Indianapolis, IN. The American Basketball Association (ABA) www.abalive.com today announced that it will be returning to Pittsburgh PA next season after a several year hiatus. “Pittsburgh was a great ABA city under the leadership of former NBA/ABA legend Freddie Lewis from McKeesport,” stated Joe Newman, ABA CEO. “We’ve been looking for just the right owners to bring the team back – and in Antjuan “Tjuan Benafactor” Washington and “Ace” Pippens,” we think we have just the people to maximize the potential of the team. We are very excited to have Pittsburgh and Tjuan and Ace in the ABA.”
Tjuan is an elite emerging artist in the genres of hip hop/rap and R & B. His talent, passion and drive have helped Tjuan become a notable producer and award winning song writer; his creativity and business sense is extraordinary. His current hit single, Fly Wit Me featuring Project Pat is now being played in-flight by Virgin Airlines and is featured on countless mixtapes. On the road, Tjuan has headlined in cities across the country and he can be heard nationwide on radio.
A true budding superstar – and now owner of a professional basketball team, the Steel City Yellow Jackets.
A co-owner of the Yellow Jackets is Averill “Ace” Pippens who will serve also as GM/Head Coach. Ace is currently enrolled at RMU’s doctoral program and has been coaching since 1997 where he started at Oliver High School prior to joining Penn State McKeesport men’s basketball where he was named Head Coach in 2006. He stepped down to continue his education and to start his own event promotion company, GoGetta Promotions.
“We are very pleased and excited to be part of the ABA,” stated Tjuan. “We know Ace will put a very competitive team on the court, together we will make the Yellow Jackets one of the most exciting, fun sports and entertainment attractions in the entire league when we add our brand of music and entertainment to each game. Pittsburgh – the ABA is back in a big way.” For more information, call 412 6O9-3888 or email steelcityyellowjackets@gmail.com. The website will be announced shortly. Or visit www.abalive.com
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Check hot new #music from one of the most promising upcoming recording artist -Big Rome. Listen to his new single impacting radio this week called "Strickly4Radio" Follow on twitter @bigrome more info via https://bigrome.bandpage.com/
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Ricky Rude's new mixtape "Ready To Live". With features from SCARFACE, TRINA, DRAG-ON, GLASSES MALONE and more. Production by Cool & Dre, Cardiak, Sarom, Battlecat, Brainwave and more.
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1. So Immature feat. Scarface
2. Stripper Ass, Model Face feat. Trina
3. Thoughts
4. Ready To Live
5. Amanda Bynes feat. AceOutrageous
6. The Interview
7. Dopamine
8. Rock Chick
9. Be Cool feat. Glasses Malone
10. Sucka Free feat. Apollo the Great & Jay Griffy
11. To The Death feat. AceOutrageous
12. Get It Crackin' feat. Sunday Down
13. Never Goin' Back feat. AceOutrageous
14. Problem Child feat. Drag-On
RICKY RUDE featuring DRAG-ON - PROBLEM CHILD
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According To Him + Her airs Fridays at 9P/8C only on Centric
Taraji P. Henson hosts #CelebrationofGospel Sunday April 6th at 8P/7C only on BET
Before the show, Arsenio told his audience how Def Jam and Russell Simmons had a profound influence on his original show and why he's dedicating an episode to honor it's 30th anniversary
A post from my page at Facebook - Link is www.facebook.com/DV869R - all my posts are usually spontaneous - but my heart, mind, and soul goes into each and every one! Thank you I hope you enjoy it. Marija Cairns xx
Asleep ----
This is a spontaneous post...
Falling asleep I dream, restless and weary I lay my head. The pillow soft and deep, my head sinks further and further until it moves no more. My head rested, my body still, my mind awake as I drift, being pulled into the darkness. I fight, that's what I do, I want to rest, but don't want to sleep for fear of dreaming, dreaming of you. Yet as I lay quiet not making a sound, I am still and seem at peace, I think of you. I don't want to see you, I don't want you to think of me, or see me, feel me or hurt me, but I know you will. Restless is my mind, body, heart and soul as I think of you alone in my bed. I think of you as I lie to myself and, tell myself - I don't want to. But deep down I know it's not true, I do want you, I want to see you, I want to feel you, I want you. I want you to see me, feel me, hear me, and I want you to think of me as I think of you. I wonder what it is that makes me see you, think of you the way I do? It's not rational, it's not fair and, I know that although you are no good for me, you consume me. You overtake my thoughts, you control my body and, you have me at your will. You have me so well, so fully, so completely that I would brake in your hands and, fold under your control. You would will it and it would be, you could bend me and, I would be shaped for whatever you will or desire wishes or wants. I crave you so intensely that I feel like I am starving, I hunger for you, but I never feel full nor satisfied with what you give me, as you give me nothing but bits, and pieces nowhere near enough. And I know deep down you know that, you know what you do, you know how you have me, how you bend me, how you starve me from you. I also know you do feel me, you want me, you crave me so much so, that your hunger burns deep within you, burning up your soul, heart, mind and body. You want more and more, the more you get the more you crave, you want it badly, yet it angers you. You're angry at me, at yourself for letting me affect you the way I do. You fear me yet you don't want me to go away, you want me to stay, you would see me stay with you for eternity if you could. You become wild and crazy with the idea of being with me, yet without me you would suffer and surely die of thirst. You thirst for me, as a quench something inside of you that you can not drink, nor can you taste anything but me. You curse my name out loud looking to the sky, then as you close your eyes you feel it - you feel that chill up your spine and a heat in the pit of your stomach as you tense and breath. I thought of you in that moment as I closed my eyes and cures your name, I felt you, I felt you deep within me as the heat spread throughout me, my stomach tensed, and the thought of you made me hungry again. You thirst as I hunger - we are somehow bound - bound to each other - I feel what you feel - I feel you, I see you, I need you, and yes I admit it I want you! Are you happy now? I ask in my own head as I admit it, I admit it and I find myself not caring what the world has to say, what you have to say, I only know what i feel and what I want, and I want you. Again a shiver deep and warm - I know it instantly, you just thought of me as I admitted I wanted you. Did you feel what I felt? I wonder to myself - I get the answer before you reply - Yes - Yes you do and, yes you will you say. I know it before you say it, I know you will hurt me but, somehow I just don't care. I fear it and know it to be wrong, I should care, I should damn well care very much, but I don't want to be without you - I don't want to, why should I - I can't - I won't - I don't want to! It's unfair, I don't want to feel this way, but I do. Even in my sleep you burn for me, and call me to you. Of course I come to you willingly and over joyed, but yet as I approach your fear pushes me so firmly away from you that I fall. I fall looking at you from the bottom, from down here I look up at you and I see it in your eyes. The fear and pain, the want and need, the completeness in the way you want me, yet you fear yourself. You don't want to hurt me, not this one! You say in your head. You look at me pained with tears in your eyes, I smile for you knowing you hurt and, I would do anything to not hurt you. I reach out to you my hand, you grab my hand but you do not lift, instead you fall weeping to the floor. You have fallen, you fall into my lap as you lose it with grief and curse my name. My tears fall from my eyes, over my lips I taste your hurt and mine. I don't want to hurt you, but yet I know I will. Look at me I think it but don't say it for fear of opening my mouth. You move so slowly as your eyes hit mine, they lock, ignite and that is all it took, to see you, for you to see me, we see each other and eternity is not long enough! For you have me, you had me, you always will - I have you, you are mine and I am yours - eternity is forever and forever starts now...
Thank you, I hope you see me, hear me, and take the time to want me as much as I want you! xx Marija -
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Norris Cole dishes it from just past halfcourt and LeBron James rises above Nicolas Batum for the catch and dunk
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Tyrese, Ginuwine, and Tank flat out shut the show down with massive performances of "Next Time Around" and "Sex Never Felt Better." It gets wild. You've never seen a crowd get down like this.
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The event features a 10-round bout for the USBA Heavyweight Title between Steve "USS" Cunningham and USBA Champion Amir "Hardcore" Mansour live on NBCSN Fight Night from the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, PA. The Fight Night broadcast will begin at 10 pm ET/7 pm PT. The card is presented by Main Events and Peltz Boxing in association with BAM Boxing and Joe Hand Promotions. The co-feature bout and undercard fights will be announced shortly. Tickets are available through www.comcastTix.com and Liacouras Center Box Office, $113, $86, $58 and $41.
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Light middleweight Chris Chatman, seen here in July following his win over Thomas Falowo at Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I., will return to the same venue Friday, March 28th, 2014 when he faces The Contender Season 2 champion Grady Brewer in the eight-round main event. (CES photo by Craig Eagleson)
Chatman focusing on winning, not making friends, in return to Providence on Friday
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (March 25th, 2014) -- Having already marked his territory in Rhode Island by beating hometown favorite Thomas Falowo in July, Jersey City middleweight Chris Chatman has taken his newfound allegiance to New England one step further by signing with Classic Entertainment & Sports, the region's premier combat sports firm.
But don't think for a second being part of a team for the first time in his career has tamed the outspoken, 5-foot-8 southpaw.
"I'm focusing my efforts on becoming a world champion," Chatman said, "and if I have to take out their whole lineup to do it, then so be it."
For now, Chatman (11-3-1, 5 KOs) will focus his efforts on chopping down another out-of-town challenger with ties to New England, The Contender Season 2 champion Grady Brewer(30-16, 18 KOs) of Lawton, Okla., in Friday night's main event at Twin River Casino.
Brewer teamed with Rhode Island's Gary "Tiger" Balletto on the hit reality series in 2006 and returned to Providence two years later to beat fellow Contender alum Cornelius Bundrage. Now he'll face the hard-hitting Chatman, who's gained an improbable cult-like following in Rhode Island not only for his win over Falowo, but also for his effort in a disputed loss to former Olympian Demetrius Andrade in 2009, his first of three appearances at Twin River.
The eight-round middleweight bout between Chatman and Brewer will be the headliner of Classic Entertainment & Sports' latest installment of the 2014 Twin River Fight Series. Tickets are priced at $41, $76 and $126 (VIP) and can be purchased by calling 401-724-2253/2254, online at www.cesboxing.com or www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Players Club at Twin River. All fights and fighters are subject to change.
"He's a strong fighter," Brewer said of Chatman. "A guy like him, you know he's coming to fight.
"I'm excited to come back to Providence," he continued. "I loved it there. Great fight fans. They love boxing and I'm excited to show them what I can do."
Despite an age difference of 14 years (Chatman is 29 an Brewer is 43), the two are chasing the same dream of winning a world title, and both have shown the willingness to fight anyone at any given time, even if it means standing toe-to-toe with a hometown favorite on foreign soil.
Born and raised in Chicago, Chatman eventually relocated to San Diego and carved his niche out west, fighting nine of his first 10 bouts in California -- the lone exception and only blemish on his record being the fight in Rhode Island against Andrade -- before taking his 9-1 record to Forth Worth to face unbeaten Texan Charles Hatley. The two traded knockdowns and fought to a majority draw. Two of the three judges scored it even while the third favored Hatley by four rounds.
It wouldn't be the last time Chatman found himself on the wrong end of a decision in his opponent's backyard. After beating Falowo last year, he faced unbeaten Maryland prospect Jarret Hurd in Maryland in a six-round bout in January. Hurd won by split decision. One judge scored it 59-55 in favor of Chatman. The other two gave it to Hurd, 58-56 and 59-55.
"Anyone who saw that fight knows I won it," Chatman said. "I'm always putting my best in the ring. That's the only way I know how to do it. I think it's a shame when a fighter trains hard and makes all the sacrifices and wins the fight, but loses because of politics.
"It discredits our sport and shows the lack of integrity among judges. That's one of the reasons I love to fight in Rhode Island. I always get a fair shot."
Five of Chatman's last seven opponents were undefeated at the time of the fight, and Falowo only had one loss when they faced one another last year. The combined record of those opponents was 76-5-2 before the bell rang.
Fittingly, Brewer has built a similar resume through the years with each of his last three fights coming against undefeated opponents, including a 2013 showdown against world-rated Russian prospect Matt Korobov -- "to this day, one of the better fighters I've faced," Brewer said -- and a scheduled eight-round bout against 17-0 Tony Harrison of Detroit in April.
After beating Steve Forbes in The Contender finale, Brewer won his next four fights before stopping unbeaten Nigerian prospect Albert Onolunose in the second round of their scheduled 12-round bout. Two years later, he handed world-title challenger Fernando Guerrero -- 21-0 at the time -- the first loss his career via fourth-round knockout. Brewer has also faced World Boxing Association (WBA) light middleweight champion Erislandy Lara and Andrade, the current World Boxing Organization (WBO) champ.
"The Contender was real instrumental for me because it set the stage for my career and gave me the respect I had been looking for," Brewer said.
"I'm always trying to get to the top. Sometimes, I've been there, and sometimes I've taken fights on short notice thinking I was ready, and that's part of the reason why I wasn't always able to show who I really am."
With the dream of winning a world title still within reach, Brewer draws inspiration from former champs George Foreman and Bernard Hopkins. Foreman had been the oldest fighter to win a world title before the 48-year-old Hopkins broke his record in 2013. Brewer still has a shot, but he needs to beat Chatman on Friday to snap his four-fight losing streak.
The fight is of equal importance to Chatman, who'd benefit tremendously by beating a well-known veteran with more than three times his experience as a professional.
"I'm putting my all into this like I do with every fight," Chatman said. "Grady is a veteran, a former champ, and he has the experience to back it up. Like me, he's pulled off many upsets, so to go in there thinking I'm guaranteed a win is foolish.
"That being said, I'm confident enough in my work ethic to expect that I can earn a victory."
Win or lose, Chatman's future in New England will certainly be entertaining if nothing else, and though he may never get that coveted rematch with Andrade, there are plenty of opponents to target in this neck of the woods, teammates or not.
"If you're between 154 and 168 pounds and you're being put ahead of me, you'll be in my sights," Chatman said. "I'm ready to prove that I'm No. 1 and if anyone wants to speak to the contrary, you're more than welcome to step up and glove up."
Friday's undercard includes the return of unbeaten Providence middleweight KJ Harrison-Lombardi (5-0-1) of Providence, who will put his record on the line in a four-round bout against Jason Bakanowski (0-1) of Worcester, Mass.
Coming off a knockout win over veteran Arthur Saribekian in November, Cape Cod, Mass., heavyweight Jesse Barboza (7-1-1, 5 KOs) will look to stay on track against East Stroudsburg, Pa., heavyweight Glenn Thomas in a four-round bout while Springfield, Mass., welterweight Zack Rasmey (6-0, 3 KOs) takes on veteran Shakha Moore (11-19-3, 2 KOs) of Norwalk, Conn., in a six-rounder.
Louisiana cruiserweight Alvin Varmall Jr. (2-0, 2 KOs), who made his Twin River debut in February with a knockout win over Andre Ward, will return to face Devon Mosley (0-0-1) of Capitol Heights, Md., in a four-round bout and Chattanooga, Tenn., lightweight prospect Ryan Martin (3-0, 2 KOs) will face Justin Robbins (2-5, 1 KO) of Springfield, Ill., in a four-round bout. Cranston, R.I., welterweight Nick DeLomba (2-0) will return in a separate four-round bout. All fights and fighters are subject to change.
-- CES --
CES is proud to announce it will induct "The Pride Of Providence" Peter Manfredo Jr.into its Ring of Honor during a special ceremony Friday night at Twin River Casino. The Providence native won 40 fights in his professional career and established himself as one of the most popular fighters in Rhode Island's rich boxing history. The star of Season 1 of The Contender reality television series, Manfredo Jr. also captured the IBO middleweight world title and was a two-time NABF middleweight champion. Among his most notable wins include knockouts against Joey "K.O. Kid" Spina and Scott "Sandman" Pemberton in Providence. After a brief return to the sport in 2013, Manfredo Jr. capped his career in November with a knockout win over Rich Gingras. Other members of the Ring of Honor include Gary "Tiger" Balletto, Rocky Marciano, Israel "Pito" Cardona and Vinny Paz.
After moving into her new apartment, Lindsay and her entourage begin the arduous task of moving her mountain of possessions into her new home. The tension between Lindsay and her assistant, Matt, is palpable. Despite his attempts to communicate his concerns, Lindsay hasn't allowed Matt the five minutes he's requesting to clear the air. Lindsay accuses him of dropping the ball. Watch as the conversation gets heated.
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The first single from the EP "Hear I Am" (Due Apr 14) - Directed by @leondotcom for @mudwingmedia
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Let Go
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Stiff Lauren releases visuals for his latest single "Let Go". We all have that one person in our minds which we think about and wonder why did we ever meet em. Whether it be an ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend we may not be able to immediately understand why we met that person but once you reflect on how much they have contributed to your personal growth you have no choice but to be excited for your freedom.
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