For the first time ever, an athlete will host the 14th annual ESPY Awards show on July 14th. The obvious choice? Lance Armstrong of course.

Speaking of the hottest man in spandex, the Int’l Cycling Union (UCI) Health Manager Dr. Mario Zorzoli is “temporarily stepping down after the UCI confirmed that a member of its staff had released confidential documents” involved with Lance’s alleged positive drug tests. After initially denying that Armstrong’s anti-doping control forms from the ’99 Tour de France had been released to French newspaper L’Equipe, the UCI yesterday confirmed that all 15 forms had been passed on “with [Armstrong’s] approval.” It’s no surprise that Lance approved of the reports being released, he has nothing to hide…perhaps a copy can be forwarded to Bode the Mouth who stated recently that he thought Lance was a cheater?

And how we love the Hanes commercials. Recently, Hanes, added actors Kevin Bacon and Christina Applegate to its “Look Who We’ve Got Our Hanes On Now” campaign, and yesterday Hanes debuted its new spot featuring Bacon and Michael Jordan. The spot, I have to say, has Brokeback Mountain undertones to it. Who would have thought that such a small film could influence the “market” and its advertisers? You decide. . Brokeback Hanes.

Somebody pa-leeze tell Anna Benson that her Mensa application has been rejected. Anna, as you might know, is married to Orioles pitcher, and hot athlete, Kris Benson. Kris, unfortunately, also had his Mensa application rejected. Kris and Anna were traded from the Mets last month and Anna couldn’t be more excited! She and Baltimore Orioles owner have something in common, they both love horses. “I have heard he has a great interest in horses,” Anna said. “I love horses myself. I am hoping maybe we could go horse riding. I am not sure if he rides or what, but if he does, I would love to go horse riding with him.” Perhaps in her excitement, it didn’t register in her pea brain that Angelo has a passion for horse r-a-c-i-n-g, NOT r-i-d-i-n-g. I realize the two words look the same and could easily confuse poor Anna.

Several contacts within the basebal world believe the odds are slim that both Bensons will finish the season in Baltimore. “I don’t think they will make it out of spring training,” one former club official says.

After Kris was traded to the Orioles, this classy women declared she was looking forward to “christening the parking lot” at Camden Yards. “That was a joke,” she says. It seems that Anna is the joke, as evidenced by her website. On it, she published a letter in which she attacked People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and signed off, “Anna ‘Animal Murderer’ Benson.”
Another display of her low I.Q. came when Anna blasted filmmaker Michael Moore: “You are a pariah to our nation, the fat kid who got beat up by the jocks at school, and this has formulated your hatred for America.” Again, his films are for those people who understand big words.

The icing on Anna’s low I.Q. was best summed up when she cited Ghandi in her support for the right to bear arms. “Even Gandhi wrote that ‘among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.’ And who can dispute that Gandhi the Gunner was a great wise man?” Yes, he was a wise man Anna, that’s why you will never be able to grasp what he was talking about. Can’t she just shut-up and go away? The answer is no. Anna has a reality TV show in the works called “Anna on Top.” God help us all.

In S.F. this morning, seven people will make total idiots of themselves on the first day of the “Giants Idol” contest. Mark Sweeney organized the same contest in Padres camp last year, and infielder J.J. Furmaniak won with a rendition of The Village People’s “YMCA.”

Also in S.F. today, comedian Rob Schneider will begin a two-day “tryout” with the Giants for an ESPN Original Entertainment special tied to a filmed called “Bench Warmers.” Alongside Schneider on the bench will be Jon Lovitz, John Heder and David Spade.

Keeping with the Giants, hot Jamey Wright is on the mound- right where we like him.

This sexy pitcher will start Sunday’s exhibition game against the U.S. team in SF. for the World Baseball Classic. Hottie here is 6’6 and weigh an edible 235 pounds. In 1993, at the hot age of 19 years-old, he was a 1st round draft pick by the Rockies, he went on to play for Kansas City, Milwaukee, back to Colorado and now joins those sexy Giants.

So what does Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner think about the World Baseball Classic? “I’m worried sick for [MLB Commissioner] Bud Selig. I’m worried for baseball and worried for the whole thing. Somebody’s going to get hurt and hurt some team. Baseball didn’t need this. It’s disrupting spring training…”
Somebody get this guy some Xanax.

And a special treat for true fans of hot male athletes. I came across this article last night, which is fantastically on-point in reference to the Olympics and the hot athletes involved. Rosie Dimanno of the Toronta Star wrote a column titled “The X-Rated Games”. I wish I possessed the eloquence in writing that she has…this is a must read, and as the title suggests, its X-rated. Click here to read about hot athletes and skintight uniforms!

That’s it for today. As always, thanks for reading. Delinda

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Thank god the Olympics are over, and all the bad publicity some of the athletes gave us. One incident, which seems to have been swept under the rug rather nicely, was the less than exemplary behavior by several U.S. athletes. Columnists have cited Johnny Weir, Bode Miller, Shani Davis and Chad Hedrick, as well as aerial skier Speedy Peterson being sent home by the USOC after a street fight on Friday! Now that’s THE event that should have been televised.

Before I bid a final farewell to the games, I have to give some Athlebrity love to the few of the hotties who didn’t tarnish in the snow and enticed me to tune in for a few minutes. Speedskater Joey Cheek, and the 2006 U.S. Olympic Snowboarding Team. Both were voted as Best Representatives of Olympic Spirit during the XX Olympic Winter Games, and for good reason.

Joey Cheek: The sexy 2006 gold and silver medallist in long track speedskating, made waves when he selflessly donated his $40,000 in performance earnings to the organization, Right to Play. His generosity inspired others to contribute thousands of dollars to the organization. As a result of his humanitarianism, big heart, edible thighs and exemplary behavior, he was elected by his peers to carry the American flag during the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games.

Team Category Winner: The 2006 U.S. Olympic Snowboarding Team, who else? The U.S. Snowboarding Team hotties contributed seven medals to Team USA’s 25 medal count total. But the team’s young, hot and vibrant Athlebrities captivated the hearts of many. Their camaraderie among peers earned them the recognition they deserve. The team consists of the following hot athletes: Mason Aguirre, Gretchen Bleiler, Kelly Clark, Andy Finch, Rosey Fletcher, Michelle Gorgone, Jayson Hale, Elena Hight, Nate Holland, Lindsey Jacobellis, Tyler Jewell, Danny Kass, Jason Smith, Hannah Teter, Graham Watanabe, Seth Wescott and Shaun White.

As of yet, no word on who will grace the coveted cover of the Wheaties box.

My money says it goes to either Joey Cheek or Shaun White.

We know the Mouth won’t be on any more covers soon. Bode’s father seems to concur: “It’s been hard for Bode to say, ‘I don’t want to be famous.’ It has swamped him. He admits it’s turned him into a jerk at times.”

Of course, another excuse for Bode and his appalling behavior, both on and off the slopes. Let’s all pray that the Mouth just evaporates as quickly as his sponsors should.

Sexy beast Jeremy Bloom, who should have been hyped up instead of Bode the Mouth Miller, finished 6th in the freestyle skiing moguls at the Olympics. The real story on this hot athlete is rooted in the NFL.

The NCAA stripped Bloom of his college football eligibility in 2004 because he would not give up his skiing endorsements. It was a heavy emotional blow to the world of Athlebrities. Bloom sued the college sports governing body and lost. Needing money to keep his Olympic dream, and ours, alive, he put football on the backburner and focused on skiing. So now it’s goodbye to the slopes and hello to the NFL.
Bloom was asked about his pending football career and if he would agree to a clause in his NFL contract saying that he couldn’t ski. “Yeah, sure,” he said. “I think (Browns tight end Kellen) Winslow ( Jr.) took care of any of that stuff. I would expect that, and I would be fine with it.” (Winslow missed most of his first two seasons after being involved in a motorcycle accident. His contract precluded him from riding motorcycles.)

“I think when you watch my tape from Colorado, the most success I had was from a punt-returning standpoint,” he said. “Punt returning and kick returning come very natural to me, but I didn’t feel like I really got the opportunity to make an impact on offense. That’s where my goals lie.” Punt, return, do whatever you want Jeremy, just keep your fine self in front of the camera.

Bloom is in Indianapolis to work out that sexy body of his and interview for NFL scouts. “Oh, man, I’m on top of the world right now,” a sexy smiling Bloom said to a large crowd of reporters at the NFL scouting combine Friday.
“I dreamed big as a kid, but I never thought in a million years that in a span of a week I’d be able to compete in the Olympics and be at the NFL combine,” Bloom said. “So I’m humbled to be here, and I’m very excited. The sport of football is something that’s been a huge passion of mine ever since I can remember walking. Unfortunately, it was taken from me by the NCAA, but they’re not in the building today and I’m ready to get started.”

As Spring Training fever is in the air, so is the lack of steroids and MLB has a new target: amphetamines.

The extent of the testing and the impact on the hot athletes who play baseball remains a mystery, especially in the Yankees’ clubhouse. While players refused to estimate how many players used “greenies” or “beans,” it’s safe to say more players were involved in uppers than steroids. The penalties established by MLB and the Players’ Association in reference to amphetamines aren’t considered as serious as steroids. A player who fails an amphetamine test will be subject to mandatory testing after the first offense, a 25-game suspension for a second offense, a third dirty test carries an 80-game benching, and if you are a Mensa reject, and get caught four-times, the commissioner will personally spank you.

“Sure, it will have an effect,” Alex Rodriguez said. “From a psychological point of view, it’s going to affect players. I don’t know what the drop-off will be, but will it have an effect? Yes. More than anything, there will be less games played.”

Hot athletes use amphetamines to fight fatigue, pain from injury and to be more alert for three-hour stretches, amphetamines are also much more convenient than drinking coffee all day.

“I think it will have an effect,” Mike Mussina said. “Maybe it translates into using the bench players more often, or not playing day games after night games or playing three weeks in a row.” Asked if taking amphetamines away from the players was messing with the game, Mussina said, “Aren’t amphetamines illegal?”

Speaking of drugs in MLB, the media chatter continues around Barry Bonds and his upcoming reality show. Last week, BB indicated that he would “no longer answer reporters’ questions unless they sign a release and waiver of liability form, allowing Bonds to use the footage for his upcoming reality show” on ESPN, ESPN responded by saying it is “not responsible for asking for these waivers and our reporters will not sign them.”

ESPN Original Entertainment is a separate division from their newsgathering operation and has been having ongoing discussions with an outside production company for this series, which hasn’t been finalized or announced. There was confusion as to whether the slugger was serious about the waivers, until he reportedly handed out copies of the release from a company called Killer Bee Productions. Allegedly, ‘Bee’ is what some friends and teammates call Bonds, so its not too difficult to see where this might be going.

This morning, Countrywide Financial Corporation announced the signing of three-time tennis Grand Slam champs and #1 ATP ranked double-de-licious doubles players Bob and Mike Bryan to a multi-year endorsement deal.

The deal calls for the Bryans to wear the Countrywide logo during all of their matches and make several appearances annually on behalf of the company, including attending events for Countrywide’s principal charity, Rebuilding Together. This year, Countrywide becomes the title sponsor of the “Countrywide Classic,” the 80th annual Southern California event that is part of the ATP Circuit and the US Open Series. The tournament is held each summer at UCLA and benefits the Southern California Tennis Association. The hot brothers have twice captured the title (2001 and 2004) and have committed to bringing their game to the 2006 tournament, which will be held July 24-30.

“We’re thrilled with our relationship with Countrywide,” said Bob Bryan, “and winning the Australian Open was an ideal way to begin our association!” His brother Mike added, “The fact that Countrywide is a Southern California neighbor, and the new title sponsor of our ‘hometown tournament’ in Los Angeles — for which we’re the two-time defending champions — is particularly nice.”

The Bryans carved their name in the tennis history books last year, becoming only the second team in 50 years to reach the finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments in one season. (Body slams don’t count.)

They captured the 2006 Australian Open for their third career Grand Slam title. Their first Grand Slam crown came at Roland Garros in 2003. They won at least five titles for a fourth consecutive year, in an ATP-best 11 finals. They won seven titles in 2004, and helped the U.S. to their first Davis Cup final since 1997 by going 4-0. They own 27 career doubles titles as a team.
If you love these hot tennis athletes, you might care that they have recorded their first CD. The Bryan Bros Band CD titled “Take Two” features such songs as “Take Your Clothes Off Baby,” “Tequila”, and “Fire”. If you are a true fan, I must warn you- do NOT listen to their music. Thankfully, the tunes are only available on their website at www.bobandmike.com and the CD is not for public release.

Ocean Pacific announced today a partnership with the NBA to create the new “NBA Beach” collection. “NBA Beach” is a new collection of team logo swim and beachwear for to include swimwear, cover-ups, coordinating t-shirts and related accessories. Distribution of the beach-inspired line is set for better specialty and sporting goods retail, which means it wont be cheap. You can also look for the line at the world’s only NBA Store on Fifth Avenue in New York City, NBAStore.com, and on-site at team venues. I’ll be looking for a Big Ben Wallace beach towel to go with my Dwyane Wading board-shorts and T-Mac T-shirt.

That’s it for now. As always, thanks for reading. Delinda

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Several events went down today involving two of the hottest athletes around.

Let’s start with that sexy lupinesq Kevin Garnett and his hot Timberwolves. The T’Wolves spanked the Grizzlies in a 105-99 victory while their star player was ejected from the game.

During the third quarter, with 7:47 left in the game, hot Garnett, who was well on his way to a triple-double, reacted to an offensive foul call and flipped the ball into the stands where it accidentally hit a fan-who strangely resembles Paul Giamatti. Garnett, a nine-time All-Star was obviously reacting in frustration and not malice when he tossed the ball. He approached “Giamatti” and apologized before being escorted off the court. Garnett has been with the T’Wolves for his entire 11-year NBA career and has been ejected only 4 times.

“I just tossed it,” Garnett said outside Minnesota’s locker room before leaving the arena at the start of the fourth quarter. “I didn’t even look at where I tossed it. I was just so mad.” Garnett also said he didn’t intend to throw the ball into the stands, but rather was trying to get a delay-of-game call.

Overreacting was referee Bob Delaney who assessed Garnett a technical foul for tossing the ball, and he was automatically ejected because it hit the fan.

“Giamatti” was examined by medical personnel, and in a spectacle of all spectacles, was wheeled from the court on what looked like a wheel-barrel while the crowd booed him. He later walked with his family and arena personnel to a back room, where no doubt “settlement” numbers danced through his head. The fan declined to comment to the media. His condition wasn’t immediately available, but he clearly appeared to be uninjured after going one-on-one with the hot gladiators ball.

The second notable incident went down at the World Golf Championship Match Play golf tournament.
Geoff Ogilvy, a delicious gift to the golf world, beat Davis Love III to win the $1.3 million first prize.

Smoking hot Ogilvy, is a 28-year-old Australian who captured his lone U.S. PGA Tour title a year ago this week, when he won the Chrysler Classic of Tucson, Arizona.

This week, the Accenture Match Play hosted the top 64 golfers in the world. Hot Athlebrity newcomer Ogilvy entered the event ranked at #54 in the official golf world ranking. Now, he’s sitting pretty in the top 30.

With a fifth place tie at last year’s British Open and a sixth place tie in the PGA Championship this hot golfer is starting to achieve Athlebrity status “I’ve always been on my own radar,” he said. “It’s just that with every slightly better finish, you pop up on a few other people’s radar. I always knew I had it in me. I’ve been a slow learner, I think, in a lot of aspects, but I feel like I’ve been a better player every year that I’ve been out there.”

Ogilvy has definitely popped up on our hot male athletes radar. In January, Puma announced a four-year agreement with Ogilvy. He has been wearing Puma Golf footwear and apparel on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tour, and he sported his new look at the Mercedes Championships in Maui. The hottest part of it all, Ogilvy will star in the Puma Golf television and print campaign set to launch in March.

In the sexy advertising campaign, Ogilvy will showcase the PG GTX performance shoe, as well as select Puma Golf apparel. The new collection has a fresh, hip, sexy look, well suited to showcase the sex appeal of Ogilvy. And trust me, this guy can make golf shoes look hot.

“Puma’s new golf line offers the comfort and style that I look for on and off the course,” said Geoff Ogilvy. “I’m looking forward to a strong 2006 season and am excited to be one of the first on the tour to represent Puma Golf.” At La Costa yesterday, Ogilvy was wearing a perfectly fitted white Puma shirt, with an unassuming bubble-like pastel colored pattern creeping up the side of the shirt. I was tempted to rip it off his body and save it for a late night cuddle, but decided his wife might not appreciate the move.

Look for this hot golfer who is about to rock the Athlebrity golf world without wearing plaid.

And a big shout out to everyone I met at La Costa this week. I’ve been to hundreds of sports events, and must say, that without a doubt, the nicest, coolest, classiest, hippest, hottest and most down to earth people are involved in the golf world and I thank you all for putting up with my libido and sarcasm, I had a blast!

That’s it for now. As always, thanks for reading. Delinda

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Andy Roddick will always look good off the court. Adding to his Athlebrity achievements, Babolat and endorser Andy Roddick have collaborated on the new “Pure Drive Roddick racquet” and the “Team All Court Roddick shoe.” Both will be available next month and is the first signature line for the company.

Did they sign a deal with Andy too soon? After his recent loss in Memphis to French qualifier Julien Benneteau, the upset is yet another notch on Andy’s “upset” list. As I speculated early on about this delicious tennis player, I belive that he’s taken on too many off court-distractions. It’s evident to me that he can either play hot tennis or be a top-notch off-court treat in the form of a model or on air personality.

On Andy’s website, he had the following things to say about the “upset” in Memphis…
“I felt like I was pretty much in control. I had 0-40 on his serve and he came up with – he went for a ridiculous second serve and made it, and then hit two huge serves and played a couple of good points and then from there he kind of got a rush of blood. The game that he broke me in the second set, I made four out of five first serves and I don’t know if I missed a ball. He was pretty much going for broke and didn’t miss. It’s a good combination for him…I couldn’t put three balls in, if I’m being honest with you. It’s a little frustrating right now because I felt like tonight, I hit the ball better than I have over the last two weeks. I came off the court not really thinking I did a whole lot wrong. I mean the guy was pretty much ripping winners from all angles and under full run - it was frustrating. I didn’t once, you know, until I was down a good bit in the tie breaker, feel like I was on my way to losing that match. It’s just frustrating. But I guess it’s just cyclical you know – just stick with it and keep plugging and that’s all you can do…Like I said, it’s a little – I don’t know the feeling – it’s just…I’m not mad. I’m just a little disappointed. I keep reading all these transcripts from other people and you know, if it’s Murray last week saying it’s the best match he’s played so far, or if it’s Arthur’s the other night saying it’s the best match he’s played so far…if this guy says it’s not his best match, he’s lying. It’s just you know, or Baghdatis all of a sudden. I mean it’s just kind of one after the other right now and this is the first time I’ve taken my lumps kind of back to back. I’m not feeling like I’m struggling hitting the ball, so it’s a little frustrating but I guess it goes in cycles. So like I said, I came off the court kind of needing verification that I played pretty well. For my part, I was like I didn’t feel as though I played badly, you know, am I doing something wrong? It’s just a little frustrating.”

What’s frustrating is his continual downward spiral. I voiced my opinion as to why he’s slipping. Come on Andy-concentrate!

And what did the Mouth Bode Miller have to say after his miserable performance at the Olympics?

“Me, it’s been an awesome two weeks,” Miller said. “I got to party and socialize at an Olympic level.” Bode made that statement one hour prior to skidding off of the course in the slalom, which, thankfully, was the last of his five events. Bode earned a big zero at the games and kept ducking reporters again. A few highlights from one reporter who nailed Bode down…
“People said, ‘Why can’t you stay in for the two weeks, three weeks? You’ve got the rest of your life to experience the games the way everybody else does.’ But I like the whole package. I always have…People want athletes to cater to their image of what an athlete should be, but they also want them to fail so they can feel like their screw ups are all right. If I make a priority shift, I’ll make it because it’s best for me.” **What about what’s best for your endorsers Bode?**

“It does matter that it’s the Olympics. I just did it my way. I’m not a martyr, and I’m not a do-gooder. I just want to go out and rock. And man, I rocked here.”
**Rocked what? Your image is shot, your athletic talent is doubted and your intelligence is lacking on all levels. But hey, yeah, you rocked…**

“The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won…” **If you could have won Bode, you would have**
Ba-bye Bode…

On equally retarded ground is Barry Bonds. At one time, I would have defended his actions and statements, but I just can’t do it anymore.

In the wake of his upcoming ESPN “reality” show, Mensa reject Bonds told reporters Friday that he wouldn’t conduct interviews with media members until they sign the release allowing footage of them to be shown on his upcoming show on ESPN. ESPN reporters declined to sign the waiver.

After taking batting practice for a fourth straight day Saturday, Bonds declined to comment on his status but said it had nothing to do with reporters not signing the waivers. He said he had nothing new to report and indicated he would talk at some undetermined later date.

The main problem I have is the idea of a “reality” show involving Bonds. Most people believe that reality shows are in fact reality, when they are not. Barry Bonds is one of the savviest businessmen around. There is no way in hell that he is going to allow the camera to “capture” the real Barry Bonds, hence the need for the media to sign waivers. His public image is simply that, an image. He is not the loving, dedicated, family man he claims to be. This was evidenced when one of his former “mistresses” came forward and was brushed under the carpet by not only Bonds, but also I suspect, ESPN. I know for a fact that there are other women out there who laugh out loud when Barry professes his dedication to his “wife” and children.
Bonds currently teeters in third place on the all-time homerun list with 708. With his pursuit of Hank Aaron’s homerun record and potential retirement already making a buzz, PinnacleSports.com has jumped on the “lets have fun with Barry” bandwagon. The website has opened a number of wagering options on Bonds’ 2006 season including whether the Giants’ 41 year-old slugger will set a new career homerun mark this season. The site lists Bonds as a 6/1 long shot to set a new career homerun record by smashing 48 homers this season. With speculation that Bonds may call it a career after the 2006 season, the likelihood of Bonds retiring before the start of the 2007 season at 10/11 odds. For a complete list of odd, or more info go to www.pinnaclesports.com .

Athlebrity newcomer Shaun White is the only one who “rocked” at the Olympics.

When Shaun White struck Gold in the men’s halfpipe, it was apparent that he is the athlete whose marketability has gained the most. He has been described as “an affable, well-spoken young guy, who competes in a red-hot sport and he’s the best in the world. What more could you ask for?” More love for White: he “lived up to his pre-Games hype and made all right moves in Turin — even tearing up on the podium. He expanded his Gen Y appeal to generations older and younger.”

White, whose nickname is the Flying Tomato, said when he was at a Heat-Knicks game at MSG on Wednesday, “I’m sitting there next to Regis Philbin and he keeps calling me the ‘Red Onion’” White commented on potential endorsements: “I think we got approached by a tomato company, but I’m not too interested in that stuff. I’m not a big fan of the nickname.” White added of marketing opportunities, “I’m finding this weird balance where I want to stay true to the sport [and] then I just don’t want to do lame commercials. It’s got to be the right lingo, it’s got to be the right circumstances”

The Flying Tomato has the charm and right attitude to reel in a big endorsement which can tap into his sex appeal. And yes, let’s ditch the Flying Tomato nickname and refer to him as the White Heat.

As always, thanks for reading, and remember, love the athletes, not just the games. Delinda

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Before diving into today’s juice, I must first voice my opinion on Tony Parker and Eva Longoria. Every time I see them together, or interviewed, the media is asking Tony about a “putting a ring” on Eva’s finger. I once wrote that Tony was a deer caught in Eva headlights (no pun intended), he has the same look on his face each time he is seen with her. Do I think he is in love with her? No way. Tony is riding her wave while inching his way into the mainstream public. If Eva weren’t running around with Tony Parker’s name rhinestoned onto her jeans, his stock wouldn’t be nearly as high as it is. Eva has ushered this hot athlete into the Hollywood realm, acting as the best PR person Tony Parker could ask for (aside from me) and she comes with perks. How could this hot baller ignore one of the cutest and most beautiful women in the world who is literally throwing herself at his feet and boosting his ratings at the same time? He couldn’t and can’t. At least for now. Anyway, that’s my opinion. More power to ya Tony, I just wish your PR girl would have stopped you before you decided to make a terrible move and record your first French rap record.

The “French Rap” CD “THE TOP OF THE GAME,” can be heard when Tony makes his “San Antonio hip-hop nightclub debut” at Club Antro on Tuesday. The show is billed as “Tony Parker & Game Time Family featuring Fabolous.” (FABOLOUS is a N.Y.-based rapper). Listed as a “special guest” for the premier is Ms. PR herself. The video for Parker’s first song makes me cringe just thinking about it. It includes Spurs teammates ROBERT HORRY, TIM DUNCAN, BRENT BARRY and NAZR MOHAMMED. I have no problem with hot athletes acting or modeling, but making a “French Hip Hop” CD and a video with your teammates? What the hell are you thinking Tony? And Mensa points are deducted for fellow teammates who appear in the video. Just because hip-hop and basketball go hand in hand, doesn’t mean you should commingle the two. An Athlebrity meltdown is looming.

Have I mentioned that Apolo Ohno is hot?

This sexy short track speed skater needs some Athlebrity love. Apolo Ohno has so far won a 1,000-meter Bronze Medal in Turin.

His agent, Janey Miller, said that she typically does not focus on fitting endorsement deals into certain categories for Ohno. Miller: “The endorsement and marketing relationships we choose for Apolo are driven by his unique appeal to certain market demographics and personality characteristics. Apolo has demonstrated incredible appeal to the young, aggressive and trendy or hip markets (that’s us Athlebrity lovers) but he is also surprisingly well recognized and respected by the older demographics as well. That said, he loves cars and technology!” Ohno currently does not have deals in either of those categories and may want to call Eva for some help. Ohno’s Athlebrity endorsement deals include Coca Cola, McDonalds, GE Healthcare, Hilton Hotels (which room Ohno?) Roots, and Landroller skates. Ohno’s agent continued: “He [went] into Turin as a well-recognized favorite. People identified with his competitiveness, his success, his sportsmanship and his style in Salt Lake, and all of that raises his marketing profile and opportunities…my main goal is to ensure that I represent Apolo to potential corporate sponsors as the true individual that he is. What we look for is a company that understands and appreciates Apolo’s unique charisma and personal qualities as much as his athletic accomplishments.” We ditto that statement here and hope to see this hot athlete showcasing his hot charisma off the ice, and preferably topless.

Ba-da-bing….HBO’s “The Sopranos” will sponsor Richard Childress Racing’s No. 07 Nextel Cup Chevrolet in the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 12. The race sponsorship is part of HBO’s marketing campaign to promote the Sopranos season premiere, which will air the same night at 9:00pm ET.

The show’s logo will appear on the hood and quarter panels of the car and the Bada Bing logo will be on the rear quarter panel. The pit crew’s uniforms will include a patch advertising Satriale’s Pork Store, and a pistol. If the driver does not win the race…he may want to move to Sicily and meet up with Furio?

US Olympic Athlebrity poster child, Gold Medal-winning snowboarder Shaun White will join CNN’s “Robin & Company” tomorrow morning as an honorary member of the show’s team. Robin Meade will interview White, who will also be involved in weather reports, entertainment segments, and possibly sports updates Word of advice young man-slow it down. You don’t want to end up with Athlebrity burn out- most recently evidenced by Andy Roddick. (sorry Andy, you know I love ya.)

Blast from the past…John Rocker. This super cheesy former major league pitcher and well-known Mensa reject is competing is the Spike TV series “Pros vs. Joes”.

CHEESEBALL ROCKER
This show features Athlebrities competing against average Joe’s. If you remember John Rocker, and all the bigoted moronic statements he made while playing, then you might just wanna take a swing at him. A lineup of nine regular New York sports fans who called in randomly to 1050 ESPN Sports Radio New York will get three swings off of controversial former hottie who will be available for interviews. Grasping at straws to promote the show, Spike TV will also be handing out John Rocker-autographed baseballs, well suited for an “E-bay buy now for $9.99.” The series premieres Monday, March 6 at 10:00pm ET/PT on Spike TV. Other hot Pros athletes featured include that dancing fool Jerry Rice, Herschel Walker, Bo Jackson, and favorite reality show reject and nasty hot Dennis Rodman. If you really care, log onto spiketv.com for more info.

Finally, the hottest athlete to sport anything plaid is Adam Scott. I shoved him down your throat yesterday, and will do so again right now.

The hot Aussie was eliminated today from the Accenture Match Play Tournament at La Costa. Hottie rolled out of bed late yesterday after not receiving his wake-up call. This morning, he rolled out of bed late again but looked superb in a plaid Burberry shirt and perfectly fitted pants- sexy golf gloves teasing me from his back pocket. It was all I could do to maintain composure each time he walked by.

There was a writer from Golf something-or-the-other running around like a chicken with his head cut off. “I need to find a story,” he kept saying. I wanted to tell him the story was right in front of his face. The throngs of females, hooched out in true groupie fashion, were running in their heels to catch a glimpse of this unbelievably hot gift to golf. Adam Scott may not know it yet, but he has a solid female fan base aptly summed up by one female spectator who yelled “Adam will you marry me”. I wanted to say “step off sista he’s mine” but I didnt. I did however, make eye contact with him, which filled my head with naughty thoughts about giving him my own wake-up call.

That’s it for today. I wont be posting tomorrow due to chasing the hotties.
As always, thanks for reading. Delinda

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Bode the mouth Miller, still plans to race in Saturday’s slalom event despite a minor ankle injury suffered yesterday. No, he didn’t hurt it when he stumbled out of a bar, but allegedly while playing basketball with teammates. At least now he has an excuse for a loss in the upcoming race.

Hot Athlebrity Shaun White has been the only true gift to come out of the Olympics this year. Now, hottie is on the cover of the February 27 issue of Sports Illustrated.

The cover also features U.S. Olympic snowboarding medallists Hannah Teter, Seth Wescott, Danny Kass, Gretchen Bleiler and Lindsey Jacobellis, with the header, “Heavy Medal: American Boarders Energize The Olympics With 3 Golds, 3 Silvers and Free Spirits.” This marks the second straight SI cover to feature snowboarding, (White appeared on the February 20 issue.) Adding another notch in his Athlebrity belt, white-hot White also appeared on Martha Stewart’s show Wednesday morning.

And in case you were wondering about the lawsuit that arose in December on behalf of convenience store owners who were “unknowingly” selling faulty phone cards- the U.S. District Court in N.Y. has dismissed the case because the “plaintiffs’ jurisdictional allegations are patently defective.” The $35 million dollar lawsuit featured phone cards with the images of several hot MLB players, including David Ortiz, Pedro Martinez, Miguel Tejada, Octavio Dotel and Julio Lugo.

Cavaliers investor Usher attended Tuesday night’s Magic-Cavaliers game, making his first appearance this season. Usher has “not been on good terms” with the team’s ownership group, and it was “unclear if his appearance was a sign of mending fences. Unlike the games he attended last season, Usher was not acknowledged on the video board, and the season-long ban on his music was not lifted.” It was unknown if Usher participated in the Cavaliers’ attempt to break the world record for the most people wearing wigs in a single venue.

Every fan that attended the game Tuesday received a free “Wild Thing” Anderson Varejao wig. Potentially 20,562 Cavaliers fans could have donned the wigs. Unfortunately, none of the fans looked as hot as Varejao does with his sexy mane of signature hair. The Detroit Pistons hold the current World record, set in March 2005, with 6,213. In April of 2005, Pistons fans broke their own world record by wearing 6,638 wigs at the same time.

Hot Athlebrity Raider Randy Moss’ Randy Moss Enterprises has made an investment in Colorado-based juice bar franchise INTA JUICE. Moss plans on opening his first franchise in his hometown of Charleston, West Virginia, in May.

An indication of his ego will be reflected in the name of the “juice bar”- major Mensa points will be scored for this sexy athlete if he keeps the name Inta Juice, and not name it Moss’s Juice Bar.

Athlebrity golfer and the antichrist of the PGA, John Daly, just signed an endorsement deal with TaylorMade. Daly will be the “centerpiece of its introduction of Maxfli clubs” by ’07.

In San Diego, Daly visited TaylorMade’s HQs yesterday, where he “launched three drives from a stage, over a full parking lot, across a two-lane public street and near a banner on the far side of the company test range.” King had “promised the employees a day off if Daly hit the sign about 300 yards away,” but “gave it to them anyway” after Daly was unsuccessful. I mention John Daly because I want to introduce some of you to what’s going down in San Diego this week. The Accenture Match Play Championship….ya I know golf is boring but stick with me for a minute…as some of you may know, this blog stems from my original site www.lovetheathletes.com. Love the Athletes is rooted in my belief that if the-“I-hate-sports”-culture watches the hot athletes involved in the “games”, then they would be hooked. Yes I am blatantly and proudly objectifying men. This belief of mine is fully researched and supported. Don’t believe me? Try this one out. Golf. (knee jerk reaction-boring) Now, try this one out. Adam Scott.

Knee jerk reaction: Oh-my-god-who-the-hell-is-that!

Accenture ran a full-page ad in USA Today showing two clubs being held up across each other as if they were swords, with the header, “The Accenture Match Play Championship. Where The World’s Top Golfers Face Their Toughest Obstacle Yet. Each Other.”

The worlds top golfers include this delicious athlete who nearly made me convulse as he brushed by me Wednesday. Adam Scott!
This sexy beast is currently ranked number 10 in the “Official Golf Ratings” and a number 10 on Athlebrity hotness scale. He owns three 3 PGA Tour titles and 3 International Titles.

The golfer from down under currently has a full head of luscious brown wavy hair that begs to be pulled. However, if he wins the Accenture, hottie will have to get a hair cut. (I have a pair of scissors on me at all times). Sexy Scott made bets with fellow hot golfers Sergio Garcia and Tim Clark. None can cut their hair until they have won a tournament. Sources have informed me that Sergio Garcia “cheated by getting a trim”, but most importantly, Adam has left his mane in tact for me to run my fingers through. If Adam Scott doesn’t entice you to stop on “Golf” the next time you’re flipping through the channels, then please, check your pulse.

Massachusetts State Police will not charge Sebastian Telfair “for bringing a loaded handgun onto the team’s private jet.” Investigators said that they could not prove Telfair “was in possession of the weapon while in the state.” Telfair admitted to investigators that he stored the loaded Smith & Wesson .22-caliber automatic handgun in a pillowcase on the team plane after discovering the weapon as the team left Portland International Airport on Feb. 7. I

Investigators believe the gun remained in the pillowcase until it was discovered on Feb. 11 by the jet’s flight crew as the team prepared to leave Hanscom Air Force Base outside of Boston for Toronto. “We can’t put the firearm in his possession at the time he was in Massachusetts,” said Arthur “Red” McDonald, a Massachusetts State Police trooper assigned to investigations. “He admits that he had it when he was first on the plane, then he stuck it in a pillow. We have to be able to say he had it in his possession, and we can’t say that.” Blah, blah, blah…of course they aren’t gonna charge him. Hot NBA athlete gets arrested for carrying a loaded gun? Wouldn’t look good for the league. The gunslinger could still face a fine or suspension from the NBA after they complete their own investigation.

While the NBA continues its investigation, they have teamed up with Toyota to give fans the chance to go one-on-one with Athlebrities, fashion icons, and rock stars. Fans of hot athletes, designers, rappers, etc. can place a vote for the best play of the week on Toyota1on1.com. One Grand Prize winner will have the opportunity to “Get Game” with Denver Nuggets nugget Carmelo Anthony, “Get Style” with fashion and media icon Marc Ecko, or “Get Beats” with music mogul Jermaine Dupri. The rules do not specify the definition of what Getting Game is with Carmelt-in-my-mouth Anthony, however, I speculate it’s not the same as our definition. To participate in the contest log on to Toyota1on1.com to vote for one of three video clips showing the best plays of the week from NBA action. At the end of the promotion, one Grand Prize winner will be chosen from all the people who have voted for the plays of the week to have a choice of going “1on1″ with Anthony, Ecko or Dupri. Hmmm, isnt “1on1” with any hot athlete what we all dream of? If only the rest of the world played by our rules.

That’s it for today. As always, thanks for reading. Delinda

So, Bode Miller is an Olympic failure, Barry Bonds may retire, A-Rod gets unfairly slammed, Ricky Williams fails a drug test and Sebastian Telfair gets busted with a LOADED handgun hidden in his pillow on an airplane and no one writes about it?
Where’s the media frenzy? A hot gun toting NBA player and the media sleeps through it?

Sebastian Telfair. He’s worth around $15 million, give or take, and may need that money for a legal defense. The sexy guard from the Trail Blazers still is under investigation by Massachusetts State Police for having a loaded gun on the team’s private jet on Feb. 11, a development that actually surprised team officials Monday!

Last Wednesday, the Blazers issued a news release stating that the team was told by Massachusetts authorities that “they conducted an extensive investigation and verified all key aspects of Sebastian’s story, closing the investigation late (Tuesday) night, apparently satisfied there was no illegal activity.”

However, Sgt. Scott Range from the Massachusetts State Police said on Monday that the case has not been closed. “As far as we are concerned, this is still under investigation,” Range said.

Art Sasse, the Blazers’ vice president for communications, said “He told us the case was closed and showed us the police report that said ‘Case closed,’ ” Sasse said. “And we haven’t heard anything different. This is the first I’m hearing that something would be different.”

In case you’ve missed the story- Telfair said he found the gun in his girlfriend’s travel bag, which he accidentally brought on the trip, and stowed it on the team plane. When TSA officials found the gun during a security sweep, it was loaded and stashed in his pillow. Telfair later apologized and said he had made a mistake, but has declined to answer further questions.

At the minimum, Telfair has violated the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement, which states in Article VI, Section 9 that, “whenever a player is traveling on any NBA-related business . . . such player shall not possess a firearm of any kind.” The NBA constitution (yes, there is such a thing) says the NBA commissioner has the power to suspend a player indefinitely and/or fine him up to $50,000 for breaking the rule- as of today, commissioner Stern has done nothing, and the league has only fined him an “undisclosed” amount. Is it because Telfair has been abiding by the more important issue of the NBA dress code? Or maybe Director Jonathan Hock has enough “pull” in the industry- Hock’s his new documentary is titled “Through the Fire” and traces the” rags-to-riches” story of Telfair. I suspect this little incident will be left out of the film.

Also up for speculation is whether Massachusetts will bring charges against Telfair. The state has one of the toughest gun laws in the nation. For a person to carry any loaded firearm in a concealed manner in a public way or place requires a Class A license. Violators of the “gun-license law” may be imprisoned for up to two years or receive a $500 fine, or just a pat on the back if they are a pro athlete.

On the other hand, Oregon, does not require a license to own a gun. The state only requires a concealed weapons permit for the holder, who must be registered in the county in which he or she lives and must be at least 21 years old. Mensa reject Telfair is only 20. Hum? His “girlfriend” is over 21 but it’s not known whether or not she had a permit for the weapon.

The consequences of this idiotic gun-stashing incident are likely to be less serious than if he had had one on a commercial plane, meaning, he’ll get a slap on the wrist and a small fine.

In any case, it’s a good soap-opera story being glossed over and largely ignored by the league and the media. I, for one, will be keeping tabs on this story…. I ain’t saying he’s a gunslinger…

More of today’s news on the next page…

Bode the mouth Miller finished sixth in yesterday’s giant slalom. Miller, after losing told the AP, “If things went well, I could be sitting on four medals, maybe all of the gold.” Pa-leeze stop talking Bode, it doesn’t help.

Miller declined to speak to dozens of other U.S. reporters. Instead of wasting anymore blog space on this used-to-be-hot-athlete and biggest loser in Olympic history, I am going to publish my favorite “slap on Bodes ass” quote. It comes fresh from Frank Fitzpatrick of the Philadelphia Inquirer, who wrote: “Here’s some advice, Bad Bode: Since you’ve stopped answering questions, don’t answer your phone, either. It could be Nike demanding a refund on that seven-figure endorsement deal.”

Keeping with the (yawn) Olympics for a minute, I can’t ignore the unprecedented weekend police search of Austrian Olympic skiers’ quarters. Saturday night, Italian Police snuck up on 10 Austrian biathletes and cross-country skiers and seized 30 packages of antidepressants, asthma medication and 100 syringes, some used, an Italian state prosecutor told Austrian television. It was the first time police in an Olympic host nation had raided athletes’ quarters during the Games in a search for performance-enhancing substances. The lab analysis on the “evidence” is ongoing and no arrests have been made. The danger is that in Italy, sports doping is a crime punishable by up to two years behind bars.

Not behind bars yet is Walter Mayer. As the drama unfolds, Walter Mayer, the banned Austrian ski coach whose “suspected” presence in Italy triggered the raid, crashed his car into a police cruiser that had been set up as a roadblock Sunday night in an Austrian town 15 miles beyond the Italian border. He was then taken to a psychiatric facility Monday for a brief stay. Mayer has been banned from Olympic participation through 2010 as a result of a blood-doping scandal four years ago at the Winter Games in Salt Lake City. Blood-doping is the practice of artificially increasing the oxygen in an athlete’s bloodstream. Mayer has been banned from participation; yet, he continues to serve as Austria’s biathlon and cross-country skiing coach. Mayer was not given Olympic credentials and was thought to have traveled to the Games on his own. Police received a tip that he was in Turin with the Austrian team.

Turin prosecutors believe that “The intervention of the judicial authorities is necessary because sports authorities are not self-sufficient.” And Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel voiced concern that Italian authorities had treated Austrian athletes “like criminals.” Others, including hot athletes and doping experts, expressed concern that enforcement efforts might be going too far.

Austrian skier Hermann Maier, an Alpine Athlebrity with four Olympic medals to his name, cited a Feb. 9 incident in which he said two doping officials approached him pretending to be fans, and then demanded he submit to a test. The reason for such a ruse are stupid, given rules that permit random, unannounced testing year-round. “I happily stand for controls, and they are good to have,” Maier said. “But they should follow certain rules and don’t turn out to become a personal attack against certain people. One should not treat athletes as if they were Osama bin Laden.”

On Saturday, sexy U.S. speed skater Shani Davis won the 1,000-meter event at the Turin Games and became the first black athlete to win an individual Gold Medal in a Winter Olympics!
Davis: “It’s cool to have a gold medal because so many people train hard and work hard all their lives and they don’t have a gold medal, regardless of their color”

Right after the interview, and ready to pounce on the opportunity to rain on Shani’s parade, NBC’s Dan Hicks said, “That is certainly not the kind of interview you’re used to hearing from an Olympic Gold Medalist. It is obvious something is on Davis’ mind, and at this stage of the Games, we’re not about to guess what that might be.” Also fueling the flames of this dead-end witch-hunt is Bob Costas who noted the “tension” between Davis and his U.S. teammates.

Shanis’ agent, Peter Carlisle said that he did not think Davis’ behavior was significant. “Every athlete approaches the Olympics in a different way.” And in this case, Shani simply had to pee.

Shani “I’m not mad at anybody. I’m up there and I have to go to the bathroom. And then afterward you’ve got the flower ceremony, and then you have to talk to 5 million people. I mean, I appreciate people wanting to talk, but nature is calling and I can’t say that in front of the camera, so I just tried to keep it short”
I for one, back up Shani on his personal quest for Gold. He has remained classy and eloquent throughout the entire competition. Why can’t we just applaud his athletic talent and historical accomplishment without trying to create a scandal around it?
End of story.

Has Ricky Williams discover the Betel Nut?
After testing positive for -oh-no! weed-in three previous NFL drug tests, Dolphins running back Ricky Williams tested positive again, but this time the banned substance is NOT marijuana, according to sources. Two sources said the hot running back, who faces a minimum one-year ban from the league, has appealed his latest positive test in hopes of continuing his career.

”I would be blown away if Ricky Williams used drugs,” said agent Leigh Steinberg, who represents Williams. “And that’s how most of the people around him also feel.”

The NFL has a list of nearly a dozen so-called supplements that are banned. Even too much water in a urine sample can trigger a positive test result because it can be deemed a masking agent for drugs. Williams, the 420 king, has been in the NFL’s drug treatment program. I assume the NFL drug-treatment program reaches across the globe, because Steinberg said Williams left for India on or around Feb. 9 and is not scheduled to return to the United States until early April. Williams is virtually unreachable while he studies yoga and holistic medicine, and neither his family nor his agent is able to reach him on a regular basis. This is the second consecutive year Williams has spent at least a month in India studying.

Props to Ricky for this journey, which I’ve done before, and it makes me wonder if Ricky has discovered the Betel Nut? Betel chewing is very popular in India. After about 20 minutes of chewing, the fibrous residue which remains of the nut is spat on the street. The streets in India are spattered with Betel spit patterns in bright red dye.

Betel chewing has been claimed to produce a sense of well-being, euphoria, heightened alertness, sweating, salivation, a hot sensation in the body and increased capacity to work. It also leads to habituation, addiction, withdrawal, and produces an increase in heart rate, blood pressure, sweating and body temperature. Betel chewing mainly affects the central and autonomic nervous systems. The most important active principles of betel nut are similar to nicotine in its stimulating, mildly intoxicating and appetite-suppressing effects on the mind.

”This whole thing is a little confusing,” said one source when asked what substance was found in Williams. “I’ll just leave it at that. The best way to say it is he violated the program.”

Steinberg seemed upset the news was leaked even before an appeal be filed to could possibly prevent a suspension. ”It’s really distressing that what is supposed to be a confidential, private rehabilitation and assistance program gets talked about by supposed league officials,” Steinberg said. “It runs completely contrary to the law and spirit of the program. For this to come out before we have had a chance to go through the appeal process is extremely disappointing.”

Spring is in the air, and so is the much-anticipated arrival of hot baseball players to Spring Training. Hot, hot, hot, Alex Rodriguez checked into Yankees camp yesterday morning at Legends Field, and wasn’t too happy. Addressing the flap he is getting over his participation in the WBC.

“I only spoke once and then three months later (decided). All the garbage in between was Major League Baseball,” A-Rod said “I don’t know who was leaking what nonsense. All the stuff back and forth, I don’t know. I said it once and three months later.”

Asked if he was pissed at MLB, A-Rod lumped MLB and the union together. “Central baseball overall. I don’t want to point at someone if they didn’t do it but I knew the information was coming out of somewhere,” A-Rod said. “ESPN was getting it from somewhere. If I say something, let me say it.”

But apparently A-Rod’s dates aren’t adding up. On Dec. 15, A-Rod told The NY Post he didn’t want to dishonor either the Dominican Republic or America, so he wasn’t going to play in the WBC. The next day, a union rep predicted A-Rod would change his mind. On Jan. 17 A-Rod decided to play for America. “It was tough as (bleep) to be honest,” A-Rod said of his decision. “Most people aren’t going to understand and they are going to ridicule and make fun of it. Unless they understand my background and where I come from and the passion my family and heritage holds, I don’t expect them to understand. I made the right decision and I am very proud to play for the USA team.”

World champion White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen had the balls to blast A-Rod last week for being a hypocrite. Guillen later apologized. “We have to move on, apology accepted,” A-Rod said.

This is absolutely the stupidest media frenzy I have ever seen. A-Rod is one of the best athletes in the world. He is simply playing a game and not defecting, denying, or denouncing his heritage. Let him play in peace and enjoy the game.

And why hasn’t Mike Piazza gotten the same lip for his decision to play for team Italy? Pizza boy was born in the US and is about Italian as the Olive Garden.

Fighting the Power is Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas.

During Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game, hot baller Arenas covered the adidas logos on his shoes with pieces of white tape with zeros written on them. Arenas called it a “silent protest” over his contract with the shoe company. Arenas: “We’re in a negotiation period right now. It’s just like everything else, I’m at the bottom end of the negotiations…if I made the All-Star team two years straight we would cut up the deal and negotiate another one…if they don’t want to negotiate, I don’t have a problem with that. I’ll leave the three stripes, with no words on it.”

Last season, hottie was featured in an ad campaign along with hot ballers Chauncey Billups and Sebastian Telfair. He is also on the front page of adidas’ basketball Web site next to sexy Spur Tim Duncan, lupinesq Kevin Garnett and smoking hot Tracy McGrady. The company said that it plans to promote this hot athlete in a Q3 campaign around its new “Piranha” shoe and he is also scheduled to have his first signature shoe, the “Zero,” released on December 15. The company indicated that it hopes to maintain its association with Arenas. Arenas’ agent, Dan Fegan, was unavailable for comment.

Shaq is taking over the world, one product at a time.

In the locker room prior to the All-Star Game, Shaq had a remote-controlled replica of his shoe, complete with spinning rims. O’Neal: “I’m starting a line called Shaqcessories. Anything that’s an accessory I’m going to Shaq it up. A Shaq alarm clock, a Shaq shoe and Shaq iPod holder, it’s all coming to Radio[Shack] soon” I guess the company will now be called RadioShaq?

That’s it for now. As always, thanks for reading. Delinda

*Publishing notice* Athlebrities will not post tomorrow, as I will be chasing hot golfers at the Accenture Match Play Championship at La Costa.

And remember, Athlebrity.com is now open!

If you are a fan of hot pro athletes, you may be one of those perverted types that want the ‘sweat’ towel from your favorite Athlebrity. I, for one, would die to have an Andy Roddick sweat towel to cuddle up with at night. If you are as perverted as I, you can now bid on NASCAR hottie Tony Stewart’s sweat towel.

Bidding starts today on OldSpice.com and eBay.com and all proceeds will be donated to the Victory Junction Gang Camp.
Tony Stewart, directly after winning the Hershey’s Kissables 300 on Saturday, handed over his Old Spice towel-unwashed and dripping in hot sweat-to the charity auction. Fans can place a bid for the autographed towel by logging onto www.OldSpice.com or www.eBay.com.

And if you are wondering how wet that towel might be, keep in mind that temperatures inside Tony’s car are as hot as he is and reach up to 150 degrees. Good luck and happy bidding!

Barry Bonds. The hot Giants outfielder is sitting on the cusp of passing Babe Ruth and only 48 home runs shy of breaking Hank Aaron’s all-time home run record. So what should he do? Retire? Yes says the hot slugger. Bonds says this spring training will be his last and he plans to retire after the 2006 baseball season with or without the game’s most cherished record.

“I’m not playing baseball anymore after this,” Bonds told USA Today “The game (isn’t) fun anymore. I’m tired of all of the crap going on. I want to play this year out, hopefully win, and once the season is over go home and be with my family. Maybe then everybody can just forget about me.”

The controversial beast says he plans to report Tuesday to the Giants camp in Scottsdale and has no idea how many games he’ll be able to play this year. He missed most of last year after three operations on his right knee and says he remains in pain. “I can’t even tell you how many pain pills I am on or how many sleeping pills I’m taking,” Bonds said. “I don’t have a choice. I can’t even run that much anymore. How can I run? I don’t have any cartilage in that knee. I’m bone on bone…but I can still hit. I can rake. I can hit a baseball.”

Bonds also says he is worn out by all of the attention and the allegations of steroid use and will not hesitate to walk away from the game shy of Aaron’s record.

“I’ve never cared about records anyway,” he said to our amusement, “so what difference does it make? Right now, I’m telling you, I don’t even want to play next year. Baseball is a fun sport. But I’m not having fun…I love the game of baseball itself, but I don’t like what it’s turned out to be. I’m not mad at anybody. It’s just that right now I am not proud to be a baseball player.”

I wonder if he was proud to be a player in 2004 when he said he might quit after the 2005 season if the Giants didn’t pick up the final year of his contract? Or if he was proud last spring when hinted at retirement as he revealed knee problems might force him to miss the entire season. And Sunday, Bonds told MLB.com in a phone interview, “If I can play (in 2007), I’m going to play; if I can’t, I won’t.”

Bonds has won a record seven National League Most Valuable Player awards, four more than any player in history and set the season home run record in 2001 with 73 homers.

“But it never ends” continued the big guy, “It seems like every reporter from last season to this season has reported and opened up a new can of (expletive). And I haven’t even been to spring training. At least let me get to spring training and (expletive) up before you crucify me…Thank you for all of your criticism. Thank you for dogging me. The latest thing is that ESPN says that Barry is still big. They say I didn’t lose weight. Well, you know what? I am still big. I’m fat (6-2, 230 pounds). I can’t do much. I can’t train like I used to. So the weight stays. I’m just not a skinny person, dude, I’m not. I never will be…so what (are) they going to say now? Are they going to say, ‘Wow, I guess it can’t be steroids anymore because he didn’t lose all that weight?’ Or are they going to be mad that I’m fat. Come on, which one is it?”
Bonds, who spent time this winter at his home in Aspen, Colo., and in the Bahamas, says he has been under duress since the end of last season.
Pa-leeze, Aspen, the Bahamas and stress don’t go together Barry, sell that to someone else. Yes, we know there are custody battles, mistresses and ex-wives to deal with, but everyone has pressures, and most of us don’t have millions of dollars to ease our stress.
“So who cares when I get to spring training? It’s not mandatory for me to be there until March 2, anyways. I’ve never been late. So why should it matter now? Why don’t you (the media) stick up for me instead of sending me to the wolves?”
Bonds anticipates holding a press conference upon his arrival. “All I know is that I’m trying to get to the World Series again. I want that ring. So I don’t want to sit on no bench. When I sit on the bench, I hurt my teammates. I want to win. “It’s my show, dude.” Also adding to his stress is his new pending “reality” show.
“It’s not really a reality show. It’s more like an autobiography through my years and what I’m doing now. They’ll come into my house. They’ll follow me around. They can go where they want. I don’t care. I don’t have nothing to hide. (anymore?) Let people see the real me.” Hey Barry, if its an autobiography, make sure to include ALL the mistresses you’ve had in the “past”, otherwise, the media may find out and you’ll have a lot more stress to deal with…

Big mouth Bode is going downhill faster than expected. Unfortunate, the only medal available in this downhill is a giant gold “L” for loser. The mouth continues his struggle today in the men’s giant slalom. Already 0-for-3 at these Olympics, Miller made another mistake and almost fell in the middle of the first run, which would have fit in nicely with the way the Olympics are going so far. Bode best finish is fifth in the downhill. He failed to finish the combined event, and skied off the course in the super-G. How you ski off-course in the Olympics is a mystery to me, but then again, its Bode.

And finally, the hottest event of the weekend was the NBA All Star game in Houston. Overflowing with hot athletes co-mingling with celebrities, the event gave us plenty of sexy athletes to drool over.
The hotties from the East beat the hotties from the West 122-120.
King LeBron James won the 2006 All Star MVP for the East and became the youngest player in history to do so. “I was just showcasing my talents today, and we got a win” said the King.

Also making the history books- those hot Detroit Pistons. Teammates Chauncey Billups, Rasheed Wallace, Big bad sexy Ben Wallace and Richard Hamilton, were all selected as reserves from the team with the league’s best record and came off the bench together to help the East rally.

“You could definitely see the game change when (the Pistons) were all out there together,” West center and Athlebrity Tim Duncan said.

The four Pistons were the most on one All-Star team since 1998. The Pistons honored the fifth member of their starting lineup, Tayshaun Prince by writing ‘22′ on their shoes. “They deserve it — and Tayshaun probably should have been here,” said Indiana’s Jermaine O’Neal. “Those five guys are a big reason why they have the best record in the NBA. I think it’s a huge thing for the league. I’m for any story that makes the NBA look good.”

Big Bad Ben Wallace said the selection of four Pistons underscored the importance of the team concept. “I think it says a lot about the league, that you don’t have to come out and try to dominate the basketball and dominate the game in order to have individual success,” he said.

Here are some of the hot athletes as they make their red-carpet Athlebrity entrance and pose for the press….

SMOKING HOT STEVE NASH

TONY PARKER (sans Eva, thank god)

DWYANE WADE as they’d like us to see him…

DWYANE WADE as we’d like to see him….

Hoope you all had a great long weekend.
As always, thanks for reading. Delinda

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America’s sweetheart, Johnny Weir, missed the bus, and the medal.
This young hot skater may have had too many Athlebrity distractions to win the Silver medal, which was dangling in front of his glossy lips.

In a painful program, Weir failed to try a quadruple jump that had been scheduled early in his program, later he aborted two more combination jumps. He didn’t skate with the same flamboyant enthusiasm he had in Tuesday’s short program.

After finishing 5th, Weir released the following statement:
“I missed the bus. They changed the schedule. It was every ten-minutes. Today it was every half-hour. I was late getting here and never caught up. I never felt comfortable in this building. I didn’t feel my inner peace. I didn’t feel my aura. Inside, I was black.”
Weir also said that he took a couple of sleeping pills to help him sleep through his nerves the previous night. He awoke feeling fine, ate breakfast, and checked his fan-mail site. *This action reflects his inability to maintain focus on the ice. It’s called an Athlebrity-rookie mistake. “Before I left [for Turin], I had like 25 fan mails… but I went [online] and had 897 fan mails,” he said. “Then my best friend called and said, ‘Oh, I was looking online and you made this person’s Web site as a D-list celebrity.’ I said, ‘Oh, great, I’m [actress] Kathy Griffin.’ ”

After spending too much time on-line checking his Athlebrity status, he missed the bus. “I was swearing,” he said. “I wasn’t listening to my music…I was yelling at people, but nobody spoke English. They all spoke Italian. So it took me a while to get across what I needed.”

Eventually, a volunteer car got Weir to the arena at 9:20. Weirs coach doesn’t belive the late bus had anything to do with her pupil’s lame performance. “He may have been a little rushed, but not out of the ordinary,” she said. “And he warmed up well… Personally, I don’t think the schedule had anything to do with it.” Her belief is supported by Weirs admission that he checked his “fan-mail” prior to catching the bus.

When young, hot, talented athletes shift their focus from their sport to their “fan-mail”, performance is going to be affected. Weir has been called Americas Sweetheart and put under the media microscope-its no wonder he buckled under the pressure. For example, the Chicago Tribune ran a tasteless story and a “poll” regarding Weirs sexual orientation. Reacting to that story, Weir said, “”Who I sleep with doesn’t affect what I’m doing on the ice or what I’m doing in a press conference.” I find the lack of tact, or class, by the Chicago Tribune absolutely disgusting. What is even more appalling is that fact that the readers of the Shitcago Tribune were embracing this piece with such perverse interest.

The hottest thing I noticed on ice last night was American EVAN LYSACEK.

Lysacek finished fourth after a sensational, sexy long program in which he skated flawlessly. Lysacek established himself as a contender for the Olympic team by winning the bronze medal at the 2005 U.S. Skating Championships in Portland, Ore; the bronze medal at the U.S. Championships; won the Four Continents Championship; the bronze at the World Championships in Moscow, Russia; and silver medals at the Skate America and the NHK Trophy in Osaka, Japan.

What inspires this hot athlete who once wanted to play ice hockey? “I’m reading the book ‘What to Say When You Talk to Yourself’ and it’s about positive affirmation,” he said. “One of the stories in the book is that this person had never bowled before. He wrote on his hand ‘I bowl strikes’ and just said it over and over and over again and he bowled a perfect game. So I wrote on my hand (prior to another competition) and just kept saying it…I wrote ‘I skate clean programs’ and I made sure that I did that.”

He once wrote the word “attack” on the back of his hand to inspire him. An appropriate choice considering his sex appeal and charm lure us into wanting to attack his hot, hot, hot flawless body.

Americas Other sweetheart, Shaun White, appeared on the “Tonight Show” last night. White talked about getting emotional during his medal presentation.

“That was a trip. You walk out on stage and there’s this sea of people and they know what’s up there. They had the whole family in the front row. They’re raising the flag, playing the anthem. They’re going for the tear-jerker. They’re zoomed in on your eyes: ‘Is he going to do it?’”
White-hot White is so hot at the moment, that when he returned to the U.S., he did a photo shoot for the cover of Rolling Stone.

White: “I’m just having some fun.” White also appears on the cover of this week’s SI!!

Lets have some fun with the hot Australian gold medalist Dale Begg-Smith.

Begging for our attention, and according to various reports, Mr. Smith has a net worth of somewhere between $1 million and $17 million. Rumors place the sourse of his wealth as coming from (OH!) business links to unsavory Internet sites, possibly even gambling and porn sites. But the sexy beast would rather not talk about that. What we do know is that he is hot, 21 years-old, and very private. He grew up Vancouver, his mother coaches figure skating, and his father is retired.

Dale Begg-Smith of Australia jumps off the ramp and shows us a gold medal winning performance in the Men’s Moguls competition.

This weekend, Houston-area third-grader hopes to make a “slam-dunk” in sports reporting. Erik T. will cover the 2006 NBA All-Star festivities for Weekly Reader, a leader in educational publishing. He will be pitted against seasoned CNN and ESPN reporters. It’s the third year in a row that Weekly Reader kid correspondents will file reports on the NBA’s hottest event.
Lucky little 9 year-old Erik will get the chance to be one of the youngest credentialed reporters at the game out of 3000 seasoned pros!
He will file reports and share his experiences with Weekly Reader students nationwide. He will join other lucky reporters in the press box on February 19 to cover pro-basketball’s annual classic. All reports will be posted at http://www.weeklyreader.com.
The correspondent program was created years ago by the Weekly Reader as a way to excite students about reading and writing. Despite being so young, Weekly Reader kid correspondents have scooped big interviews this year, including the Super Bowl, White House, and various movie premieres. I would prefer to read reports from these kids, as opposed to anything reported by the Chicago Tribune. Hopefully, the youngster will hone into the “shoe” wars going down at the NBA All Star weekend.

The hot NBA athletes wanna do their endorsers proud by wearing the best shoes out there.

Cleveland Cav’s King LeBron James,

The King will wear his Nike All-Star Zoom LeBron III, and nothing else I hope.
“Personally, I take a lot of pride in it because I want to have the best shoe out there. I had the best one last year.”

Miami Heat Athlebrity Dwyane Wade

Sexy Wade will sport his red, white and blue Converse signature shoe — simply dubbed Wade.

Kobe will be sporting the Zoom Kobe I.

Allen Iverson’s feet will be sexy in his styling Answer IX

The Shoe features an on/off switch. Its definitly ON.

You may not see these shoes on the court…

Nike is spanking adidas-Salomon in a lawsuit filed regarding a patent infringement in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, claiming several adidas shoes infringe upon on Nike’s Shox cushioning technology. The products in question are shoes using adidas’ a3 cushioning system, including the signature shoe of hot Athlebrity Kevin Garnett and the adidas_1 footwear.

Stepping up to the call of Joey Cheeks in his quest to better the world…

Jet Set and USOC supplier Roots have joined Nike and Gap in matching U.S. Gold Medal-winning speedskater Joey Cheek’s $25,000 donation to the Right To Play charity. Cheek earlier this week donated the Gold Medal bonus he received from the USOC and challenged sponsors to match it.

And mark your calendars: March 19th, “60 MINUTES” is scheduled to air an interview with TIGER WOODS about his new Tiger Woods Learning Center, which opened last week.

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Thats it for now. As always, thanks for reading. Delinda