a pole and to AC units.  Using the old fridge as a punching bag was a good touch to give it that real hood feel. And lastly, LT was leg pressing a small car (maybe a dodge neon). It was funny and very innovative even for Nike. In true Nike Fashion you only see the shoe for maybe three seconds.  After LT was criticized so heavily in the media last year for not playing in the championship game, because of his injury, the mainstream media kept telling us how selfish, uncommitted, and cowardly he was.  I think this ad pokes fun at those idiots whoe were saying LT was too hurt to play.  The dude touches the ball 400+ times a year with and gets hit every play, how is he weak? Just because he was injured? I hate haters… Charger fans don’t get upset, although it looks as if he is really punching the fridge, and leg pressing the car. There is no way he was really doing that with his huge NFL contract. Let’s remember there is a concept in film called visual effects. However, Kobe did really jump over the Aston Martin…What? I saw it on youtube so it must be true.

Check out the new Nike ad  below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just playing, I did not really shoot the Nike ad, but with the simplicity of the commercial I actually could have shot it.  As I have been reading what other sites are saying about the LT Kimbo commercial, the majority of the mainstream media thinks that the ad is horrible. I love it though.  On one hand you have Kimbo Slice, who has gained a cult following for busting people heads to the white meat throughout south Florida. Then you have one of the most marketable guys not just in the NFL, but in all of sports,  LT. Nike Puts two guys with drastically different personas in a commercial together and it worked.

Some say the commercial is not authentic because LT is not a “hood guy”.  Let’s remember that LT is from humble beginnings in Waco, Texas which is not far from where James Byrd was killed  by  a lynch mob and tied to the back of a truck that was driving down the street.  Even if you are from Bankhead and live next door to T.I. and across the street from Shawty Lo, I bet you have never seen anyone being dragged down the street with their body tied to a pick up truck.  Besides, LT will always have ‘street cred’, he was the first player ever to win the Heisman Trophy with a gold tooth. I am sure he was bumping UGK in his iPod on the flight back to Texas.

Nike is known for signing athletes early in their career before they become mega stars i.e. Jordan, LeBron, Darrin McFadden, Mike Vick, and now Kimbo Slice.  MMA is becoming one the most watched sporting events in Amerikkka, so if Kimbo rocks Nike while in the ring, you can chalk up another victory for team Nike!

JETS RB THOMAS JONES LAUNCHES RECORD LABEL

 

 

THOMAS JONES LIVING THE 'GOODE' LIFE!

New York – Thomas Jones jumps into the music game by launching his own independent record label, Outta Pocket Entertainment. The first artist on the label is Atlanta R&B artist Myko, who recently opened up shows for Trina, Bobby V, and Floetry (I thought they broke up?).  
“I want to put out classic music, that individuals will appreciate for years to come, in addition to making high-quality music,” Jones told AllHipHop.com. “I want to develop and brand top artist that are not only recognized but respected all over the country.”The first artist on Jones’ label is Atlanta singer, Myko. He currently has an underground single with Rick Ross called “Spend This Bread” floating around the Web, but his first single will be “Late Night Creep” from his forthcoming album which has yet to be announced.

 

Myko also has a song with former Correctional Officer D-Boy Rick Ross entitled, “Spend This Bread”. Here are some behind the scenes clips from the making of his video for his first single, “Late Nite Creep” produced by Static Major.

 

 

 

 The song is not bad. By the looks of the video Thomas Jones put a lot of money on his new artist. Although Myko has yet to release a cd, he’s pushing a Bentley in his video.  Gotta love that NFL money, huh? And if Ross does a verse for anyone,  I know he charges atl east 15k . Jones has that long NFL money so I am sure it was nothing for him to break bread with the ‘boss’.

Meagan Goode’s sister Lamiya is part of a singing group called, “Bad Gyrl”. Those girls are beautiful and talented. They were once apart of Jagged Edges production company 581 Muzik, not sure what happened there. Last time I talked to the manager of the singing girl trio, he told me they were in Cali working on new material. Hopefully Jones will sign them up next.

 

MEAGAN AND LAMIYA GOODE AND HER R&B GROUP BAD GYRL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KIMBO SLICE “ALMOST FAMOUS”…ALMOST.

 

REAL FIGHTERS DON'T NEED LIPS......IS KIMBO GOING HOLLYWOOD?

 

 

Kimbo Slice, the real-life version of “Debo”, was scheduled to co-star in a children’s movie “Kung Fu U” with Hulk Hogan. The film is being produced by Stereo Vision Entertainment, Inc. The film production company issued a press release stating that Kimbo Slice was set to co-star in the movie on July 30th. 

Stereo Vision’s Chairman, “Baywatch” creator Doug Schwartz, stated, “We’re very happy to have Kimbo Slice co-starring in ‘Kung Fu U.’ He has an enormous media presence, and he’ll fit right in with our star Hulk Hogan, and the other cast members in our made for kids 3D movie. We hope to have ‘Kung Fu U’ in 3D in theatres by the fall of ‘09.” 

 

When I first read this I thought this would be a great move for Kimbo to reach a broader audience. Also it would also be nice for him to live the pampered life of an actor for a few weeks,  as opposed to beating the ish out of people for a living. Only a few days later, August 8th to be exact, I read that Kimbo was no longer involved with the film.

Aug 08, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) —-Stereo Vision Entertainment, Inc. (OTCBB: SVSN), a film production company focused exclusively on developing high quality, low cost, polarized 3D feature films, announced today that due to a misunderstanding among the agents involved with the Kimbo Slice deal, Stereo Vision is retracting the press release announcing that Kimbo Slice was to co-star in Stereo Vision’s Kung Fu U 3D movie. Stereo Vision will therefore be seeking a suitable replacement for that role.

With Kimbo’s growing popularity this kids movie  would have done huge numbers at the box office. Everything that Kimbo is involved in gets crazy high ratings, just look at how many hits he has on youtube. So I wonder what the real reason was as to why Kimbo is no longer part of the movie. In the press release from he film company they claim it was a “misunderstanding” among the agents involved in the deal.  I am willing to guess they were trying to underpay Slice so they could reap more profits at the box offices and with merchandise (you know they already had plans for the Kimbo Slice action-figure).

MY TOP 3 REASONS KIMBO SLICE IS NO LONGER INVOLVED WITH “KUNG FU U”

1. The More Cake Theory:  Kimbo makes a ton of money making appearances and fighting on the MMA circuit with a undefeated record (3-0). I am sure his agent fought for Kimbo to get a slice of the merchandising and DVD sales of the movie, but co-starring with the infamous Hulk Hogan the film producers know where their bread is buttered and probably told Kimbo’s agent to kick rocks. Besides, the Hulkster probably has Andre The Giant sized legal fees to pay after his son nearly killed his homie who was riding shotgun as the young Hogan totaled his car while racing on the highway in Florida. 

2. Buffoonery Theory:  You know Hollywood will never change. They probably looked at the stature of Kimbo and probably wanted to make him perform some buffoonish acts on the silver screen. You know how they like to make the big black guys do dumb shit, like dress up as a woman (Ving Rhames, Tyler Perry, Tim Crews) or play the “big dumb” black guy role (Michael Clarke Duncan “The Green Mile”, “Planet of the Apes”) Although Kimbo is an initmidating figure, I don’t believe he is stupid, just look how he promoted him self from street fighting in the MI-yayo to being a world reknowned figure in the hottest sport in the country. 

3. Mr. T: By playing in a comedy flick for kids this could ruin his credibility  to play a believable version of B.A. Barrakus in the A-Team movie. For example remember Lorenz Tate? He played the uber thug ‘O-dog’ in MENACE II SOCIETY. After that he played a punk ass coming of age teen in the INKWELL, and then he played the drug addicted role of Frankie Lymon in WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE. But, it was a wrap for him after that. Playing those ‘soft’ roles, he will never be beleivable a tough guy again, and I don’t want to see Kimbo trying go LOVE JONES on us by doing romantic spoken word poetry in a film…ever! The 80’s are hot right now, you know they will be coming out with an A-Team movie. Even though Kimbo rocks the braids on the side of his bald dome (somebody needs to tell him to cut it off, but I ain’t that brave) with the right stylist he could pull off the perfect Mr. T.  When he is  casted as Mr. T, he will get major cake and become even more popular. And remember…you heard it here first.

 

My last two cents on Kimbo…I know he is a beast, but why is he shaving his chest hair?  Maybe the fame is getting to his head or maybe he is on some L.L. Cool J pretty boy ish.  Check out his picture below…He has a line up on his chest…WTF? Part of his intimidation is his menacing look, but shaving his chest hair is very metrosexual. Kimbo please…no more pectoral shaves. Keep the chest naps a.k.a. taco meat, and continue dominating in the ring. Maybe he can start shaving his chest hair after he gets a couple of movies under his belt.  With the way Hollywood promotes metrosexuals, Kimbo (minus the ‘taco meat’) will blend right in.