WNBA: NEW YORK LIBERTY VS LOS ANGELES SPARKS

The Date: Sunday, 6/26/2K11
The Locale: Prudential Center, aka "The Rock," Newark, NJ

Cappie Pondexter scored a game-high 22 points, grabbed 7 rebounds, handed out 5 assists & recorded 3 steals on the defensive end in a 77-67 victory over their long-time rival L.A. Sparks. Essence Carson, (the team's 2nd most athletic player after CP23) contributed 18 points off the bench & Plenette Pierson scored 14 for the Liberty. NY went on a 12-0 run during the final 3:05 of the 2nd quarter to take a 41-33 halftime lead, spearheaded by the play of Pondexter on both ends of the floor. Super-talented All-Star Candace Parker led the Sparks with 16 points & 11 boards, but left the game midway through the 3rd quarter with a potentially serious right knee injury & did not return. Parker suffered the injury as she dribbling up the court & simultaneously banged knees with either her own teammate or a Liberty player. She was lying on the floor in agonizing pain for a few minutes & was able to get up on her feet to a nice ovation from the crowd, but was hobbling going into the locker room. L.A. was never able to fully recover & for most of the game were careless with the basketball, turning it over 20 times. With the win, the Liberty pulled even at the .500 mark at 4-4, while the Sparks fell to 4-3.

*Monday, 6/27/2K11: NY Liberty All-Star G Cappie Pondexter was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, 6/20 through Sunday, June 26.

*Other Notes: NY Liberty legend & current Louisiana Tech womens basketball head coach Teresa Weatherspoon & current player for the Chicago Sky Tamera Young (her team had the off-day) were in the building taking in the game. Also at The Rock were the newest members of the NY Knicks, draft picks Iman Shumpert & Josh Harrelson. I got the opportunity to briefly chat with them & ask a few questions. Shumpert was celebrating his birthday as well as supporting his friend & fellow Georgia Tech alum, NY Liberty rookie Alex Montgomery. 7,625 fans were in attendance. (Liberty & Sparks fans) NBA perennial All-Star Kobe Bryant's dad Joe 'Jellybean' Bryant is in his 1st season on the Sparks' bench as an assistant to head coach Jennifer Gillom.

The 10 'Dirtiest' Foods You're Eating

An estimated 200,000 Americans contract food poisoning EVERYDAY, according to sources from The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, but in the opinion of notable microbiologist Philip Tierno, he believes the actual tally is closer to an whopping 800,000 per day. In 4 of 5 food poisoning cases, the attack happens at home-right (on the plate) under our noses. Here are the 10 foods to be cautious of:

1) Chicken
2) Ground Beef
3) Ground Turkey
4) Oysters
5) Eggs
6) Cantaloupe
7) Peaches
8) Lettuce
9) Cold Cuts (from the Deli)
10) Scallions

Weiner MUST Be A Goner, & Soon!

(These were my thoughts a few days before he officially resigned on Thursday 6/16/2K11)

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn, Queens NYC) now faces more pressure than ever to step down from his post in Congress as more 'inappropriate' photos are released to the public. And what's even more disturbing about the newest pics is that they were snapped at his workplace in Washington, DC & is not sitting well at all with his fellow constituents. As we, the general public, can now assess is that Weiner is totally obsessed with himself with all of these lewd photos, just to satisfy his female followers in the social internet world of Twitter & Facebook. In my opinion, he looks silly & is not acting his 46 years of age. It's also obvious that he wasn't thinking clearly of the potential circumstances & tried to cover things up from the get-go through denials & lies. The man truly needs pyschiatric help! Weiner, while he has remained defiant in saying that he has no plans on resigning, will eventually have no choice but to step down for the sake of restoring decency & respectability to how members of Congress should conduct themselves in the public eye. With all that has transpired with Rep. Weiner the past couple of weeks with this whole 'internet sexting' dilemma, which he brought all on himself, it behooves him to accept his unfortunate transgressions, resign from his post & solely focus on repairing his image in both his personal & family life. His wife of less than a year, the beautiful Huma Abedin, is currently 3 months pregnant with their 1st child & I presume immensely furious about the whole situation, but is standing by her man, for now. I think we've all seen this type of movie play itself out before & still no lessons have been learned. (ie. Tiger Woods (minus the nude photos), etc) Crazy, crazy & more crazy! SMH