Kemal Dervis (left) with Wyclef Jean

"Girls, girls we run the world . . . Who run this mutha . . . Girls! run th Some of them men think they freak this like we do but no they don't.  Make your checks come at they neck.  Disrespect us?  No they won't . . . It's hot up in here, DJ don't be scared to run this back.  I'm repping for the girls who taking over the world.  Have me raise a glass to the college grads . . . My persuasion can build a nation.  [Endless power?], our love you can devour.  You'll do anything for me.

At the press conference after the Heat's Game 3 victory over the Mavericks, CBS sports reporter, Greg Doyle, tried to come at Lebron sideways.  It was late and the question seemed so ridiculous that I wasn't sure I heard what I had actually heard.  Doyle implied that Lebron was shrinking from "big moments" in the fourth quarter in the series and that's the moment "superstars" become superstars.  I actually thought superstars were branded by getting the "W", which Lebron and the Heat did.  Either way, Lebron's answer was priceless . . . see below:

"Jordan Rules" in effect

“I think LeBron has a chance to eclipse Jordan if he continues to improve his game, but where they are right now, you still have to take Jordan as being the better player . . . ” 

INTERPRETATION:  I hate Michael Jordan.  I hated him because not only was he a better player than me, made more money than me, but he also had his own shoe.  How dare he?  Nike never gave me a shoe so how is some hot shot rookie gonna come in here [NBA] with his own shoe before me?  There will neva eva (and forever's a very long time) be another player as good as Jordan . . . in this lifetime or the next.  For me to even imply such, illustrates that I am still jealous of Mike.

NOVA Cavaliers, Lightning-Nick Bring the Pain up in Harlem

Racks on Racks on Racks all up in Harlem

(Young Chris voice) What ya got?  She got  . . . we got Racks on Racks on Racks all up in Harlem.  The talent was stacked and deep at Shock Exchange Comes to Harlem 2011.  It was a "banger" as usual with the usual suspects such as Lightning-Nick, NJ Roadrunners, Maryland Ruffriders, Raising Champions, New York Gators, New York Falcons and Kendall-Madison Playaz, and Boys Club of NY battling it out with newcomers like Hudson River Hornets, South Jersey Cannons, NOVA Cavaliers, NYC Phoenix and Westchester Tigers.  We ended up with 36 teams, as many as Columbia's gym could comfortably hold over two days, and had to turn away several others in the quest for the most coveted award in all of sports (in my own mind), the Shock Exchange Cup.  Levien Gym was packed wall-to-wall at what would turn out to be the hottest ticket in town.  At the end of the day, eight teams remained to "show and prove":

14U:  New York Gators 1st Place, Rockland Rockets 2nd Place

15U:  NJ Roadrunners 1st Place, Hudson River Hornets 2nd Place

16U:  Maryland Ruffriders 1st Place, Hudson River Hornets 2nd Place

17U:  NJ Roadrunners 1st Place, New Heights-White 2nd Place

Thank-you again to Columbia University and everyone who supported this event.  Here is a description of the winning teams ( http://clicky.me/5ESE ) and a link to the photo gallery ( http://clicky.me/Gallery2011 ).

One of the main reasons I did not to play in the NBA (in my own mind) is that I didn't want to have a bunch of beautiful women gas me up, take all of my money and then go out an public as "I'm the Shock Exchange's ex-wife" and make a mockery of me.  The other reason is that I was "trash" but that's besides the point.

Egyptian Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar is accused of assaulting at the Pierre Hotel on East 61st Street.  He is former Chairman of the Bank of Alexandria, one of Egypt's leading banks, and is the current Chairman of a salt production company.  The maid claims Omar asked her to come up to his room to drop off a box of tissues and that is when the assault occurred.  This comes on the heels of an assault on a maid at Sofitel Hotel by IMF leader, Dominique Strauss-Kahn of France ( http://clicky.me/5KwA ).  Are these assaults a harbinger of inflation?  Maybe the bad behavior of these so-called global business leaders is a sign that the global economy and business as usual, are on the rise.

ESPN is reporting that New Orleans Saints Quarterback Drew Brees recently revealed what he thinks was a turning point between the NFL owners and players that ultimately caused the lockout now in Day 73.  Brees cites August 20, 2008, the day long time union leader Gene Upshaw died of pancreatic cancer.  INTERPRETATION:  This is a "diplomatic" way of saying the NFL owners are taking a draconian stance because they think new NFLPA head, DeMaurice Smith, is weak.  Brees' exact words are below:

"Ever since Gene Upshaw passed away -- I'm just goint to lay it out ther -- the owners saw blood in the water.  This is our opportunity to take a significant piece of the (financial) pie back at all costs, a piece that we will never have to give back again.  This is our chance, while they don't have leadership, while they're scrambling to find a new executive director.  This is our time."

Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn made headlines recently for assaulting a Sofitel Hotel employee (http://clicky.me/5KwA ).  It seems like President Obama peeped DSK's game at a G-20 Conference dinner in September 2009.  The President hits DSK with that "Heisman" as he apparently mistook the First Lady for an IMF staffer.

Down boy! She doesn't work for the IMF.