JASON NOT KIDDING
A friend of mine wrote to me this morning and said that I should have ‘blogging fodder for weeks’ about this Jason Kidd divorce. My initial reaction was ‘oh, he must of took another swing at Joumana’, how wrong I was. Our friends at The Smoking Gun have posted the entire complaint and I gotta say, what a great read! “I can’t talk about my personal stuff,” Jason Kidd said following the Nets’ 101-86 victory over Toronto on Tuesday night. “I hope you guys will respect this tough situation my family is going through and that we can resolve this as quickly as possible.” (You don’t have to talk about anything Jason, just let us entertain ourselves and you keep playing hoops.) “There is really no distraction,” Kidd said. “This is my job. This is my livelihood. Anything personal, stays personal. I have a job to do and try every night to go out there and do it.” Too bad his wife won’t let him.

In the dissolution papers, filed in state Superior Court in Bergen County, Nets hottie Jason Kidd accuses Joumana Kidd of kicking, hitting, punching and throwing household objects him as she became “increasingly controlling and manipulative” in the last few years. And it doesn’t stop there. Joumana also mentally abused him and threatened to make false domestic violence complaints against him to police. Stunning me, the divorce filing came less than a day after Jason filed a domestic violence complaint seeking a temporary restraining order against his crazy wife. Kidd’s attorney, Madeline Marzano-Lesnevich, said in a statement Tuesday. “As this is an extremely difficult personal matter, I ask that the privacy of the Kidd family be respected.” NO CAN DO. Especially after reading that Joumana used the couple’s 8-year-old son on Dec. 27 to sneak into the Nets locker room and rummage through her hubby’s locker to find his cell phone. After looking at the names and numbers on it, she left her son alone in the locker room while she took a courtside seat to taunt our hottie throughout the game. Oh, the entertainment doesn’t stop there…this crazy woman even had tracking devices installed on his cars and computers and harassed his trainer, friends and family. I feel bad for Kidd. We’ve misinterpreted all those pre-free-throw-kisses as love, when really he was just looking to pacify the beast. By the way Jason, I’m great for rebounds.

IVAN BASSO NOVA

Sexy Italian cyclist Ivan Basso has inked a sponsorship deal with Nike “estimated at $1.5[M] per year for the next two seasons,” according to EUROSPORT.com. Basso, who is part of Lance Armstrong’s Discovery Team, was one of the hotties suspended from last year’s Tour de Farce for his implication in the Operation Puerto doping scandal that proved to be hogwash. A Nike executive told Italian sports paper La Gazzetta dello Sport, “Basso is an exciting rider, with lots of appeal. They know him in Italy, but also in America for being [Armstrong’s] only adversary in two editions of the Tour de France. That created a great connection between him and Armstrong and a sponsorship collaboration that we were excited to have. For now we don’t see a promotional campaign or line of sportswear dedicated to him, but that will depend on how the Tour goes.” Hey Nike- it ain’t gonna fly unless we’re fueled by a promotional campaign. Basso reeks of sex appeal, with hot Italian undertones and a splash of oomph. Our pallets are ripe for a Sexy Cyclist poster child so Just Do It, pa-leeze.

CARMELO ANTHONY FILM PRODUCER?

Last month, HBO released a sophisticated documentary tiled ITHUTENG, which means ‘never stop learning’ in South African vernacular. It is also the guiding principle behind the ITHUTENG Trust, founded in the Johannesburg ghetto of Soweto. There, a lost generation of South African children is finding love and support in a world that has otherwise forgotten them. (www.ithuteng.com). And with that said, you can all back off my Melo because word on the street is that Carmelo Anthony served as a producer for the film. Funny how this educational and important film didn’t get nearly as much attention as Melos punch? Priorities people. Adding to my love for Carmelt, he apparently provided funding and voice-overs for “Prison Ball,” a documentary about a basketball tournament among four Louisiana prison teams.

ANDY AND JAMES

Andy Roddick yelled at James Blake for not only stealing the Happy Wipe, but perfecting it as well. Both racket-swinging beasts won their perspective match’s down under.

CHENNAI CHARITY AUCTION
Aside from all the on-court libido tingles, the Chennai Open is also about love. Every year contributions are made towards a social cause either by individual babes, the organizers or associated sponsors. Every year, activities on the sidelines of the tournament inspire us all to join hands for the good cause. This year the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund raised money through a charity auction. Heartthrobs such as Carlos Moya contributed his entire winning prize money towards this cause, and Spanish treat Rafael Nadal even threw down some cash. The Rolex Charity Auction opened with Nadal’s T-shirt and mini bat autographed by him, which sold for Rs 20,000. (about $450, I would have paid double that), the much-wanted item on the memorabilia list was the cricket bat our beast signed. The bid started at Rs 25,000 and went up to Rs 40,000 ($900), and in an interesting twist, there was a savvy phone bidder who participated and actually took away the prized possession. Other hottie items that were auctioned off were included booty-king James Blake’s T-shirt and headband which sold for a measly Rs 11,000 ($250) and Carlos Moya’s shoes and signed T-shirt for Rs 14,000 ($316).

RANDOM HOTTIE

Matias Cahais. He got stretched out and then hit the pool. My eyes hit his shorts.

As always, thanks for reading. Delinda
delinda@athlebrities.com