Forward Rasheed Wallace of the Detroit Pistons has finally committed to play for the

Boston Celtics next season agreeing on a two-year deal that  starts at the mid-level exception (expected to be about $5.6 million to $5.8 million).

In Wallace, the Boston Celtics are hoping to add a versatile player that is tough, a hard-nosed defender and is a scoring threat from anywhere on the court. He is however volatile and hot-headed leading the NBA in technical fouls for many seasons (even setting a record 41 in 2000–2001).

But he has proven that he can be a very valuable addition to a roster  due to his strong desire to win. He was a big factor to the Detroit Pistons winning the 2004 NBA Championship. He is also a big friend of Kevin Garnett which might help him rein in his silly outbursts.

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In a historic event that promises to be the biggest in the history of the mixed-martial arts world, UFC celebrates its 100th show with a star-studded cast of fighters. It is scheduled for July 11, 2009 (July 12, Sunday here in the Philippines) at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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I was watching Saksi of GMA Network last Friday night when a report about the NBI raid of the office of fleshasiadaily.com site operators caught my attention.

I immediately plurked about it but since no one seemed to really care about it (maybe because I don’t have enough followers and plurks are not indexed by google), I decided to make a post about it.

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When forward Jermaine O’Neal was brought to the Toronto Raptors before the start of the 2008-09 season, many thought that his rebounding and defense will immediately provide support to the team’s front court of Andrea Bargnani and Chris Bosh. For some reasons, it did not work. By the All-Star break, O’Neal was traded to the Miami Heat for another forward, Shawn Marion. Still, it was not enough for the Raptors to make the playoffs.

In the current free-agency market, the team managed to net another forward, Hedo Turkoglu of the Orlando Magic to the tune of a a five-year, $53 million deal. It was sudden as Turkuglo reportedly already gave a verbal agreement with the Portland Trailblazers earlier.

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Ever since a new strain of influenza A virus subtype H1N1 commonly referred to as swine flu first hit Mexico in March 2009, it has already spread to other parts of the world and infected a large proportion of the human population that it already became known as the 2009 flu pandemic.

Pandemics can cause high levels of mortality. According to reports from the World Health Organization (WHO) and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the confirmed total number of humans infected by the AH1N1 (swine flu) virus is at 124,000+ and deaths at 700+. This record is as of July 7, 2009.

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From January to February 2007, Jollibee offered Transformers toys for the first time as part of its Kids Meal. It was called Transformers Cybertron Robot Blasters. The robots can be transformed into their alternate modes as well. The toys were released in partnership with toy company Hasbro.

Characters represented were Optimus Prime and Jetfire for the Autobots, Megatron for the Decepticons and Vector Prime, one of the Original Thirteen Transformers. Here they are:

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