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Last night was the type of night that you just hope you're free of any and all responsibility, with multiple TVs running, tablet and laptop humming, and plenty of beverages in the cooler. I could sit here and list out all of the amazing things that happened, but let's just get right to it in no specific order. Hopefully you were on the right end of the box score bonanza.
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DeMar DeRozan got hot last night hitting 10-of-19 shots from the field and 14-of-15 from the foul line for 34 points, but as usual his five rebounds, two assists, and goose eggs in the defensive and long-distance categories were a bummer. The all-wing attack was in full effect once again last night as Rudy Gay (10-of-21 FGs, 24 points, eight rebounds, six assists, one steal) and Kyle Lowry (4-of-12 FGs, 11 points, six boards, eight assists, one steal) dominated the touches. The rest of the team took 26 shots compared to their 52 attempts, and losing to the Kyrie Irving-less Cavs is the most recent reminder to these guys that they need more balance.
Jonas Valanciunas showed signs of life with eight rebounds, one steal, and three blocks in 24 minutes, but the five points on 2-of-4 shooting are more of the same, which isn't paying the bills right now for owners. There is logical reason to hang onto him with the hopes that the Raptors change their ways, but he can't be considered a must-own or must-stash player right now. Andrea Bargnani missed all four of his shots and put up near goose-eggs across the board in his 16 minutes, and owners should have long moved on. Alan Anderson hit 2-of-5 shots for four points and not much else in 14 minutes, and any signs of value were erased with this outing.
Kyrie Irving (knee) did not play and had an MRI that came back negative, so hopefully owners dodged a bullet here, but I guess I'll point out again that the Cavs weren't exactly forthcoming with Anderson Varejao's injury earlier in the year. If he can practice on Thursday, then he'll stand a good chance of playing on Friday against the Clippers. In the meantime it has been the Dion Waiters show lately, as the rookie put up another solid outing with 23 points on 7-of-16 shooting, two threes, six assists, one steal and one block.
Shaun Livingston broke through the glass ceiling I set for him yesterday with 15 points, five rebounds, six assists and one block in 33 minutes. He'll be worth a short-term look if Irving's injury causes him to miss time, but carries plenty of risk on a night-to-night basis. Marreese Speights threw salt in my wounds by flashing some of his upside to the tune of 11 points, nine boards, and one block in 24 minutes off the bench. He hit just 3-of-12 shots from the field but supplemented the effort with 5-of-6 makes from the line, which has often been the case with him. Give him a look in deeper leagues for now, but otherwise I'm making him do it again before I jump back on that ride.
I can explain the Isaiah Thomas (two points, two assists, 14 minutes) situation pretty easily from last night, as the plucky point guard picked up two quick fouls and then Keith Smart went away from him when the Kings started to run away from the Magic in the second quarter. Thomas returned to start the second half and played a normal assortment of minutes in the third quarter, and by then the game was out of hand and Smart rolled out Jimmer Fredette (13 points, four assists, two steals, three treys, 27 minutes) and Toney Douglas (12 minutes, eight points, four assists, two steals) the rest of the way. Of course, Thomas should be on a regular prescription of minutes no matter what the circumstance is and the Kings should be grooming him to be the point guard of the future – and anybody with a high school basketball education would know this – but on the bright side we can fully explain Smart's rationale here, as stupid as it is. Just hang on and see where this goes for now, and I'd only discount him in lineups by the smallest amount. The risk is more or less the same the next time out.
John Salmons kept his foot on the gas with 21 points on 7-of-9 shooting, four treys, and five assists in just 22 minutes, which incidentally came after he complained about touches and playing time. This sums up the dysfunction in Sacramento, as Salmons has sucked all season long and obviously doesn't see things that way. Is he worth a pickup? Sure, but remember that when his shooting numbers even out that he's going to post some stinky lines, even if Smart appears to be developing his 33-year old veteran for the future benefit of his young team.
Owners would be wise to take the box score with a grain of salt, which means go easy on your evaluation of Jason Thompson's eight-point, seven-rebound night in 22 minutes, and don't overvalue the outing of Patrick Patterson (13 points, seven boards, one block, 26 minutes). Marcus Thornton's 20 points are an illustration that he is indeed a good basketball player and the eight rebounds were a nice touch, but you guys know where I stand on his situation. In case you're new, Smart might decide the shooting background fits Travis Outlaw's personality profile and bench him the next time out. In all seriousness, I think it's time to give Thornton a hard look because he has late-early round upside if Smart gets smart.
Jameer Nelson (knee) missed another game last night, though the injury isn't believed to be serious. E'Twaun Moore started again in his place and posted a serviceable 11 points, five assists and three treys, but Tobias Harris was the fantasy story of the night as the Magic got served up in their own building. Harris scored 23 points on 9-of-12 shooting with six rebounds, two steals, and one three in 31 minutes. Yes, it comes against the Kings' garbage time defense, but in the fluid situation that is the Magic wing lottery – this puts him temporarily on top.
Beno Udrih got a chance to show his stuff in the blowout loss, scoring 14 points on 3-of-9 shooting (1-of-2 3PTs, 7-of-7 FTs) with eight assists and two steals in 32 minutes. Owners can be worried about Nelson's return, but I wouldn't discount this effort too much based on the garbage-time element. The Magic need proven players on the floor at this point and Udrih is exactly that. He's worth a speculative add in standard leagues.
Mo Harkless scored 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting with four rebounds and a three in 28 minutes, and I wouldn't bail out on him on the whole, but if you want to drop him for Harris, and to a lesser degree Udrih, I wouldn't stop you. Andrew Nicholson (eight points, four boards, one steal, two blocks, 17 minutes) has taken a back seat lately, and while I don't think this is the last we've heard of him he's on the bottom of this list for now. Al Harrington played 12 minutes with three points on 1-of-7 shooting and four boards, so for now it appears he will be limited as he gets up to speed, which temporarily removes a thorn in these guys' sides.
The Pistons escaped from Washington with a one-point win behind Greg Monroe's 26 points on 12-of-17 shooting with 11 rebounds and four steals, which helps ease the sting of a player that has ranked in the 50-90 range in 8- and 9-cat formats on a per-game basis, respectively. Shooting and turnovers have been the culprit. Jose Calderon tied his season-high with 18 assists to go with a steal and six points, but the story of the night was Brandon Knight returning from a knee injury to score a career-high 32 points on 11-of-18 shooting with five threes, three rebounds, and four assists. The Wizards had their issues tonight, so I don't think this is necessarily a harbinger of things to come, but it's enough to make owners give him a hard look despite his overall inconsistency. Will Bynum (two points, 14 minutes) returned from his one-game suspension and Rodney Stuckey (two points, 20 minutes) also fell off the cliff, and neither is an appealing option with Knight back in the fold.
Nene (shoulder) was expected to play last night and then eventually was ruled out, setting the stage for some interesting comments from Randy Wittman about his "young" replacements whining about shot attempts and previous lack of playing time rather than winning the game. I can only assume he means Trevor Booker, who started, and probably Kevin Seraphin, too. Booker scored four points on 2-of-5 shooting with five rebounds in 17 minutes, and Seraphin had 12 points on 6-of-10 shooting with three rebounds in 17 minutes off the bench. For a guy who received all sorts of accolades after last season, Seraphin has been a bit of a head case this season, but he'll still be a guy to watch if the vets start to falter down the stretch.
John Wall joined Wittman in dissing his teammates, which may or may not have been a wise move, as he pointed to guys dropping his passes and missing shots. He finished with six points on 3-of-9 shooting, four assists, one steal and seven turnovers in 24 minutes, and I wouldn't rule out that Wittman was talking about him, too. A.J. Price picked up his slack with nine points, eight assists, one steal and one block in 24 minutes but it would be a shock to see this deployment continue. Trevor Ariza scored 22 points on 7-of-13 shooting with six boards, three assists, three steals, one block and four treys in 33 minutes, and is back on the standard league radar with all the normal caveats involving field goal percentage and overall consistency intact.
David Lee's return to New York was spoiled by his one-game suspension for Tuesday's brouhaha, and it reeked of the league knowing Lee was injured and finding him to be a convenient target. His part in that mild altercation was minor, and David West was the secondary guy I thought would get a game. Again, the league probably wanted to ding one guy from each team, if I'm guessing.
That left Stephen Curry free to make Tuesday's 38-point effort look mild, as he lit Madison Square Garden on fire with a career-high 54 points on 18-of-28 shooting (11-of-13 from deep, 7-of-7 from the line), six rebounds, seven assists and three steals while playing the entire game. I said yesterday that there were only a handful of guys I'd want on my fantasy team ahead of him right now, and their names are LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and James Harden. Curry and Chris Paul share similarly bad schedules, but nobody in the first round is going to touch their value as long as both guys stay upright, and Curry will be needed to secure a playoff berth and positioning. Just wow.
Jarrett Jack (14 points, two assists, two threes) and Carl Landry (15 points, 3-of-4 FGs, 9-of-10 FTs, three rebounds, three assists, five turnovers) were the only other GSW players to show up, as Klay Thompson hit just 3-of-13 shots for six points, four boards, a steal and a block, and everybody else should have just stayed at the hotel. Landry is worth a look in deep leagues for his recent play, and from there owners should simply evaluate whether or not Lee's shoulder will keep him out longer.
Carmelo Anthony (35 points, eight assists, 10-of-26 FGs, 13-of-15 FTs, two threes) and J.R. Smith (26 points, six threes, five boards) were enough to put the Knicks over the top against the Warriors, especially with Tyson Chandler taking names. Chandler roasted the Dubs' marshmallow interior to the tune of 16 points and a career-high 28 rebounds, while Amare Stoudemire didn't take a step forward in line with his reported minute increase, scoring 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting with four rebounds in 20 minutes. Raymond Felton (10 points, four boards, four assists, four steals, one block, 39 minutes) was seen grimacing due to a heel injury, but we're guessing he plays on Friday for now. Rasheed Wallace (foot) will likely miss the rest of the season after scheduling surgery.
What a difference a week makes, as the Bucks have been effectively turned over to Monta Ellis, who went nuts and hit an amazing game-winning three with time expiring. Ellis scored 27 points on 9-of-24 shooting with two threes, six rebounds, 13 assists, and six steals, while Brandon Jennings (eight points, 3-of-8 FGs, four rebounds, six assists, zero steals, 30 minutes) found himself losing time to J.J. Redick (21 minutes, 14 points, two threes, not much else) once again.
It sure doesn't look like Jim Boylan is going to run with a small ball lineup based on the early returns, which means that one of the starters is going to lose their once impenetrable workload. Now seems like a good time to buy low on Jennings since owners are probably in a panic, but owners should tread lightly because this could be a case of an unhappy player spiraling to a less valuable place. Ersan Ilyasova woke up a bit with a 20 and 10 night with a block, three, and 8-of-13 shooting line. Mike Dunleavy stayed on the radar with 16 points, six rebounds, three assists, one steal, one block and two threes in 31 minutes, so give him a look if he has been dropped. Ekpe Udoh left last night's game with a sprained ankle and did not return, and if he misses time it will add a handful of minutes back to the rotation.
For all of Omer Asik's shortcomings, the man sure knows how to double-double, as he posted 16 points with 22 rebounds without a steal or block. He is what he is, and if you can build your team around that you're doing it right. I was chatting with Doc last night and telling him how tempted I was to put Donatas Motiejunas ahead of Thomas Robinson in order of value, but a quiet season slowed my roll and of course it bit me in the butt. Motie scored 13 points on 4-of-9 shooting with seven rebounds, five assists, one steal and one three over 26 minutes in his first start, and that's worth a hard look in a 12-14 team league given Houston's run-and-gun approach. He'd tend to fit that blueprint as a stretch four, and while he'll need to hold off Robinson nothing is a given for the sloppy No. 5 pick.
As I mentioned yesterday, last night was not a night to be overly critical of Robinson (two points, one rebound, eight minutes) in his debut. He has to learn the system and then convince Kevin McHale that he scrubbed the Keith Smart stink off and is ready to play the game right. If he does, he also profiles well as a guy that can get up and down the floor. From there, everything is a crapshoot, and with Motie showing well I think owners can look elsewhere for stash candidates in 12-14 team formats right now. Carlos Delfino (12 points, 5-of-14 FGs, one rebound, one steal) was feasting as the team's power forward, but it looks like he'll go back to his previous gunner off the bench role, and his elbow is still bothering him. Owners should plan accordingly.
James Harden knocked knees with Monta Ellis and rolled around in pain, staying in the game, but his effectiveness was temporarily sapped despite the normal looking 25-point, seven-assist outing that included seven turnovers. We'll be watching to see if there is any post-game fallout.
The Mavs' box score was a wasteland and it's fitting since they gave up a big lead and lost to the Grizzlies last night. Shawn Marion paced the team with 16 points, eight boards, a steal and block on 8-of-12 shooting, Dirk Nowitzki was quiet with 10 points, four boards, and two blocks, O.J. Mayo hit 5-of-13 shots for 11 points and not much else, Vince Carter stayed cold with six points on 3-of-8 shooting in an empty performance, and Elton Brand kept up the good work with 12 points, six boards, two steals and two blocks. Chris Kaman followed up a DNP-CD with a start at center and put up six points, four rebounds, three assists and one block in 22 minutes, which should put him on the radar, but we need to see more before advising a pickup unless you're Billy Hunter desperate for a big man.
You'll notice a theme that certain big-time efforts from last night go unnoticed given all the craziness, and the Grizzlies' 25-point comeback win to tie a franchise record is definitely in that category. Powered by a 24-0 run, and big nights from Zach Randolph (22 points, 10 boards, four assists, three steals) and Marc Gasol (21 points, 12 boards, five assists, one steal), the Grizzlies were able to overcome shoddy shooting from their teammates to pull out an unlikely win. Mike Conley (2-of-13 FGs, five points, four boards, six assists, three steals) hasn't met his lofty ADP in some circles (read: mine), but he is still a top-30 play on the year on a per-game basis and this is a nice buy low moment. The Grizz have a solid schedule down the stretch and he's bound to bounce back.
I'm going to try to present the following without comment (we'll see how I do). Anthony Davis (left shoulder sprain) missed last night's game despite being deemed able to return in Tuesday's game (he didn't). The Hornets have been less than forthcoming about injuries under Monty Williams and the current regime. Williams said last year that he doesn't ask his players about their injuries, and weeks would go by at a time without updates on injured players.
Okay, filter off, this is just a mess. Is he hurt seriously? Probably not. Is the totality of all of his absences starting to get a bit weird? Yes. I have no idea how this is going to play out, and my only advice for owners is to stay on your toes. A healthy Davis down the stretch could be huge, but we haven't seen much for owners to hang their hat on this season in terms of fantasy dominance.
Considering the Hornets got blown out by a vastly superior Thunder squad, it's probably not the best time to take measurements, but owners can't be thrilled with Ryan Anderson's goose egg on the glass. He still scored 14 points with three treys and I'm not worried at all. Al-Farouq Aminu dealt with foul trouble and had seven points, seven boards, one steal and one block in 23 minutes, which is good enough to keep him held during this string of low-end production. Robin Lopez (seven points, two boards) struggled with Davis out, which he simply can't do if he's going to retain owners' confidence.
Kevin Durant's (18 points, 11 boards, 10 assists) triple-double will get overshadowed on such a huge night of basketball, as will Russell Westbrook's 29 points and perfect 12-of-12 mark from the line. Serge Ibaka has been quiet recently so his 18 points, seven boards and three blocks with 9-of-11 shooting was a welcoming sight.
The Suns joined the buzzer-beating bunch as Wes Johnson (eight points, 24 minutes) hit a game-tying three to send the game into overtime, and they eventually beat the vaunted Spurs in the extra frame. Johnson has flashed some potential lately, but I'm still on the fence in 12-14 team formats. There's just too much career-long inconsistency.
Jermaine O'Neal is getting some great treatment from the Suns training staff, and last night was the most recent example as he poured in 22 points, 13 rebounds and two blocks in 27 minutes. It's not like Marcin Gortat (seven points, 3-of-12 FGs, 15 rebounds, one steal, 38 minutes) disappeared, but it's clear that O'Neal is a fantasy factor at this point to some extent. His daughter has heart surgery coming up and that situation is worth watching, and in general he is a well-documented injury risk, but if you need a big man I can't see how you pass him up with this recent string of production.
Luis Scola got back on the right side of the ledger with 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting, four rebounds and three assists, but playing just 20 minutes he's nowhere near in the clear. The rest of the squad besides Goran Dragic (13 points, 13 assists) was a total mess, and can be dropped for hot free agents.
The Spurs had enough off-nights from key guys to lose at home to the Suns, as Tim Duncan hit just 6-of-15 shots to go with an otherwise solid 19 and 11 with a full line, and Manu Ginobili went cold with just 10 points on 2-of-8 shooting, three rebounds, three assists and two threes. Kawhi Leonard hit 4-of-10 shots for 15 points, four assists, and three steals, Danny Green hit 3-of-6 shots for eight points with five boards, two threes, and a steal. Tiago Splitter continued to struggle with just four points, eight boards and a steal, and DeJuan Blair made a surprise appearance with 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting, six boards, and a block in 21 minutes. Stephen Jackson sprained his right ankle and did not return to the game, and if he misses time it'll clear a handful of minutes for the whole rotation. The Spurs' schedule stinks and owners should take that into consideration, along with the risk of DNPs for the vets.
The Hawks key fantasy guys are going to be huge factors in fantasy leagues down the stretch, as their schedule is nearly flawless and the division of responsibilities is about as bankable as it gets. Jeff Teague (19 points, seven assists, three steals), Al Horford (career-high 34 points, 15 rebounds, one steal, five blocks, 14-of-22 FGs), and Josh Smith (24 points, 14 rebounds, seven assists, one steal) are making me scribble hearts on my stat sheet. Don't worry about Kyle Korver (four points, 1-of-4 FGs, one three). He'll be just fine and he kept his 38-game streak of hitting a three in each game intact. Run and pick him up if he was dropped in any standard format. Devin Harris returned to the starting lineup and scored 12 points on 4-of-9 shooting with two threes, two assists and three steals, and is worth a look for some risky low-end production.
Paul Millsap's ankle issue from Monday caused him to miss last night's game, which should be a reminder to owners about overnight swelling. And speaking of overnight swelling, Al Jefferson (26 points, 11 boards, one block, 2-of-7 FTs) rolled his ankle during last night's game and stayed in, so his status for Friday's game against the lowly Bobcats is officially in doubt. All of this set the stage for me to throw things across the office watching Derrick Favors double-double with 17 and 15 to go with three blocks in 38 minutes. I've managed to hold him across the board where I own him, and like I said in a blurb the other night owners have to treat him as an injury-upside guy and not the 'Utah would be crazy not to trade a big man' guy.
Gordon Hayward chilled out a bit with just 11 points on 4-of-9 shooting with a relatively full stat line, and he'll benefit from the big man absences and DeMarre Carroll's knee injury will also be an added boost. Mo Williams' (thumb) potential return could be a damper, but I still like Hayward's profile as a down-the-stretch play. The whole team gets a boost too given their near-perfect remaining schedule.
I mentioned yesterday that we needed a more solid timetable for Williams' return, and because we asked we received a goal to participate in 'contact work' by March 1. It's unclear if this is full contact, but any contact is going to be a good sign when the thumb will receive plenty of impact under most contact scenarios. This probably puts him on track to return in the latter half of March, and that's enough time with the Jazz's good schedule to help owners. I think a stash is advisable right now if you have somebody you want to drop. As for dropping a consistent low-end producer, I might wait on that to see that he makes it through the next update.
Danilo Gallinari (thigh) was supposed to play last night but ended up being a last-second scratch, and once again it was high time for Ty Lawson to continue his fantasy comeback. And like the games leading up to the nightcap, this one went right down to the wire before the Nuggets eventually got the road win in Portland. Lawson scored 30 points with six assists, two steals and one block, and has now scored 20 or more points in eight straight contests. He still isn't quite back to his ADP on the season, but he has probably turned a big profit for owners buying low early in the year.
The good news is that Lawson was able to keep up the good work while Andre Iguodala (29 points, seven rebounds, eight assists, five steals, one block) also went off, which has been a problem this season. Iguodala has hit just 39 percent of his free throws in February and the little man is squatting like Robert Swift in his head. Wilson Chandler was disappointing in his spot-start for Gallinari, scoring seven points on 3-of-10 shooting with two steals and a three in 28 minutes. He'll be worth a look in that capacity if Gallo misses more time, but is otherwise best left on the wire in 12-14 team formats.
The Blazers are one of the league's best fantasy squads, and with their upcoming schedule including an average of four games prior to the last playoff week owners are licking their chops. J.J. Hickson went for 18 and 14, and Damian Lillard scored 26 points with a full line. Nicolas Batum hit just 4-of-9 shots for 10 points, but still racked up six rebounds, nine assists, five steals, three blocks and two threes, and LaMarcus Aldridge scored 22 points with five boards in the loss. The Chuck Norris of fantasy hoops, Wesley Matthews, scored 16 points with four treys in an otherwise empty line. Meyers Leonard had 13 points and five boards, and there's not a whole lot to see there, but if you didn't get to catch his dunk and flex-job after posterizing Andre Miller see if you can make that happen. It was half Kobe Bryant jaw-jut and half David Lee after a twirling layup.
Joe Johnson (heel) thinks he will return on Friday, and C.J. Watson is the guy to watch as the Nets backcourt continues to deal with injuries.
LAC @ IND: Jamal Crawford (wife expected to give birth) and Eric Bledsoe (calf) did not play on Tuesday against the Bobcats, but it wouldn't be surprising to see them go in a solid matchup. Roy Hibbert will not play so give Ian Mahinmi a look as a spot-start on a slow Thursday night.
PHI @ CHI: Doc couldn't sleep last night and was talking all sorts of noise about a hunch that Derrick Rose (knee) would play tonight. He gave it 5-1 odds and said he'd bet $20 on it, and that's how you know it's real. In all seriousness, he's just going on some background chatter he has heard throughout the week on telecasts and the like, so we'll both tell you that this is less information to act on and probably more 'hope' than anything. With Taj Gibson (knee) out, look for the Bulls' key guys to have big games against a Sixers team that is reeling.
MIN @ LAL: Nikola Pekovic mysteriously saw the Suns trainers after Tuesday's game, but it was later reported that he took an IV after feeling ill and that bodes well for his status tonight. Andrei Kirilenko (calf) wouldn't have been able to practice yesterday if the Wolves hadn't had the day off, and he has been ruled out for tonight and Saturday doesn't look great, either. As mentioned yesterday, this is the pattern he has shown with these injuries with about a week off each time, but I'd like to see some good news before mentally limiting his absence to just this week. Pau Gasol (foot) is off crutches and is training, but he's still not worth stashing. Otherwise, the Lakers will be the talk of the town by the end of the night, for better or worse. Must-win gets thrown around a lot, and it doesn't apply here, but it sure does feel like it.
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Beyonce and Jay Z were dodging more rumors about an impending divorce Tuesday, just hours before the San Francisco on for their On the Run tour.
Jay Z's alleged mistress Liv released a song Tuesday that slams Beyonce and claims a connection with Jay Z was emotional, not sexual.
"Sorry Mrs. Carter" has Liv rapping over OutKast's song "Ms. Jackson."
"I was gonna respect you," Liv raps. "But since you crossed over into my lane, it's time to check you, 'Your man? He likes all natural, flawless model chicks like me.
"Me and Jay never screwed ... we connected on some hip hop (expletive), he could be himself with me any day that (expletive) ... We were attracted like magnets, us crossing paths was no accident ... When I stepped out his life, I took a piece of his heart. He close his eyes and see me in the dark."
The convoluted song at one point seems like an apology -- "Sorry Mrs. Carter, this is for real" -- but then dovetails into sharp criticism of Beyonce. "Why don't you tell these girls how to be wives? Why don't you tell these girls how to act around yo' husband?"
The song's release comes on the heels of Jay Z and Beyonce performing two nights on tour in Los Angeles, where Beyonce quite possibly skipped a hotel stay for a visit with actress Gwyneth Paltrow.
E! Online ran an Instagram photo that Beyonce posted of herself standing in front of French doors in a hallway. That accompanied a photo showing the same French doors in Paltrow's home.
But for all the speculation, E! Online never goes as far as saying the singer bunked with Paltrow without Jay Z being in tow, too.
In fact, Beyonce seems to have gone out of her way to dispel rumors of marital tension during the Los Angeles shows. On her website, she posted a black-and-white shot of her and Jay Z making hand gestures and a second shot of her and Jay Z getting close while performing on stage.
In recent weeks, the couple has faced reports that their marriage is over and a separation is expected when their tour ends in September.
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Like any start up business public perception is important. Any type of negative press can shut a business down quickly especially if the business is risque and dependent on investors.
That is why this report by No Coast Bias is a bit disturbing. According to NCB the Chicago franchise which went by the name of the Chicago Desire has been disbanded.
The reason why is the majority owner and GM Donovan Price is being accused of sexual misconduct. The first thing I thought of was the "Casting Couch" in Hollywood where young ladies would have to sleep with producers to get roles in movies. While details of what type of sexual misconduct Price is being accused of, I think you can figure it out.
I give the league credit for taking immediate action, here is the memo they sent to investors explaining why the team was being disbanded.
One small problem though. According to No Coast Bias the investors are not please that a new team has already popped up under the management of Ex-Wife Eddy Curry (I know you can't make this stuff up). The investors are planning to file an injunction against the new team and a lawsuit against the league for fraud, wrongful termination, and misrepresentation.
The league is still scheduled to start play in 2013.


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Longtime Bay Area radio personality Ronn Owens told listeners Monday he has Parkinson's disease.
Owens, 68, was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2001. He said he was prompted to go public with his condition after Robin Williams' wife disclosed the actor and comedian had the disease, SFGate reported. Her disclosure came a few days after Williams committed suicide. "I felt it was important to tell people that you can have it like I have for 12 ½ years and not be severely impacted by it," he said. "It's possible, and it's not a death sentence."
Owens said his close friends and family know about his condition, which he's kept in check with medication.
"The main reason that I didn't want to come out, it's twofold," he reportedly told SFGate last week, from his KGO 810-AM studio. "One, I just cannot stand the thought of people feeling sorry for me. And the other, which is more of a factor with me, is that I don't want to be defined" by Parkinson's.
The disease is a degenerative disorder affecting the central nervous system. There's no known cure and the severity of the illness varies, depending on the person.
Owens has six months left on his most recent contract with KGO, which has an option for another year.
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Born, raised and lived in Washington D.C. That was supposed to be my father's life, and it did start out that way. Life was good for the Sherman family during the early years of the marriage, three sons in less than five years and a good job with an engineering firm. The family melded into Washington Society since my grandmother had known that life since her childhood. Dad started school in the District, but I'll let him tell the story, and I'll add little comments here and there and finish it up for him!
"As hard as it may be to believe today, that northeast area of Washington was largely rural, and our subdivision was built on a corner of some land that had formerly been a dairy. That same land today is figuratively awash with apartment houses, stores, and people. No trace remains of the dairy, or the stream where the kids my age used to skinny dip, or the fields where we used to have "camp fires" and incinerate hot dogs. Anyway, it was there that we all survived until it was time to enter First Grade.
Except for three older boys, all of us in the neighborhood were about the same age and all entered First Grade the same day. In those days it was the custom for teachers to follow students through school, moving from grade to grade with them, thus perhaps warning the teachers that they couldn't pass their mistakes along to another teacher. I remember my First Grade teacher very well because I had her in the first two grades in that school and the Fifth and Sixth Grades at another one. Miss Eastlack was young and new at teaching, I believe, and for the first year was willing to give us the benefit of any doubts, of which I now realize she must have had plenty. There was a mixture in our class that would have made an ordinary mortal run screaming for help: There was a spoiled Congresssman's son whose mother spent as much time at school as the Principal did, making sure that her son was not discriminated against, but discriminated for, as befits the son of a Congressman; there was the boy next door to me who turned out to be a brain and skipped several grades on his way through school; there were the half- sisters, one of whom was very pretty but of average intelligence, the other sister very homely but quite personable amd extremely smart, and one sister's full brother who did not go all the way through First Grade with us, being detoured to a school that specialized in kids who got lost going the two blockes from home to school; and there were the rest of us – playful, inattentive, active, scholastically lazy, lying, noisy, dirty kids. Perfectly normal.
In about 1923 my father's fortune smiled upon him, and we moved from Brookland to another part of Washington – the North- west section – and I was registered in West School. This school was probably fifty years older than the Potomac River, and most of the faculty had been there for the ribbon cutting. All of the teachers (it may have been typical back then) were females at least seventy years old, and wore pince-nez glasses suspended from their black, high-necked dresses by either a thin black ribbon or a very thin chain attached to a metal button with a wind-up mechanism enclosed. All wore the same kind of dress and a stern, unforgiving frown. The principals were usually men with bushy eyebrows, always older than the oldest woman on the faculty, and so impressive to the kids that we felt that the President of the United States would say "sir" to him. And if the principal would not bother to answer him, we kids would not have been surprised. All principals also wore black suits, high collars with black ties, high-topped black shoes, and a perpetually threatening frown. Staying out of the principal's office was one of the smartest things a kid could do.
While at West School I was called into the Principal's office to explain why I was not doing as well as I had done at Brookland School. I was so scared of the giant leaning over his desk and glaring at me that I could barely talk. My promises to do better failed to impress him, so he sent me back to class with a warning that I would carry a letter to my father home with me, and an answer was expected from him the following day.
That night there was an explosion that may have been heard in Tokyo. The principal's letter resulted in my losing all play time after school, and my having to do certain exercises in math, history, geography, and English that my father set out for me to do. After dinner I had to do my homework, and then have everything reviewed by my father. This kept up about two or three weeks and I was getting pretty tired of it. One day our school was visited by someone from elsewhere who said that she had to give us a test to see how we were doing compared to other schools. The tests took all morning, and they were tough, but I battled my way through, not wanting to let the school down. I didn't remember having all that stuff in class, but resolved to pay more attention in the future. I managed to complete the test, although I guessed, bluffed, and stumbled as I got closer to the end. Since my trip to the principal's office I was not very popular with my classmates, so I ate lunch by myself as usual and started reading my father's daily assignment.
The following morning I was again called into the principal's office, and I went – shaking every step of the way. My classmates, ever ready and eager to kick a friend when he was down, let me know that they had noticed my fall from grace, and said all the kind things people say to the weak and the helpless on their way to the guillotine. I was met in the office by the principal, looking his sternest; the visitor who had given the exam; and my father, who actually beamed at me when I very slowly edged into the office. The principal started the meeting by accusing me of cheating on the exam I had taken, and demanded that I confess to it, as well as reveal how I did it. The examiner said that I could not have cheated because it was a new test. I was deeply confused. I thought I had failed. It was not until my father told me that I had passed the entire test at a grade higher than the one I was in that I understood why I was being accused of cheating. I was skipped one semester – not a whole year – and started the new class the following day."
In 1928, Dad graduated from Brightwood School and the following September he started the school year as a freshman at Central High in Washington DC. This was the year his father lost his job and the family began to lose it's social standing. My father tells it in a much more colorful style, though, so I'll let him continue with the story ~
" As a high school freshman I had no standing to protect and a firm position as the lowest on the social totem pole. I had another burden handed to me at that time: My father was laid off at his firm and we literally lived from hand to mouth until he was able to find other employment – in New York City. Our home had been sold for what they were willing to pay for it – not much during the days immediately preceding the Crash of 1929. Our car was sold, and an old Model T bought for essential transportation; my Mother's jewelry was either sold or hocked for whatever it would bring; and an evening's entertainment consisted of our having a treat of a mixture of ice cream and ginger ale while listening to either station WRC or WMAL on our old Atwater Kent radio. Times were tough when my father had to work for a bookmaker on a commission basis in order to bring any money home to feed us. The only bright spot in that school year was the fact that our High School Cadet company (predecessor to high school ROTC) came in second in the annual city competition, something that our high school had not done for some time. My joy was dampened by my immediately catching the mumps, causing me to miss the last three weeks of school and fail some classes. It was not a pleasant year and I was glad to see it go.
In the Fall of 1929 we moved to New York City and lived in a community on Long Island called Elmhurst (pronounced "Elmhoist"). While living there I was enrolled in Newtown High School and did very well, both in classes and socially. I was quite surprised to find that I was considered a novelty because of my Southern accent – and that in a city with more different accents than any other place I have been! I was also shocked to find that I even had an accent; I thought that New Yorkers were the ones with the accent. I quickly learned to clip off my words, speak rapidly, as if to get everything said before I was interrupted, and be very careful not to take my new way of talking home with me.
Our time in New York impressed me as a period of waiting for something to happen. The Depression had hit with full force shortly after our arrival, and we had to readjust our living standards to those we thought we had left in Washington. My dad's job and the company he had worked for disappeared one day, and he again had to come up with something to keep the family alive. When he did it was not what he wanted, but it did the job – for a while. Unfortunately the type of work for which he was most qualified had to do with businesses connected with the construction of skyscrapers, and once the orders had been placed for the equipment and materials his company furnished, no orders were placed for materials or equipment for new buildings; there were none being started. Now we were really in the soup. Jobs were disappearing as fast as snow in the Sahara; men highly qualified in professions were selling apples on the street for the dime each apple would bring; well-dressed men were going door to door asking for work doing anything at all to earn some money; and every day there was less optimism on the radio and in the newspapers. My father put in many hours writing to firms throughout the country seeking work – and one day he got an offer from San Francisco! It was in a line with which my father was familiar, so he took off on the next bluebird. Money began to come to us from California, and we mentally packed our bags for our move to the Sunshine State. It was some time before our tickets were in our hands, so with some friends I did whatever broke kids did in New York to pass away the time waiting for the move.
Living in New York while our father was in San Francisco was an expensive business, so when no money was received from my father for our fares to California my mother wrote to his employers asking when we could expect it. The company sent the funds immediately and we started making arrangements for the trip to the Golden State. . . . Mother told us that tickets had been purchased for a steamship voyage through the Panama Canal. It was a long and educational trip, we were told, and unlike a train, it included meals in the ticket price. Twenty eight days later we landed in San Francisco.
The family lived off of funds from my Grandmother's parents, while waiting for passage to California. At this point in the story, Dad goes into detail about the trip, stopping in Havana, Panama, Los Angeles and adventures on the way. I've left them off since this is about his education. Well, I guess that trip could be included as part of his education, but it would make this blog into a "chapter book" as my grandchildren used to call long books!
Since it was only April when we arrived we still had two months of school left in the semester, so getting us registered was an important first step. Raymond and Vincent were easily placed in neighborhood schools, but I was another matter. I had to go to the office of the Superintendent of Schools to be assigned to a High School. The very imposing lady who met us told me that I had my choice of schools: First of all, I should go to Commerce High School where I could learn to be a bookkeeper or an accountant. I respectfully declined, saying that since Lowell High was nearest our home I wanted to go there. The lady said that Lowell was restricted to college prep, so perhaps I'd like to go to Poly and become a carpenter, plumber, or auto mechanic. I once again declined – to my mother's embarrassment – and said that I wanted to go to college. "Why not go to Galileo High, then? Some of their graduates have gone to college." I again asked why I couldn't go to Lowell, and once again I was told that it was specifically tailored for college preparatory students. Only then did she open my transcript and read it. She looked at my mother and said, "Why don't you enter him in Lowell High School? It's close to your home."
Lowell High and San Francisco were equally cold during the l930′s. I first identified myself as an outsider by referring to the City by the Golden Gate as "Frisco". Very coldly my new friends and classmates told me that only sailors, Easterners, and people from Los Angeles used that name, and if I continued to do so I would not be accepted among true San Franciscans. It seemed like a small sacrifice to make so I conformed. "
I knew my father graduated from Lowell High School in San Francisco. I had heard it ever since I can remember and even have his name tag (with his graduation picture) from his 50th Class Reunion along with a yearbook celebrating the event, picture of him and Mother at the event and a letter from the Alumni Association. This verifies it for me.
I had been told Lowell was the best school in San Francisco and was always an exclusive school for the brightest students. Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court Justice, Pierre Salinger, Press Secretary to JFK, Irving Stone, author of "Agony and the Ecstasy" and William Hewlett, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard Company, can be counted among it's famous graduates. Another tidbit we had been told was Lowell High School required a test be taken and only those thought to be college-bound were accepted.
Stories about the superiority of Lowell High just family legend? Evidently not. Recently there was an article on Yahoo rating the best high schools in the country. Lowell High School is on that list in the 28th position. The 28th best high school in the Country. That would be an honor for any school. It is an honor just to be on that list in any position!
Dad's brothers did not go to Lowell, but both became very successful in life, as did my father. In the summer after high school he traveled south to Vista in San Diego County to work on a ranch owned by his mother's cousin, John Hamilton ~ John Hamilton of the Superman movie fame. John Hamilton who played the editor of The Daily Planet, yes, that John Hamilton. He was Dad's "cousin." Such was California life in the 1930's for my father. He'd work and save money for college and send the rest to San Francisco to help with the expenses of the family in the northern part of the state. He continues with the story:
San Francisco's enervating climate ("brisk" was the accepted description) and the pervading gloom of the depression did not do anything to make the city a place in which I wanted to spend the rest of my life. Unhappiness at home caused by the growing rift between our parents made "away" the place to go to college, and although they convinced me to try a local Junior College, even that cooperated by folding before the semester finished. Lacking any funds at all I was hired to work on a ranch in Vista in the San Diego area at a salary of Thirty Dollars a month, plus room and board. When I was told by my mother that her cousin had agreed to hire me to work on his ranch, I was ecstatic. Me a cowboy! I would have worked there for nothing!
That feeling lasted until my first day on the job. One horse, no cattle! I learned that in California any piece of land larger that one-quarter of an acre is considered a ranch if more than flowers are grown. This ranch was many acres, but instead of herds of cattle it had groves of avocados, oranges (Valencia and navel), grapefruit, and lemons, and I had to do most of the irrigation, all of the weeding of the irrigation ditches (MILES of them), almost all of the cultivation around the trees, and be on the job before breakfast. Instead of having a saddle on my rear end I had a hoe in my hands and callouses on those hands.
Within a week I had developed an appetite for anything that could be termed "food", and the more that was put in front of me, the better I liked it. Breakfast was almost always hotcakes and eggs – a dozen hotcakes and three or four fried eggs for me – and keep that coffee coming! By the end of nine months on the ranch I had grown from a 130 pound city boy to a 185 pound ranch hand, able to do more than a day's work for his pay and tanned like a beach boy. I had also taken limes to Tijuana for sale to barrooms and had unknowingly helped the boss smuggle tequila across the border into the States. It was very simply done: When we were finished selling the limes to the bars and had nothing on the truck but the empty cases we were returning to the ranch, the boss usually handed the Mexican Pesos to me and told me to get as many American Dollars as I could for them. I was to go into the stores, bars, and other businesses, and try to get them all changed at the prevailing rate. In the meanwhile he would reload the boxes, cover them, and tie them down. I protested that it was my job to do that kind of work, and I was sure that he could get a better exchange rate than I. He reminded me that he was not only my boss, but he could tell me what to do. In the face of such hints I obeyed him and went down the street swapping pesos for dollars until the pesos were all gone and the sun was going down over the hills to the west. Back at the truck I was told to take over the driving and make for Vista. At the Border the Customs Officer greeted the boss by name, and asked him what he was smuggling in this time. "Nothing but tequila this time. Those cases in the back are all full of it. Want me to unload everything so you can see?" "Someday, George," said the Customs Officer, "I'm going to make you do just that. I hope I catch you with a bottle. I'll make you pour it out right here in front of me. Just you wait!" Immigration had the usual questions for us, and then we were on our way back to the ranch. At the truck shed I was given the job of unloading the empties, and in almost the very center of the load was the reason I had been sent on the expedition to change the money: While I was on my tour the boss had bought at least two cases of tequila, put them in the center of the truck, piled the empties all around them, covered them with tarps, secured them, and off we went.
"Never searched me yet" the boss said. "If I got caught today, you were driving, and you are safe because you are a kid, and too young to do anything to. I'd have told them that I knew nothing about it, and I'm pretty sure they would have taken a bottle to forget about the whole thing!" I still don't know, but I didn't do it again – I think.
I learned some useful things, too. I learned how to plant; how to graft buds to root stock (all citrus trees are – or were, then – grafted to Mexican lime or lemon roots); how to tell when trees were ready for picking; how to do that picking so Sunkist (or Calavo, in the case of Avocados) who gave the best prices for fruit, would accept them. Nothing that I have used since, but I sometimes amaze people with my encyclopedic knowledge of useless facts.
In September I left the ranch in my newly-acquired 1928 Whippet (in l934) and made another attempt at college, this time at Long Beach Junior College. This choice was not a very astute one. Long Beach had been devastated by a earthquake the previous year and all buildings at the school were in tents, the faculty was still in shock, and the student body was putting in their time until they went on to a "real" college. I lost interest in attending a school where no one seemed to care very much about the education being offered, so after a month or two I dropped out and returned to San Francisco, having sold my six year old car for enough to buy bus fare home.
At home I was able to find work immediately in a series of gas stations, pumping gas, lubricating cars, repairing flats, wiping windshields, and doing whatever the manager told me to do. One thing I did do was start to save money so I could try college again.
At the library I delved into catalogs from various schools I could consider attending, and eventually came up with USC and their School of International Relations. At the end of summer I rode my thumb to Los Angeles, took their entrance examination and literally killed it, and registered. My money didn't quite last for a whole school year; By the end of the second semester I was eating just one meal a day, plus whatever my roommate could sneak out of the Boy's Dorm dining room. I worked hard the following summer and spent all of my money just registering for the fall semester."
Tired of working menial jobs to go to college, he fell under the spell of an Army recruiter and decided to go that route towards getting an education. His expression is much better than mine when he says they "grabbed him like he was the last streetcar home!" and I'm glad they did. His assignment? Hawaii!
. . . and that's when his real education began! He met the wahini of his dreams. He was in uniform and she was in shorts and they were married and lived happily ever after, for the next 52 years anyway, continuing traveling from one coast to another coast, crossing the ocean to the east and to the west, living in two states, two territories, one foreign country, and visiting many others.
As Paul Harvey would have said . . . Now you know the rest of the Story!


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"Star Wars" fans woke up to the news Friday morning that JJ Abrams has cast another buzz-worthy actress in the seventh installment of the sci-fi franchise.
Latino Review reported that British actress Christina Chong has joined the cast in a supporting role. Disney has not confirmed the report.
Chong is considered an up-and-coming actress after her work on "Doctor Who" and "24: Live Another Day."
The news isn't entirely unexpected. In May, Chong tweeted about being excited for the first day of filming on "Star Wars: Episode VII."
If true, she would join Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher, who are reprising their roles as Han Solo, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia respectively, from the original trilogy.
"Episode VII" is slated for a December 2015 release date.


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Join us as Television critics from around the country discuss the nominations for the 65th annual Emmy Awards, which were announced on Thursday morning.
Taking the lead for nominations were television thriller "American Horror Story: Asylum" and medieval fantasy "Game of Thrones." Online streaming service Netflix also won its first Emmy nods for political drama "House of Cards" starring Kevin Spacey and the return of comedy "Arrested Development."
"House of Cards" garnered nine nominations including best drama, leading actor for Spacey and leading actress for co-star Robin Wright.
In the comedy category, "30 Rock" anchored the most nominations, including best comedy for the long-running series' final season. "Modern Family" also scored 12 nods.
Neil Patrick Harris, star of CBS' "How I Met Your Mother" will be hosting the 2013 Emmys.
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Leave a comment, ask a question, or just listen in as Joanne Ostrow from The Denver Post, Scott D. Pierce from The Salt Lake Tribune, Rob Lowman from Los Angeles Daily News and Chuck Barney from San Jose Mercury News go all-in on primetime!


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Day One Recap: Luther is in fourth place after the first day of competition at the Grinnell Invitational. The Norse posted 354 points. Grinnell is in first with 586.
Top-three performances were posted by the 200 freestyle relay and Jason Orvis who finished third in both the 100 backstroke (54.18) and 100 freestyle (49.49). Orvis also swam the first leg of the relay and was followed by Justin Yuan, Jon Hagen and Ryley Kramka. This foursome was clocked at 1:30.71.
Advancing to today's A-Finals and where they placed included, Jacob Sund (4th) and Yuan (7th) in the 200 IM; David Carius (9th) and Seth Vander Horst (10th) in the 500 freestyle; Sund (5th) and Yuan (9th) in the 200 breaststroke; Kramka (7th) in the 100 freestyle; and Sam Raiche (8th) in the 200 fly.
Day Two Recap: Luther finished fourth with 710 points. Host Grinnell won the team championship with 1244. Augustana College was second with 1022.5 and Gustavus Adolphus was fourth with 965.5.
Norse that advanced to today's A-Finals and their finishes included, Jacob Sund (5th) and David Carius (7th) in the 400 IM; Sam Weinberg (8th) in the 200 freestyle; Jon Hagen (8th) and Sam Raiche (9th) in the 100 fly; Sund (9th) in the 100 breaststroke; Jason Orvis (3rd) and Hagen (9th) in the 200 backstroke; Ryley Kramka (4th) and Orvis (7th) in the 50 freestyle.
Both the 200 medley relay (Orvis, Sund, Hagen and Kramka) and 400 freestyle relay (Orvis, Weinberg, Seth Vander Horst, Kramka) placed fourth today.
Luther returns to action on Friday, Jan. 24 when it will travel to Coe College. This Iowa Conference dual will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Questions? Contact David Blanchard, post_to_results, 563-387-1586