STEPHON MARBURY DEFENDS VICK
Oh Stephon, why? Why would anyone in their right mind defend Michael Vick- I don’t care how much money Marbury donates or how great his affordable kicks are-but why make any statements regarding Vick, especially positive ones, when the entire country is ready to attack any/all who support the bastard? On the same day that Michael Vick pleaded guilty, Stephon Marbury opened his pie-hole and out came the most ignorant statement I’ve heard from a person in a long-time.

“We don’t say anything about people shooting deers and shooting other animals, you know what I mean?” Marbury said in an interview that was aired by Capital 9 News in Albany. “From what I hear, dogfighting is a sport. It’s just behind closed doors and I think it’s tough that we build Michael Vick up and then we break him down … I think he fell into a bad situation.” (Newsday.com) From what he hears? I don’t know who Marbury has been talking to, or if he has any idea how stupid he sounds, but based on what he said, he has no idea what dog-fighting is all about. Think defenseless dogs, jaws taped shut, thrown into a ring and torn apart. Not- as Marbury would think- a deer wandering into view of a hunter’s scope. And I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen a deer, fox, bunny, bird, or any other game animal, (cocks excluded of course) that are tortured, bound, gagged, electrocuted, beaten, hung, and inhumanly tortured prior to the hunter pulling the trigger. And by the way Stephon, hunting is legal, and this argument is getting really, really old. So pa-leeze educate yourself next time you open your mouth Marbury and get ready for the backlash.

SURFBOARDS FOR PEACE
“God will surf with the devil if the waves are good. When a surfer sees another surfer with a board, he can’t help but say something that brings them together.” Dr. Dorian Paskowitz.

We need more feel good stories like this, especially ones involving Kelly Slater. Three weeks ago, a story ran in the LA Times about a beach in Gaza called Al Deira. It featured a photograph of two Palestinian surfers with one old surfboard between them. “My son and I said, why don’t we go over and help them get some boards,” Dr. Paskowitz recalled. So, on Tuesday, Dr. Paskowitz, 86, a retired Jewish physician from Hawaii popularly known as Doc, along with his son David, delivered 15 new surfboards to Palestinian surfing enthusiasts there.

Using “every wily wit that any Jew could muster,” he talked the Israeli authorities into opening up the Erez crossing so he could deliver the surf boards, even though hardly any nonessential goods have been allowed into the Gaza Strip since Hamas took over there in June. (It has since then been closed) Backed by an Israeli benefactor and surf god Kelly Slater, Doc was able to spread a little surf love in a war torn part of the world. (NY TIMES)

ALONZO MOURNING CHARITY GOLF

“We continue to read about and witness the mounting evidence of the consequences our youth face when growing-up without a safe and supportive place to go in communities that don’t offer productive and enriching activities to support their dreams,” said Alonzo Mourning, Chairman Emeritus, Alonzo Mourning Charities.

NBA good guy, Alonzo Mourning along with pals big daddy Shaq and the Don, hosted the 4th Annual Zo’s Million Dollar Shootout at the Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor, New York on Monday, August 20. The three studs came together to support Alonzo Mourning Charities, a foundation that provides support and services to needy kids. It looks like the event went off without a hitch and raised a ton of cash for Alonzo’s Charities, but too bad D&D weren’t there, because I can’t find any coverage of it aside from a brief blog on the NBA site, in which the writer asked ‘game’ only related questions and nothing about helping the kids…oh well, maybe next year at least one person will figure out that some of us like to read more about the love and less about the game.

CAMILO VILLEGAS EVENT

Please tell me at least one of my readers was at the Golfsmith store in NYC yesterday between 5-7:00 PM, where Camilo Villegas was the special guest for a little Q&A session, swing tips and autograph signing? And on that note- what’s some love for our sexy lawn-crawling kitten without a shout-out to his younger brother, Manuel Villegas? Camilo’s younger brother (R) is starting to look a lot more like Camilo as each day goes by…and right now, the beast is swinging away on the fairways of the Olympic Club in SF, where the 107th Amateur is under way.

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