Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 7, 2019 at 11:00am
The bizarre saga of Antonio Brown and the Oakland Raiders has taken another strange twist.
Earlier this week Brown threatened to hit general manager Mike Mayock in the face during a heated argument. The team subsequently fined Brown $215,073.53 for conduct detrimental to the team, according to ESPN.
That fine voided the $29M worth of guaranteed money in his contract.
Brown responded by asking to be released via his Instagram account on Saturday, September 7th. Shortly afterwards, the organization granted the wide receiver his wish.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 7, 2019 at 10:55am
Report via ESPN -- One of the biggest mixed martial arts fights of 2019 is set.
Nate Diaz vs. Jorge Masvidal will happen at UFC 244 on Nov. 2 at Madison Square Garden in New York, UFC president Dana White told ESPN's Brett Okamoto on Saturday. The welterweight fight will headline the event.
"It is the fight fans wanted to see," White told Okamoto. "Nate Diaz called out Masvidal after his win over [Anthony] Pettis. Everybody has been talking about it. People have been hitting me up on social media, telling me to get it done. I can now announce the fight is done."
It will not be a title fight, White told Okamoto, which is atypical for a main event.
"It's one of those fights that is fun, interesting, fans are into it, you want to see for five rounds -- yet it's too big to be a fight night," White told Okamoto. "So we made it a pay-per-view. I will end up stacking this card with killer fights. The main event will be those two."
The UFC will not book a title fight to MSG because, in White's words,"I would never put a title fight underneath this. There won't be a title fight [at MSG]."
The booking comes after a frenetic week of negotiations between the UFC and multiple fighters, sources say.
Late last week, the UFC tried to book UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington for the MSG headliner. After failing to come to terms with Covington on a deal, the UFC moved on and offered the title fight to Masvidal, according to sources. After coming to terms with Masvidal on Wednesday, the promotion was unable to strike a deal with Usman. That prompted the UFC to reach out to top contender Leon Edwards to see if he would be interested in fighting Masvidal for the vacant title after a threat was made to strip Usman.
Straight out of Virginia comes The Opioid Era. A new rap trio consisting of Ambassador Rick, King Kong Gotcha and Grunge Gallardo. The group is quickly gaining recognition and should be added to your playlists ASAP.
Their latest visual is for the Razor Boomarang-produced banger "Triple Threat" off of their self-titled project, which is available now on all streaming platforms.
Wilmington, Delaware heavy spitter Speed Dollaz is back, and you know he had to hop on this "I'm So Brooklyn" challenge that has all emcees on high alert. Check out Speed's "I'm So Delaware."
Yung JB recently sat down with Hynaken from Thisis50 to chop it up about growing up in the South Bronx, keeping his music authentic, his latest project, French Montana, Fat Joe and more.
Supreme Understanding is back with the Godcast to speak about indipidently publishing books, reparations in the black community, and the systematic oppression of our people.
0:00 Brooklyn's Black Lady Theater 0:40 Today's Mathematics 0:55 Intro 1:30 Lord Jamar, Rah Digga, and Godfrey introduce special guest Supreme Understanding 2:19 Lord Jamar let's the viewers know how they can donate to the show 2:38 The Godcast looks at some of the books Supreme Understanding has published 7:07 Supreme Understanding let's the viewers know how they can reach him 9:45 Rah Digga speaks about a law suit against Big Pharma in Ohio 17:32 Lord Jamar asks, "Why is porn free?" 24:18 Supreme Understanding says Krispy Kreme paid $11 Million in reparations to the Jewish Community 26:00 Supreme Understanding praises Lord Jamar, Rah Digga and Godfrey for doing something great for the culture 27:15 Outro
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 6, 2019 at 12:07pm
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Jalen Rose opened up to VladTV about people in Detroit having a strong dislike for Michael Jordan in the late 1980s and 90s when "The Bad Boys" of the Detroit Pistons, which included VladTV regular guest John Salley, were in full effect. Jalen explained that he rooted against Jordan for his whole career and then he got to play against him in the NBA. Despite his past views on Jordan, Jalen admits that Jordan is undoubtedly the greatest player of all time.
During the conversation, Jalen also shared his thoughts on John Salley saying that Pippen was the most skilled player that he ever played against. To hear more, including the time Jordan elbowed him in the head.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 6, 2019 at 11:59am
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Mustard has a truly impressive jewelry collection, but watches are what he truly loves. From his $120K Audemars Piguet Skeleton watch to his $70K University of Michigan 'M' piece, Mustard shows off all of his jewelry.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 6, 2019 at 10:00am
Report via TMZ -- Nicki Minaj's retirement announcement not only came out of nowhere, but it absolutely doesn't add up -- as in it doesn't seem real -- based on her recent actions ... so say sources close to her.
TMZ's learned Nicki has been busy in the studio working on new music in recent weeks and on top of that ... we're told she made plans to record with several artists just in the past few days.
Our sources say Minaj has a lot of songs already in the can, and despite saying on Thursday she's retiring in order to "have my family" -- she still has studio time booked until next month.
So, why the sudden decision to hang it up? We're told Nicki's been growing increasingly fed up with internet trolls who've been harassing her lately, and finally reached a boiling point.
Our sources say the rapper was pushed over the edge by constantly defending herself over accusations of not writing her own songs, questions about her hip-hop legacy ... and her relationship with her fiance, Kenneth Petty. BTW, rumor is she's already Mrs. Petty, but that's another thing Nicki's tired of discussing.
The good news for the Barbs ... we're told those close to Nicki believe she's just taking a much-needed break from the haters and simply needs a moment to chill and reevaluate.
One more thing -- Minaj's comment about family got many wondering if she's pregnant. We're told she's not ... yet.
Post Malone's "Hollywood's Bleeding" album has arrived. It features Swae Lee, Halsey, Future, Meek Mill, Lil Baby, Ozzy Osbourne, SZA and Travis Scott.
On Episode 4 of UFC 242 Embedded, lightweight Paul Felder hits the gym to keep his tools sharp for his chosen profession of doing pow-pow. Lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov gets laser-focused on his opponent, interim champ Dustin Poirier. Felder, his opponent Edson Barboza and Poirier all entertain fans at Yas Mall open workouts, but the real cheers come when Nurmagomedov takes the stage. UFC 242 Embedded is an all-access, behind-the-scenes video blog leading up to the lightweight unification bout taking place Saturday, September 7th at a special time of 2 pm ET/11 am PT. Order the Pay-Per-View at ESPNPlus.com/PPV
Conway The Machine is preparing to release his "Look What I Became" project on September 13th. To warm fans up Conway offers up a taste of what to expect in the form of the Daringer-produced "Tito's Back" featuring Benny The Butcher and Westside Gunn.
The 36-year old rapper, born Onika Tanya Maraj, made the shocking announcement via her Twitter account on Thursday, September 5th.
"I’ve decided to retire & have my family," she wrote. "I know you guys are happy now. To my fans, keep reppin me, do it til da death of me, in the box- cuz ain’t nobody checkin me. Love you for LIFE."
Minaj recently told listeners of her “Queen Radio” show that she and boyfriend Kenneth Perry had applied for a marriage license and would be wed in “about 80 days.”
Where does she rank on your all-time list? What’s your favorite album, song or collaboration from the superstar?
Report via CBS Sports -- The Oakland Raiders probably regret their investment into Antonio Brown already, given that the team is "planning to suspend" their star wide receiver before the season even begins after he got into some kind of incident/altercation/heated argument with GM Mike Mayock, according to a report from Adam Schefter of ESPN.
Per Vic Tafur of The Athletic, Brown had to be "held back by a couple of teammates" when confronting Mayock. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, the incident did not get physical, however Brown did say he would punch Mayock -- his boss! -- in the face and then punted a ball, Nick Nolte "Blue Chips" style and told Mayock to fine him for that. You can't even make this stuff up.
In all seriousness, it's hard to see a path where he returns to the Raiders any time soon.
As I noted on Twitter at the time (and was in the process of writing when this news broke, naturally), the language in that letter could absolutely be a set up to suspend Brown for up to four games and to void the guarantees in his contract.
Read it: Mayock is telling Brown that future behavior could create a situation in which the Raiders use language in their team policy and in the CBA to take action against Brown.
The CBA specifically allows the Raiders to suspend him for four games and to fine him four game checks as a result of conduct detrimental to the team.
Suffice to say that Brown has met the minimum threshold for any such suspension. Take away the fact he froze his feet so badly in a cryotherapy chamber that his start to the season was in jeopardy -- he has skipped multiple practices, reportedly gone AWOL from the Raiders, created a huge distraction with multiple grievances about his helmet and most recently posted a fine letter from his GM on social media.
He then decided to get in an argument WITH HIS GM over said fine letter and the posting on social media. It's a perfect storm of disaster and it makes guys like Terrell Owens look calm by comparison.
The other thing that could happen, that the Raiders like here? They can void the guarantees in his contract by suspending him for conduct detrimental, based on language in his contract. That would mean a loss of up to $29 million in guarantees and the Raiders potentially going after his signing bonus.
More importantly? It would set up the Raiders to potentially release Brown and not take the salary cap hit.
Oakland's first game is the late Monday night game against the Broncos. The game was a pick 'em but the Broncos are already -2 now based on the AB news.
It has been a windy road for Brown from Pittsburgh to Oakland over the last several months and we broke it all down earlier this offseason. Stay tuned for more details -- this is a developing story.
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