The Knicks failed to rally a win, losing to the Heat 87-70. It was rumored that Amar’e could possible return for game four, but no team has come back to win a playoff face to face with a three game deficit. LeBron scored 32 points and Melo scored 22.
Hill showed up to court today in Houston to face the felony domestic violence charge — and the judge set bond at $5,000. Hill was briefly taken into custody before immediately bonding out.
The judge set no travel restrictions on his bond — so the case shouldn’t affect his playoff run.
But the judge did impose a protective order — barring Hill from contacting or going anywhere near his ex.
Hill is due back in court on June 8th. The charges are said to
Laker’s Jordan Hill, has turned himself in to face charged with a felony count of assault “impeding breathing.”
The charge comes in connection with an alleged fight with his girlfriend.
Court documents say, Jordan paid his girlfriend’s airfare from Houston to Florida. During an interview with an investigator she described what happened when she came to Florida the following:
She said the two were sitting on the couch “discussing their future and then they argued.”
She stated she threw the defendant’s two cell phones to the floor and defendant became angry and began to strike her in the legs with his fists.
Then the defendant grabbed her and pulled her off the couch and dragged her over to where the phones were and threw her against a wall, the complaint says. He demanded that she pick up his phones and then pulled her up by her right arm, argued and while she was turned away from him, he reached around her neck from behind and pulled her up and into his body. She stated that the defendant put her into a choke hold and her neck was in the bend of his elbow and the defendant’s action caused restriction to her breathing causing her to gasp for air.
She said she told Hill she wanted to go home and he booked a flight on his computer and told her if she wanted to go, to hit “enter.” She did.
The complaint says a friend picked her up and noticed bruises, and photos show bruises to the legs.
source TMZ/Houston Press
Sleep Sheets are dissolving strips with melatonin that melt in your mouth.
“I’m not a sleeper. I’m kind of like my dad; never slept much,” she told the Huffington Post. “I can really go off of five hours of sleep, but obviously that’s not healthy.”
But will the sheets really help you get forty winks?
The strips, which are said to contain small amounts of the hormone melatonin, L-theanine, Goji berry and chamomile extract, are “certainly harmless,” said Dr. Laurence Engelberg, the medical director of the Sleep Apnea Center of Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip.
He said that melatonin isn’t exactly a sleep aid — it’s been found to be helpful in resetting the body’s clock after jet lag or irregular work hours.
“The strips seem to contain a pretty small dose of melatonin,” he said. “They could make some people drowsy.”
He didn’t seem impressed by the other ingredients, describing them as “mostly inert.”
Engelberg suggests people with off-kilter hours that want to try melatonin do so two hours before they go to sleep.
Lying in a dark, quiet room after taking the melatonin will help your body adjust its rhythms.
Whether you take melatonin or not, he recommends practicing good sleep hygiene.
“The bed should be used only for sleeping and sex,” he said.
For people that have trouble falling asleep, he recommends not watching television in bed, turning off phones and email and not drinking caffeinated beverages after 3p.m.
What’s potentially more serious is when people report not being able to stay asleep and keep waking in the middle of the night.
This can be a sign of sleep apnea, a condition where people breathe irregularly through the night. The condition is linked to other health problems.
Williams is the latest to jump on the “strip” trend.
The original Sheets, strips treated with caffeine, are endorsed by NBA stars Amare Stoudemire and LeBron James.
I take melatonin at least twice a week so this is something I’ll definitely try. After finding out that anything that contains diphenhydramine HCL can potentially cause death I twitch over to the natural melatonin and it works really good.
Four New Orleans Saints players were infiltrated in a cash for hits bounty system were systematically punished for it. What are the specifics of their punishments you ask?
Saints, Jonathan Vilma was suspended without pay for the entire 2012 season by the NFL for his participation. He will lose $1.6 million in salary.
Anthony Hargrove, who is now with the Green Bay Packers, was suspended for the first half of the 16-game season. He will lose more than $385,000.
Saints, Will Smith was suspended for the first four games of the season. He will lose more than $190,000.
Scott Fujita, who is now with the Cleveland Browns, will miss the first three games. He will lose more than $640,000.
Saints head coach, Sean Payton was suspended for the entire upcoming NFL season.
The Saints Team were fined $500,000 and lost two second-round draft picks.
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Hargrove, Smith, and Fujita are allowed to participate in off-season activities. That would include preseason games, that take place before their suspensions would go into play. However, Vilma suspension is effective immediately. He will be able to re-enter the NFL after the Super Bowl.
All four players have three days to appeal the NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s ruling, and the head of the NFL Players Association said the union would fight the penalties. Fujita is a member of the NFLPA’s executive committee.
The league’s statement said Vilma, Hargrove, Smith and Fujita were suspended because of “conduct detrimental to the NFL as a result of their leadership roles” with the bounties.
An NFL investigation determined that the Saints ran a bounty system from 2009-11. It is said that 21 – 26 players were involved. Sad and sick especially when you think about all of the players that are going through living h*ll because of concussions. It gets scarier when they detail that it wasn’t random; there was actual names targeted.
Some of the targeted players were quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers, Cam Newton, Brett Favre and Kurt Warner. Wait there’s more, they got technical with their shenanigans. “Knockouts” were worth $1,500 and “cart-offs” $1,000. The payments were doubled or tripled during the playoff games.
According to the league, Saints defensive captain Vilma offered $10,000 in cash players who knocked QB Warner out of a playoff game at the end of the 2009 season. He did the same thing with Bret Farve, where he was knocked out of the championship game. The Saints were actually flagged twice for brutalizing the shyt out of Bret in that particular game. The Saints ended up winning in overtime and ultimately won the Championship.
“In assessing player discipline, I focused on players who were in leadership positions at the Saints; contributed a particularly large sum of money toward the program; specifically contributed to a bounty on an opposing player; demonstrated a clear intent to participate in a program that potentially injured opposing players; sought rewards for doing so; and/or obstructed the 2010 investigation,” Goodell said in a statement.
The guys new team reps, declined to comment or did not immediately respond to requests for comment Wednesday.
Player reaction was mixed around the league, with some supporting Goodell’s decision, and others complaining about it.
“I think he’s doing the right thing to make sure this doesn’t happen ever again. There’s no room for any kind of bounty system in the NFL. It’s a physical sport and you’ve got to respect the game,” New York Giants quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning said. “He’s been harsh to try to make a statement saying there is no place for this in the game of football.”
But James Harrison of the Pittsburgh Steelers, a linebacker who was suspended for a game last season after an illegal hit on Browns quarterback Colt McCoy, tweeted that the penalties were “ridiculous” and suggested that Goodell’s crackdown is motivated by the concussion lawsuits and a desire to increase the regular season to 18 games.
Saints tight end Jimmy Graham tweeted: “I want to see the evidence and hear an explanation.”
With all that said, do you think the Saints should turn over the Championship kudos? Do you think the punishment was just? Do you think the officials went overboard in their rulings?
Source Associated Press
Keyshia and Booby will join in as executive producers of the show.
Keyshia Cole is back on BET with a new docu-reality series. Cole, star of the 2006 BET unscripted show Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is, will topline Keyshia Cole: Family First (working title), a six-part series featuring the R&B songstress as a wife to NBA star Daniel Gibson, mother to her 2-year old son, daughter, sister, musician and businesswoman. The series, which will premiere in the fall, is executive produced by James DuBose of DuBose Entertainment as well as Michele Barnwell, Cole and Gibson.
Frustrated by the Knicks’ 104-94 Game 2 loss to the Heat, Amar’e punched his hand through a glass fire extinguisher case, that sits on the wall outside of the Knicks’ locker-room.
The cuts he sustained were so severe that he needed stitches and a sling, putting him on the disabled list with Jeremy Lin. With that said, Amar’e may have crushed the Knicks’ chances of winning the series against the Heat.
During a post game interview in their locker room, Carmelo kept his faith in his teammates saying, “It’s far from over. We believe that and I believe that.” When asked about Amar’e, Carmelo said, “I don’t know what happened, to be honest with you, I haven’t seen him.”
Amar’e sent an apology via Twitter, apparently in a one-handed tweet:
I am so mad at myself right now, I want to apologize to the fans and my team, not proud of my actions, headed home for a new start
He did not comment as he exited the arena with his girlfriend and one of his children.
Tyson Chandler said that Stoudemire was “out” for Game 3, and it is unlikely he will play for the rest of the series. “Your emotions run high. In a split second, a decision can alter things. You can’t fault anybody. We’ve got to deal with the repercussions. Amar’e is a huge piece to this team, Without him, it’ll make it more difficult. We already lost one player in the starting lineup. That’s two players out of the starting lineup. It makes it tougher.”
I think he’s trying to keep a “team” like stance, but you know these guys are pissed, and I can’t say that I blame them. I bet it was literally heated on that bus ride home. The mean muggin’ had to be in full force. No doubt he’ll make donkey of the day too. Sucks to be him right now. It just has to.
With security’s help, Amar’e avoided questions from the media frenzy that followed, as he got on the team bus.
The Knicks will host the Heat in Game 3 Thursday at the Garden.
Tyson and Melo were also caught in the locker room by NBA.com; video follows:
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A designer for Nike was lil off when he chimed in to joke about Derrick Rose’s torn ACL. He tweeted that Derrick’s injury maybe because he chose the wrong shoe to endorse. (click here to see Derrick’s deal with Adidas) His poorly timed tweet went as follows:
“You got one guy only getting stronger and one guy breaking down before our very eyes. You chose poorly Pooh #shouldasignedwithNIKE #GWS,” Jason Petrie.
Kinda insensitive seeing as a torn ACL can end a basketball career, but hopefully with proper rehab, he’ll be back good as new. I told y’all, “twitter is a h*ll of a drug.” Folks get real reckless over there.
He then goes on to brag about Nike’s one man show, LeBron James, who is in the running for this year’s MVP, the crown Derrick currently holds. Petrie is the designer of LeBron James’ signature Nike shoe. He never said Bronny’s name verbatim, but we all know who he was talking about in the following tweet:
You got one guy only getting stronger, and one guy breaking down before our very eyes. You chose poorly Pooh… #shouldasignedwithNIKE #GWS
Feeling the backlash, Petrie went into damage control early Sunday morning to apologize for the timing and delivery of his comments.
He goes on,
Wow! Twitterverse I do apologize. It was really just tongue n cheek! Never meant any harm or disrespect!
Nike, also chimed in with a statement released Sunday, that deemed Petrie’s comments “inappropriate.”
“As a brand that is passionate about sport, we recognize the intense level of play that every athlete has engaged in during this basketball season and respect the dedication it takes to compete,” the statement reads. “One of our basketball footwear designers posted comments online that we feel are inappropriate, and he has since apologized. We wish anyone who is injured a speedy recovery.”
CHICAGO – Derrick Rose scored 23 points before being helped off the court late in the game with an injured left knee, casting a major cloud over the Chicago Bulls’ 103-91 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers in Saturday’s playoff opener.
Rose crumbled to the ground after he drove the lane with about 1:20 left and the Bulls leading by 12. He was going for a layup when he came to a jump-stop and seemed to change his mind, passing off to a teammate before an awkward landing.
Team medical personnel immediately rushed out and tended to Rose for several minutes as he was writhing in pain near the baseline before helping him to the locker room. TNT reported on air that he was being taken to the hospital.
Update
That sound you just heard was everyone in Chicago screaming “Nooooooo!” in unison.
Reigning NBA MVP Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls suffered a torn ACL today and will miss the rest of the season, the team announced.
The injury occurred with just over a minute to go and the Bulls clearly about to win.
Rose played in only 39 games this season because of a litany of injuries … including turf toe, back spasms, pulled groin and foot injuries.
Daily Mail and TMZ
The Akron native is featured on the cover of the current issue of Sports Illustrated, with the story “Meet the Rejuvenated and Revitalized LeBron.”
“I lost touch with who I was as a basketball player and a person,” James said. “I got caught up in everything that was going on around me, and I felt like I had to prove something to people, and I don’t know why. Everything was tight, stressed.”
James announced his departure from the Cleveland Cavaliers for Miami in a live announcement on ESPN in 2010. With Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh by his side, James went to the 2011 NBA Finals, only to lose to the Dallas Mavericks.
“I couldn’t watch TV because every channel—doesn’t matter if it was the Cartoon Channel—was talking about me and the Heat. On the Cooking Channel it was like, ‘So we’re going to make a turkey burger gourmet today, and LeBron James failed!’” James said in his interview with writer Lee Jenkins.
James told Sports Illustrated that he stayed alone in his bedroom after the loss, and was occasionally visited by his mother, Gloria, and fiancé Savannah Brinson. He said he didn’t shave and “looked like Tom Hanks in Castaway.”
Sports Illustrated said that LeBron came across as a thoughtful individual during the interview. The two-time NBA MVP even spent time talking about his dad.
“My father wasn’t around when I was a kid, and I use to always say, ‘Why me? Why don’t I have a father? Why isn’t he around? Why did he leave my mother?’ But as I got older I looked deeper though, ‘I don’t know what my father was going through, but if he was around all the time, would I be who I am today?’” James said. “It made me grow up fast. It helped me be more responsible. Maybe I wouldn’t be sitting here right now.”
Despite the absence of his dad growing up, James did comment on a person he has come to turn to for advice: Jay-Z.
“He grew up in the inner city, in [Brooklyn’s] Marcy projects, hearing, ‘You’ll be a statistic, you’ll never make it out’. Now we’re sitting here in New Jersey, and he owns part of the [Nets]. He tells me, ‘Remember where you came from, what got you here and why you love this game so much.’”
The NBA responded to Metta World Peace’s latest act of aggression with a seven-game suspension that will lighten the Los Angeles Lakers troublemaker’s wallet and playoff schedule.
World Peace was suspended Tuesday for throwing a vicious elbow at Oklahoma City’s James Harden, keeping the Lakers’ starting small forward sidelined for most of the first postseason round.
World Peace was ejected from Sunday’s game against the Thunder for striking Harden in the head with the back of his elbow, giving Oklahoma City’s top reserve a concussion. The former Ron Artest claimed the blow was an accidental, overzealous celebration of a dunk, yet even Kobe Bryant and his Lakers teammates weren’t defending his inexplicable actions.
“It’s hard to get into a guy’s head and know exactly what happened in that situation,” Bryant said. “I haven’t really spoken to him about it. You’ve really got to ask him.”
World Peace will miss the Lakers’ season finale on Thursday at Sacramento and the Lakers’ next six games. The playoffs open Saturday, and Los Angeles is likely to be the Western Conference’s third seed – and Oklahoma City is locked into the No. 2 seed, meaning the clubs could meet right after World Peace’s suspension ends in the second round.
He will lose nearly $348,000 in salary if he serves the entire suspension this year. If the Lakers exit the playoffs swiftly, the remainder of the suspension must be served next season.
World Peace still hasn’t answered media questions about his actions, but he issued a brief statement on his website, promising to follow up with a podcast.
“I apologize to the Oklahoma City Thunder fans and the OKC organization,” World Peace wrote on ronartest.com. “I look foward (sic) to getting back on the floor with my teammates and competing for the Lakers fans.”
Wishing James a speed recovery. He did even turn around after he did it. He knew his made contact to someone’s body and it looks like he just didn’t give a ish. That was not a good look Meta.
Source via AP
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