While everyone is making a big fuss over Chris Brown getting the boot from his performance at Sunday’s BET Awards, I want to focus on a certain Barbados beauty. Looks like she chose to hang out with a certain NBA player instead of attending the show.

“Rihanna’s absence from the event was just as noticeable as Brown’s. But while her ex fumed, the “Umbrella” singer was busy hanging out with her crush, Orlando Magic forward Rashard Lewis, in NYC. Says a rep for the beauty, “Rihanna was never meant to attend [the BET awards].”

Some guys just have all the luck. WTF was I doing Sunday? Probably watching “Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.”

Apparently Enrique Inglesias’ girlfriend mixed it up with some female partygoers in Sin City over the weekend. As Page Six tells us:

“Anna Kournikova got into a fight Saturday night in Las Vegas after an unidentified woman threw a drink at the tennis ace. Kournikova and her pals were partying at Lavo after attending the Hardbat Classic table tennis tournament when a woman at the next table “threw a drink at Anna. She felt Anna was invading her space,” our source said. Kournikova “sprung into action” and starting screaming at the woman and shoving her. “It was a big fight,” the spy said. The woman was kicked out only after leaving Kournikova with some vicious scratch marks on her neck.”

Girls can be so petty. Although it seems that Anna got the worst of it, one thing I heave learned in life is to not mess with the Russians. They are some ruthless mothertruckers. (Especially when it comes to money)

BTW, hopefully someone caught this on video. I would love to see some hair whipping around.

Rockin Steady brings us the 2009 installment of the one and only “Steven A. Smith” at the NBA Draft. Never has a sock on a grown man’s hand been this much fun.

Blake Griffin and Ricky Rubio decided to celebrate their newfound pro status differently Thursday night. According to Page Six:

“Financier Jonathan Blue, chairman of Best sports agency, took Rubio and other draftees Earl Clark and Jrue Holiday to Buddakan for dinner. “Ricky looked like a CEO himself,” our witness noted. Later, Rubio was spotted at M2 lounge on West 28th Street, where he was “sipping water and chatting with [R&B songstress] Brandy.” But Rubio’s fellow draft pick, Blake Griffin, left the club after bouncers told the 20-year-old he would not be served alcohol.”

Guess being picked number 1 entitles you to a lot of things. Apparently having a few cocktails at a NYC nightclub isn’t one of them.

The baseball press has been all atwitter this season trying to figure out why so many homeruns are being hit at the new Yankee Stadium. Is it the wind? Is it the wall? Is it the steroids? Is it making a mockery of the game?

Meantime, across town,  another new ballpark is changing the way the game is being played, and no one is saying a word. Shea Stadium was a pitcher’s park. Citifield is a National Park.

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Michael Jackson often times dressed like a 3rd world dictator, with golden uniforms and epaulets on his shoulders. But in death, is it possible that the King of Pop is actually helping to crush a popular revolution threatening the future of an actual despot? Maybe.

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CONTEST: We’re a few weeks out from baseball’s All Star weekend. Who’s going to be in the homerun derby? And who’s going to win. Leave your predictions in the comments section. Whoever’s closest may win a prize. State Farm Call Your Shot Contest.

As you know, the Red Sox represent all that is evil and bad in the world. They are also in first place in the American League East, four games ahead of the Yankees. It looks like we’ve got another pennant race brewing this summer. It’s the latest chapter in sports biggest rivalry, one that began decades ago.

“But, Justin, baseball games only last 3 or 4 hours at a time. How will I fill the rest of my summer day with tales of sports most vicious blood feud?”

Well, imaginary personification of SCP readers, that’s a great question. How about a book? Namely, “’78: The Boston Red Sox, a Historic Game, and a Divided City,” by The Providence Journal’s Bill Reynolds.He answered some questions for us.

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It’s only fair that we review last night’s action while acknowledging the far bigger news of the day. Michael Jackson is dead at the age of 50. Meantime, the NBA has welcomed 60 new players into its ranks and a couple of future hall of famers are switching teams.  After the jump, It’s the SportsCrackle King of Pop NBA Draft ’09 recap.

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It is the 2009 NBA Draft! We will be here every step of the way or most likely until I get bored and The Real Housewives of New Jersey Reunion comes on at 9pm. SCP is going out on a limb here and saying Blake Griffin will be the first selection. Follow the rest of our genius after the jump…

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