Dwyane Wade on the red carpet of the Summer Groove Friday night

The Summer Groove, a weekend long charity wingding thrown every year by Miami Heat superstar Dwyane Wade and Heat retiree Alonzo Mourning, is in full swing.

In addition to a celebrity ball game with the likes of Lebron James Sunday evening at the Triple A downtown Miami, the duo has come up with a full schedule of goodies, including a $500-a-head gala dinner tonight at the Seminole Hard Rock.

And Friday night, Cedric The Entertainer had Groove goers in stitches at the event’s comedy show, also at the Hollywood casino/resort.

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Jackson

– Country music star Alan Jackson plans on moving permanently into his new Jupiter Island home, according to this story on the country website The Boot. Jackson, 50, is putting his mansion in suburban Nashville up for sale. Price: $38 million! Jackson plans on moving south once his three daughters, Mattie, 18, Alexandra, 15, and Dani, 11, are on their own. “We like living in Florida and we probably will do that when the girls are not living with us anymore,” Jackson said. Jackson has owned an ocean-front property on the southern edge of the Martin County town since 2002. Two years ago, he had the old home leveled. He then built an 8,000-square-foot Mediterranean-style villa. He moved in earlier this year. Jackson, the mustachioed singer of Chattahoochee, has been known to spend weeks at a time in the area. When he’s not deep-sea fishing, he may hop on the stage of the local honky-tonk bar, The Square Grouper, for an impromptu show.

– Developer Bob Matthews‘ financial trouble didn’t end with his departure from Palm Beach for the summer. He’s already the proud owner of the largest deliquent property tax bill in Palm Beach County (more than $280,000 on his $15.8 million home). Now an old hotel in Nantucket, Mass., on which Matthews pinned his hopes for the future is in foreclosure. According to the island’s Nantucket Independent, TD Banknorth initiated the proceedings after calling its $40.5 million construction loan to Matthews. Matthews has been trying to rebuild the place into a luxury Mar-a-Lago-style club, Point Breeze.

D Wade and friend (Courtesy Wireimage.com)

– Miami Heat retiree Alonzo Mourning and his charity-fundraising sidekick Dwyane Wade have gathered an impressive crop of NBA stars for their celebrity Summer Groove basketball game July 12 at Miami’s Triple A. Happy to find a game he can win, Cleveland Cavaliers attraction Lebron James has RSVP’ed. Others: Denver’s Carmelo Anthony and Kenyon Martin; Atlanta’s Zaza Pachulia; Houston’s Aaron Brooks; and New Orleans’ Chris Paul and James Posey. The Groove raises big $ every summer for inner city projects in Miami.

The Prez

– It’s pretty obvious Prez Barack Obama doesn’t read Page2Live. Well, I’m sure saving the economy takes up most of his time. But still, had he read this story and this one, he’d probably think twice about inviting Heat superstar Dwyane Wade to the White House for the Father’s Day wingding this weekend. Now, I know Obama and the Olympic hero share some of the same background, both being from Chicago and all. But should someone accused by his wife of cheating and ignoring their kids really be at an event that’s about family?

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– Here’s a shocker! Part-time Miami Beach resident Billy Joel and his much, much, much younger third wife are splitsville. The pianoman, 60, and chef Katie Lee, 33 years younger, were hitched four years ago. The singer of A Matter of Trust reportedly was getting steamed about Lee spending more time with a heterosexual fashion designer instead of drinking wine with him at home . . .

– And three major sports figures with local ties made it into Forbes magazine’s 20 highest-paid athletes. Those who didn’t make at least $30 million from salaries and commercial endorsements last year didn’t need to apply. No. 1 is soon-to-be Jupiter Island resident Tiger Woods. The golfer made $110 million, despite the injury that kept him off the courses for months. At No. 2, proud Rachel’s patron and NBA Hall-of-Famer Michael Jordan, who owns property at The Bears Club in Jupiter, made $45 million. He hasn’t played an official game in six years. And Yankees slugger Alex Roid-riguez, who lives in Miami in the off-season, clocked in at No. 13, with a mere $32 million . . .

No wonder Miami Heat superstar Dwyane Wade seems distracted at times this playoff season.

Rumors that his paramour, actress Gabrielle Union, recently was or currently is expecting his lovechild have been dogging Wade – this, as he fights through a nasty divorce with his high school sweetheart.

While Union, 36, denied it on a black entertainment website – “I love my margaritas too much,” she said – I’m told Wade’s soon-to-be-ex wife, Siohvaughn, went ballistic when Wade, 26, told her about the new baby. Especially since Siohvaughn accused the NBA’s top scorer in court documents of not taking care of the two rug rats they have together.

Does this woman look pregnant? (Courtesy Maxim online)

Siohvaughn told one of Olympic hero Wade’s former business partners in Fort Lauderdale that she was convinced Union was with child. Siohvaughn, who isn’t talking directly with the press after Wade filed a lawsuit in their hometown of Chicago demanding that she keep her mouth shut, also said Wade later claimed the pregnancy announcement was an “april fool’s joke.”

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In light of the accusations levelled against Miami Heat superstar Dwyane Wade this week by a former business partner, what do you think about the formerly squeaky-clean hoopster?

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