Posted by Belushi on September 28, 2007
I’ve always been a big Kevin Durant fan. I watched every game he played at Texas last year, and attended the majority of his home games. The guy just has that “thing” where you know he’s going to be a star.
When Portland drafted Greg Oden #1, I thought immediately that they’ll regret passing on Durant. Although, I do understand why the Trailblazers took Oden, as he looks like a great talent. But I just feel that Durant has more upside…and no, my name is not Bill Simmons. And now that Oden is out for the entire year, I really think the people of Portland are going to agonize over how great Durant is. But we’ll see.
This week came word that Durant signed a multi-year deal to endorse Gatorade. Durant is the first rookie ever to be signed by Gatorade to endorse their sports drinks. And Durant is only the 3rd NBA player, along with Kevin Garnett and Dwyane Wade, who will endorse Gatorade. So obviously Gatorade sees something very special in KD to sign him this early.
Durant also has endorsement deals with Nike, EA Sports and Upper Deck.
Here is a nice, little article from the Seattle Times about Durant. Humble? Yep. Motivated? Yep. Charismatic? Yep. I think he’s a NBA star in the making.

Now my favorite player (Kevin Durant) will be endorsing my favorite drink (Fierce Grape Gatorade).
What’s your favorite Gatorade flavor?
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Posted by Belushi on September 26, 2007
According to the London Telegraph, Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho’s brother has been talking to Chelsea FC. The report says that there have been two meetings between Chelsea’s owner, Roman Abramovich, and Ronaldinho’s people. The conversations are about Ronahldinho moving over to play for the English Premiere League giant.
It’s reported that Abramovich made an offer to make Ronaldinho the highest paid soccer player in Europe. And the offer would have to be considerable as Ronaldinho’s current contract with Barcelona has an $171 Million dollar buyout. And the contract to Ronaldinho would need to exceed the $260K per week that Chelsea is already paying defender John Terry.
Wow, that’s some serious money. Hard to see a deal coming together when the numbers are so high. You could get a nosebleed just thinking about the amount of money that would change hands. But Abramovich is a billionaire, and has always spent lavishly to attract the best soccer talent to Chelsea. So I guess anything is possible.
My prediction: This is all just smoke and mirrors, and Ronaldinho stays with Barca. The EPL transfer deadline is Friday, and I can’t see a deal this large going down in the next 48 hours, even if they have already met twice.

Why is this man smiling?
You would be too if you already earned $32 Million dollars per year…and might be about to get an even BIGGER contract.
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Posted by Belushi on September 25, 2007
I’m shocked, shocked I tell you. I thought Nascar was supposed to be some kind of macho, redneck sport. And now today they announce that watered down Coors Light is replacing The King of Beers (aka: Budweiser) as the Official Beer of Nascar. The deal is a 5 year deal valued at $20 Million dollars ($4 MM per year). It’s the second large sponsorship deal that Coors Light has done in recent years, they also have a $100 Million dollar deal with the NFL.

I’m a Miller Lite man myself. But if I’m not drinking that I typically go with a Bud product. Coors Light? Let’s just say they are way down on my list after Keystone, Nattie Light and Zima. I’ve never been a beer snob, so pretty much any light, cold, free beer makes me happy. But Coors Light doesn’t do it for me, it’s just not that great a beer. I think I could mix water, hops and barley together and make a more potent beer.
So I’m shocked today when Nascar decided to replace The King of Beers with the King of Watered Down Beers (aka: Coors Light). What’s next for Nascar? Sponsorships by Playtex, Victoria’s Secret or Pottery Barn? If Nascar isn’t careful it’s going to lose it’s redneck image. And yes, I know they are working very hard to lose that image. But that’s a move that still doesn’t make any sense to me, because rednecks are the one’s who support Nascar.
What’s your beer of choice?
My top 5 beers:
1) Pacifico
2) Miller Lite
3) Carib
4) Dos Equis Green
5) Red Stripe
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Posted by Belushi on September 14, 2007
All of these women below are now seemingly over-the-hill Pop Stars. But back in 1999, each of these ladies had a top 20 hit on the Billboard’s Top 100 charts.
Now ask yourself two questions:
1) Which would I rather “have” now?
2) Which would I rather have “had” in her prime? (I think Britney & Christina were legal back then)

A) Britney Spears

B) Christina Aguilera

C) Jennifer Lopez

D) Madonna

E) Shania Twain
In-case you can’t recall their ‘99 hits, they were:
#2) “…Baby One More Time” – Britney Spears
#5) “Genie In A Bottle” – Christina Aguilera
#9) “That Don’t Impress Me Much” – Shania Twain
#10) “If You Had My Love” – Jennifer Lopez
#11) “Beautiful Stranger” – Madonna
I think I’ve got go with Britney back in the day. Now, she’s full blown crazy. So I’d probably take Shania. Christina is too short, Madonna has never been attractive to me and I’m afraid JLo is the World’s Biggest Bitch. So I take Shania (today) by default. I hope she still looks as hot as she did back in her early years.
And remember, Britney used to look like this:

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Posted by Belushi on September 12, 2007
I saw this quote today in the NY Post from the Isiah Thomas & Anucha Browne Sanders sexual harassment trial. Brown quoted Thomas as saying, “Bitch, I don’t give a fuck about the sponsors. Bitch, I don’t give a fuck about ticket sales. That’s your job.”
I think that’s funny to me because I could really picture Isiah saying that. In-fact, I’m nearly sure he probably did. And recall, Isiah is the Head Coach and GM of the New York Knicks. One of the legendary franchises of the NBA, that has fallen on hard times under his watch. So you would think he would care about those things.
Isiah is a moron. He’ll get off on this sexual harrassment charges, but he’s still a putz.

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Posted by JamesBond on September 11, 2007

Britney bombed. She looked chubby, slow, uncoordinated, and possibly(hopefully) drunk. Back to the drawing to board as far as trying to salvage her career.
Chris Brown gave the best dance performance since Michael Jackson at the Grammys. It was awesome, and I wouldn’t normally say that about any guy dancing on stage. Definitely check it out here. (Link)
Who looked good? Rihanna for sure. But Ashlee Simpson and Jennifer Garner looked the best.

Britney’s butt

Ashlee Simpson – I love the dark eyes. Definitely holds her own vs. Jess these days.

Beyonce – She’s looked better. Very uninspired. She needed to look better on a night that Rihanna was going to get a ton of air time. You just know Jay-Z was like “Damn girl! Why can’t you look more like Rihanna?”

Rosario Dawson – Gorgeous. Who knew? She had never really done much for me.

Megan Fox – Sexy, but seems seems like a contrived, packaged commodity. Nothing real special about her. I think someone just tries to dress her up like Angelina and they tell her how to act sexy.

Jennifer Garner – Sultry! Beautiful eyes and dimples. She seems kind of goofy, and I like that. Not at all full of herself.

Hayden Panetierre – She looks 18, and that’s not a compliment. Though it was funny that they had her in a suite becasue she was too young to be in the casino.

Alicia Keys – Doesn’t do much for me. Great performance though.

Nelly Furtado – The new hair color has to go, she looks 40 years old

Paris – Looks like my grandma.

Rihanna – Very sexy, love her accent.
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Posted by Belushi on September 10, 2007
No, today we’re not just focused on looks. We’re talking money. Who are the models that bring in the most dough. Thanks to Forbes for the research. All based on 2006 earnings. So let’s compare the “assets” of the top ladies of the modeling world.
Top 5 Richest Female Models
1) Gisele (estimated $33 Million)

2) Kate Moss (estimated $9 Million)

3) Heidi Klum (estimated $6 Million)

4) Adriana Lima (estimated $6 Million)

5) Allesandra Ambrosio (estimated $6 Million)

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