Bryant Gumbel is and Idiot and/or a Racist

"Count me among (those) who don't like them and won't watch them," Gumbel said, "a paucity of blacks that makes the Winter Games look like a GOP convention."

So Gumbel doesn't like the Winter Olympics because there aren't enough blacks there? So is he trying to advocate that we should only be interested in watching sports where people of the same colour are playing? If that's true, where will all the money (from viewers and fans) go in the NBA? Where will people be inspired to become an athlete if they don't see role models for the sport?

Bryant Gumbel was both racially and politically offensive in his observation. Whether he's a racist or not I don't know, his wife is white, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything; my wife's ex-husband is black and his wife is white and he's one of the most racist people I've met. Either way he's an idiot and should apologise and clarify his stance. If he doesn't like the games (I sure don't), then fine, but it should be because he doesn't like the events not because of the race of the people competing in it! It's also typical that he can throw in an anti-GOP comment, why is it that entertainment people always feel the need to shove political propaganda down our throats!

Further reading: Sadly, Bryant Gumbel comment ensures that the race card is still in play (Miami Herald)

SHH #2: Deeyah

The 28-year old "Muslim Madonna" is causing some contoversy lately. The singer, who was born in Norway but moved to the UK after her act alienated her from the Muslim community, has been forced to cancel performances and hire a team of bodyguards after inciting anger from British Muslims as well.

Her most recent video is a harsh take on the Muslim world's treatment of women. It features Deeyah shedding a burka in favor of a bikini. She is, of course, getting death threats.

But the video's not all about booty-shaking your way to freedom of expression. The video features other Muslim and Middle Eastern women who have fought for women's rights. There are women, throughout the video, pictured removing strips of tape from their mouths.
The Jawa Report thinks this is exactly the way to fight Islamofascism-- fight fire with hotness. Contact Music, however, reports that has come under fire from the leading Islamic council in Britain, which believes the singer is Hindu and is lying about her religion.

You can see the video here and here. To hear the song visit her myspace or click here for an MP3 clip.

Whatever it's all about all I know is she is some Super Hot Honee!

Here are links to her photos and bio on her website. Additional photos can be found here.

Sven Considers Rio in Midfield!?

Rumour has it that Sven-Goran Eriksson will study Rio Ferdinand's ability as an emergency midfielder in the next three months. The England boss is still keen to develop the option of a midfield with a defensive screener.Eriksson said: "In some games maybe we need a sitting midfielder. Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard can do it but they are not playing that role at their clubs. Rio could be a choice. Ledley King is another choice. Michael Carrick another who is playing better and better. It depends how many times Rio plays in that role for Manchester United but it might be possible."

What is this man thinking, is he trying to find any way possible to put Rio in the team? Unless Rio suddenly develops a amazing left foot (to fill our only problem position on the left) he should feel lucky to even be on the bench! Of course this is all probably just a sign that Carragher is the better choice to parter Terry than the ManScum has been.

But com'mon this is England, United need him in the middle because they are so short of midfield players. At the international level we should be relying on players that play that role, until Erikson gets off the whole reputation is everything there's no hope for England in this years World Cup. If he plays the form players (that have international experience) and players with the drive and passion that England need then we're in with a shout, if he doesn't then we're finished!

Luton Wanted Fowler

The MAD Hatter's assistant boss Brian Stein admitted that they tried to sign Robbie Fowler from Manchester City before he returned to Liverpool last month. Once Mike Newell found out that Fowler wanted regular football and would be willing to leave Citeh, he wanted to try and sign him.

The stumbling block? "He was on £45,000 a week. We said we could help out, but it would only have been about £2,500 a week."

Now there's a shocker, fancy that - it would be like me at my job (where I'm bored out of my skull), taking a job in a smaller (crappier) company, with even more untalented staff for $1 an hour, just for the pleasure of working!!! I'm sure I can convince my wife that such a move makes sense if anyone out there has such an attractive offer for me!

"We were deadly serious because we wanted a proven goalscorer." SERIOUS!?

Mad as Hatters!!!

Sexual Deviants in Training

Sure they're cute little boys now, but just you wait until they grow up! ...

FA To Commemorate the 40th Anniversary

The Football Association intend to announce plans in the near future to mark England's 1966 World Cup success.

Reports suggested the FA were not going to commemorate the achievement, the one and so far only time England have won the tournament, but the sport's national governing body insist something is in the pipeline to hail the heroes of 1966.

A spokesman said: "In this World Cup year, we are certainly not forgetting the last group of England players to have won the competition.

"We are in discussions with many of the England 1966 players and their representatives about how best to mark the anniversary later in the year, and are working closely with the Governmemt and the German ambassador. We hope to announce definite plans soon."

Let's hope for the greatest celebration of the '66 acheivement 40 years ago, by repeating the feat in (please be a good omen) Germany.

West Germany were beaten 4-2 after extra time in the final at Wembley on July 30, 1966.

Pearce has no contract!

Man City boss, Stuart Pearce, has announced that he is working without a contract, "There is a contract there, but it's not signed," said Pearce. "Bits of paper don't really mean a great deal to me...In some ways a contract wouldn't be worth the paper it's written on because of the clauses I have asked to go in there."

Now admittedly it seems to be that it's just the way he likes to work, "If at some point in the future this club don't want me to be their manager, I'm not going to argue with them about giving me a pay-off for this or that. I wouldn't want their money.

"Likewise, if I am to leave this football club anywhere down the line for whatever reason, I don't feel that, having walked through the door for nothing five years ago, it should be the case that the club say we want £1 million or £2million for him and handcuff me. If it works one way, it has got to work both ways."

It's an interesting way to work (and probably a more down-to-earth, head-to-the-grindstone kind of attitude), but what would he do if his player's followed his lead. Surely, Joey Barton for one would have been long gone during the January transfer window!?

Two points of interest though are: 1. that Pearce obviously feels like contracts are just "handcuffs" to him (I wonder if this is some hangover from when he was a player), and 2. what kind of clauses does he have that would make his contract useless and why were Man City satisfied with that?

Spiderman's Black in Action

Spiderman (Toby McGuire) will be donning the black suit as Venom is introduced in the latest Spiderman flick.

There are only going to be two villains, the Sandman (Thomas Hayden Church) and Venom(Topher Grace). This despite James Franco Goblin finalie in Spiderman 2. Allegedly Parker's friend won't turn to a bad guy until Spiderman 4 (!)

In Spiderman 3 he is actually going to help Spiderman defeat the villains (as the Goblin?), possibly saving his life.

Spiderman Three hits your screens on May 4, 2007!

Mayor Suspended Over 'Nazi' Jibe

The Evening Standard are reporting the London Mayor Ken Livingstone is being suspended for a month after comparing one of the Evening Standard's own reporters as a Nazi concentration camp guard.

A three-man (shouldn't that be "three-person", we don't want to offend) Adjudication Panel for England unanimously ruled that Mayor Livingstone had been "unnecessarily insensitive and offensive" to Evening Standard jewish reporter, Oliver Finegold, in February last year.

He knew he was jewish, but please, he was probably refering to the way he was going on about his work. Everyone knows the majority of journalists are arseholes and being from a right-leaning newspaper (owned by the Daily Mail) I'm sure she loved the chance to have a dig at the looney-left Mayor.

I've no love for Mayor Livingstone, I think he a real twat (excpet for some of the things I've hear he's done to combat terror in London). Now he has to pay $80,000 for legal expenses, ah well it's probably pocket change for a champagne socilist like him anyway.

When the polictical correctnics start to get one of there own it's all just a sign that the end is near!

SHH #1: Pam Anderson

Yes I know she's not the same without makeup, yet I know they are fake, but when she's on the right end of a camera or running down a beach in her bathing suit she is something to see!

More Pammy pics here.

Click here for her IMDB bio.