Via HuffingtonPost.com: In our weekly “Love Of The Game” series, HuffPost Black Voices talks sports with a person of note. This week we caught up with singer-songwriter Tamia, as she revealed how her children with Grant Hill inherited their athletic gifts.

“Our kids are now playing sports, and so any athleticism they have I’m always like, ‘they get that from me. Oh they play softball, Grant [Hill], I was an amazing softball player. Oh they play soccer, Grant, I was an amazing soccer player.’ And he gets so irritated. He’s like, ‘look, take the credit for their music, but any athletic gifts that they have, they’re from me!’ So I’m now in the process of digging up old tapes of me actually playing sports, because he doesn’t believe it [Laughs].“

Via Huffingtonpost.com: Having a legendary producer like Quincy Jones for one’s debut single is a rare opportunity for most aspiring artists. Luckily for Canadian-bred singer-songwriter Tamia, Jones crafted her 1995 hit “You Put a Move On My Heart,” which became a top ten R&B hit and earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.

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Check out a video of Tamia on 106 & Park talking about Whitney Houston.

Check out Tamia’s performance of ‘Giving You the Best That I Got’ live at the Soul Train Awards tonight! Tamia KILLED!
Update: Recap added. Below is a full recap (download links, photos, and video) of Tamia’s Soul Train Awards appearance last night.

Red Carpet Interview

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Performance

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• She’s 7 songs in

• Producers/Writers Include Chuck Harmony, The Runners, Claude Kelly and Carvin & Ivan

• She hopes to release a single by the end of the year and the album at the top of 2011

The news of Kelly Price, Tamia and Deborah Cox forming a super group may seem like it came out of nowhere but the appropriately titled Queen Project has actually been in the making for years.

In working together on an album and tour, all three ladies want to project a message of female empowerment and philanthropy by calling attention to social issues. The women, who get along like old high school friends, also hope their connection and mutual respect will counter stereotypes about talented women working together.

The Queen Project sat down with ESSENCE.COM, for their group first interview with a national publication on the eve of their very first concert in Waterbury, CT.

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The Queen Project was busy today as they hit the rounds at Good Day New York for a performance and BET for an interview. The Good Day New York appearance will be up in a couple of hours.

BET Interview

Good Day New York

Check out a picture of Tamia at 98.7 KISS FM. She is currently on the show RIGHT NOW for the midday cafe at Noon!

Check out pictures posted on the official ‘The Queen Project’ facebook page. These are their interview photos.