Apr 282013
 

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NBA legend Michael Jordan married Yvette Prieto Saturday in Palm Beach, Florida.

The 50-year-old owner of the Charlotte Bobcats exchanged wedding vows with his model fiancee at the Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church before making his way to the reception held in a massive 40,000 square foot tent at the Bears Club on the golf course founded by Jack Nicklaus in 1999.

The groom wore a black tuxedo and his bride wore a French silk voile corseted sheer sheath gown by J’Aton Couture, in an ecru palette with accents of flesh tones and enhanced with Swarovski crystals.

She was able to enter the church without being photographed thanks to a group of seven men who shielded her from view with large white umbrellas.

The bridesmaid numbered eight and were dressed in grey floor length gowns in various styles.

Michael’s mother Deloris Peoples was among the 300 attendees.  Others included former New York Knicks Patrick Ewing, former Chicago Bulls Scottie Pippen and his wife, Spike Lee and Ahmad Rashad.

The after party was just a short walk away from Jordan’s mega-estate in the exclusive gated community of Jupiter.  His neighbor Tiger Woods attended solo … opting not to bring his girlfriend Lindsey Vonn to the high profile event – pic here.

Entertaining at the event were DJ MC Lyte, K’Jon, Robin Thicke, Usher, The Source and an 18-piece band.

Jordan divorced his first wife, Juanita Vanoy Jordan, in 2006.  Their three children Jeffrey, 24, Marcus, 22, and Jasmine, 19, attended the ceremony.

Michael’s daughter tweeted, “It’s been a long & beautiful day.”

Jasmine wasted little time in leaving the Sunshine State behind.  She posted on Twitter, “Good morning.  Thank God for this glorious day.  Once again, I’m headed to the airport.  Back to Syracuse I go.  Ending my junior year this week.”

Check out a photo that the couple released on Twitter:

Michael Jordan released this photo on Twitter

Photos:  WENN, Twitter

Apr 182013
 

Brittney Griner comes out

No. 1 overall WNBA draft pick Brittney Griner talked candidly about being gay in interviews with the media this week, encouraging girls and young women to be themselves and not worry about what others think.

“Just be who you are,” Griner said in an interview with Sports Illustrated’s Maggie Gray on Wednesday. “Don’t worry about what other people are going to say, because they’re always going to say something, but, if you’re just true to yourself, let that shine through. Don’t hide who you really are.”

Earlier this week, the former Baylor star discussed being bullied as a child, and credited her parents for encouraging her to be herself no matter what.

“It was hard, just being picked on for being different, just being bigger, my sexuality, everything,” she said. “I overcame it and got over it. Definitely something that I am very passionate about. I want to work with kids and bring recognition to the problem, especially with the LGBT community.”

See Sports Illustrated interview video

photo: FayesVision/WENN

Feb 282013
 

Michael Jordan's new house in North Carolina

Michael Jordan has returned to his roots and purchased a new house in Cornelius, North Carolina.

Jordan, a majority owner of the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats, spent most of his childhood in North Carolina, and played college ball for the North Carolina Tar Heels. His new home, located on Lake Norman, is just 22 miles from where the Bobcats play.

Jordan, who just celebrated his 50th birthday, got a great deal on the 12,310 square foot lakefront home, snapping it up for $2.8 million. The home was originally listed for $3.99 million in 2011, before being foreclosed on in August 2012. It was later relisted for $3.49 million.

Built in 1993, the 6 bedroom, 8 bath home sits on the seventh hole of the gated and private Peninsula Golf Club, and features “stunning panoramic lake views from almost every room,” as well as a pool, spa, entertainment area, gym, game room dance floor, sauna, multi-level patio and private dock.

See photos of Michael Jordan’s new house below.

photos: Zillow

Sep 012012
 

Maria Sharapova and Sasha Vujacic have ended their two-year engagement.

The 25-year-old tennis star revealed that she and her 28-year-old basketball player fiance quietly split several months ago.

“It’s been since the end of spring,” Sharapova told reporters Friday at the U.S. Open. “I was waiting for someone to actually ask me that question.”

“I have never really been the person to announce things. I never announced when we were together or never announced we were engaged,” she explained. “I never have in any of my previous relationships, as well.”

The couple were engaged in October 2010, and were together nearly three years.

Sharapova says her split from Vujacic was “challenging.”

“It was a really nice period of time for both of us, but our career schedules just made it extremely difficult to see each other with the traveling and especially his career move to Turkey. But we have a tremendous amount of respect for each other. I still would love to call him as a friend. We spent really great years together.”

Vujacic, formerly with the Los Angeles Lakers, now plays for a professional team in Turkey.

photo: WENN