Always soulful Mr.Pendergrass dies!!

I for one am always been a fan of his...depite my young age...I just got word of his passing from my good friend Michael Nunnery (www.twttier.com/michaelnunnery)...just 20mins ago via Twitter...You will be missed Mr. P...another music great leaves us.

(CNN) -- R&B legend Teddy Pendergrass died Wednesday evening, his former publicist said. He was 59.

Pendergrass, known for smash love ballads such as "Turn Off the Lights" and "Love TKO," died after a long illness, according to Lisa Barbaris, who described herself as a close friend and his last publicist.

He died at a hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was born.
His family did not reveal details about his illness, but said it was related to complications from a 1982 car accident, Barbaris said.
"His beloved family surrounded him. The world has lost one of its greatest voices and performers," a statement from Barbaris said.
"His family is devastated. He has three children and, even though it was expected, it still hurts," she said.
The crooner, who many affectionately knew as just "Teddy," started in music with a group called the Cadillacs in the late 1960s and was still with the group when it merged with Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, according to his official Web site.
He started as a drummer, but soon began to sing lead after the group heard his powerful voice.
In 1972, Pendergrass's baritone could be heard on the classic Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes song "If You Don't Know Me by Now."
The song became a No. 1 hit across the country and led Pendergrass to many other hits and accolades.
After going solo, Pendergrass received several Grammy nominations, Billboard's 1977 Pop Album New Artist Award and an American Music Award for best R&B performer of 1978, Barbaris said.
In 1982, Pendergrass was involved in a car accident that left him paralyzed. But Pendergrass returned to the studio in 1984 in his wheelchair to record an album.

Before his death, Pendergrass was working on a musical documenting his life, called "I Am Who I Am."

Haitian Atheles Devested and Struggling with Earthquake aftermath!!

The devastating earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday has athletes of Haitian descent scrambling to locate friends and relatives still on the island.

There is no official death count, but President Rene Preval said he believes the death toll from the magnitude-7.0 earthquake is in the thousands.

Garçon

Dalembert

The International Red Cross says a third of Haiti's 9 million people may need emergency aid, though again it could take days for a clear picture of the damage to emerge.

Indianapolis Colts receiver Pierre Garçon, Philadelphia 76ers center Samuel Dalembert, Denver Broncos linebacker Elvis Dumervil, boxer Andre Berto, former NBA player Olden Polynice and Olympian Barbara Pierre are all working to get details about relatives in Haiti.

Haitian boxing promoter Jacques Deschamps is missing.

Dominican-born baseball player Miguel Tejada is sending supplies and the New York Yankees are donating $500,000 to rescue and relief efforts.

And, the University Tennessee is going to try to turn the loss of football coach Lane Kiffin into a positive. A Knoxville retailer will donate fans' Kiffin T-shirts to earthquake recovery efforts in Haiti.

Garçon uses Twitter

Colts receiver Garçon said he was deeply concerned about the fate of "countless" relatives who live near the capital city of Port-au-Prince.

"Aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews. We still have not heard much from them and my mom is still trying to call them," Garçon said. "I'm keeping in contact with my mom. It's tough to get in touch with people down there because of the phone lines."

Garçon was born in Carmel, N.Y., and attended high school in Florida, but his parents emigrated to the U.S. from Haiti and most of his relatives still live there. Garçon says there are too many to count.

Last season, Garçon went back to the country for his grandmother's funeral, and he planned to return in April with his charitable organization, the Pierre Garçon Foundation.

But when the quake struck Tuesday, devastating one of the world's poorest nations, Garçon changed the plan. Instead of waiting until spring to help, Garçon jumped onto his Twitter account and started asking fans for help.

At one point, he tweeted: "We need the US military as soon as possible n haiti We need the 4 million Haitian that live out side of haiti to Act now, we need da world!"

As he prepares for Saturday night's playoff game against Baltimore, Garçon intends to use the NFL's stage as a pulpit to seek more assistance in the recovery effort.

"[Twitter] is how we got the pictures out, the word out, that's been really helpful," he said. "Spreading the word and helping others is really what it's all about and this is the best situation to do that now."

Dalembert unsure of next move

Sixers center Dalembert turns on the television to see the crumbled wreckage of what used to be the Port-au-Prince neighborhoods in which he grew up. The markets where he, his cousins and friends would buy food and ice cream. The government palace -- Haiti's White House, as he calls it -- that he always wanted to see inside. The crowded familiar streets, now full of injured people and children, waiting for help.

As he watches, he keeps dialing and e-mailing, trying to reach at least one of his almost 30 relatives to see if they survived the earthquake. His grandmother and mother in Orlando, Fla., can't get through either. At least his father, who lives about two miles from the center of the destruction, was able to send an e-mail to an aunt in Miami saying he was OK and the walls had cracked, but they were still standing.

"It's so shocking," Dalembert said. "I'm looking at the TV right now, you know, trying to think what could I have done if it were me in the situation? And there's nothing really I could have done."

The already narrow roads are blocked. The hospitals are destroyed. And any equipment, food or aid that could help will have to struggle to find a way into the rubble, he said. Even finding an open field in which to set up a makeshift aid station is almost impossible.

When Dalembert tries to explain Haiti to someone who has never been there, he asks them to think of the poorest place they've been -- somewhere they would never live -- and then multiply that by 100. Places where a piece of wood serves as a door on a house made of mud, "that's what we're talking about. People who don't know where their next food is coming from."

Families still travel by donkey and rely on medicine men when they fall ill, he said. It's an outdated lifestyle that is especially troubling in times of crisis, he said.

"You try to be as strong and tough as possible but deep inside you feel like you're burning, you're cooking inside. You're frustrated," he said. "...You try the best. And keep praying."

Dumervil asks for help

The depth of destruction in the wake of the earthquake that hit Haiti didn't really shock Broncos linebacker Dumervil. The odds were already staked against this impoverished country where running water, electricity and reliable transportation are already in short supply.

"The worse just got worse," said Dumervil, who was born in Miami but is of Haitian descent. "They don't have the resources or anything that Americans have or other countries have. The country is already in desperate [need of] help."

Think of how America -- a developed, resourceful country -- bounced back from a catastrophe on the scale of 9/11, he said. Now think of how a third-world country would face a disaster on a similar scale, he said. "It's not simple."

Dumervil has a brother, uncles, aunts, cousins and other relatives who still live in Haiti. Those his mother has been able to reach describe a horrific scene.

"Everybody was in a panic mode. Just dead bodies, people trapped, people stuck in buildings or people who fell through the street cracks," he said.

Dumervil urges people to donate to help the relief effort by texting "YELE" to 501501 and $5 will automatically be charged to their wireless account. The money goes to hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean's Haitian charity, Yéle Haiti.

Berto 'devastated'

Welterweight titlist Berto, who is Haitian-American, also is very concerned about what is happening on the Caribbean island.

"I'm devastated by everything currently happening in Haiti," Berto said Wednesday. "As everybody knows, I have a lot of family members in Haiti and proudly represented Haiti in the 2004 Olympic Games. Like many other Haitian-Americans, my family and I are working to reach my loved ones. From what we have learned to this point, some of my family members are still missing and we have already been informed that members of my family have passed away in the earthquake."

Berto (25-0, 19 KOs) was born in the United States, but his parents were both born in Haiti before arriving in the United States as immigrants and settling in Winter Haven, Fla., where the 26-year-old still lives and trains.

Berto has been involved in Haitian charitable causes and has a foundation with offices in the Port-au-Prince.

"We are currently working on starting our own Haitian relief efforts, and I will be releasing additional information on how everyone can help very soon," Berto said. "I am asking everyone for their continued thoughts and prayers for the people in Haiti during this devastating time."

Polynice waits for call

Lester Polynice is 74 years old with a full head of jet-black hair that has never been dyed. He's strong and gregarious and seems much bigger than 6-foot-3. And when Polynice decided to move back to impoverished Haiti a few years ago, his son Olden didn't question it.

"That's home," Olden said. "That's where we were all born and raised."

On Wednesday afternoon, nearly 24 hours after a 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti, Olden Polynice, a former NBA center, was sitting at home in Los Angeles with the TV on CNN and two computers flashing photos from his devastated homeland. Polynice has yet to hear from his dad, who has a house in Port-au-Prince. Every time the family calls Lester's cell phone, it automatically flips to his voice mail.

If his dad is OK, Polynice is sure he's out helping other people. But for now, all Polynice can do is scan photos in the hopes of seeing Lester's giant frame in the backdrop.

"That's the worst part," Polynice said. "That waiting. You're hoping everything's OK, but you just ... Ugh. It's the worst.

"We always see devastation in other places. Even like when Katrina hit, we were sensitive to it, but until it hits you directly, you can't really put yourself in somebody's shoes 'til you go through it."

The younger Polynice moved to the U.S. when he was 7, played college basketball at Virginia and spent 15 years in the NBA. He's rooted here. About five years ago, Lester felt the pull of his home country, built a house and decided to live half the year in the U.S. and half in Haiti.

Olden wishes his dad's plans hadn't taken him to Haiti on Jan. 12. And now all he can do is wait.

"Homeless people [in the U.S.] have it better than people in Haiti, to be honest," Polynice says. "There are a lot of makeshift homes and huts, and the buildings aren't up to standard. So when a natural disaster like this happens, of course there's going to be devastation.

"It's just a bad situation, but people make do because we're a country of people with pride. We take pride in surviving."

Deschamps unreachable

Carlos Oliveira, promoter and father to 19-year-old Brazilian middleweight boxing prospect, Miguel Oliveira, said Wednesday he had been trying to reach Haitian promoter Jacques Deschamps by telephone without success.

Deschamps, promoter of WBC light flyweight champ Edgar Sosa, of Mexico, has been spearheading an effort to bring the sport to Haiti.

Oliveira defeated Dominican Eduardo Mercedes on Dec. 18, 2009, on a fight card held in Petionville, Haiti. Carlos Oliveira said his son agreed to fight in Haiti to "give a Christmas present to the U.N. peacekeeping forces stationed in Haiti."

Early news reports say as many as 11 Brazilian soldiers died in the quake Tuesday.

"They were happy that Michael took the time to come there," said Carlos Oliveira of the Dec. 18 trip. "We gave away about 40 tickets and they all came and rooted for them. Before the fight, Michael also went to visit with them."

Tejada sends supplies

Baseball player Tejada is preparing a container van with emergency supplies that will be sent to Haiti.

"What happened in Haiti is a tragedy, something terrible, a sister country with which we share a common island," Tejada said to ESPNdeportes.com during a telephone interview from his Fort Lauderdale, Fla., home.

"I've authorized my staff to prepare a shipment to help the needy people in Haiti as soon as possible," Tejada said. "The plan is to fill up a container van with items needed in an emergency. In these situations they would need water, canned food, medicine, powdered milk and kids clothes."

Tejada said the Haitian Consulate in Miami would be in charge of channeling the aid. Tejada also encouraged others to coordinate any aid through the consulate.

The 2002 American League MVP encouraged all his MLB colleagues, particularly Dominicans, to step up and help the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

"Everyone who can help should," Tejada said. "I heard that among the victims there are a lot of Dominicans who work in organizations and companies established in Haiti."

Tejada, 35, who averaged .313 and 199 hits in 2009 with the Houston Astros, is one of the top names who's still unemployed in baseball for next season.

"I'm not worried because I know I will have a job when the season starts in April," said Tejada. "At this moment, I'm more worried about my Haitian brothers."

Pierre worries for grandmother

When Olympian Pierre went to see her parents in Orlando for Christmas, she had hoped her grandmother, Seliecene, would finally be there.

Pierre, 22, is an NCAA champion sprinter at St. Augustine's College in Raleigh, N.C., and a native of Port-au-Prince who represented Haiti in the 2008 Olympics. Her relatives have been immigrating to the United States over several decades, and one of the last to come was going to be her father's mother.

Saint Augustine's College Barbara Pierre ran for Haiti in the 2008 Olympics.

Pierre had been helping her father file paperwork and cut through immigration red tape for several years in an attempt to bring her grandmother from Haiti -- and it looked like that might finally happen in December.

But the process got delayed. And now no one can reach Seliecene, who lived on the mountainside in Port-au-Prince in a house with a garden where she grew peppers and roses.

"I called my mom this morning and asked, 'Did you talk to grandma,' and she says, 'Barbara, I called, there's no connection. It doesn't even go through,'" Pierre said.

As she watches televised images of crumbled buildings and people crying in the streets, and hears reports of collapsed schools and hospitals, she refuses to think the worst.

"I don't want to be sad. I don't want to think negative," she said. "In my mind I want her to be OK, so that's exactly what I'm going to think."

Pierre came to the United States when she was about 5 years old, so most of her memories of Port-au-Prince are from visits where she stayed with her grandmother. She remembers begging her mom to buy the fried plantains that vendors sold on the bus from the airport and the syrupy iced treats sold at the local markets.

But the country changed as she got older. The roads started to crack and fall into disrepair. Stories of criminals kidnapping Americans and holding them for ransom prompted her mother to leave her at home in Orlando on subsequent trips to Haiti. Pierre's last visit was in 1999, when she was a bridesmaid in an aunt's wedding. Her father, a banker in Port-au-Prince, finally joined the family in Orlando in 2004.

When Pierre ran for Haiti in the 2008 Olympics, she got to know several other Haitians and developed an even stronger appreciation for her home country, despite having been gone so many years.

"Haitians, they're very hard-working people. They're going to get back on their feet. I just don't know how long," she said.

"Haiti is a third-world country. Look what happened to [people in] New Orleans. They're in the States, and look how long it took for them to get back up. It's going to take a long time. They don't really have the tools we have, the tools to dig up bricks and pull people out. They have to do that with their hands."

Pierre points out that the Haitian houses built on mountainsides are not sturdy structures. When they crumble, they can fall down the hill on top of one another.

But not her grandmother's house. No, she can't think about that.

Yankees pitch in

The Yankees announced Wednesday they would donate $500,000 in support of rescue and relief efforts following the earthquake in Haiti.

The catastrophic event has devastated an entire nation and will have far-reaching effects in the worldwide Haitian community. The Yankees hope their donation will inspire people throughout the United States to do everything they can to aid the people of Haiti in their time of need.

Vols' loss is Haiti's gain

HoundDogs, which sells Tennessee apparel, advertised a 20 percent discount for fans who brought shirts to the store for donation.

Manager Mitzi Sherrill says the owners, Dan and Tona Burks, were hoping to turn a "negative into a positive" when they heard fans talk of burning and ripping up shirts with the former Volunteers coach's name or face on them in the wake of Kiffin's abrupt resignation. He accepted the head-coaching job at Southern California.

Sherrill says the store had already been promised a large donation of shirts from a fan in Maryland.

Information from ESPN Enterprise Unit reporter Paula Lavigne, ESPN.com senior writer Elizabeth Merrill, ESPN.com boxing writer Dan Rafael, ESPNdeportes.com Enrique Rojas and The Associated Press was used in this report.

Sex Positon of the WEEK!!

Get a Leg Up

Erotic Instructions:

Fill the tub with only a few inches of water, then turn on the shower and let it run lightly. Lie on your side, propped up on your forearm. (Bend your knees if you need to.) Lift your top leg, then have your man straddle your other leg. Once he's entered you, rest your lifted leg on his shoulder as he holds on to your elevated thigh for leverage.

CARNAL CHALLENGE

Why You'll Love It:

With your guy crouching between your legs, his pelvic bone rubs against your clitoris, treating you to a double dose of bliss. And, the cascading water hits both your bodies, showering you with massaging droplets.

My NFL Dream Matchup for the Playoffs!!!!

It's easier to do the New York Times crossword puzzle than to figure who will be playing whom in this postseason. But just as basketball had its dream team, football has its dream matchups.

There are some potentially great games -- Philadelphia versus Dallas, Dallas versus Minnesota and Arizona versus New Orleans -- to name a few. But here are the must-see matchups that football fans can only hope come to pass.

1. Green Bay at Minnesota: Please, please, please let Vikings quarterback Brett Favresquare off against Green Bay and quarterbackAaron Rodgers one more time. Who wouldn't want to see a third meeting between the legendary quarterback and legendary franchise that already drew boffo TV ratings the first two times they met this season? Three times would be a charm.

2. New York Jets at New England: These franchises get along about as well as Green Bay and Minnesota. Jets coach Rex Ryan already vowed not to kiss Bill Belichick's ring. But if Belichick could dispatch Ryan and the Jets, he would be one step closer to another ring.

3. Philadelphia versus Dallas: A taste will be provided Sunday, when these teams square off for the NFC East title and the chance to have the NFC's No. 2 seed and a first-round bye. One team is going to be highly disappointed Sunday and another equally excited. Eagles-Cowboys never gets old, and the stakes would be even higher in the playoffs.

4. New England at Indianapolis: It would be only fitting for Belichick to get one more opportunity to go for it in Indianapolis against the defense that stopped the Patriots on fourth-and-2. Interestingly, the coaches who made the season's two most controversial calls were Belichick on fourth-and-2 and Jim Caldwell on resting his regulars. Now one coach could end the other's season.

5. San Diego versus New Orleans: Of all the potential Super Bowl matchups, none would be more appealing than the Chargers versus the Saints and San Diego quarterback Philip Rivers against the quarterback who he once replaced, New Orleans' Drew Brees.

In Week 16, when it ignored and spit at history, Indianapolis deflated this season. But some of these too-good-to-be-true playoff matchups would inflate it back where it belongs.

And now, on to this week's 10 Spot:

Before it is razed, one final football game will be played Sunday at Giants Stadium, the Jets against the Bengals with a wild-card spot on the line. Children whose fathers used to take them to Giants Stadium now are old enough to take their own children there. Each has favorite moments from the stadium, which has hosted visits from Pope John Paul II, Paul McCartney and Peyton Manning. Some will think of the kicks they got from the 1994 World Cup or the 2007 David Beckham debut in front of 65,000 fans. Others will think of the tricks from Dan Marino's fake spike in 1994 or Jumbo Elliott's touchdown catch during the Monday night miracle comeback in 2000. There were scary moments that involved fallen Jets defensive end Dennis Byrd and celebratory moments that involved Giants' NFC Championships in 1987 and 2001.

But what this reporter always will remember is the wind tunnel at one end of the stadium that players and reporters walked down to enter the building. It was a downhill walk on paved cement that led straight to the field -- and it might have been the single coldest spot in the Northeast. For some reason, temperatures always seemed colder there, the wind seemed stronger there, and it always seemed like the last place in the world anyone would want to be -- especially in the heart of the winter -- until the field came into view. Now, before the curtain comes down and the wrecking balls are brought in, the Jets get one more home game to create one more memorable moment.

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Jeff Moffett/Icon SMIA four-game winning streak would bode well for Eric Mangini's future in Cleveland.

Slowly but surely, the Brown cloud seems to be lifting from Cleveland. Over the past month, the Browns actually have played inspired football, winning three straight games. Now they are on the verge of doing something the franchise has not done since the early part of the 1994 season or since it returned to Cleveland 11 seasons ago. The Browns are trying for their first four-game winning streak in 15 years, which they can accomplish with a win Sunday over struggling Jacksonville. Since the franchise returned to Cleveland in 1999, the Browns have won back-to-back games nine times and have won three games in a row three times, but they have failed to win four games in a row.

What makes this streak so intriguing is the way it impacts the future of Browns coach Eric Mangini. Had the Browns not reeled off this streak, Mangini certainly would have been sent packing. But his team's spirited play has forced new Browns president Mike Holmgren at least to ponder whether he has a head coach worth keeping. If the Browns come up with their first four-game winning streak since 1994, it will make Holmgren's decision even more difficult.

As the calendar turned from October to November, Denver looked like a postseason lock. The Broncos had confidence, momentum and a 6-0 record. Now, Nov. 1 feels like a long time ago. The Broncos are in danger of blowing a seemingly sure playoff spot for the third time in four seasons. Three seasons ago, Denver needed only to beat a 6-9 49ers team at home in the regular-season finale to clinch a playoff spot; it lost 26-23. Last year, Denver carried an 8-5 record into December and needed one win in its final three games to clinch the AFC West title; the Broncos lost their final three games. This season, the Broncos are 2-7 since Nov. 1 and are threatening to become only the third team since the merger in 1970 to start 6-0 and not make the postseason.

The first team that did it was the 1978 Washington Redskins, who started 6-0 and lost five straight games at the end of the season to finish 8-8. The next team to start 6-0 and fail to make the postseason was the 2003 Minnesota Vikings, who were beaten on the season's final day when Randy Moss' former college teammate, Nate Poole, reeled in a 28-yard touchdown pass from Josh McCown that enabled the Cardinals to wipe out a 17-6 fourth-quarter deficit and the Vikings to finish 9-7. Now the Broncos need a loss from the Ravens, Jets, Steelers or Texans to go along with a victory of their own to avoid becoming one of the league's big surprise stories at the start of the season and the end of it -- for different reasons.

Records are on the line Sunday. With a 70.62 completion percentage, Saints quarterback Drew Brees has the chance to break Ken Anderson's season completion percentage record of 70.55. But the air record is secondary to the one that can be achieved on the ground. Titans RB Chris Johnson needs 128 yards to become the sixth running back in NFL history to rush for 2,000 yards in a season. He also needs 233 to tie Eric Dickerson's single-season record, the most worthwhile pursuit remaining in a disappointing Titans season.

If you don't like what I just said of whet is the utmost my opinion ....well...so be it!! ESPN.com and AP was used in this report. 

Arenas UPDATE!!! : Dispute over a card game...WTF???

A dispute that began on the team plane and resumed more than 24 hours later in the team's locker room between Washington Wizards guards Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton is at the center of an investigation by local and federal authorities into Arenas' recent admission of gun possession on Wizards property, according to sources close to the situation.

Multiple sources told ESPN.com that an argument commenced during a card game on the team's overnight flight back to Washington from Phoenix on Dec. 19 and escalated into a heated exchange between Arenas and Crittenton. The Wizards had Dec. 20 off, but sources say the hostilities resumed Dec. 21 in the locker room on a practice day.
Sources say that Arenas, in response to what was said on the flight, placed three guns he owns on a chair near Crittenton's locker stall and invited him to pick one before practice on Dec. 21. Sources said that Crittenton subsequently let Arenas know that he had his own gun.
The New York Post, quoting league security sources, reported in Friday's editions that Arenas and Crittenton pulled guns on each other over a gambling debt during the pre-practice confrontation at the Verizon Center.
The Washington Post, in a story posted on its Web site Friday night, quoted Arenas as saying, "That's not the real story." The newspaper also reported that the argument between Arenas and Crittenton was over "who had the bigger gun" and that there was never any intent to physically harm Crittenton, according to "a person who has spoken with Arenas recently."

It is not known how many other Wizards players were in the locker room at the time of the clash. The Wizards and Arenas have maintained since Dec. 24, when the team publicly confirmed that Arenas had stored three guns in a locked box in his locker, that the firearms were unloaded.
If either Arenas or Crittenton is found to have brandished a gun against his teammate, long-term suspensions and heavy fines from NBA commissioner David Stern would appear to be likely, given the ever-rising levels of Stern's distaste for any hint of violence in the league in the wake of the infamous Indiana-Detroit brawl in November 2004.

The league office, though, is expected to wait to see whether local or federal charges are filed in the case before determining the scale of potential punishments.

Arenas spoke briefly with reporters Friday afternoon following Washington's practice and also made numerous statements via his Twitter account disputing the New York Post's report, which alleges that Crittenton became angry at Arenas for refusing to make good on a gambling debt, prompting Arenas to pull a gun first and Crittenton to respond by grabbing his own gun.

The Washington Post reported Friday afternoon that Arenas is threatening to sue the New York Post.The Washington Post also spoke to Arenas' father, Gilbert Arenas Sr., who said: "From the respect of guns being pulled in the locker room and at each other... that's ludicrous. [Gilbert Jr.] bringing the guns to the locker room to keep away from his kids, that's true. [But] Gil did not pull a gun on anybody. That's about all that I can say."

Arenas eventually turned his three guns in to team security and later told reporters -- after a CBSSports.com report on Christmas Eve revealed that Arenas was being investigated for violating league rules on gun possession -- that he brought them to the workplace because he no longer wanted them in his house after the birth of his third child in early December.

District of Columbia police officials immediately began looking into the matter and announced in a statement Wednesday, without naming any names or providing further details, that they have begun assisting the U.S. Attorney's Office in a joint probe into "an allegation that weapons were located inside a locker room at the Verizon Center."

Through a series of tweets, Arenas appeared Friday to be trying to downplay the severity of the situation in his usual glib manner. But the potential range of punishments would figure to be severe given the stricter-than-usual gun laws in the District of Columbia and the NBA's rules forbidding gun possession on league property.

Although no action from the league office is expected until the legal process plays out, which is the NBA norm, Stern is bound to take an especially dim view of the whole episode in deference to late Wizards owner Abe Pollin, who changed the team's nickname from Bullets to Wizards in 1997 in part because he was so profoundly affected by the assassination of former Israeli prime minister and close friend Yitzhak Rabin. Until his death in November, Pollin was as close to Stern as any NBA owner.

"There is an active investigation by D.C. law enforcement authorities, which we are monitoring closely," NBA spokesman Tim Frank said Friday. "We are not taking any independent action at this time."
The Wizards, in a statement issued Friday, said: "We take this situation and the ongoing investigation very seriously. We are continuing to cooperate fully with the proper authorities and the NBA and will have no further comment at this time."

In Friday's New York Post report, Wizards president Ernie Grunfeld is quoted as saying: "It's in the hands of the authorities. We're going to get to the bottom of this, if there is a bottom to this."

The controversy is the latest and possibly biggest setback in Washington's highly disappointing 10-20 start. Arenas is averaging 22.7 points and 6.9 assists after missing much of the past two seasons because of multiple surgeries on his left knee, but there is already considerable curiosity -- not only in the media but among rival teams watching the drama unfold -- whether the Wizards will eventually try to void the remainder of Arenas' mammoth six-year, $111 million contract because of this serious nature of this incident.

Arenas may not play Saturday against the San Antonio Spurs because of soreness in his left knee, Wizards head coach Flip Saunders told The Washington Post on Friday. Saunders would not comment on the reported dispute between Arenas and Crittenton.

Crittenton has not played all season because of an ankle injury and declined comment Friday when reached by the Washington Post. Crittenton's new agent, Mark Bartelstein, also declined comment Friday.

Information from ESPN.com and AP was used in this report.

Ask Amile: Why Men Love Bad Girls

Q: Amile, I have always wondered why in the heck do these guys drool over these "so-called" bad girls...what makes them so interesting??

                                   -oreoqueen182000 

A: There are so many reasons why....but I just summed it up in a list for you....but if you are not what these certain guys are looking for....maybe you should change your type of men you fall for..   -Amile

1. A guy has way more leeway with a bad girl: If he has an extensive romantic past, no problem…so does she. If he has a few too many drinks with his buddies and accidentally gets arrested, it's okay — the same thing has happened to her.

2. There really aren't a whole lot of panties being worn.

3. Guys are absolutely certain that all bad girls are amazing in bed. And even if one isn't, the guy is so certain that all bad girls are amazing in bed that he convinces himself that she is.

4. A bad girl would never complain about a woefully ill-advised tattoo a guy gets when he's seriously wasted, because she's the one who makes him get it.

5. Bad girls typically wear sexier shoes.

6. If she's a bad girl, that means she has a bunch of bad-girl friends — which also means the guy's friends will buy him drinks all night as long as he introduces them.

7. Yes, the arguments are terrible, but the makeup sex is mind-blowing.

8. Bad girls never ask a guy why he just throws his dirty socks on the floor rather than putting them in the hamper.…She's too busy ripping all of his other clothes off.

9. If a guy says, "God, you have an awesome [body part]!" she'll smile and shake said body part, not giggle and cover it up.

10. That fantasy he has that requires handcuffs, lots of leather, and a hand puppet? Hell, a bad girl will try anything once.

11. Bad girls can appreciate a good dirty joke... and even better, tell one that's 10 times dirtier.

12. A bad girl is way too independent to rush a relationship, which means a guy knows he won't find himself helping her dad build a model railroad on the third date.

Well...its 2010 and a new slate for many of us. I certainly hope that many of us try to make this a positive year since 2009 was very much a whirlwind of a year ,especially for me...I lost my mother and ran into some people that I wish to this very day that I never even knew of their existence. So instead of dwelling of my past, Here's my resolutions for 2010:


1.) Not to chase around looking for love...but not wait for it either.


Since the age of 17, I always have been a little "boy-crazy"...but now being bi-sexual (and I am one seriously)...I seemed to never be alone...but this time I want to take things slow...and not afrad to be single...if that so happens.

2.) Be aware of my surroundings...


3.) Stop being SO FUCKING nice!
I have always been told that I have been to nice to people...which is true. For instance, I befriended a certain person...fuck it! His name is Mich ...and total bad news...lies about things he doesnthave!! While being grateful for a favor of his sister letting my crash at HER place while looking for an apartment....I gave money whenever I had it....put food in the fridge....even cleaned up. But Mich was living under his sister with no job...claiming he was a music producer..rarely showered..and she was out of work due to a her ACL/RCL being torn. Anyhow, due to that ....she lost her apartment around the same time I just moved in mine!! By the kindness of my heart...I let them stay at my place...being as I was grateful for everything that they have done for me. I should have listen to my friends..Mich was STILL not working and not providing no source of income...I was ok with his sister staying there with no ties because I know how it feels to be injured to the point of not being able to work. Anywho, due to my kindness I got fucked in the end...and lost a great friendship with his sis...so NOW I'm taking more steps into where and when my kindness should be applied.


4.) Will NEVER let anyone's negativity destroy what goals I want to pursue.
Everyone always claim how they "love their haters".....I hate you all just as much as you hate me...Alll I am going to say is....Thanks for keeping my name in the light...and I hope you all catch gonorrhea and DIE of swine flu!!....Until then, I'll keep.....ROCKIN' ON!!




5.) STOP AT NOTHING TO SHINE!!!

WTF Moment of the Day: Gilbert Arenas slapped with gun charges!!

NEW YORK -- Washington Wizards teammates Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton drew guns on each other during a Christmas Eve locker room argument over a gambling debt, according to the New York Post.

Last week, the Wizards and Arenas acknowledged that Arenas had stored unloaded firearms in a container in his locker, and the NBA said it was looking into the situation.

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It was during that investigation that a confrontation between Arenas and Crittenton was revealed, according to a Yahoo! Sports report.

The dispute stemmed from an unspecified disagreement, sources told Yahoo! Sports.

Citing an anonymous source, the Post reported in Friday's edition, however, that the standoff was sparked when Crittenton became angry at Arenas for refusing to make good on a gambling debt.

That prompted Arenas to draw on Crittenton, who then also grabbed for a gun, league security sources told the Post.

Asked by the newspaper about the confrontation, Arenas denied pulling a gun on Crittenton.

The Wizards on Friday afternoon released a statement regarding the alleged confrontation: "The Washington Wizards take this situation and the ongoing investigation very seriously. We are continuing to cooperate fully with the proper authorities and the NBA and will have no further comment at this time."

Arenas, a three-time All Star, tweeted Friday about the developments.

"i wake up this morning and seen i was the new JOHN WAYNE. ... Media is too funny," he wrote.

About 2½ hours later, his tweet was more straightforward: "i understand this is serious..but if u ever met me you know i dont do serious things im a goof ball this story today dont sound goofy to me."

At practice Friday afternoon, Arenas declined to answer questions about the allegations the Post and Yahoo! Sports reported.

However, he did address the reports of the allegations, telling local TV station WJLA: "I like the story, it's intriguing."

Then, in response to questions whether anything had taken place between him and Crittenton, Arenas said: "I don't know."

"This is unprecedented in the history of sports," Billy Hunter, executive director of the NBA players' association, told the Post. "I've never heard of players pulling guns on each other in a locker room."

On Dec. 24, the Wizards had issued a statement addressing Arenas' storage of unloaded firearms in a container in his locker at the arena and said that the NBA was looking into the situation.

On Tuesday, Washington police said they were investigating a report that weapons were found inside a locker room at the Verizon Center.

Now, the federal government is also involved. Ben Friedman, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, told the Post "we're working with the Metropolitan Police Department on the investigation."

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.