Nets Owner Mikhail Prokhorov Visits The Big Apple

The Nets new majority owner Mikhail Prokhorov made a trip out to New York Wednesday, making several appearances across the city, including a dinner date with Nets co-owner Jigga and the ballertician that is Mayor Bloomberg. Prokhorov also managed to do a little housecleaning within his recently acquired rebuilding project, firing GM Kiki Vandeweghe, who is in Chicago scouting for the team at the NBA’s pre-draft camp.

Prokhorov also indirectly addressed the upcoming LeBron James free agency. Whilst not directly acknowledging the team’s interest in the King, which is a violation of League rules, Prokhorov did say that he is prepared to make the Nets a franchise that any player would want to play for. This basically means that he will be breaking bread like a Rabbi at Passover.

Video of Prokhorov’s visit to New York after the jump…
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Sick Kicks: Nike Releases NYC-Themed LeBron’s

Now what we have here are a special pair of LeBron’s signature shoe, the Air Max LeBron VII’s that Nike released to reflect King James’ love for the NY. Now no one knows for sure where the King will be playing ball once he becomes a free agent at the end of the season, but he is known for rocking Yankees hats and we know the Knicks would love to have him playing home games in the Garden. These new kicks have some interesting features. Besides being in Knick colors the sole features LeBron’s logo paying homage to the classic “I Love NY” slogan and also have a question mark inside the shoe, an indication of the question that should be answered during the Summer of next year. Via Sneaker News

More shots after the jump..

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Michael Vick’s Finally Getting His Mojo Back

If you don’t roll with Mike Vick, then you’re crazier than a shithouse rat. For Philly, the city that has become the home for embattled superstars from Bad News Virginia, the Vick experiment can be deemed successful, while Iverson’s return to the Sixers is still open to debate. The Eagles have eased Vick into their offensive scheme and have used his capabilities to throw off defenses at random points throughout the game.

Donovan McNabb at least appears to be rolling with the use of Vick, even in goal line situations where a thirst for a TD might cloud one’s vision. Allowing Vick to throw the ball more, will keep opposing defenses confused and when McNabb and Vick are on the field together, the options are unlimited.

With 3 TD in the last 2 games, Vick is going to force the Eagles to make a tough decision next season. Even though Vick has expressed his desire to be a starting quarterback, the Eagles have him by the nuts and his $5 mill salary next season really isn’t that bad considering his potential trade value.

Regardless of what happens next season, the Eagles have a golden opportunity to do something special this year. Currently a game atop the NFC East, the Week 17 showdown at Cowboys Stadium could be the stuff of legend. If the games ends up being for the NFC East title, you can best believe that the Eagles will have something up their sleeve with Vick in mind.

A bootleg version of Vick’s pass to DeSean Jackson after the jump…

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Guess Who’s Bizzack: Bender Signs With Knicks

After not playing in an NBA game since 2005, Jonathan Bender is back on his grind, signing a non-guaranteed contract with the Knicks. Bouncing straight out of high school, Bender did work in the McDonald’s game, dropping a record 31 points and then became the Raptors’ 5th overall pick 1999 NBA Draft, before being dealt to the Pacers for Antonio Davis. With a thin front court and ties from their days together in Indiana, Knicks GM Donny Walsh decided to give Bender another shot in the League.

The Pacers waived Bender in June of 2006, after a set of shady knees forced him to shut it down. Now he’s trying to make a comeback, still in his prime at only 28. During his 7-year career, Bender battled injuries, only appearing in more than 60 games once, during the 2001-02 season, when he did the most work in his career ( 7 points, 3.4 boards a game). Still Walsh has faith that Bender, a lanky 7-footer who use to have a decent inside-outside game, still can compete at a high level.

Check out highlights of the 1999 McDonald’s Dunk Contest, featuring Nick Collison’s cartwheel dunk and Bender taking off from the free throw line after jump…

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T.O. Signs Modeling Deal & Has Cracking Bday Party

Via Terrell Owens’ Twitter

During the Bills’ Wednesday media availability, the Legend that is T.O. confirmed that he has signed a deal with Wilhemina Models. Owens let his twitter followers in on the news yesterday when he tweeted about the meeting with Wilhemina and some of her reps. Owens joins a small group of athletes that are signed to Wilhemina’s sport division which includes washed-up boxing legend Roy Jones Jr. and a few other squares. Definitely looking forward to seeing him sip on an orange mocha frappuccino at some point in the near future.

T.O. headed out to New York city earlier in the week to celebrate his 36th birthday. Whether it be Dallas, Los Angeles or the NYC, Owens is notorious for getting it cracking during his birthday week. This year proved to be no different as T.O. held his bday party at the swank M2 Ultra Lounge featuring D.J. Clue on the ones and twos. Guaranteed there was plenty of pro hoes making their way in a figure 8, trying to get chosen. But in the wake of the Tiger Woods phenomenon, athlete’s side-creeping is at an all-time low some it’s a good bet that many of the beezies in attendance went undrafted.

D.J. Clue’s video from inside T.O.’s party after the jump…

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Plaxico Burress Applies For Work Release From Prison

Former New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress is trying to make his next move his best one, by applying for a work furlough that he could get him back at the crib within the next few months. Burress is currently only about ankle deep in a 2-year prison sentence he’s serving at Oneida Correctional Facility in upstate New York. While less than 3% of the furlough applications are approved by New York’s Department of Corrections, the fact that Burress plays a sport that pays it’s players millions of dollars will actually give him a leg-up, no pun intended, on other inmates. According to the New York Post:

Burress was indicted on two counts of gun possession, under two theories of possession. The first count charged that he possessed a loaded gun with intent to use it unlawfully. The second count charged that he merely possessed the loaded gun and wasn’t in his home or business...Burress pleaded down to a lesser charge of attempted gun possession — but only under the second theory, that he merely possessed the gun and wasn’t home or at work.

That plea let Burress take advantage of a Corrections loophole — courtesy of Executive Order 9, signed by then-Gov. Eliot Spitzer in 2007 — that lets gun-possession convicts apply for furloughs providing they didn’t possess the gun with intent to use.

There are two legal systems in the United States, the one that governs the haves, and the one that governs the have-nots. Even though it seems like famous people get preferential treatment in the court of law, the reality is that money not only talks, but also can hire a great attorney that you probably can’t find messing with a public defender. Since Plax can afford to have a Legend like Benjamin Brafman handling his business, he can take advantage of the system and figure out how to do as little time as possible using any and all potential loopholes.

Did O.J. Simpson get acquitted from his double murder case because he was a good football player and decent actor? or was it because he hired Johnny Cochran to save his ass?

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LOL: Do You Think Jets Fans Are Salty?

Via Busted Coverage

OMG! Josh McDaniels Drops M-F Bomb On Live TV

Fans watching the NFL Network’s Thursday Night game between the Broncos and Giants got an inside look at how head coach Josh McDaniels really talks to a bunch of dudes that could all whoop his ass in a one-on-one fight. NFLN cameras caught McDaniels swearing like a sailor as he ripped into his team for their questionable play. Guaranteed someone in the production truck got a McDaniels-like tongue lashing for letting the profanity-ladden harangue make the air, while viewers got a special Thanksgiving treat.

Much like Kevin Garnett, hopefully they will learn to keep mics away from McDaniels unless they are in the hunt for some R-rated material.

(There’s already a remix)

McDaniels legendary response when asked about his thoughts on the M-F bomb making air after the jump…

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