The end of Suggiie B's Talking to You and the start of HARD MagaZine

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It's been a long time coming but I have decided to revamp the blog and rename it for what I hope in some years to be a magazine online and ON NEWSTANDS to be a rival to Maxim and other men's magazines. This is HARD MagaZine. Fans of the present blog will be provided with a new link when the new one is up and running. I'd like to thank friends of the blog such as my man Chris, CJ aka the UPG Guy, Roy, and others, even Marcy R!

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Justin Beiber is a Girl!!!! SBTY Exclusive###

 Look at the pic above, one or both of those is a girl.

Justin Beiber may actually be a girl. Ask yourself, why doesn't he kiss girls in his videos? Why does he look like a Puerto Rican lesbian? Come on! Him and Selen Gomez are friends? Yeah, girlfr

Me and my bros were watching T.V. and found the original True Grit on AMC. Did you guys know the chick in that movie looks like Justin Beiber. Then you watch the damn celebrity game and he was playing like a WNBA star.

Yo Sugeheads, I'm sorry to tell you this but Justin Beiber is a broad, dude!!!

Mr.Big Shot is Back!

Chauncey Billups, up until last night was mentioned as a "throw in" in the deal that made Carmelo Anthony a Knick. He was sent out of Denver for two main reasons, to give Ty Lawson more playing time, because he is the Nuggets point guard of the future, and to get the Nuggets under the luxury tax threshold.

Although he is a bit older, this is a guy that won an NBA Finals MVP while playing for Larry Brown, who is notoriously tough on his point guards. He went to seven straight conference finals, that's something only Magic Johnson has done. He isn't a marquee star. His jersey wasn't flying off the shelves when he was with Detroit or Denver, it may not even with the Knicks. But he is a veteran leader. He may not be a Knick past next year because of the possibility of acquiring Chris Paul or maybe even Deron Williams. He is the type of player that every team needs. A straight up leader.

In his first game as a Knick, Billups was seen talking to Toney Douglas and Bill Walker, giving them advice and both responded by having big games. Knicks GM Donnie Walsh said they lucked out in getting Billups. Nuggets head coach George Karl said he was sad to lose Chauncey which at the time I thought was a snide remark towards Carmelo Anthony, but now I'm thinking it was genuine.

Last night, he had a game in which the box score wouldn't tell you he was good, but, if you watch the game he was definitely a difference maker. He was balling out of his mind. He hit several big shots. One 3 pointer that begun a 16-0 run to closeout the first half and two bug shots within the last three minutes of the game. He had two big steals during that time as well.

I do miss Raymond Felton and wish him the best in Denver and anywhere else he goes, but, before him, the point guards for the Knicks were Stephon Marbury and Chris Duhon. Billups is a general on the floor. I may be speaking a little early but my bro, Chris, said to me this morning that the Knicks might have their own "Big Three".

Melo and Stat also had big games. Anthony put up 29 points and played great defense on LeBron, which is something he is not known for. Amare had 16 points and 10 boards. He also may have had the play of the night by blocking James's layup with 7 seconds left. The bench came up big with strong play by Shawne Williams, Anthony Carter, Toney Douglas, and Bill Walker.

The game last night has me excited for not only the rest of the season but also the playoffs. This team does not look like the easy first round exit analysts project them to be.

Duke's passing reminds us of an old era of great baseball

Duke Snider passed away yesterday. He was the "Duke of Flatbush" when the Dodgers played in Brooklyn.

For the first half of the last century New York had three different franchises. One in the Bronx, one in Harlem, and one in Brooklyn. The Yankees, Giants, and Dodgers once ruled baseball, New York once ruled baseball. There was once a fifteen year stretch where at least one of those teams were in the World Series. Prior to both the Giants and Dodgers leaving New York in 1957, these franchises won the last eight series before that year.

There was a great debate as to which team had the best center fielder. The Yankees had Mickey Mantle. The Giants had Willie Mays. The Dodgers had Duke Snider.

Even though I am a Yankees fan, I have always been fascinated with the fact that New York once had three great baseball teams and are now only left with one (and it's surely not the Mets). We are left with great moments such as the "Shot Heard Round the World", "The Catch", and many others. The Dodgers have had great success in Los Angeles and the Giants finally won the World Series since leaving the Polo Grounds. The Giants also did a great gesture in having Willie Mays bring their World Series Trophy to Harlem to honor their history in New York.

I do feel though, that both franchises should do a little more in paying homage to their New York roots. Such as wearing New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers road unis when they visit city field or have an interleague matchup against the Yankees.

The Duke lived a great life and was regarded as royalty in Brooklyn. He was a sensational center fielder. He was born in Los Angeles but raised as a great baseball player in Brooklyn and was probably more mad than anyone when the team was moved to his hometown.

Stat and Melo: The Start of the a new Culture taking over the Garden

The Garden has sold out on most nights for longer than I can remember. But, I believe people go to the Garden not to see the Knicks, instead they came to see basketball at the Garden. Basketball at the Garden is one of the greatest spectacles ever. People who actually come to the Garden to see the Knicks didn't see a spectacle but most nights saw a debacle. After the atrocious teams assembled by the likes of Scott Layden and most notoriously, Isiah Thomas, this year's team created by Donnie Walsh is like a breath of fresh air. By breath of fresh air it was like you just came out of a small room where everyone was farting.

This is and always will be the Mecca of basketball. Some people say that it shouldn't be because the Knicks are hardly relevant in the NBA and even if they are the franchise only has two titles, both won when my mom was a toddler. The reason that this is the Mecca of basketball is because this city has basketball in its blood. There's as blacktops in this town as there are McDonalds. This is the home of the Big East Tournament, not to mention that almost everyone has allegiances to at least one Big East team if not all. This a place where St.John's beating top 20 teams on a regular basis means the Johnnies are back to normal. The NIT is played at the Garden every year. New York City is basketball.

Carmelo Anthony, whom some call the best scorer in the game today, is finally a Knick after months of waiting. He could possibly become the best scoring Knick since Bernard King. The trade was finalized today and his first game in Blue and Orange(professionally anyways) will be tomorrow against the Milwaukee Bucks. I didn't it would be done before the deadline. With the luck the Knicks(and other New York sports teams, i.e.Cliff Lee) of getting a big name star such as last summer with LeBron James, I didn't think we would have got him. After buzz about the Nets returning to the picture during NBA All Star Weekend with their trade package that was much better than the Knicks, I thought we wouldn't get him. On Monday, we did get him.

New York has two superstars in Amare Stoudemire and Melo, and if people can call Chris Bosh a superstar because he plays with Lebron James and Dwayne Wade, I will go as far as to call Chauncey Billups a superstar as well. They have a young star in Landry Fields who will continue to get better. The last time there was a young star put beside 3 great players he became an All Star himself. The person I'm talking about is Rajon Rondo of the Celtics. Being around high caliber players make those around them take their game to a higher level.I really like Fields and I am glad he was not included in the deal for Melo.

The sad part of these trades is that you part with some players you liked. Raymond Felton played at a much higher level than he had with the Charlotte Bobcats. For his first couple months as a Knick he played at an all star level but his game started to slip in January. Gallo has a very high ceiling and shows signs of a Dirk Nowitzki type player. The problem I had with him was his inconsistency. He was have good games and very few great games. It seemed as though if his three point range was off, it would throw off his entire game. Wilson Chandler is a great shooter and played like a poor man's Melo, so when you have the chance to get the real deal, he would be the first to go. Eddy Curry and Anthony Randolph who were traded to the Timberwolves never played so it isn't hard to miss them. The best memory of Timofey Mozgov was a funny "tell me how my balls smell" dunk by Blake Griffin over him, so he definitely won't be missed by me.

I don't think the Knicks will win this year but in a 7 game series anything can happen. The goal is to set up a team with player in their prime years to win sometime this decade and to continue contending during that time.

There have been rumblings that this pairing of stars might be bad for the league. I believe it's better to show that the Lakers, Celtics, and Heat won't monopolize the NBA Finals. More teams might start doing this.

At least for the next few seasons, the same hype that I have for the Yankees, Giants, and Jets, I can now have for the Knicks. We have to add a few more pieces to the team before we can think of playing in June but I do think we'll be playing in May, that's something I wasn't sure about before this season.

Quick NBA All Star Reaction...

The NBA does the best job at putting on an All Star Game. Think of it, you tune in Friday to watch the Celebrity Game and the Rookie/Sophomore Game. Saturday you watch the skills competition, 3 point shootout, and the dunk contest. Then Sunday the actual All Star Game takes place. No other sport does it better.

Aside from the celebrity game, which was a sham and further proves the teenage girls and their cell phones rule the world, the festivities were amazing. Some people were not impressed by Blake Griffin's dunk over the hood of a car but it definitely did bring a level of excitement to the contest that hasn't been there for a while. The issues I did have with All Star Weekend were very few.

I didn't like that it was in LA. Los Angeles is a beautiful place to host anything, but, the West has hosted the game for 8 years in a row now. Luckily, Orlando is hosting next year, and NBA commisioner David Stern has said that when Madison Square Garden finishes its renovations, New York will be heavily considered for the game. I feel that the game should alternate from east to west every year like MLB does with the National and American Leagues.

I also didn't like that Kobe Bryant won the MVP. I'm the last person that would campaign for anything,but, Lebron was the MVP even though it would be in a losing effort. He showed leadership on and off the court during the game. HE HAD A GODDAMN TRIPLE DOUBLE. He was amazing. Michael Jordan is the only other player to do it in an All Star Game. I will go as far as to say James's performance was better.

Other than those two things the NBA showed that it definitely is where "amazing" happens.

A tribute to a Grade A Sheff

I'd like to shout out true baseball fans on this post. If you are a real baseball fan you can appreciate this post.


Gary Sheffield officially retired today from baseball and after his play in 2009 and him not playing in 2010, it was a forgone conclusion that he was done as a baseball player.I should also mention he was the nephew of a great baseball player in his own right in pitcher, Dwight "Doc" Gooden.

He played for many different teams during his career including my beloved New York Yankees. He began playing with the Milwaukee Brewers in 1988 and was traded to the San Diego Padres in 1992. Midseason 1993 he was traded to the Florida Marlins, where he started to become a star, won a World Series in 1997. He was then included in the infamous fire sale of the Marlins in the following season by team owner Wayne Huizenga. He was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. He stayed there for three and a half years and then again traded, this time to the Atlanta Braves. He spent two years as a Brave and was granted free agency. Sheffield could finally go somewhere of his choice. He choose the New York Yankees. After spending three seasons with the Bombers he was traded to the Tigers where he stayed for two season but was cut and signed to play his final season for the New York Mets.

Over his career he accumulated 509 homeruns and over 1600 runs batted in and more than 2500 hits. That is a great career and he will be eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2014. Whether or not he gets in is the question. There was a lot of speculation of whether or not he took steroids or other performance enhancers. And even without steroids his career would be what voters would call that of a compiler. That is a player who had good numbers over a long period of time but never had any outstanding seasons. Also with the amount of times he had been traded, voters may think he was never a good teammate or a leader who was so valuable to his team that he was un-tradeable. Truth is, according to baseball-reference.com, comparable players to Sheffield include greats like Mel Ott, Reggie Jackson, Frank Robinson, and the person I believe to be the greatest baseball player ever, Micky Mantle.

What I can discuss about Sheffield is his time with the Yankees. He joined the Yankees after their pennant winning season of 2003. With him batting cleanup behind Alex Rodriguez(whom they also acquired that offseason), the sky was the limit for the Yankees. That October something happened that I rather not discuss but, it did not end in a championship for the Yanks. But, that year Sheffield finish second for AL MVP behind Vlad Guerrero. He mirrored his 2004 season in 2005 but finished 8th in the MVP voting. 2006 began the end of his time with the Yankees. He got injured in May and the Yankees found their replacement for him when they traded for Bobby Abreu. When he returned in September he went as far as learning to play first base to get regular at bats. In the offseason he got into a rift with Yankee GM Brian Cashman and was traded to the Detroit Tigers for three players that weren't even relevant in their time with the Yankees. At that time I was so pissed at that, but today I realize we found a taker for an old slugger with two expensive years left on his contract. After his time with the Yankees he also let out a secret than many other former disgruntled Yankees said after they left; Joe Torre was not an unbiased manager. He said Torre would call out certain players during team meetings and deal with some players differently with others. He took it a bit further by claiming Torre was a little racist in his management, but that part, I completely disagree with.

He will be remembered for his unique batting stance where he waved the bat back and forth as he anticipated the pitch. When in came he struck it with all his might. One personally memory I recall was a game me and my friend Bobbie went to in 2005. He came to the plate and the bat left his hands and headed straight to third base coach Larry Bowa. Bowa luckily wasn't hurt but it it was funny as hell to watch. I also remember watching a game on TV when the Yankees were in Boston. Sheffield chase down a ball near the outfield wall and an a**hole fan took a swipe at his face and Sheffield shoved the shit out of him. That was great to watch but I think we lost that game. Another personal memory was me and my boy LostUno's first game at Citi Field in 2009 when Sheff was playing for the Mets(you know, that shitty team across the bridge). It was at that time I realized Sheffield is pretty much done as an outfielder because the first ball hit to him he dropped. he hit 10 bombs that year, that included his 500th. 10 homeruns for the Mets, playing most of your games at cavernous Citi Field would be at least 20-25 on any other team, I think he had a little left in his bat.

Gary Sheffield I wish you the best for your retirement and hope you make it to the Hall of Fame. Check Sheff's career out here at Baseball-Reference.