Ari and the Flash!

Arianne Wilson on meeting Dwyane Wade:

“This wasnt the first time I’ve met D. Wade. The first time I met him, he was an jr in college. The fam didn’t hit him yet but little did I know he wasn’t far from it… The event took place at Richard’s High school in Chicago, I must say it was fun seeing Dwayne again because he has such a great sense of humor.”

Dwyane Wade is a guard for the Miami Heat. Last season he lead the NBA in scoring and earned a spot on the All-NBA First Team.

CP3 swagged out!

Eric Woodyard on meeting Chris Paul:

I actually was in the locker room at the Palace of Auburn Hills after the Piston played the New Orleans Hornets and I was doing an interview with Morris Peterson when Chris Paul walked past. Being that Im from Flint, Mo Pete took it upon himself to introduce me to CP3 personally making sure he added that I was a Flintstone! CP added ‘Aw we got another one in here, that’s all he (Mo Pete) talks about,” and this transitioned into an interview. He was a humble guy.

*Chris Paul is a point guard for the New Orleans Hornets and arguably the ‘best point guard’ in the game today. Here is the “Game Notes” that ran slamonline.com from our encounter.

Eric Woodyard and the future Champ...Andre Dirrell

Eric Woodyard on meeting Andre Dirrell:

“He was a really cool guy…very humble! I met him at Mateen Cleaves’ “Piece of Mine” Initiative at Berston Fieldhouse in Flint, Mich. We are both Flintstones so he was asking me about the things that I was doing in the field of Journalism and he was just as attentive in what I was doing as what he was doing. He even asked how to see some of my work and took my business card.”

*Andre Dirrell won the bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics, he fought in the Middleweight divison. Since turning pro, Dirrell remains undefeated and will be fighting for the Super Middleweight crown on October 17th.

Joe Johnson hugging on the lovely Deelishis

Joe Johnson on meeting Deelishis:

“It didn’t mean nothing, celebrities don’t do nothing for me.”

*Deelishis won Vh1′s Flavor of Love 2 and has made a name for herself by modeling in various urban magazines including: Smooth, XXL, Sister 2 Sister, and many others. 

Pardeep Toor with Tony Dungy at Dungy's annual football camp

Pardeep Toor on meeting Tony Dungy:

I met coach Tony Dungy in the summer of 2006 at his football camp in Jackson, Michigan. He’s from Jackson and holds a camp at his former high school every year. We talked about how hard it is to win a super bowl (this was the year before they won), Peyton Manning, his loyalties to the Jackson area and suicide. He was cool.

*Tony Dungy is a former professional football player and the current head coach of the Indianapolis Colts of the NFL.

Wendale Farrow getting knowledge from George Gervin

Wendale Farrow on meeting “The Iceman”:

“I met George “The Iceman” Gervin when he came back to our school to receive his degree. This man had jokes for days. He said ‘If u look in the mirror and yo reflection’s lookin down you ain’t ready.’ We all went home and looked in the mirror that night too just to make sure we was ready.”

*George Gervin is a walking legend! Only Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan have led the league in scoring more times than Gervin. The Detroit native’s  NBA career scoring average was 26.2 points per game as he starred for the San Antonio Spurs in the 1970′s. He also has one of the coldest Nike posters of all-time!

Angel Love kickin it with big Bone Crusher

Angel Love on meeting Bone Crusher:

“My boyfriend Chris aka. Hy-Dro is a rapper and one night his boy called him and said that Bone Crusher was in town and there manager had called him and said that he was at the studio they record at and heard there music and wanted to do somthing with them. So the next day we went to the studio and met up with Bone Crusher. Bone Crusher sat down and wrote a hook for them and recordeded with them. While my boyfriend was recording I got to sit and chill with Bone Crusher. He was real cool and down to earth tellin me about how he got started and about his new album he was coming out with. He was honeslty one of the realist people I ever met and his big as hell in real life lol. So after they recorded we all chilled for a little bit and then he left to go do a radio show.”

*Bone Crusher is a rapper that was best known for his hit “Never Scared” which debuted in 2003 off his album “AttenChun!”

Eric Woodyard and B-Roy in the locker room

Eric Woodyard on meeting Brandon Roy:

“I met Brandon Roy when the Detroit Pistons played the Portland Trailblazers on November 30th. I was covering the game for the SLAM mag and I wasnt supposed to take any pics but I couldnt resist (…sorry Ryne). B-Roy was really cool and I did a short interview with him in the locker room and he was a lot taller than what I thought he would be. He gave the Pistons 19 buckets and 5 dimes, including some big shots in the end and I will remember that day forever because I was so nervous because it was only my second professional game that I ever covered.”

*Brandon Roy plays professional basketall for the Portland Trailblazers. He was 2007′s NBA Rookie of the Year and he made it to the 2008 NBA All-Star game.