CARMELO’S WAY

Oh yeah…he’s a new Melo? While I’m a huge fan of reality shows, I do take ‘em with a grain of salt, after all, there is a lot of scripting done regardless of it being tagged a ‘reality” show…in any case, my DVR is salivating at the news of BET Networks new programming for 2008 and 09. Under its new appropriately named “Connection You Can Feel” slogan, new programming on BET J includes “Carmelo’s Way,” a reality show that follows Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony during a four-month period…and all you Melo-bashers can just put a plug in it…I’m not ignoring the ironic timing of this piece or ignoring the song played during the spot…”Im a big boy now…I said I’m a big boy now.” I’m just diggin on my Melter in this clip.

STEVE NASH: 60 MILLION-DOLLAR MAN

Steve Nash. Baller, producer, environmentalist, sexy beast. Sir Nashty teamed up with Ezra Holland and Danny Vaia, his partners at Meathawk, to produce a film to promote his ‘Nike Trash Talk’ kicks. The spot is a spin off on ‘The Six Million Dollar Man’, with special effects compliments of the Stan Winston Studio-the good peeps who tricked out the Terminator, Terminator 2, Aliens, and The Lost World films. Amare Stoudemire and Raja Bell (above) both make cameos in this delicious spot, putting LeLame and his acting skills to shame. This one is destined to be a classic, just as the original serious remains today. “I have such a passion for watching films and now, that passion is being transferred into filmmaking. After starting my own production company, Meathawk, this seemed like the perfect time and place for me to make a short film to increase environmental awareness through the promotion of the Trash Talk,” said Nash. (nba.com/suns)

TOTTI FINE
Just as I was just packing my naughty-nurse Halloween costume and booking a flight to Rome, Francesco Totti gets released only three-days after undergoing knee surgery and driving me insane. Professor Pierpaolo Mariani, who operated in Villa Stuart on the damaged ligament in Totti’s his right knee, announced that “this morning he will start to train in the gym, then some rest and then back to the gym.”

“Now in modern football this kind of injury has become very common,” wrote Totti last week in his regular column in the Corriere dello Sport. “I take this opportunity, through this column, to thank all the people who once again have given me a lot of affection, ranging from my fans to just ordinary people,” he explained. “Even colleagues from other teams, who off the field are real friends. Two I will mention as an example are Materazzi and Gattuso, who as players may seem very hard, but in reality are men of great values with whom I feel particularly connected. I thank Comotto, Amelia, Prandelli, Inzaghi, Del Piero and I apologize to anyone if I have forgotten, but there are so many.” Ah-hello? Apology accepted…

MARA-DON’T-A

Yesterday, Diego Maradona attended the Boca Juniors/UA Maracaibo match. Maradona is, of course, a big furry Boca fan. Guess who won the game?

FUNKY COLD TENNIS PARTY

Andy Roddick and James ‘Booty’ Blake hit up Jet nightclub at the Mirage hotel in Las Vegas Monday night to attend a bachelor party for Mardy Fish (who is marrying ‘Deal or No Deal’ briefcase model Stacey Gardner)…more disturbing than me not being there, is the fact that grandpa Ton Loc performed ‘Wild Thang’ and ‘Funky Cole Medina.’

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