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Amber Lee Ettinger better known as Obama Girl  is an actor / model from Hazleton, Pennsylvania who went viral after her appearance in the ”I Got a Crush… on Obama” video.  Ever since then, she has been everywhere from Saturday Night Live to Geraldo at Large.  Smart, hot and distracting!  

Happy Independence Day!

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5. Above the Rim (1994)

Starring: Duane Martin, Leon, Tupac Shakur, Marlon Wayans, Bernie Mac
Director: Jeff Pollack

The basketball action was way to scripted although good and the story of inner-city youth using sports to escape the ghetto…kinda old. However, Tupac’s potrayal as the local kingpin is too real and the soundtrack is easliy the best on the list.Plus you, you know you were trying to bring Kyle Watson’s game to the park back in the day after watching this flick.

Memorable Quotes: Birdie - “I’m the one! Shit has changed! It’s a new day, bro. If you can’t clean up your act,I suggest you raise the f*ck up and get the hell out of Dodge… or get caught up.”

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Straight outta, Canberra, Australia Emily Scott is an Australian commercial, lingerie and glamour model.  In February 2007, Scott was announced as “Sexiest Aussie Babe” by FHM Australia after a readers` poll. In fact she is so sexy that dingos would not eat her babies.

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What’s more Canadian than Hockey?  Well…nothing but, Basketball Canada named it’s 12 man roster to qualify for the Beijing Olympics over the weekend.  Samuel Dalembert of the Philadelphia 76ers is the lone NBA player included on the Canadian squad and I’ve gotta say.  Being that Steve Nash is only a two time NBA MVP; Canada should be doing everything short of babysitting Steve and his wife Alejandra’s kids for him to come out of International retirement.

Here is Canada’s 12-man roster:

National Post

Okay so a while back I mentioned that I would have a Top 25 Distraction “vote off” at the end of the year. Screw that Instead the Top 25 most viewed lasses will be the Hooped Up Top 25 Distractions. Deal?..Deal. Now lets continue with the awesomeness, and enjoy Puerto Rican model Bianca Holland. Yes, everyone is a winner with The Distraction.  

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Phoenix will target a backup point guard, a shooter and a big man in free agency. The Sunsare determined to lighten 34-year-old point guardSteve Nash’s load. The point-guard target list includes 31-year-old Tyronn Lue. The speedy 6-footer is a 39 percent career 3-point shooter and friend of Suns center Shaquille O’Neal. In March, he considered the Suns before signing with Dallas. Anthony Johnson, a 33-year-old who has switched teams nine times, and Chris Duhon, a pricier prospect, also interest the Suns. For a wing player, the Suns like Jarvis Hayes. He played for the Detroit Pistons last season when new Suns coach Terry Porter was an assistant there.

Arizona Republic

Sequels aren’t always bad especially when they are in the form of Prague sensation Jan Defi aka Princessa / Princzessa / Maria Swan / the distraction.

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The 1986 NBA Draft was held on June 17, 1986 and is perhaps most notable for the drug-related death of highly-touted Len Bias less than two days after being selected second overall by the defending champion Boston Celtics.  Each year around NBA draft day, the pre-cautionary tale of Len Bias comes en vogue and we are reminded of the most tragic event in NBA draft history.

As fate would have it, Bias has now been dead for as long as he was alive, the Celtics are once again NBA champions and Micheal Weinreb has written The Day Innocence Died, the best Len Bias story I have ever read.  

After reading this story readers will truly understand the ripple effect caused by the death of Len Bias. 

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I am loving the Steve Nash workout program, up until the tennis bit.  Who wouldn’t want to skateboard and play soccer as part of training?  

As I mentioned last week, Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys is set to make his directorial debut with Gunnin’ For That #1 Spot opening tomorrow in selected theaters across the USA.   The documentary follows top high school players invited to a tournament held at Rucker Park in Harlem to showcase what they got.

Adam Yauch sits down to discuss the film with IFC.

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