Derek Jeter backed out of underwear deal saying briefs were 'too gay': Report

Derek Jeter pulled out of a luxury underwear deal because he didn’t want undies linked to the Yankees icon marketed to the “gay community,” according to legal papers filed Monday.

The Yankee legend was one of the high-profile faces for the underwear brand Frigo before the company claimed he balked on the agreement because the high-concept briefs were “too gay,” according to TMZ.

“[Jeter] demanded that [Frigo] not market to the gay community and states that he did not want the Frigo brand to be ‘too gay,’ ” the company said.

The Swedish line, owned by RevolutionWear, says the company lost $30 million when the former Yankee captain backed out of an arrangement to endorse Frigo and act as a company director.

Jeter’s alleged “gay” remark was just another skid mark in the company's ongoing underwear war.

Earlier court papers alleged that the ex-Yankee shortstop also was concerned that rapper 50 Cent would make a bad brand ambassador because he would make the underwear line look too “urban.” 

“Wow, guess I’m not a Yankees fan anymore,” 50 Cent wrote on Instagram after those comments went public. “LETS GO METS? Man, you can’t trust nobody these days.”

Jeter called the “urban” allegations “categorically false” and slammed Frigo owner Mathias Ingvarsson for taking the feud public.

He claimed he was “disgusted by Mr. Ingvarsson’s decision to make these false allegations against me in the press, instead of attempting to work out our business dispute in private.”

“I facilitated the introductory meeting between 50 Cent and the company,” Jeter said in a statement. “So it makes absolutely no sense that I would object to 50 Cent being a Frigo brand ambassador or think that 50 Cent is ‘too urban’ for the brand.”

Jeter claims the company has threatened him to put more capital into the business.

He has filed his own suit against the brand.

Mets fans brawled during 50 Cent's postgame concert at Citi Field (VIDEO)

Just weeks after 50 Cent threw one of the worst first pitches in MLB history at a Mets game, the rapper's presence at Citi Field caused another embarrassing episode.

Two videos below (via Gothamist), show fans clad in Mets gear getting into a boozy brawl at the rapper's postgame concert at Citi Field on Saturday.

Nobody has explained why the melee broke out, but it looks like the fat, bald guy in the middle of the mix could barely stand up — nevertheless fight.

MetsPolice.com's Shannon Shark wrote about the laughable tussle at Saturday's game and what she saw:

"There were concert fans in the stands last night…and the concert fans were increasingly intoxicated. Saw a lot of folks (of the same race as me if you are curious) walking around with beer cans. The crowd was spiraling down into that annoying drunk yelling/heckling that can ruin an entire section’s enjoyment. So we left. There was no security to be seen. No ushers. No easily findable 'contact the Mets if…' number. That they mention about 45 minutes before the game and it is never mentioned again. The concert fans were there for the concert. They were not there for the Mets. The Mets filled their park so they will be happy."

Sure Mets fans have lots of things to be mad about — but Fiddy?

Legendary Roseland Ballroom hosts final boxing event before closing its doors forever (PHOTOS)

Story and photos by Tony Mangia

On Wednesday night, DiBella Entertainment hosted the last ever boxing event to take place at the historic Roseland Ballroom in mid-town Manhattan before closing its ticket booth forever in April. 

The nine-bout card, entitled "The Last Dance," was a bittersweet reminder of old-school New York boxing, and was as good of a sendoff as the ballroom could have asked for. The standing room only crowd included rapper and SMS promoter 50 Cent, actress Rosie Perez along with many New York City boxing luminaries.

Since opening at its current location on 52nd Street in 1956, and long before Lady Gaga will give the venue its final curtain call on April 7, Roseland has hosted everything from taxi-dancing to bobby soxers to mosh pit diving and every fad in between. 

And a history which includes a long line of boxers from the city's club fight circuit doing their own style of footwork as well.

Over the years, Roseland has seen all kinds of boxing action — both good and bad.

In 2001, a hyper Brooklyn kid named Paulie Malignaggi had his fourth pro fight here before going on to becoming a champion. And then there was a feverish 10-round junior middleweight bout between Delvin Rodriguez and Powel Wolak on July 15, 2011— which ended in a draw — that was named SI.com's 2011 Fight of the Year.

Roseland also hosted one of boxing's darkest moments as well.

The immediate aftermath of a nondescript super middleweight main event between Richard "The Alien" Grant and James "The Harlem Hammer" Butler ended with one of the most cowardly acts (VIDEO) ever seen in the ring. After Grant's unanimous decision over his hard-hitting opponent, he extended his hand in the customary post-fight handshake when Butler reeled back and broke Grant's jaw with a sucker punch. The brutal cheap shot (called "assault" by announcer Teddy Atlas) essentially ended Grant's career.

Lou DiBella, who has promoted 11 of the last "Broadway Boxing" cards at Roseland, had other reasons to reminisce about the historic building.

"It's very sad," said the Brooklyn-born DiBella. "My parents were ballroom dancers and used to dance at Roseland. It's part of New York history and soon it will be gone."

But on Wednesday night it wasn't just about about saying farewell to a bygone era. It was also a big hello to young fighters and the future of boxing.

The night's cards were filled with plenty of local up-and-coming talent including hopefuls such as Boyd "The Rainmaker" Melson, Bryant "Pee-Wee" Cruz, Heather "The Heat" Hardy, Joe Smith and New York Golden Gloves champion Travis Peterkin — all who went on to victories.

They all had the honor of being among the last fighters to display their skills at the venerable dance hall among a crowd who showed their appreciation with every jab and hook. And, if you listened closely, you could also hear the cheers of bouts past.

Buildings — like fighters — may come and go, but even after this final bell rings, Roseland Ballroom's spirit will live on.

50 Cent's Broadway Boxing promotion is a knockout

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson has his sights set on moving into the sport of boxing as a promoter and on Wednesday night the rapper's SMS Promotions teamed up with DiBella Entertainment to stage the latest edition of New York City's longest boxing series — Broadway Boxing at midtown Manhattan's famed Roseland Ballroom. SMS is planning to partner with DiBella for future fight nights as well.

50 Cent and one of his fighters Emanuel DeJesus (6-0, 4 KOS)
who won a unanimous decision against Khalik Meminger

Wednesday's show boasted eight fight cards and the house was filled with guest boxers and celebrities.

In the featured bout, returning former world junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (31-2, 8 KOs) outpointed Jamaal Davis (14-10-1, 6 KOs) in an eight-round junior middleweight match-up. Foreman targeted a gaping cut over Davis' right eye to dominate the last few rounds and get the decision.

Foreman, the Belarus-born Israel native, held the WBA championship belt after losing the title in 2010 to Miguel Cotto, suffering a knee injury in the bout. After a two-year hiatus, Foreman is on the comeback trail after earlier success in his career showed promise.

Yuri Foreman continued his successful comeback

Davis, also 32, is a relative journeyman known for delivering tough challenges to more heralded fighters. According to an ESPN report, DiBella is bringing Foreman along slowly. Foreman has since relocated to Park Slope in Brooklyn, and is nearing completion of his studies to become a rabbi.

In the co-feature, non-stop puncher and super bantamweight Heather Hardy (6-0, KO) battered Seattle's Cassie Trost (1-2-1) to a stoppage victory. Trost was a bloody mess early in the fight as Hardy was relentless in her attack, ultimately putting Trost to a knee in the fourth round. The referee stopped it shortly after at 1:34 of the round, getting the popular Hardy her first knockout win.

Hardy (L) looked unbeatable

Up and coming Brooklyn light heavyweight Travis Peterkin (8-0, 4 KOs) carried overmatched middleweight Hector Hernandez, of Yuma, Ariz., the whole six-round distance with a unanimous decision.

The southpaw Peterkin could have gotten his opponent out of there in the early rounds, but the younger and stronger Peterkin seemed content to mix it up. Peterkin landed a straight left often, missing chances to follow it up as much as he could have, but he was still mighty impressive.

Undefeated Peterkin (R) continues to impress

From the quality of the bouts and and the cheers from the crowd, it looks like Fiddy is going to like the NYC fight game.

Photos by Tony Mangia

Floyd Mayweather comes out swinging against New Orleans wine bar

Floyd Mayweather is ticked off that a New Orleans wine bar took the liberty of using the boxer and Justin Bieber to attract fans and promote a pre-Super Bowl party without agreeing to appear.

According to a federal lawsuit — obtained by TMZ — Mayweather claims The Wine Bistro heavily advertised that Floyd and The Money team would be hosting the February 1 bash.  The Money team is  a nickname for Mayweather's posse — which includes Bieber, Lil' Kim, 50 Cent and Miss Jackson.

Floyd — who in the lawsuit calls himself "the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world and one of the greatest technical fighters of all time" — claims he makes upwards of $100,000 for a club appearance, reports TMZ.

Mayweather calls 50 Cent a 'male boxing groupie'

It looks like Floyd Mayweather Jr. and 50 Cent's bromance and business relationship has been KO'ed by a Twitter fight.

Mayweather went for the body Friday night when he ripped his former best buddy via Twitter calling 50 Cent "a male boxing groupie" and even dissed the rap star by saying "his album sales have declined."

50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, got under the undefeated champion's skin when he kept tweeting that Yuriorkis Gamboa, who is also undefeated, wanted to challenge Mayweather.  Gamboa is apparently part of 50 Cent's own SMS promotion team.

It was really on after 50 Cent tweeted this:

"I can't hang out with Floyd anymore, I'm tired of running away from manny pacquiao #smsAudio."

The furious thumb action continued into the next rounds.

"GAMBOA WANTS TO FIGHT FLOYD," Fitty tweeted.  "I will put up an extra 20 million for the winner.  He don't like it that Floyd pulled out. #SMSAUDIO"

Fitty finished with a devastating left tweet: "You should have know [sic] not to go against me punk."

Mayweather countered by repeatedly tweeting that the SMS stood for Snakes Maneuver Slick," "Sisters Managing Sports" or "Similar Mayweather Show."

The two had been longtime friends and actually trained together.  50 Cent even got a New York promoter's license while Mayweather was in jail last spring.  The two planned on teaming up to promote fights under the name The Money Team until things started to go sour.

"TMT IS OVER the money team is no longer a team," 50 Cent tweeted on Thursday.  "So it SMS promotions that's it thats all.SMSAudio ... I move the fighters to SMSpromotion cause the other half of the money team Didnt put up there $MONEY$. SMSaudio."

50 Cent took off the gloves when he announced this week that SMS promotions would put Gamboa up against Miguel Beltran on the undercard of the Manny Pacquaio-Juan Manuel Marquez fight on Dec. 8.  That card is being promoted by Mayweather's chief rival, Bob Arum's Top Rank.

Gamboa was signed by TMT but switched back to Top Rank and has semmingly hooked up with 50 Cent's SMS promotions as well.

Who knows if this Twitter feud is real or some trap to get Mayweather to fight Gamboa but I was under the impression that Money and Cent went together like boxing and hip-hop.

Kanye and 50 Cent check out Mike Tyson's Broadway debut

Mike Tyson's first show on Broadway may be getting lukewarm reviews but it is bringing out rap music's hottest stars— even though the star of the show got a couple of them mixed up during a shoutout during the show "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth."

On Tuesday, Kanye West and 50 Cent were among those who came out to the Longacre Theatre to see Tyson bring his life story to the stage.

Even though play is about the former heavyweight boxer's own life, it sounds like he flubbed a few of his lines.

According to the New York Daily News' Gatecrasher, Tyson ad libbed a couple of shoutouts to Fitty and "Puffy"— not Kanye— despite the fact that Diddy was nowhere in the house.

Tyson also took a shot at Fitty— a former drug dealer from the streets of New York— and worked it into the show.  As he talked about his past bouts with substance abuse, Tyson yelled out to the rapper," You know cocaine, right 50?"

After the Spike Lee-directed one-man show was over, Kanye and Fitty went backstage to congratulate Tyson and the director.

50 Cent Ready to Drop "Trou" and $1M on Giants in Super Bowl Bets

50 cent has a lot more than cash riding on the Super Bowl game between the New York Giants and New England Patriots.  If the Giants don't beat the spread, he could literally lose his shorts.

The rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, has so much faith in his hometown team that he is willing to bet $1 million on the Giants in the Feb. 5 game, according to his Twitter account.

So much faith, that Fiddy even made a side bet with a female fan to post naked photos of his junk on Twitter if the G-Men lose.

The 36 year-old rap star is on a Giants roll after winning $500,000 last week when New York beat the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship game.  He posted photos of the cold hard cash he won on a video as proof.

Now he is prepared to parlay his winnings and avoid indecency charges if the Giants win again.

"I'm up 500,000 off the last one.  f*** it ill bet it back Ill put 1,000,000 on my G MEN.  STUNNER you got the # hit me if you want it," he tweeted to his 5.6 million followers.

After last week's windfall, a female Patriots fan offered the raunchy Super Bowl bet to Fiddy.

According to the Daily Mail, he entered an agreement with a Twitter user to flash his package if the Giants lose.

She tweeted him: "Let's bet. If the Giants lose the Super Bowl, you must post your d*** on the Twitter.  If they win I'll post my boobs and face on here.  Bet?"


Mr. Jackson's simple reply: "OK."

50 Cent also posted his method of picking the winner along with a photo of himself after Big Blue's victory.

"Just watched a 500,000 football game... Sometimes I hear voices in my head they tell me thing like bet on GIANTS so I listen."

I wonder if the voices also tell him, "I know a good lawyer and accountant."