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All signs continue to point toward the eventual divorce between Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets.
League sources say it is now a matter of when, not if, Anthony and the Nuggets will go their separate ways.
Anthony is weighing whether to sign a three-year, $65 million extension offered by the Nuggets. His dilemma, league sources say, is what affords him the best chance of continuing his career elsewhere. Anthony could sign with Denver and convince the team to then trade him. His other option would be to not sign the extension, thereby forcing the team to move him rather than risk losing him next summer as a free agent.
During his annual basketball camp in Colorado on Saturday, Anthony said he had no timetable on when he’ll decide whether to sign the extension.
In either case, “he’s going to make it real clear that he’s not coming back,” said one league source.
But both Nuggets owner Stan Kroenke and Anthony already are well aware that they don’t have a future together, sources say. That became clear to Kroenke at a reception after Anthony’s July 11 nuptials to La La Vasquez in Manhattan.
A series of toasts at the wedding reception, initiated by New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul, suggested Anthony leave Denver for the New York Knicks. Paul suggested it playfully, one source said, but subsequent guests — including Knicks power forward Amare Stoudemire and Anthony’s brother, Robert — made the point more forcefully.
Then Kroenke stood up to give a toast and the room was filled with an awkward silence, one wedding guest said. Kroenke tried to make light of the situation by suggesting Paul could come to Denver but that elicited no response.
While Anthony stood and applauded Kroenke when he was recognized, he apparently did nothing to discourage or dismiss the suggestions that he should leave the Nuggets.
“There were other people saying, ‘We’re going to get you guys together,’ but it doesn’t become a runaway train if Melo says something,” said one source. “Maybe he didn’t perpetuate it, but tell people to stop or say, ‘Stan, I’m sorry.’ He didn’t do any of that.”
Paul has since met with Hornets management and appears less eager to leave New Orleans, but all the signals from Anthony are that he would like to be in a different uniform this season.
Wedding signals included.
Anthony’s agent, Leon Rose, could not be reached for comment and the Nuggets declined to comment.

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Floyd Mayweather let a deadline to fight Manny Pacquiao come and go on Friday (July 16) without an explanation, or even a response at all.
Now, a day later, the undefeated boxer revealed to the Associated Press that his stance — on a fight fans have been waiting for — wouldn’t be changing anytime soon.
“I’m not interested in rushing to do anything,” Mayweather told the AP.
“I’m not really thinking about boxing right now,” he later added. “I’m just relaxing. I fought about 60 days ago, so I’m just enjoying myself, enjoying life, enjoying my family and enjoying my vacation.”
Mayweather appeared in Miami on Sunday (July 18) to serve as a coach at a charity basketball game hosted by Dwyane Wade and Alonzo Mourning. And during his public appearance, he did speak to reporters, just not about boxing.
According to the AP, Mayweather happily fielded questions about the NBA, but when talk turned to boxing — of course, with Pacquiao being the main topic — he simply wouldn’t respond.
Early last week, Pacquiao’s camp set a deadline for Mayweather for a decision on whether he and the Filipino boxing star would meet in November for their much-anticipated mega-fight. Then, at midnight on Saturday morning (July 17), Pac-Man’s promoter Bob Arum revealed, via a live phone conference, that they hadn’t heard anything from Mayweather’s camp, despite months of negotiations.
While Arum made it clear passing the deadline wasn’t an absolute deal breaker, he said Pacquiao plans to move on and begin talks to face either Miguel Cotto or Antonio Margarito.
Although he hasn’t spoken directly to Mayweather, Arum said he believes Mayweather may be reluctant to fight this year because of the legal woes of Roger Mayweather, his uncle and longtime trainer.
Roger Mayweather will go on trial in Las Vegas next month on assault charges stemming from an altercation with a female boxer last year.
Regardless of who the opponent is, Arum says Pacquiao will fight on November 13th.
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Forbes.com: What does it take to become one of the highest-paid musicians of the 2010s? A career that peaked in the 1980s. Nearly half of the artists that make up this year’s list of the top-earning music acts have been around long enough that they could have appeared on the soundtrack to Back to the Future.
That U2, AC/DC, Bruce Springsteen and Madonna could collectively make an estimated $372 million between June 2009 and June 2010–a little more than half of the $700 million that the top 10 acts in music brought in–highlights the way that the music business has changed over the last decade. Apple’s ( AAPL – news – people ) iTunes aside, few young consumers have shown that they are willing to pay for music that they can easily get for free. Album sales have plummeted by more than half since 2000, taking away a lucrative earnings stream for musicians and one of the ways that artists have traditionally broken through into the mainstream.

All of which makes the success of Lady Gaga all the more unexpected. The 24-year-old New York City native went from playing gigs on the Lower East Side to selling out Madison Square Garden within 30 months, thanks to an album that sounded like the best of early Madonna and videos that seemed to come from another dimension where wearing sunglasses made out of burning cigarettes makes perfect sense. With a worldwide tour and million-dollar endorsements with Polaroid, Virgin Mobile and Monster Cable, Lady Gaga netted an estimated $62 million over the last year, the seventh highest on the list. Madonna, meanwhile, came in below her, at No. 8 with $58 million.
Eighties supergroup U2 made more money than anyone else in music last year, netting an estimated $130 million on the strength of a worldwide tour that sold 1.3 million tickets at an average price of $94 a seat in North America alone. The band, which recently postponed some dates on the tour until 2011, will likely end up in one of the top spots on next year’s list as well. Fellow classic rock staple AC/DC followed U2 with $114 million after finishing up a tour that grossed $2.3 million a night.
Acts that began their careers in the ’90s–back in the days when it was still relatively easy to make money from recorded music–round out the rest of the top 10. With a net of $87 million, Beyonce once again proved to be the highest-paid female musician and No. 3 overall, though more than half of her total earnings came from endorsements with companies ranging from Nintendo ( NTDOY.PK – news – people ) to L’Oreal and from her growing fashion line. Kenny Chesney, whose $50 million in earnings landed him at No. 9, was the highest-paid act in country music last year.
Musicians may be less likely to break the $100 million mark in annual earnings next year, however. The concert business, which has long stood out as the lone bright spot in the industry, is wilting. Live Nation ( LYV – news – people ), which recently merged with Ticketmaster to become the most dominant force in the live music business, now serves as an industry bellwether. It recently announced that ticket sales for its top 100 acts dropped 9% for the year, amid a 17% drop in the concert business at large, and it expects sales to fall further.
1. U2: $130m
2. AC/DC: $114m
3. Beyonce Knowles: $87m
4. Bruce Springsteen: $70m
5. Britney Spears: $64m
6. Jay-Z: $63m
7. Lady Gaga: $62m
8. Madonna: $58m
9. Kenny Chesney: $50m
10. Black Eyed Peas/Coldplay: $48m
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Iron Mike Tyson’s life is one we follow with amazement and great wonder because no one knows what he is going to do next. Will he be peaceful holy Mike? Or the Mike who dines on ears and other human parts? From his knockout blows to his unforgettable Nintendo game to even his remarks about kicking another man’s children in the head and then stomping on their testicles, it’s been a whirlwind ride for Tyson. So on his 44th birthday, we want to take a look back at some of his finer moments both in the ring and in front of a camera
Mike’s Style is Impetuous (or something like that)
The Champ Through the Years
The 2010 NBA Draft took place on Thursday night (June 24) in New York, and it went down in the record books.
With the No. 1 pick in the draft, the Washington Wizards selected Kentucky Wildcats point guard John Wall. Following him was a record number of his Kentucky teammates.
In all, five Kentucky players were drafted in the first round of the Draft — the first time it’s happened in NBA history.
Wall is the SEC player of the year, and the first Kentucky player to be chosen first overall. However, his team fell short of the Final Four, despite all the talent around him.
As a Wizard, he hopes he can help them bounce back after the team endured embarrassment when star Gilbert Arenas was suspended for the rest of the season for bringing guns into the locker room.
“I feel like I had pressure since I became No. 1 in high school and was one of the top players,” Wall said. “I always got there hungry wanting to fight hard and compete in every game, so when I step on the court I’m going to take on any challenge there.”
It’s unclear what his role will be with the Wizards. Will he replace Arenas? Or play alongside him? Making an exciting Wizards backcourt.
While Arenas is eligible to return, Wall said he isn’t opposed to taking the reigns if he doesn’t.
“I was always a leader by example being the first in the gym and the last in the gym,” Wall said. “But I’m a leader that doesn’t mind speaking up to the older guys.”
With the No. 2 pick, the Philadelphia 76ers took national player of the year Evan Turner from Ohio State; while the New Jersey Nets picked up Georgia Tech freshman Derrick Favors with the third choice.
The Minnesota Timberwolves followed by draftig Syracuse forward Wesley Johnson with the fourth overall pick.
Wall’s Kentucky teammate DeMarcus Cousins was taken by Sacramento at No. 5; Baylor’s Ekpe Udoh was picked by Golden State with No. 6; Detroit selected Georgetown center Greg Monroe with the seventh pick; and the Los Angeles Clippers went for Wake Forest’s Al-Farouq Aminu.
Butler’s Gordon Hayward went ninth to Utah; while the Indiana Pacers chose Fresno State forward Paul George with the 10th pick overall.
For a full recap and rundown of the 2010 NBA Draft, head over to NBA.com/Draft2010.
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Nicki Minaj is not phased when people call her a weirdo. In fact, the “Roger That” rapper embraces it.
“I don’t mind being called a weirdo,” Minaj told Interview magazine. “There are a lot of people in hip-hop who are probably never going to get what I do.”
Claiming that she’s only reached the level she has by being herself and not appealing to what someone else wanted, Minaj says “just being myself, I end up touching a lot more people who might never have paid much attention to a female rapper.”
In related news, Nicki Minaj is slated to perform at the 2010 BET Awards. She joins fellow Young Money act Drake, Diddy, Trey Songz and more.
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An NBA Hall of Famer is confirming the reported relationship between the mother of Lebron James and fellow Cleveland Cavalier Delonte West saying that the rumors are “absolutely true.”
As previously reported rumors swirled last week that James’ poor performance in the Eastern Conference semifinals was because he heard that his mother was having a sexual relationship with his teammate.
He has since denied those claims through his lawyer who’s spoken out to call them “rubbish”, “defamatory” and “categorically false.”
Unfortunately for King James however, the scandal’s picking up steam now that Hall of Famer Calvin Murphy is commenting on the issue.
Murphy, a former player for the Houston Rockets, appeared on ESPN radio and when asked his opinion on the scandal he candidly said,
“It ain’t no rumor. Unfortunately my sources in the NBA tell me that it’s absolutely true. My sources…and they’re legit tell me that the only people who didn’t know what was happening were Lebron and me…I could not imagine me being in that situation and him still being on my team because one of us is going to be dead and the other one’s going to be in jail. No question about it…they was doing the horizontal pokey.”
Took them long enough.
The lawyer sent a cease and desist letter to the website originally reporting the story and said “no thinking person would believe this story.”
According to TMZ: In the email, Frederick Nance — attorney for LeBron and Gloria — says the report is “categorically false and per se defamatory.” Nance adds, “No thinking person could possibly believe such rubbish.”
All we can do is take a deep breath. This would of been disturbing on another level if it was true.
Jay-Z had breakfast with the real Billionaire Boys Club yesterday.
Jigga who is minority owner of the New Jersey Nets dined with majority owner Mikhail Prokhorov and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg at Gracie Mansion.
Prokhorov, who is from Russia and has a ridiculous net worth of $13.4 billion revealed he and Hov have a lot in common.
According to the New York Daily News, Prokhorov said of Jay-Z “We are soul mates, I’m looking forward to hanging out with him.”
The pair should have plenty of time to do just that as they attempt to resurrect a New Jersey Nets franchise that seems stuck in reverse.
“For me, it’s a great pleasure to be here as the new owner of the Nets, the team with the best record in the whole NBA,” Prokhorov joked. “Was I misinformed?”
Unfortunately not Mr Prokhorov. As Dennis Green would say, the Nets “are who you thought they were.”
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MTV: The morning after LeBron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers were bounced from the NBA Playoffs — an exit that very well may have also punched the superstar’s ticket out of Cleveland, since he can opt out of his contract June 30 — Jay-Z, one of his closest friends (and part owner of the New Jersey Nets), phoned in to Stephen A. Smith’s Fox Sports Radio program to weigh in on the situation.
While Jay didn’t say where he thinks James will end up next season (though, thanks to his friendship with the King, and the salary-cap room the Nets have to work with, New Jersey seems to be a logical fit), he did give his take on the Cavs’ elimination at the hands of the Boston Celtics — which he didn’t find all that shocking, to be honest.
“The first thing I would say is, never really underestimate the heart of a champion,” Jay told Smith. “Like, Boston just won a championship two years ago, and it was a great story for everyone to dismiss them and just say, ‘This is going to be an easy series.’ I think LeBron and the Cavs — because they’re basketball players, they’re not into media sensation — they knew this was going to be a war and a tough series.
“I think Boston got healthy at the right time, and I think the fact that a lot of them were out a lot of the year, it kind of worked in their favor, because a lot of them are rested,” Jay continued. “They’re rested and they’re healthy at the right time, and this is a champion just two years ago. … So this is not like a 16 seed; this is a real team. And [Celtics point guard Rajon] Rondo is playing like [onetime Celtics star] Nate Archibald or somebody, man. Who is this guy?”
Smith also grilled Jay on his relationship with new Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov, an eccentric Russian billionaire who bought controlling interest of the team late last year (a deal that was approved by the NBA earlier this week). Jay said that he’s already met with Prokhorov and that he plans to play an “active” role in the rebuilding of the franchise.
“I sat down with him, and we had a fantastic conversation, and there were things that I really wanted to make clear: that I wanted to be an active owner and this is something I really care about. It’s not just a name cachet for me,” Jay said. “It’s just a thing that I love. I love sports. Everybody was happy about what I was saying, so it looks like I’ll be taking a more active role in what’s going on. … Should be fun.”
Rumorville all over the net is saying that Cavilers Guard Delonte West has been sleeping with LeBron James mother and the affair has been going on for a while now. According to Terez Owens:
LeBron’s teammate Delonte West is sleeping with LeBron’s Mother Gloria James..Yes, this is the purported story coming from my source in Cleveland..My source explains the following:
”My uncle is the general contractor at the Q and has been for the last 7 years. He’s good friends with a lot of guys at the Q, including some of the bigger boys in the organization and knows Dan Gilbert personally.My uncle has been told that Delonte has been banging Gloria James (Lebron’s Mom) for some time now. Somehow Lebron found out before game four and it destroyed their chemistry and divided the team. I am not making this up, I wish it wasn’t true but it happened. .”

With Delonte West’s checkered past, LeBron can be none too pleased with his teammate and good friend hanging with his Mother… The Cavs definitely looked like a different squad from game 4 on..especially LeBron…coincidence, or did this really just happen? Maybe this is the reason LeBron’s leaving Cleveland..-TO
Crazy, I know. But Terez Owens is a pal of mine and I know has connections. He has no reason to make this up and it could be the reason for LeBron James’ play in games 4, 5 & 6. Terez is also the man who broke the story of Reggie Bush & Kim Kardashian’s 1st breakup; only he broke it over a week before the mainstream media ran with it.
Rapper NAS has been ordered to pay more than $290,000 in backdated support payments and legal bills to ex-wife KELIS.
In January (10), the Milkshake hitmaker asked a judge to summon her former partner to court, alleging the hip-hop star had failed to keep up with spousal support payments and child support for their son, Knight.
In court papers, Kelis’ legal team claimed the rapper had fallen behind by $56,911.
Nas was ordered to Los Angeles County Superior Court on Monday (12Apr10), and the judge presiding over the case ruled the star must hand over an immediate payment of $47,249 in backdated child support and $40,454 in spousal support.
The judge also increased monthly spousal support payments to $10,000 a month until Nas has paid the money he owes his ex-wife.
The rapper was also hit with a $155,787 bill for Kelis’ legal fees, as well as $48,549 to cover her accounting costs, according to TMZ.com.
Nas and Kelis split at the beginning of 2009, shortly before the birth of their son.
I am Dwayne Wade. No I don’t play basketball, I’m not a NBA All Star, and I don’t live in Miami, but I am a father. I am a man trying to be the best father in the world to my children just like Dwayne Wade.
Last week Dwayne Wade released 300 pages of documents citing the drama he is going through with his ex wife and baby mother Siohvaughn. Dwayne broke his silence to address accusations about STDs, abuse, and much more, which all turned out to be lies. He states his case, and all he wants to be is be a good father, but it seems that he is not being given the opportunity due to his baby mother. Welcome to my life.
There are great fathers all over the world who are trying to be there for their kids, but bad situations turn worse, and the children become the last piece of the game to be played. When a man doesn’t step up to the plate, the court system makes them pay to support their child. Yet, one thing the court system doesn’t do, is make sure the man is apart of the child’s life. Sure they assign visitation, but they don’t enforce visitation like they enforce the payment of funds. Don’t pay your child support and a man will be behind bars. Don’t go pick up your child, and a man will be in the clubs, the pool hall or where ever else he pleases and the woman is forced to be a father to a young man. American justice.

The court system is so bad that many men have given up on trying to get help for their situations. I remember when my child was first born, I was going through a small bit of drama and I filed a case with the court system, I left feeling like I had been penalized. Before the court case I filed, I saw my child everyday. After the court case I saw my child every OTHER weekend. I was so upset that it only caused more tension between the mother of my child and myself. I tried again a few years later and I still didn’t get the result I wanted. It was then that I realized that all I was to the court system was just a bank.
Welcome to the Bank of Xilla. It took a lot of maturing, and a great baby mother to finally work things out without the court system and we now have an agreement we should have had 8 years ago. I am blessed. Many men are not as fortunate.
My best friend might have the worst baby mother in the world. He has his child the majority of the time. His child’s mother is a no good groupie type chick, who has 5 other kids with 3 other men. He filed for custody, just like Dwayne Wade did, but since he doesn’t have Dwayne Wade money, he was told to pay even more money in child support and his visitation was cut. He’s now the sole income for his baby mother and her children. This caused him to somewhat loose his mind.

My personal examples are much worst, but I refuse to spread the business of my friends and personal life, so I’ll use Dwayne Wade’s case as an example. D-Wade wanted to bring his sons to All Star Weekend…Every man and woman here can vouch for how much men love basketball; so I think it’s safe to say that going to All Star Weekend would be a young boy’s dreams. Siohvaughn decided she wasn’t about to let D-Wade see his children, for whatever reason, so she decided to throw the boy’s a birthday party…10 days after the boy’s birthday. She also refused to turn the boys over for Father’s day the most important holiday for a man.
While most women are the best mothers in the world and will always put their children first, there are some out there that give all women a bad name. They are spiteful and vengeful. Wade’s ex wife didn’t stop there, she spread lies about contracting an STD from him, tales of abuse and numerous other things. Dwayne Wade, not wanting his kids to be teased and terrorized by other school children because of things that may be said in the media has kept quiet until releasing the documents and hasn’t said a word since. Now that is a good father. A man who only has his best interests in the interest of the children, that’s all. He isn’t out to embarrass anyone, he isn’t trying to spread lies about anyone. All he would like to do is to be a father to his children and in today’s world of non-existent fathers and single mothers who work harder than a slave in a cotton field… Isn’t that all we can ask for.
I hope once Dwayne Wade has settled his custody and divorce case that he will step up and be the face for good fathers all over the world. It’s time we had a spokesperson and I nominate D-Wade. Oh yeah D-Wade come to the Knicks next season too!
Kanye West is finishing up his long-awaited follow-up to 808s and Heartbreaks, reports Billboard.com.
The album, which has been referred to titled Good Ass Job, will reportedly feature production from artists such as Q-Tip, RZA and Pete Rock. “I just try to work with people who I admire or whom I think has got it,” said Tip in an interview with Brooklyn Bodega. “So right now I’m working on Nas’ shit, about to work with Kanye on his shit.”
According to Roc4Life.com, RZA and Pete Rock were in Hawaii recording with Kanye, though Pete Rock refuted the claim via his Twitter page, and said the trip was “just a vacation.” Pete Rock did, however, allude to a secret project he was working on, which would fall in line with previous West collaborators.
Good Ass Job is set to hit stores in June, according to G.O.O.D. Music artist Big Sean.