2010 Sports Most Memorable Moments–A DivaDeeView

As we close out the 2010 sports season, there were a lot of significant sport memories that caught my attention!  From LeBron James ‘neglecting’ his hometown NBA team to Tiger Woods’ long hard fall (pun intended) in the world of golf! 

Take a moment and walk down memory lane with me as I highlight my favorite and not so favorite moments in sports.

 

 

Doing-Dirty-Deeds:

Tiger Woods: Mr. “Hi My Name is Tiger Woods” and I’ll take you to dinner and ‘dessert’ once you finish your shift at the local Golden Corral. Holla at Ya Boi!!!!!

Brett Favre: Mr. I’ve shown the world my ‘lil’ manhood and now everyone knows that when my pants hit the ground there’s nothing to see here! Anybody got some new Minnesota Vikings crocs I can borrow?

 Floyd Mayweather: Mr. I may or may not have beat down my baby momma but in the event that I may get found guilty of doing so she deserved it because she pissed me off first!

 

Doing-Too-Much:

University of North Carolina Players: The not-so-wisemen who thought that they were officially NFL players with their personal agents and enjoying the perks of money and hoochies while popping bottles on private planes and thangs!  

 

Brett Favre: (yes he made two-not-so-good lists….bless his wrangler wearing heart) Mr. I will play football until I’m 150 years old and don’t care about spewing blood all over the field from my busted chin! Mr. Trainer please do your job and bandage up this unexplained mass coming from my cranium so I can go throw three more interceptions! 

 

LeBron James: Mr. I am the greatest of all times and will throw my middle finga up high proudly to my home team while I go on a championship run with this Miami squad making less money and getting more groupie attention! And yes, I will let the world see me wear my new-new Miami Jersey for the first time on MY ten hour pep rally special walking around on stage bopping my head and giggling proudly with my new homies! OH, You Mad Ohio?

Mike Shanahan: Mr. I’m the bleeping head NFL coach and I don’t care nuffin about you bringing this veteran quarterback to my team to make it better! I will bench who ever I want to and they better shut up and sit down and eat their chunky soup!

 Eli Manning: Mr. “Hi My Name is E-co-Li Manning” and I spread interceptions faster to other teams than Ron Isley and LiL Wayne can make a baby on their 1st day of prison release!

 

 Sal Alosi: Mr. All I did was wanna play Red Light, Green Light, Stop with a Miami Dolphin Player and end up getting fined a whole two years worth of salary! Man…What I do?

 

Rex and Michelle Ryan: Mr. and Mrs. Foot-Fetish YouTube Sensations who allowed a lil feet fun to get in between them and the NFL! So what if they like to video and make googoo eyes at their feet in the comfort of their own home! Why can’t people live a little without judgement, GEESH?!?

  

Vince Young: Mr. Eff YO team! Now…Run tell that homeboi!!!    

 

Doing-the-Dayum-Thing:

Your 2010 Super Bowl Champions-The New Orleans Saints: The NFL Wise Men that went down to Miami and pimp-slapped some Colts across an unusually frigid football field and proved to the world that they are the SAINTS and will never be known as the Aints again!

 

LeGarrette Blount: Mr. I’m no longer known as the one-hitter quitter but now recognized as an NFL top leading rusher that is bound to leap over any NFL defender that attempts to stand in the way of me and the end zone! MOVE, GET OUT THE WAY!

 

Cam Newton: Mr. I can win a Heisman Trophy despite having a father who does his church financial statements with Tyrone Tax Terminators and makes deals with the devil on my behalf! Take That, Take That Devil!

 

Raheem Morris: Mr. I can motivate my young Tampa Bay Bucs team to win and make a comeback from having two losing seasons to being highly competitive in the toughest NFL division and getting a 2010 winning record by using Jedi Mind Tricks and letting them know that they are the greatest team in the NFL! Who gon check me boo, NOT YOU?

 

Michael Vick: Mr. I know the true meaning of taking advantage of second chances and will make the most out of my opportunity to do great things in the NFL and will continue to ignore my children when they request a pet dog and not tell the media about our family discussions!

 

Doing-More-Before-You-Hit-the-Door:

Albert Haynesworth: Mr. I fell down when Michael Vick came into town and I still can’t seem to get up! Anybody seen my NFL paycheck?

 

Donovan McNabb: Mr. Yep, what my agent said! Now, can somebody get me a fresh bowl of chunky soup after they help me up! Thanks in advance!

 

Leave a comment and let me know what caught your eye in the 2010 sports world!  Make sure you have as much fun sharing it as I did by placing them in one of the following categories:

Doing-Dirty-Deeds

Doing-Too-Much

Doing-the-Dayum-Thing

Do-More-Before-You-Hit-the-Door

 

Happy New Years sports fan!

I look forward to watching great 2011 sports memories as they unfold with each and every one of you!

 

If you have a moment to hang around…check out some of the videos from my 2010 Most Memorable Sports Moments!

 

 

Teena Marie—Fire & Desire

Mary Christine Brockert

AKA Teena Marie

Sunrise: March 5, 1956

Sunset: December 26. 2010

While enjoying a relaxing Sunday afternoon of NFL game day, I stumbled across various social network chatter that Teena Marie had passed.  I was a bit reluctant to believe the news due to social networks such as Twitter virtually killing off celebrities like Bill Cosby in the past. (And NO Bill Cosby is not dead!)  Unfortunately in this case, the media buzz was true and Ms. Lady T had transitioned to her heavenly home a day after celebrating baby Jesus and her daughter’s 19th birthday!

 

The news of Ms. Brockert’s untimely death really stirred my spirit.  I was overwhelmed with various emotions trying to wrap my head around how a 54 years-young woman could just go quietly in her sleep.  One thing that positively moved me about this news is that based on Teena  Marie’s celebrity life and career she seemed to have lived her life to the fullest while not allowing anything or anyone to stand in her way!

 

I’m not going to bore you with a long tangent of how great Teena Marie’s illustrious career was.  I won’t even speculate on how she may have passed earlier than expected.  But what I would like to do is leave a memory of her tenacious spirit that I discovered looking at her twitter profile page—MsTeenaMarie

 

Teena Marie through the eyes of a Twitter Profile:

• Bio I’m @ where I’m @, N I Be where I Be…

Her zestful display of life through her last days of tweets….

7:41 PM Dec 23rd:  “Heaven must have made her just for me- Ain’t No Woman like the One I’ve Got” The Four Tops… Some of the greatest RnB lyrics ever!” 

9:21 PM Dec 23rd:  “So Beautiful, all the little children! Come they told me Pa Rom Pa Pom Pom… “

1:14 AM Dec 24th:  “Who does that! Lol! Who has a baby on Christmas? ME! THANK U GOD FIRST 4 My greatest gift! Then ThankU Baby Daddy! I LOVE U MAN. PAButcher”

11:59 AM Dec 24th:  “19 yrs ago today, I was in labor! My heavenly father gave me the most glorious gift I could ever receive. A Baby girl on Christmas!”

6:22 PM Dec 25th: “May Gods Light always shine on you and your family! May you have the most joyous Holliday season ever! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!”

6:25 PM Dec 25th:  Sarah Vaughan “May You never grow old, and may I never die”…

 

What I’ve learned and can appreciate from this R&B legend leaving us so soon: the way I live my life is the only way that I can die today or tomorrow and know that I have no regrets!

 

If you’re not loving, living and laughing to the fullest, you are doing yourself an injustice.  Your yesterday is in the past and your tomorrow is not promised! That’s why it is important  to live in the now and enjoy each moment as if it’s your last!  And always remember, having a love affair with yourself is the only way you can give love unconditionally while accepting unconditional love!

 

OOO LalaLa!

 

Rest in Peace our Ivory Soul of R&B!  You may be gone in your physical being but your spirit lives forever!

Diva Dee’s Christmas Greetings 2010

Merry Christmas to All!

Recipe for Christmas All Year Long:
Take a heap of child-like wonder
That opens up our eyes
To the unexpected gifts in life—
Each day a sweet surprise.
Mix in fond appreciation
For the people whom we know;
Like festive Christmas candles,
Each one has a special glow.
Add some giggles and some laughter,
A dash of Christmas food,
(Amazing how a piece of pie
Improves our attitude!)
Stir it all with human kindness;
Wrap it up in love and peace,
Decorate with optimism, and
Our joy will never cease.
If we use this healthy recipe,
We know we will remember
To be in the Christmas spirit,
Even when it’s not December.
~Joanna Fuchs~

As we celebrate Christmas 2010, I ask that each of you take a moment to give Heavenly thanks to our Father for sharing His son with the world. Don’t allow anyone to take Christ out of your Christmas. Contrary to some beliefs, Jesus still remains the reason for the season.

Yesterday is the past, tomorrow is not promised and today is a gift known as the present. Continue living each day to the fullest as if it’s your last!

Merry Christmas!
Diva Dee

Cam Newton: Son of a Preacher Man-A Blessing that’s been Cursed

….AND THE 2010 HEISMAN WINNER IS…..

CAM NEWTON

On December 11 2010,  Auburn University’s elite quarterback Cameron Newton had the pleasure of hearing his name called to accept the 2010 Heisman Trophy.  His prestigious career earned him the highest honor most college football players only dream of.  While rushing for 1,409 yards and 20 touchdowns and passing for 2,589 yards and 28 touchdowns, the heisman winner also led his Auburn football team to an undefeated season.  On January 10, 2011, Mr. Newton can finish his impressive 2010 collegiate football career by defeating Oregon for the NCAAF  national championship. 

Although Cam won the heisman by a major landslide in the voting, he also won it with the media and others questioning his integrity and how much he truly deserved the honor.  While Cam was focusing on being a great college quarterback, his father, Pastor Cecil Newton, was negotiating an approximately $100k payout with Mississippi State in a pay-to-play scheme.  Since the news of this scandal was released in early November, Poppa Newton has wholeheartedly admitted that his son knew nothing about his dealings.  Also, the NCAA has completely dismissed Cam of any wrongdoings. 

In an attempt to ensure all attention remained on Cam’s accomplishments, Cecil Newton decided to avoid the Heisman Award Ceremony altogether.  However, this caused many to question his true commitment as a parent.  With a large portion of African-American fathers being absent from the home, why would Pastor Newton not show his son support on one of the greatest days of his life? Has this preacher cursed his son by doing what he thought was right?

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Showing Love: Wise Men who came to visit an angel on earth!

BUCS & Cheerleaders Showing Love!

(seated: Zana Gavin–standing left to right: Al Woods, Brian Price, Myron Lewis, Jessica Barsch, LeGarette Blount and Nikki Fraser)

 

 On December 13, 2010, Ms. Zana Gavin under went heart surgery. On December 14, 2010 she woke up to some big loveable Buccaneers standing by her bedside greeting her with warm smiles.  Who says that angels don’t walk the earth and the wise men don’t deliver encouragement!?

With insurmountable pressure of trying to reach the playoffs in the NFL’s toughest division, it is great to see the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and cheerleaders take time out of their busy schedule to visit a young lady in need of positive words.  Being a ‘die-hard’ BUCS fan, when I received this photo I immediately lit up like a Christmas tree in New York’s Time Square!  I’m so grateful that among the negative publicity that a lot of athletes receive, I can share this positive moment for my home team.

Please keep Ms. Zana in prayer as she recovers from her surgery!  And say a prayer to the football gods for my 8-5 Buccaneers as they finish their last few games in hopes of a playoff bid!

Greg Leakes giving a whole new meaning to the word LEAK!

LOVE STINKS!

In a recent Real Housewives of Atlanta episode, Greg Leakes was caught on audio confiding to ‘friend’ and Large FM radio DJ Cory King about his latest marital woes with Nene Leakes.  Now, what Greg didn’t know is the reason his radio host buddy called him was to bait him into a verbal lashing of his wife so he could record the audio and blast it on air.  What most viewers may not have known is that Mr. Leakes was avoiding a debt he owed to Mr. King. Cory had enough of Greg’s excuses and felt revenge was a better reward than getting his debt paid.   Can you say what about your friends?

In the audio, Greg shares that he has invested $300,000 into Nene’s socialite lifestyle and he wants every dime of it back.  He goes on to say that Nene’s newfound fame has made her head bigger then God physically intended. 

I aint the one to gossip and you aint heard this from me-BUT-haven’t these two been on the verge of divorce since the end of  2009?

Being a 16-year marriage veteran, I find so many things wrong with Greg’s actions. Oh yeah, Ms. Thang Leakes does share some of the blame as well as Cory King.  No true friend would ever do something as deceitful as Mr. King.  But, Mr. Leake-Y mouth went too far with his comments.  I don’t care how much of a confidante he thought Cory was.

While I polish my soapbox, check out the audio and full details of the Nene Leakes shots heard around the gossip world!

A Leake-Y MESS!

Diva Dee’s SoapBox Message on this Mess:

• Leake-Y Mess One:  When do spouses invest money into their marriages?  If there is money exchanged between mates that’s used to improve the financial situation of the family how does that now become an investment?
• Leake-Y Mess Two:  People!  stop telling your marital issues to folks other than the person who can resolve it, your spouse.  Especially, if you’re a public figure.  No good will ever come out of sharing intimate details of a marriage when you haven’t told your spouse that you had a problem. At least give them a chance to address their issue before they hear about it from someone else.
• Leake-Y Mess Three:   Reading Greg’s body language in the above photos, he doesn’t seem happy that his relationship is under a microscopic public eye.  Before agreeing to support your mate in their endeavors, make sure you understand all implications.  What may sound like a good ‘investment’ initially can quickly derail into a runaway train of marital destruction.  Be careful what you wish for or you just may get it!

Now I understand Greg made his comments out of frustration.  Apparently, him and his soon-to-be-ex-wife had a fight right before he received Cory’s phone call.  RHOA’s viewers have heard how loud Nene can get when she gets upset. So, Diva Dee does understand.

HOWEVER, Greg leakey-mouth Leakes—you know you effed up don’t you?  Don’t do that anymore sir!  You’ve been warned!