PRESIDENT ELECT OBAMA CELEBRATED WORLDWIDE

It wasn’t even close…349-147. When CNN called the election and declared Barack Obama the winner of the 44th Presidential election, it wasn’t just this country celebrating, it was a victory heard around the world.

It was a victory celebrated from the streets of Harlem to the ghettos of Mumbai. It was a victory celebrated among remote villages in Africa to the corners of Kuwait. It was a victory not just for this country, but for peace, for change and for the greater good.

Had McCain won this election, I strongly suspect that the smiling faces we see around the globe this morning would be plastered with disappointment instead of hope. But we did it. We spoke up for a new era. We put our foot down on the dirty hands that have soiled the government and charred the reputation of this country. It has been a long time since I felt proud of being an American. And today I am.

People marching through the streets in foreign countries proudly waving an American flag? Absolutely incredible.

Gotta give mini props to Grandpa though, his speech was fairly impressive-despite the boo’s from his camp each time he said “Obama.” I really hope that those who didn’t vote Obama can see the bigger picture. I hope they can see we’ve elected a man with the potential to put this country back at the forefront of humanity. A man who can reestablish us as fair and righteous, not shallow and despised.

We have the whole world rejoicing along with us…it is indeed a beautiful time to celebrate. But as we do, it’s important to be sensitive to those who have yet to join our camp. There are gonna be a lot of haters attempting to spread hate. Combat them with love…eventually, with enough information, they too may see the truth and get an e-ticket ride to Woodstock Obamastock.

And keeping up with the backbone of my blog-celebrity athletes- please check out ‘Ballers 4 Barack.’

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CARMELO ANTHONY: WHY HE CUT HIS HAIR
I’m speculating here, but you can ask him yourself…my precious Melo is opening a “Posh New Barbershop in Denver’s Hip LoDo District” called ‘STUDIO 15.’

The beast will make an appearance during its grand opening, THURSDAY, November 6 from 3-4 PM. The shop will feature Lewis Griffin (from Baltimore) as the lead barber and manager of STUDIO 15, an additional barber along with a cosmetologist to service customers looking for a simple manicure/pedicure and a crazy redheaded blogger hiding in the stockroom.

The shop will be open seven days a week - 8am-7pm (Monday through Saturday) and 10am-4pm (Sunday) and will cater to a variety of customers…

WHERE: STUDIO 15, 1740 Blake Street, Denver, CO 80202.

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Carmelo Anthony Cuts the Cornrows

Last week, Carmelo Anthony had three wisdom teeth yanked while serving his two-game suspension to start Denver’s season…rumor has it that the dentist asked him repeatedly “Is it safe” prior to the surgery…not sure what his answer was, but I would say it is very safe for Melo to do whatever he likes and still be able to produce grand mal seizures in my libido.

Yes, my favorite caramelized-treat has cut off his cornrows after almost nine years. Mama Melo likes her baby’s new look: “I like it,” Mary Anthony said. “It makes him look younger, and he looks like my baby again.” After the two-game suspension and wisdom teeth session, Melo showed up Saturday looking just as fine as he did before…”Time for a change,” purred the sexiest man in a NBA uniform.

Also, not sure how many of you are watching Carmelo’s Way, which I believe aired on BET last week. All I can say after watching the trailer is…nothing. Dear god…Melo traipsing around his room at the Wynn, half nekked with a posse of fine –ass brutha’s cracking jokes about ‘Shoe-Bacca.’ Seriously, kill me now.
 

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Dramatic Finale for Lewis Hamilton
“I feel like any of the other drivers that are out there, that it is a dream for me to get to Formula One.”

Lewis Hamilton sped into the record books as Formula One’s youngest champion after a dramatic final lap at the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix. With Felipe Massa wiping tears from his eyes-and placing first-it was Hamilton who nabbed the World Championship title from the Brazilian after placing fifth. (For those outta the loop-the championship is based on points earned throughout the year. So although Massa won this race, Hamilton had accumulated enough points this year to win the “Championship” title by simply placing fifth or better.)

The 23-year-old British beast almost gave me a nervous-break down during the final few laps. Needing only a fifth place finish, Hamilton held his position for most of the race. Massa held first-as expected-for most of the race-yet all eyes were on Hamilton as he pitted quickly and did just about everything right…until the final lap, when out of nowhere Timo Glock sped by him…pretty sure my neighbors heard me screaming as I watched what I though was a replay of last years finale when he lost it by a nose hair…less the one lap remaining-Massa is celebrating…rain is expected…Glock is racing on dry-tires ahead of Hamilton…without rain Hamilton will place sixth and lose… and then, a miracle…the race gods opened up the skies and sprinkled just the right dose of rain to give Hamilton and his wet tires the edge he needed to miraculously power past Glock…perhaps one of the most dramatic finishes I’ve ever seen.

Lewis Hamilton now becomes Britain’s ninth world champion after Mike Hawthorn, Graham Hill, Jim Clark, John Surtees, Sir Jackie Stewart, James Hunt, Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill. Shame on the Brazilian race fans who booed loudly as Hamilton stole victory from the pug (Massa). “It’s absolutely great and that’s a shame that the crowd are doing this (booing). They should be sportsmen. We have the championship and let’s look forward to the next one.”

Perhaps adding salt to the self-inflicted wounds of the racist-race-fans is that fact that Hamilton didn’t just earn the title by winning, but Hamilton also becomes the first black Formula One Champion, ever. Most of the chat rooms during the race were also filled with racist morons hoping for Hamilton to crash, burn and die. I can understand not wanting a Brit to beat your hometown hero, but to single him out for the color of his skin is moronic…Hamilton names Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King as his heroes, “Being black is not a negative,” he told Black History Month magazine. “It’s a positive, if anything, because I’m different.”

Congratulations Lewis Hamilton. We all see you now!

 

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HAMILTON UPDATE: RACIST WEBSITE OWNED BY TWBA MEDIA

“The Spanish government cannot allow this organized and systematic racism to continue. These people must be widely condemned and the websites they use shut down immediately.”

Wow…the website used to target Lewis Hamilton with racists remarks and hatred has thankfully been shut down, but the most disturbing fact is that the site is owned and operated by New-York-based advertising agency, TWBA, which is part of the world’s largest media services group, Omnicom. And the kicker? The site belongs to the Spanish branch of the advertising firm.

Last night, the site was yanked and spanked after after hundreds of abusive messages were posted…and I don’t need to elaborate on what the messages said. We have British cabinet minister Andy Burnham to thank for the shut-down, as he led calls for action against the abuse. “This is a crucial race and the whole country will be behind him. I’m very concerned to hear reports of sites potentially fueling racist abuse. The authorities must take the toughest possible action against racism in sport.” Another one to thank is Keith Vaz, chairman of Labour’s ethnic minority taskforce, who urged foreign secretary David Miliband to lodge a formal protest:: “The Spanish government cannot allow this organized and systematic racism to continue. These people must be widely condemned and the websites they use shut down immediately.”

TBWA operates in 77 countries with 12,000 staff in 258 offices. Its clients include Absolut Vodka, Apple, Adidas, McDonald’s, Michelin, Sony PlayStation, and Singapore Airlines. Last year, Omnicom’s revenue was $12.7 B.

A spokesman in the New York office played dumb, saying they did not know why the site, designed and owned by its interactive marketing branch in Spain had not been monitored to stop racists using it to abuse Hamilton, but would take “appropriate action” once they identified the idiot who was responsible for the website.

Renault’s Fernando Alonso last night condemned the racist supporters. “If it’s true, obviously this is not possible [acceptable],” the Spaniard told reporters at the Brazilian Grand Prix. “In 2008 we cannot have these kind of people in our world. It’s not only formula one, not only sport, it’s normal life as well.”

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Lewis Hamilton is Again Targeted by Racists

In London, things are good for Lewis Hamilton-so good in fact, that he’s a piece of art…British artist Ian Cook unveiled his latest work of genius…a massive Lewis Hamilton painting he created by using remote controlled cars instead of paint brushes…this Sunday, Hamilton will go head-to-head with Felipe Massa for the Formula One world title. Hamilton currently holds a seven-point lead over Massa going into the final race of the season in Brazil…kinda like Obama over McCain…and of course, racists morons are not happy about their homeboy Massa being outperformed by a –oh-god-no! Black man.

I was literally sick to my stomach reading some of this shit. (Excuse my language kids but this fires me up). A new website has emerged-which I do NOT recommend you visit, especially if you have a weak stomach for hatred and racism. Massa fans can’t handle the fact that their pug-faced hero is about to lose the World Championships to yet another squeaky-voiced uber-sexy British beast. The website asks visitors to place pins, nails and porcupines on the ‘interactive map of the track’ to try and “stop Formula One’s first black driver from finishing Sundays race.”

The website has done nothing more than give cowardly racists a platform to voice their sub-par thoughts. More than 16,000 racist messages have been left so far….many taunting him about the color of his skin in a vile campaign that reprised the abuse he received at the start of the year in Barcelona. One coward wrote: “Conguito, you are going to die.” (conguito is a type of chocolate with racist overtones.) Other cowards wrote messages like: “Half-breed, kill yourself in your car,” and “I hope you run over your dad in the first pit stop, Hamilton.” And these are the nicer comments.

Formula One’s governing body condemned the Web site, according to Brazilian media, saying that it is against any act of ‘discrimination and prejudice.’ Earlier this year, FIA even launched an anti-racism campaign after Spanish fans taunted Hamilton during testing in Spain.

Now, while I do kinda believe in voodoo, I’m not too concerned about a lame website aimed at those with an IQ of less than 20. Hamilton-with his seven-point advantage over the Brazilian pug Massa, need only finish the race fifth or better. This he will do. He WILL win his first title and become F1’s youngest champion at age 23. And that my Brazilian haters, is a cold hard fact that you best put in your racist pipes and smoke it all to hell.

If you can stomach the hate, go to the Telegraph to read more and follow the link back to the site. Ain’t no way I was linking that crap up here.

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DAVID BECKHAM v FREDDIE LJUNGBERG

Praise to the soccer gods who have opened up their arms and dropped a piece of Swedish heaven into our laps! Damn…this girl has been wiping the Ljungberg drool off her chin post Arsenal games for years…and now, for those out of the hot-European-soccer-babes-loop, I now introduce you to Freddie Ljungberg.

Freddie has signed with the Seattle Sounders…his years of playing for Arsenal and WestHam are thankfully gone. He said: ‘I’m really happy to be here in Seattle, I feel so welcomed by everybody.” (Not nearly as welcomed as you would felt if I had been in the area my friend.)

No doubt mass confusion between David Beckham and Ljungberg will ensue, but I’ll never complain about the similarities, in fact, I’m going to relish this for a very long time. Ljungberg spent nine seasons with Arsenal- he’s played 75 games for Sweden, including appearances at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups and the 2000, 2004 and 2008 European Championships… Both Beckham and Ljungberg play right wing…both are male models…both captained their national team…both drive my libido insane…both have some insanely sexy tattoos and neither one of ‘em has ever won a World Cup or a European Championship. Welcome to Seattle Freddie…now take off your shirt.

Freddie has had his fair share of modeling and I can only assume that it won’t be long for his sex-appeal to be picked up by every mass-media outlet from here to Timbuktu…watch, within a few months I predict some sort of People Mag’s sexy men issue will notice the Swedish treat…but in the meantime, we’ve got Golden Balls gracing the cover of British GQ to celebrate the mags 20th anniversary. The sporn worthy issue (which goes on sale Thurs) features over 12 pages of Beckham discussing everything from Tom Cruise to his religious tattoos.

A snippet from the mag article:

Although he lives in Beverly Hills and watches movies at home with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, the soccer-star-turned-model swears he has no plans to join them on the big screen. Asked if he hopes to develop a film career, the fashion fan recently issued an emphatic denial. “What film career? I haven’t got one,” Beckham told the December issue of British GQ. “Never say never, except about that! And that’s the way it’s going to stay.” Still, that doesn’t stop 33-year-old from mingling with famous friends like Cruise. “He came round for dinner a few weeks ago,” said Beckham. “But it’s the same with him. We just go round and watch a film. It’s not a big deal, it’s just popping round to watch a film or to mess around and play with the kids.” The Brit also dismissed claims that Cruise has tried to convert him or his wife Victoria. “I respect any person’s religion. Everybody’s got their own ideas,” said Beckham. “And, of course, Tom is a big believer in Scientology, but he’s never pushed anything on to us about it and he never will do. Friends don’t do that.” His L.A. Galaxy soccer team has failed to make the playoffs and will not take the field again until next March. During the lay-off, Beckham will reportedly play for Italy’s AC Milan. But, he insists, America is still his home. “We’re happy here at the moment, that’s the biggest thing,” he explained.

“All my tattoos have a religious theme,” says Beckham. “I’m not too religious. But I believe there is something out there that looks after you.” In case anyone needs a Golden Tattoo Guidebook, Beckham’s tattoos and the order he received them: Son Brooklyn’s name on his back; “Guardian Angel” on his back; Hindi “Victoria” design on his left arm; Roman numeral VII (7) on his right forearm; Latin phrase “Perfectio In Spiritu”, meaning “Spiritual Perfection”, on his right arm; More Latin, “Ut Amem Et Foveam” or “So That I Love And Cherish”, on his left arm; Son Romeo’s name on his back; Delinda on his back; Classical art design on his right shoulder; Winged cross on the back of his neck; Angel with motto “In The Face of Adversity” on right arm; Son Cruz’s name on his back; Second angel, Delinda and clouds added to right arm and shoulder; Portrait of Victoria on left forearm; “Forever by your side” on left forearm…and (gulp); The Chinese proverb “Death and life have determined appointments. Riches and honour depend on heaven.” down his left torso, running from his nipple to his groin. And with that, Wonder Twins pa-leeze activate…form…of…a…Chinese Proverb.

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CHRIS PAUL

How about a big plate of Chris Paul for lunch? Seriously. You can now walk into any ‘Copelands’ restaurant and order a big ol’ plate of CP3 with extra sauce and a side o’ fries and not feel guilty about it because it’s for charity…On Saturday, the Hornets’ All-Star babe, hosted 240 boys and girls ages 7 to 16 at Lakefront Arena for his inaugural Chris Paul Basketball Camp, where he also announced a couple of new charitable initiatives-one of which is the signature Chris Paul dish with proceeds benefiting the Al Copeland Foundation and the Chris Paul Basketball Camp.

“I’m here for the kids, ” Paul said. “I love them, I love when they ask the craziest questions. They asked ‘Do you like basketball?’ You never know what you are going to hear when you are out there with the kids. That’s what it is all about. I think of myself as a big kid…I think of some of the opportunities they have to meet an NBA basketball player, and I just want to give them hope.”

More hope from the balling do-gooder comes with the announcement that he’s also teamed with country music star Garth Brooks and his ‘Teammates For Kids Foundation,’ a nonprofit charity that donates money to other charities based on the accomplishments of athletes. Teammates For Kids has donated more than $68 million in cash, gifts and scholarships through players and teams in the NFL, NHL and MLB…no surprise that Chris Paul was chosen as the foundation’s first NBA partner. Under the plan, Teammates For Kids will triple Paul’s contribution to his charity. “Chris is going to be like our arrangement with every other athlete — whatever he pledges . . . it’s our job as a foundation to triple that money, ” Brooks said. “We are very lucky to enter this sport, and we are very lucky to have had a great conversation with the players association and the league up in New York last week.”

GRANT HILL AND THE SUNS

Another one of our smoking hot ballers with a massive heart, Grant Hill (Phoenix Suns) hosted the Paint the Planet Orange kickoff event last week at Balsz Elementary School in Phoenix…Hill was joined by new Sun Matt Barnes and his sexy tattoos as they dropped in on kids during the weeklong campaign which included appearances at various charitable organizations…Also, on Friday, October 31, join the City of Phoenix Graffiti Busters Project (47th Avenue Food Store, beginning at 2 p.m. 4723 W Thomas Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85031) The Suns have teamed up with the City of Phoenix’s Graffiti Busters project to clean up the city as Suns stars Amare Stoudemire, Robin Lopez and Sean Singletary along with Mayor Phil Gordon and The Gorilla help paint the planet orange when they paint over destructive graffiti. The City of Phoenix’s Graffiti Busters program sends crews to remove graffiti reported through the hotline and also coordinates with other public and private agencies to remove graffiti. More info HERE.

SAN LONGORIA SPURS

Its been a long time since I’ve given any love to the Spurs…still wince when I do…but I must…mainly because NBA Hall of Famer, George “The Iceman” Gervin (far R), fired the starting gun for the 2nd annual Spurs Hope & Possibility 5k to benefit the Achilles San Antonio chapter at the Center for the Intrepid and the Spurs Foundation.

Spurring on participants were Ime Udoka, Jacque Vaughn and Tim Duncan (far right as well)…also at the event were Bruce Bowen, Roger Mason, Manu Ginobili and Tony Longoria-Parker.

And as much as I hate running, I suspect I would have clocked a sensational time had I known Kurt Thomas would be there to quench my thirst…

**Please visit Look to the Stars to read my interview with former talk show host Jenny Jones. She is improving this world one person at a time and hands down, ranks as one of my favorite celebrity philanthropists.

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