Chris Douglas-Roberts probably was the most overlooked college player in this year’s NBA draft. While his fellow teammate, point guard Derrick Rose went number one, Douglas-Roberts dropped all the way to the 40th spot. New Jersey selected the 6 foot 7 guard, and may have gotten a steal in the draft. Along side Yi Jianlian, Bobby Simmons, Brook Lopez, Ryan Anderson, the New Jersey Nets are looking good going into the 2008-2009 season. Douglas-Roberts wasn’t even a little bit upset about where he was picked, he said this: “I could have ended up on the Lakers, you know? Somewhere like that, where there’s no playing time.” He was then ask if he had a chip on his shoulders, and he told ESPN: “Big. Big chip. Big. That’s the biggest motivation I have. Getting picked 40, I’m gonna write a book.”

Douglas Roberts was part of the Memphis Tigers team that went 38-2 (including the tournament), and averaged 18.1 points per game last season. Douglas-Roberts came out to say that he didn’t workout for all the NBA teams, and when the draft got around the 15 to 25 pick he knew he wouldn’t be selected. We don’t understand that decision, because we think that you would want to try out for every team so everyone knows about you. He might have ended up in a great place, but for younger players trying to make it to the NBA, shop yourself everywhere. Don’t limit yourself to just a few teams.

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As if Kanye didn’t need something else to blog about….

In a concert at the Glastonbury Festival in England, Amy Winehouse shocked the crowd when she re-worded her song “Some Unholy War” and instead of the actual lyrics, Amy shouted out, “at least I’m not opening for a cunt like Kanye.” She later said that Kanye’s next album should be titled “Cunts Like Kanye.” There has been no known bad blood between the two entertainers, but we are sure it had something to do with Kanye’s 2 and a half hour delay at the Bonnaroo festival. Kanye commented back about the diss in a blog saying, “This just in…Amy Winehouse hates me!!!I’ve really made it!!!LOL!!!” Hip Hop mogul Jay Z also performed at the festival, and had this to say to MTV news about the remarks:

?She said something about Kanye late on (in her set) but I didn?t hear it and I don?t agree with it. He?s my brother and the biggest artist on Roc-A-Fella (records) right now.” I guess I should hook them up because he?s a great guy too. I don?t know what the problem is- I don?t know where that (comment) came from.?

Prior to her remix bashing Kanye, a video of the concert shows Winehouse bending down during her performance of “Rehab” and grunting as she punched one of the fans in the cowd. Also seen in the video, Winehouse mean mugs this person for the rest of the song. James Gostelow commented after the show that there were no hard feelings and “Not everyone can say they been hit by Amy Winehouse.” Nuts, we know. Galstonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis, defended Winehouse’s actions saying the fan either grabbed her hair or her breast.

Winehouse has always been a media hog, with her antics attracting the attention of the paparazzi day in and day out. Lately she has been in the news even more than usual with her recent blackout and extended stay in the hospital where she was treated for pre-emphysema symptoms. Shortly after being released from the hospital, Amy was seen firing up a cigarette. Just when the sparks where starting to die out Amy had to add fuel to the fire to keep the spotlight on her with her remarks about Kanye.

We will keep you posted!!

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This is one of those WTF stories. We send our children to school trusting that the staff will protect them and keep them safe while they learn. At Charter Oak High School in Los Angles, California that wasn’t the case for several African American students. In their school yearbook they were given fake “hood” names like, Tay Tay Shaniqua and Laquan White. The picture here shows the actual yearbook as it was printed and distributed to students, staff, and parents. This is not the first instance of racism at this school, but it is definitely the most outrageous. When asked about the usage of such racist monikers, the school principal Kathleen Wiard had this to say:

“It appears that during the process of creating the yearbook, filler names were put in and not corrected at the proofreading part.”

African American students account for less than 5% of Charter Oak High’s population. “Filler names” like the ones that were used should not be acceptable. Whatever happened to John Doe and Jane Doe? No matter how much this principle tries to cover up this mistake, it is clear that there are some racial issues going on in this school, and some action should be taken.

The editors and staff of the yearbook surely saw this during their editing process and we here at Random Gossip think it “slipped through the cracks” because it was allowed to. Pictures of unknown students could have easily been labeled as “unknown.” The blatant racism here is inexcusable and shouldn’t be tolerated. The students should have to pay for the re-printing of the yearbooks and the teacher responsible for them should be fired. What do you think?

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