NBA is Back

Here's a few videos to hold you over until Beauty, Heels and Sports returns in January.  NBA is BACK.

Amazing play by the Heatles. Bosh blocks the shot, Lebron saves the ball as its going out of bounds that leads to an amazing pass to Wade he's down court ready to finish.

After a miss shot by Joe Johnson, John Wall rebounds the ball and races down court only to be chased down and met with a big block from Josh Smith.

D.Wade drives pass the defenders to hit the game winning layup against the Charlotte Bobcats.  With Cam Newton, Carolina's star quarterback on the sidelines, Wade turned to Newton and did Cam's signature Superman touchdown pose after making the shot.

Who said Kobe still didn't have it? Even with the torn ligament in shooting wrist Kobe has been putting up 20+ points in every game.  Kobe crossed Raja Bell and went in for the slam in the Lakers game against the Jazz.

With Vince Carter left wide open hitting a 3 as time ran down putting the Mavericks up 102-101 it was sure that the Mavericks would be getting there first win of the season.  Problem is he left 1.4 seconds left on the clock and they were playing against Kevin Durant.  As the the Thunder inbounded the ball at half court to KD, Durant caught the ball turned and shot the ball from well behind the 3 point line with the ball going through the net just as the clock sounded.   Talking about a way to get a victory.

Want some more highlights from the first week of the NBA season. Check the NBA youtube page for these videos and more.

Happy Holidays

Hope everyone is enjoying their holidays.  Beauty, Heels, and Sports have been taking a break to spend time with family for the holidays.  Look for us come January back in full force and with bigger and better things with all the latest sports news and hottest heels.  Hope you all have a Happy New Year and be safe these holidays.

Smooches,
Beauty, Heels and Sports

Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Filing for Divorce?

Things were looking up for Kobe Bryant at the beginning of this month.  The lockout ended, the Lakers were looking to add Howard and Paul to their team which would have probably a sure fire road to another championship.  But then things just started going down hill.  The Chris Paul trade to the Lakers was overturned by David Stern, then Lamar Odom was traded to the Dallas Mavericks (we're all still trying to figure out for what), and now just 9 days before the Christmas and the Lakers' season opener it has been brought to the public's attention that Vanessa Bryant, Kobe's wife, has filed for divorce.  Vanessa and Kobe has been married for for 10 years and have 2 lovely daughters together.  Besides the rape chargers Kobe was facing years ago, the Bryants seemed like the perfect couple. Vanessa was at every home game cheering Kobe on, the girls always came on the floor to kiss and hug Kobe after every win, and in every photo opt they had they were always hugged up and seemed happy.  Well everything that glitters is obviously not gold.  Vanessa filed for divorce on December 1st and on December 7th Kobe signed the divorce papers.  Vanessa was not required to sign a prenup before the two got married so in the state of California Vanessa is entitled to half of EVERYTHING and is reported that Kobe is worth approximately $200 million.

"The Bryants have resolved all issues incident to their divorce privately with the assistance of counsel and a Judgement dissolving their marital status will be entered in 2012. We ask that in the interest of our young children and in light of the upcoming holiday season the public respect our privacy during this most difficult time." - The Bryants' Publicist

Don't know what happened between the two but I wish them both the best hope things get handled in a civilized manner for the sake of their children.  Stay tuned for information on what comes of the divorce.

Tebowing Gone Wrong

In case you've been hiding under a rock lately then you are fully aware of the "Tebow Mania" that is going on lately.  The word Tebowing has now been named a verb and is defined as to get down on one knee and start praying, even if everyone around you is doing something completely different.  Some examples of tebowing:

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Well although some are enjoying the Tebow Mania some students from a New York High School is learning the hard way to be careful where you tebow.  

Barry Bonds Sentenced

Barry Bonds was sentenced yesterday on his conviction of obstruction of justice from 8 years ago.  When Bonds was first approached in 2003 about use of steroids, Bonds lying to the grand jury stating that he never was never injected by anyone other than his doctor.  Earlier this year when Bonds was on trial, along with others from the MLB for use of steroids, Bonds gave detailed accounts of his use of steroids over the years.  Barry Bonds was convicted of obstruction of justice off of this testimony during his perjury trial back in April of this year and his sentencing came yesterday from Judge Susan Illston.  The prosecutors asked for Bonds to do 15 months in prison but Judge Illson was a lot easier on Bonds.  Judge Illston was sentenced to 3o days house arrest, 2 years probation, 250 hours of community service with youth groups and a $4,000 fine.  Bonds plans to appeal his sentence and Judge Illston agreed to stay his sentence through the appeal.

Do you think that the sentence for Bonds was fair?

Hello Los Angeles

The NBA finally game LA Clippers and the New Orleans the thumbs up to
send CP3 to LA.

After many speculations that Chris Paul would end up with the Lakers before the season begins, CP3 is officially headed to LA, as a Clipper.  Trade talks for Paul originally began with CP3 heading to the Lakers last week but the trade was vetoed by the NBA.  All trades must be approved by the NBA and the trade for Paul to the Lakers was halted due to "basketball reasons". Whatever that means.  But after that trade fail the NBA opened trade talks for CP3 back up and although everyone assumed that the Lakers would eventually be graced with Paul's presence it was the Clippers, the JV of LA as they are called, who rose on top this time in Los Angeles.  After the Clippers first trade discussion for the star PG came to an end feeling that the asking price for Paul was too high, talks were reopened on Monday after the Clippers acquired veteran Chauncey Billups after he was waived by the New York Knicks under the new amnesity clause in the CBA.  After speculation all day the NBA finally approved the trade between the Clippers and the Hornets sending Paul to Los Angeles to join Blake Griffin and new addition Billups and the Hornets received Guard Eric Gordon, Center Chris Kaman, Forward Al-Faruoq Aminu and the 2012 first round pick from Minnesota.  Along with Paul the Clippers will also receive two future second round draft picks.  The trade for Paul had turned into a 'circus' as some called it, with it seeming like no deal was being approved by the league to send Paul away from the NBA owned Hornets.  It was stated that among the Clippers and the Lakers, the Celtics, the Warriors as well as the Knicks, in which CP3 best friend Carmelo Anthony currently plays, were all attempting to make a bid to bring Paul to their town.  In the end Paul ended up in his original destination just with a different team where with the big lights of Hollywood I'm sure Paul and Griffin will shine.  It would have been interesting though to see what happened to the Hornets if the trade did not go through though because before the trade the Hornets only had seven players and eight players are required to suit up in order for the team to play.  I for one am happy that the drama around Who is going to get Chris Paul has come to an end, although it seems that the drama is just getting started with Dwight Howard.  Wonder if he will remain a Magic.  Stay tuned to see what else is happening with trades and players.

Another One Bites the Dust

With the end of the regular season rapping up in the next few weeks a couple of teams are feeling the heat and with the Jaguars firing their head coach at the end of last month the Dolphins and Chiefs have now followed in there footsteps.

Todd Haley, head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, became the second coach of the NFL to be fired during this season.  Chiefs dropped to 5-8 after Sunday's loss against the Jets and the front office felt that it was time for a change in the head coaching position on Monday morning.  Romeo Crennel was name the interim head coach in place of Haley to finish the rest of the season.  Chiefs were plagued by injury throughout the entire season including quarterback Cassel who suffered a broken hand against the Broncos a couple of weeks ago.  Haley's record with the Chiefs was 19-27 up until he was let go on Monday.

"This was a difficult decision but one that we feel is best for the future of the Chiefs." - Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt

Coming shortly after the Chiefs announced their firing of Haley, the Dolphins announced that they would be firing their Head Coach Tony Sparano. The Dolphins got off to a very rough start going 0-7 but have a short turn around to follow.  After dropping to 4-9 after losing Sunday to Eagles the Dolphins front office decided it was best to part ways with Sparano who was 29-32 in his career as Dolphins head coach.  Todd Bowles, assistant head coach, was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.  This season is the 3rd consecutive losing season for the Dolphins and the team has not won a playoff game since 2000.

"Sad and disappointing news on Coach Sparano's termination.  He's a great coach and an even better man.  He will be greatly missed." -Reggie Bush, Miami Dolphin Running Back