CAMILO VILLEGAS
Heads up kitty-cat Camilo fans. Ten of the top 11 golfers in the world rankings are set to take the course beginning this Thursday at the Wachovia Championship. Athlebrity favorite, Camilo Villegas will be crawling the course. I, of course, will be hot on his heals and promise to bring you as much of his crawling as possible.

REGGIE BUSH GETS SNUBBED

Reggie Bush puts his handprints in cement at the announcement of his Adidas endorsement at their New York store, Wednesday April 26, 2006.

The sexiest NFL Draft prospects, from left, D’Brickashaw Ferguson, Vernon Davis, Vince Young, Mario Williams, Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush are shown standing on the marquee above the entrance at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. The much anticipated, hyped-up event, snubbed the “projected number one draft pick” as the Texans passed on Reggie Bush. The Houston Texans instead chose hot defensive end Mario Williams, pulling one of the biggest shockers in recent history. (Bodegate excluded). They signed hottie to a six-year, $54 million contract, with $26.5 million guaranteed. “I think if people had just listened to what we had said, they would have seen that we were serious about Mario Williams,” Texans general manager Charley Casserly said in Houston. “Once we brought him in here our statements never changed that we were seriously considering him for the first pick in the draft and I understand that people didn’t believe it, but we always said it and we believed it.”

MATT LEINART

Leinart, who is almost to hot for words, dropped like a hot potato in the NFL draft all the way to number 10, where Arizona swooped in snapped him up. “There could be worse things in life, you know?” Leinart said, cracking a smile.

IS NASH NEXT TO GET SNUBBED?
Steve Nash will be named the NBA’s MVP for the second year in a row according to the Arizona Republic. The newspaper cited a “league source” familiar with the voting, but said the official announcement may not come for two weeks. Granted, Nash is number one in assists and is close to 100% in free throws, but MVP again? Maybe the voting “gene-pool” is tainted by Mensa rejects? I don’t know. If Nash wins and becomes the 10th player to win the award in consecutive seasons, I’ll give him mad hot love. But hello, all the recent hype in sports (Bode Miller, Reggie Bush, etc) doesn’t mean anything until the title is handed out.

RAFAEL NADAL GETS ANOTHER TROPHY

Spain’s sexiest export; Rafael Nadal raises the trophy after his victory over Tommy Robredo, from Spain, during their final match at the Open Seat Godo in Barcelona, Sunday, April 30, 2006. Nadal won 6-4, 6-4, 6-0 and eased his way to a 47th straight win on clay to move into second place on the all-time winning streak list. He moves to the number one spot on the “best biceps in tennis” category.

CHELSEA WINS!

Chelsea players celebrate as smoking hot captain John Terry lifts the trophy after the soccer match against Manchester United in London on Saturday. Chelsea won the game 3-0 and also clinched the Premier League title for the second year running.

Chelsea’s hottest player, Hernan Crespo kisses the English Premiership trophy and seriously makes me wonder how I can get on the receiving end of those lips.

The match didn’t go very well for that little English bulldog Wayne Rooney.
Rooney was carried from the field with a broken bone in his right foot that may jeopardize his World Cup chances. The poor little guy grimaced in pain and clutched his right foot after a collision with defender Paulo Ferreira. Man U later announced that Rooney had “a fracture of the base of the fourth metatarsal” that will idle him for six weeks. England begins the World Cup on June 10, exactly six weeks away, against Paraguay.

Chelsea manager, and sexy, suave Jose Mourinho said “During the season I have thought a couple of times to close the door and say goodbye…not at that moment, but to do it at the end of the season.”

Mourinho has his own, perhaps, misunderstood way of doing things. After polishing off a bottle of bubbly, he was awarded a winner’s medal after the match, Mourinho threw it into the crowd, saying he’d won one last season. When he was given another one, he also threw that to the crowd, explaining the fans had played a major part in Chelsea’s 44-game unbeaten run at home.

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

CAMILO VILLEGAS IS CRAWLING THROUGH SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
Finally, mass media outlets are taking notice of the hottest golfer to crawl the course, Athlebrity lawn cat Camilo Villegas is featured on the Sports Illustrated website.

According to a very astute Luis Fernando Llosa of S.I Villegas’ “play and persona have him poised as a crossover attraction ripe for the MTV crowd and the most beautiful people lists.” The sexy beast created quite a stir in our libidos during his hot second-place finish at the Ford Championships in March, and fans around the world flocked to their TV’s to watch his super-sexy style of lawn crawling. Thirty Spanish-speaking journalists were on hand for the final round, and Villegas landed on the front pages of Colombia’s six largest papers. The morning after the tournament, Colombian cable channel City TV signed a deal to carry the remainder of the ’06 PGA Tour schedule. The President of Colombia’s golf federation, said Villegas is “doing for golf here what Juan Pablo Montoya did for [F1] racing, which was establish a tradition and create a huge following.”

**NEWS FLASH** Villegas has filmed a hot, hot, hot, new TV ad for Cobra in which CBS golf analyst David Feherty asks Villegas “how he hits the ball so far.” In a spoof of the film “Scarface,” Villegas “holds up the head of a Speed Series Cobra driver and says, ‘Say hello to my not-so-little friend.’” I wonder if Camilo Villegas has any idea what it does to us when he says that? I can’t breath right now. P.S. As of this morning, the ad has not been added to the Cobra website- need I remind you to keep checking for it? I think not, but will anyway.

THE HOTTEST AND HIGHEST PAID US SOCCER STUDS

Hot Chivas USA F Juan Francisco Palencia is the highest-paid player in MLS this year with a $1.36M salary. The sexy number two player, Landon Donovan will earn $900,000 this year. Eddie Johnson is third at $875,000, followed by Juan Pablo Garcia at $624,260 and Freddy Adu will earn a base salary of $300,000 and $550,000 in total compensation.

KEVIN GARNETT EARNS LOVE

Sexy beast Kevin Garnett received the NBA’s annual J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship award, which gives mad love to an NBA player or coach for outstanding service to the community. No, Garnett did not win the award for “Birthing” out of a basketball in the Rain, the beast won the award because in November he pledged $1.2M toward the construction of new homes for Hurricane Katrina victims, and his 4XL Foundation opened computer labs at two Minneapolis high schools.

LOOKS THE SAME TO ME?
Reebok and the Vikings last night unveiled the team’s new uniforms at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota.

The team’s newly-designed uniforms were unveiled at the Mall alongside hot Vikings Jermaine Wiggins, Kevin Williams, Matt Birk. The unveiling has been teasing us with billboards and local newspaper ads with a blurred image of Wiggins, Birk, Antoine Winfield and Brad Johnson in the new uniforms. Now, the campaign has been “unblurred” and we can see how hot these guys are.

IT’S A BUSH FIRE
I’m not gonna jump on the media lynching that’s rolling with Reggie Bush and the allegations about his house. I would prefer to jump on Reggie myself- I mean, jump on his hot endorsement deals and Athlebrity outings.

Last night, hottie appeared on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” where he talked about his new endorsement deal with adidas. (Note: the adidas deal was first reported by the Sports Business Journal to be worth $1M annually, the highest priced shoe deal for any NFL player). On Conan, Reggie displayed items from adidas’ new apparel line, Power Web Compression. He also discussed his choice of footwear, “I felt I would have more leeway with adidas. … They just didn’t have 10, 20 guys already [like Nike does].”

CAMPBELL’S IS SWOOPING IN ON THE NFL HOTTIES
The Campbell Soup Company has run a full-page ad in USA Today promoting the company’s NFL Draft “Predict the Picks Challenge” with the line “A Contest For Those With A Big Appetite For All Things NFL” that obviously includes Reggie Bush.

CAMPBELL’S MAMA’S BOYS

Stealing my hotties, Campbell’s has now signed sexy Ben Roethlisberger and Matt Hasselbeck, along with their mama’s to join its “Mama’s Boys” ’06 NFL ad campaign. Don’t worry, they are not replacing Mama McNabb and big D, both of whom will again appear in the campaign. All three hot QBs will be featured in TV ads that will not debut until the NFL’s opening weekend in September. What a tease- we have to wait another four months!

THEY ARE JUST SHOES

According to the Portland Oregonian, adidas has “reversed itself and agreed to immediately halt sales of the Y1-Huf sneaker that features a caricature some Asian American groups found offensive. The shoe, which adidas initially refused to stop selling is designed by S.F.-based graffiti artist Barry McGee and features an “Asian face with slanted eyes, buck teeth and a bowl haircut.” adidas spokesperson Abby Guyer said that the company “changed its mind … after hearing complaints from several groups” since the $250 shoe went on sale April 1. Guyer added that “most of the 1,000 sneakers that were for sale have probably been bought.” She said “probably”- I want a pair, size 8 please, someone, anyone…?

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

KENYON MARTIN
Kenyon Martin did something so horrible that the Denver Nuggets had to be suspended him indefinitely. Kenyon had limited playing during the Nuggets playoff game against the Clippers. So, in what has been called “conduct detrimental to the team”, Kenyon had the balls to, oh-my-god…NO!
COVER HIS HEAD WITH A TOWEL.

“First and foremost, I want to apologize to my teammates and coaching staff for my actions on Monday night,” Martin said in his statement. “There is nothing more important to me than being a good teammate and giving 110 percent effort each and every day. Nothing will ever change that. I sincerely regret if this situation has been a distraction for the team, (Nuggets owner) Mr. Kroenke and the Denver Nuggets organization. I take the responsibility of representing the Denver Nuggets very seriously and I truly hope that Nuggets fans understand that.” I 100% percent agree with the suspension, to cover up such hotness is a crime.

JOHNNY DAMON

Sporting News this week features a cropped image of Yankees CF Johnny Damon in a half-Yankees, half-Red Sox uniform on the cover, with the header “Yankees-Red Sox: Johnny Damon On The Rivalry.”

SMELLS LIKE HOT ATHLETES
Just when you think you’ve seen it all… England-based Dale Air is marketing a variety of FIFA World Cup scents for soccer fans that can’t travel to Germany for the tournament. The scents “allow fans to smell the grass of the pitch, the half-time pies, the sweat of the changing rooms or the furniture polish of the trophy room. The pack of four cubes costs £17.61. I’m leaning towards the “sweat of the changing rooms” for my ‘game-day’ motivator. I mean, really, is there anything else more inspiring than the scent of sweaty balls?

BARRY BONDS SLAMS NUMBER 711

Barry Bonds. The hot slugger is four homers from passing Babe Ruth for second on the career list and 45 away from breaking Hank Aaron’s mark of 755. Bonds hit number 711 yesterday as the Giants lost to the Mets. Billy Wagner, the smoking hot Mets pitcher, fell prey to Bonds. Wagner pitched to Bonds (pinch-hitting) who forced extra innings with his 711th homer. Bonds slammed a 99 mph fastball from a bewildered Wagner into the seats in left-center. Bonds said. “I haven’t hit a ball like that off him ever. Ever.” The Mets went on to spank the Giants in the 11th. “He’s not the old Bonds, but he can still hit,” Wagner said.

PHIL MICKELSON MAKES A GREAT MOVE

U.S. Masters champion Phil Mickelson plans to donate his winnings from this week’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans to the Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund. Playing his first tournament since his victory at Augusta three weeks ago, Mickelson has already contributed $250,000 to the fund. “This year I want to designate this tournament as the tournament that we give whatever I make to the relief fund… and we want to do that for the next five or 10 years, as long as it takes. No one person can do it on his own…to see the community, the way everybody is pitching together, to see the enthusiasm and excitement in that everybody knows this is going to get done. It’s going to take time and it’s a tough situation. But it’s going to get done.”

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Somebody was high when they put that together. … But [NBA Commissioner] David Stern is smart. He’ll figure it out just like he did with the draft lottery” – Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban, on the league’s playoff seeding format. (“BDSSP,” FSN, 4/25).

MVP BEHAVIOR?

Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash argue over who should win the MVP Award. In the end, they both agreed neither one of them deserve it.

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

RICKY WILLIAMS

As predicted, Ricky Williams was suspended for the 2006 season by the NFL yesterday for violating the league’s substance abuse policy for the fourth time. The league announced the suspension after Williams’ appeal of his latest positive drug test was laughed at and thrown away. Previous positive tests were for that very dangerous drug called “marijuana.” The latest test apparently involved a drug other than “marijuana”, oooh, what could it have been? I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, the Betel Nut. (see posting for February 21st). Williams is now in deep financial trouble- he owes the Dolphins $8.6 million for breaching his contract when he retired in 2004. His return to the NFL was motivated partly by the need for a paycheck, however, it appears as though the Betel Nut was more motivating.

ANOTHER HOT GOLF CAT CRAWLING THE GREENS?
He’s not Camilo Villegas, but the next closest thing- Camilo’s brother!

Manuel Villegas spent one year with his hot brother at the UF before Camilo turned pro. During that time, Manuel insisted on calling the sexy cat “grandpa.” Apparently Camilo’s abundance of guidance and the perfectionistic tendencies garnered him the nickname. These two, count them, two Villegas hotties share a passion for lawn crawling. The difference? Camilo is very disciplined, and Manny just goes with the flow.

“There’s four million people where I live in Medellin, and there are only four golf courses,” purred Manuel, “When we were born, [my dad] decided to take my brother with him [to a golf course] because he played on the weekends and then my brother grabbed a club and just started hitting around and messing around. He liked it, and the same thing [happened] with me.” Although Camilo is away crawling the golf courses for our pleasure, Manny and he remain close. “Hopefully one day, I can play right next to my brother in the PGA,” Manuel said. “I want to turn pro, but [if I didn't] I’d probably have to go back home and work, which would suck. I would definitely not like that, so we’ll have to stick with turning pro.” The sexy cat Camilo supports his brother’s goal as long as it is what Manuel truly desires. “I just want him to be happy,” he said. “Sometimes you just do stuff, and you’re not happy but you’re successful, but happiness is what’s important.” If he does decide to compete in the PGA someday, Manuel is already expecting people to make the inevitable comparisons to Camilo, mainly the Camilo crawl. “It’s funny because sometimes I get introduced to people as ‘my brother’s brother,’ not as me,” he said. “It’s happened to me since I was so young. I just have to deal with it. “I know it’s going to be like that, and I’m expecting people to compare us, especially when we play the same sport.” M-E-O-W.

REGGIE BUSH IS NO DAVID BECKHAM

adidas formally announced today a multi-year partnership with hottie Reggie Bush. In a statement, adidas says Bush will be the “primary athlete for adidas football.” Bush will be featured in hot marketing and advertising spots, and will play a role (a small one I’m sure) in the development of the company’s football and training apparel and footwear. Before today’s big announcement, Bush appeared on CBS’ “Early Show” to discuss the deal and said his signature adidas shoe will come out in 2007. Mensa points both added and deducted for Bush saying he went with adidas “because the company will make him ‘the face’ of its U.S. football business the way it markets David Beckham for soccer around the world.” Now, props for recognizing that David Beckham is an Athlebrity god, but seriously Reggie, you are hot, but not Beckham hot.

KOBE BRYANT CHANGES HIS NUMBER

NBA VP/Basketball Communications Tim Frank said the league has given the green light for Kobe Bryant to change his jersey number from No. 8 to No. 24 next season. Bryant wore No. 24 when he played at Lower Merion High School in Pennsylvania.

COUNTDOWN TO BONDS TIME

Barry Bonds hit his 710th career home run in the Mets 4-1 victory over the Giants. “It was nice,” Bonds said. “It felt good to hit the ball good today.” He arrived at home plate to chants of “Barry! Barry!” Bonds is five homers from passing Babe Ruth for second on the career list and 46 away from breaking Hank Aaron’s mark of 755. And if you think I’m not going to celebrate each homer because of the pea-brain lynch-mob mentality surrounding the steroid “scandal”, think twice. Barry Bonds is and always will be one of the greatest athletes of our time.

VODKA PARTY AT THE DERBY

The 17th annual Barnstable-Brown Gala on Friday, May 5th, brought to you by Priscilla Barnstable and Grey Goose Vodka, announced their star-studded guest list of Athlebrities, actors, politicians, singers and assorted VIPS who will attend the Kentucky Derby Eve festivities at Patricia’s estate. My favorite part of this “press-release” is, and I quote: “Guests will sip Grey Goose Vodka cocktails and raise money for diabetic research.” The list of “sippers” include: Ashanti, Tom Brady, Jermaine Dupri, Goo Goo Dolls, Dennis Hopper, Jewel, Chaka Khan, Nick Lachey, Tommy Lee, Ludacris, Archie Manning, Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, Bode the mouth Miller, Jerry (yummy) O’Connell, Smokey Robinson, Serena Williams and ZZ-Top.
What a fantastic idea- throw Bode the Mouth Miller into a Vodka orgy alongside ZZ Top and Tommy Lee. I’d pay to be a fly on that wall, or Vodka glass. Point of interest, the Barnstable-Brown Gala has been named by People as one of the top 10 parties in the country and by Gold Magazine as one of the top parties internationally. Anyone wanna take me?

JOGA BONITO SOCCER FIELDS
The global spirit of Joga Bonito (Portuguese for “Play Beautiful” ) is catching on thanks to Nike. They have committed $1 million to get people to pay attention to U.S. soccer. Starting today, Nike is donating three Joga Bonito soccer fields in Los Angeles, three fields in New York and four fields in Chicago. To kick off Nike’s national announcement of the Joga Bonito fields, U.S. Athlebrity soccer hottie Landon Donovan will visit kids at the Los Angeles City Department of Recreation & Parks’ Glassell Park for the dedication of the new soccer field.

“With the games in Germany right around the corner, this is an exiting time for U.S. Soccer. I’m happy that Nike is continuing to make such a major commitment to fueling the game in America with the donation of these 10 Joga Bonito soccer fields,” said Landon Donovan, the hot starting forward for the U.S. National Soccer team. “I’m glad I could be a part of today’s field dedication and know the kids will pass on the Joga Bonito or ‘Play Beautiful’ spirit that Nike intended.”

WANNA BE A BOSTON BRUIN?
The deal: Pay the $100, come to Boston, and let the Bruins put you through a bunch of skill tests. Out of about 200, only three will be invited to Bruins camp in September. This is a legitimate and hot way to try-out for the team. For more info: www.bostonherald.com

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

LANCE ARMSTRONG KEEPS FIT

Hot, single, Lance Armstrong, right, chats during a panel discussion with tennis player Andre Agassi on Monday, at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, Calif. The title of the panel discussion is Keeping Fit as You Grow “Younger.”

Mike Milken was “dubbed” the Man Who Changed Medicine in a Fortune magazine cover article in November 2004. Of course, Lance Armstrong was also featured alongside Milken. The article explored Mike’s effort to find a cure for all types of cancers. Fortune concluded, “No one had ever pulled together the full picture of how - and how much - Milken has shaken up the medical establishment and saved lives … Leaders everywhere are taking notice.” Highlights of the article can be read here.

BOYCOTT WIMBLEDON
Wimbledon announced a four percent increase in the singles prize money for this year’s championships but admitted that it was deliberately keeping the women’s prize money lower than the men’s as a “point of principle.” On principle alone, we should boycott Wimbledon until women get fair pay, but then again, I’d pay top dollar to see the hot men battle it out and not the women. It’s a quagmire.

MARK CUBAN GETS AIR

Beginning this summer, hot headed and sexy Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban will host a two-hour weekly show on Sirius Satellite Radio on Sundays at noon ET. Cuban will take calls and have guests on the show, which will be called “Mark Cuban’s Radio Maverick.” Cuban: “I’m going to cover everything and anything, from sports to business to technology, movies and entertainment…I plan on raising hell and covering any and all topics that I think are interesting and taking no prisoners along the way.”

HOTTEST JAMAICAN ATHLETE?

In June 2005, when Asafa Powell was just 22-years old, he broke the men’s 100-meter world record in Athens.

Hottie recorded a time of 9.77 sec over 100 metres and finally he is getting some Athlebrity love. Asafa has just signed on as spokesman for Nutrilite claiming that the company’s Double-X product helped his performance. “After I started taking it, I felt I had more energy to train harder and run faster. I am very careful about what I consume so I appreciate the balanced vitamin and mineral content plus the rich, all-natural plant concentrates in Double X.” Nice! Now we know he can read a press-release! And obviously, Asafa is a world class runner, so dont expect to break any records.

“STARS UNDER THE STARS”
The Children’s Center’s 22nd Annual Celebrity Golf Classic will be held Monday, July 31 at the Birmingham Country Club, a 161-acre club with a kick-ass championship 18-hole golf course.

Aside from all the children you can help by attending this event, you also have a chance to spend the afternoon with hot Piston Chauncey Billups and some of his “friends”. Billups has generously volunteered his time to serve as celebrity host for the second year in a row. Chauncey, along with past and present hot, hot, hot, athletes from Detroit sports teams will tee-off together. All proceeds from the golf classic will benefit The Children’s Center, which serves thousands of children and families annually throughout Detroit. This event will feature an 18-hole shotgun with each foursome having a celebrity golfer, the afternoon will conclude with Stars Under the Stars, a Motown-themed party immediately following the tournament. Tickets can be purchased individually for $150.00 by calling 313-262-0960 or visit http://www.thechildrenscenter.com .

WANNA BET ON REGGIE BUSH
WagerWeb.com posted odds today on the possibility that Reggie Bush will be forced to give up the Heisman Trophy that he was awarded in December 2005 for “Outstanding College Football Player.” All this due to rumors that the Pac-10 is investigating the living arrangements of Bush’s family last season to determine whether the NCAA rules were violated. Published reports have alleged that Bush’s family abruptly moved out of a home in Spring Valley, Calif., (oooooh!) last week because it is “rumored” that the home was actually purchased by a very bad man who may have tried to steer Bush toward an agent, instead of me, and who allegedly has ties to a sports marketing company. Scandalous!

“This could be a very dicey situation for a Heisman winner,” says Dave Johnson, WagerWeb.com CEO. “It is also very interesting as Bush is expected to be the top pick in Saturday’s NFL draft. If Bush is stripped of the trophy, Vince Young will get it by default.” The odds ask bettors to predict whether Bush will keep or lose his Heisman trophy. Wagers will have action until the NCAA has released a statement confirming Reggie Bush’s eligibility after this current scandal. But he is still hot right now. The Texans are expected to select Bush in the NFL Draft on Saturday. Endorsement deals are pouring in and Bush expected to be wearing a hot bling-bling Icelink watch at the draft and is talking with several other brands, including the gas guzzling Hummer and adidas.

WHY, WHY, WHY EVANDER?

Taking the wrong turn down Athlebrity road, I regret to inform you that hot former world heavyweight champion, Evander Holyfield will film infomercials for “The Real Deal Grill(TM),” a new electric indoor/outdoor cooking product that is pretty much a George Foreman grill rip-off. Evanders grill is to be sold via TV infomercials on May 18 and 19 in Florida. Seriously, why?

BASKET CASE

Athlebrity favorite Mensa reject, Ron Artest was suspended one game without pay for hitting Manu Ginobili in the head with his forearm. The suspension was announced yesterday that nutball Artest would miss Game 2 of the Western Conference series today. He didn’t play in the postseason last year after a fantastic early season suspension for a hot brawl in Detroit while playing for Indiana.

Obviously, Manu feels really bad about the situation. Artest was hit in the mouth by Ginobili’s elbow on the game’s opening possession, leaving him with a cut inside his upper lip that required three stitches. Oh, poor baby.

ATHLETES WHO “RAIN”

Although Im not a fan of the not-so-hot Peyton Manning, I think my perception is about to change. Gatorade will feature Manning in the third “Birth” spot for its Rain brand. In the spot, set to debut in July, Manning will emerge from a Wilson football. Manning has some tough shoes to fill- as we have all seen the hottest birthing of all, Kevin Garnett. Where the hell is T.O. when you need him?

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

CAMILO VILLEGAS
“I hit the ball pretty well off the tee, but I don’t know what’s happening with the putter this week,” said Villegas. “I’ve been working hard on it, and it was feeling really good, but this week I just kind of lost it the first two days. Camilo’s “putter” not feeling good? Impossible.

Our hearts were shattered this weekend. Due to a less-than-great performance at the Houston Shell Open, TV coverage and images of the sexy lawn crawling cat were scare. “I thank all the people who supported me today,” said Villegas. “It wasn’t as loud, because that’s what happens when you shoot even par. When they show up, you have to give them something to cheer about and make some good shots. They weren’t there today.” Villegas walked away with a mere $11,700 for his sexy lawn crawling, an amount I would gladly pay to have him crawl across my lawn. Especially if he was wearing the sexy golf attire designed by the Swedish Einstein of fashion, Johan Lindeberg.

Lindeberg, above, said his inspiration comes from such hot athletes as golfer Jesper Parnevik and Athlebrity god David Beckham. And, his dream is to “revolutionize golf fashion.” Not letting us down, Lindeberg had the hindsight to march golf fashion down the runway at his Milan men’s fashion show. Guess which sexy cat was included in the runway show? Oh yeah, Camilo Villegas. Check out Linebergs website for some hot, hot, hot images of his clothing in action.

TIGER TAKES THE PLUNGE

Tiger Woods waves to the crowd with former New Zealand rugby captain Tana Umaga, center, and caddy Steve Williams after they drove in dirt track stock car celebrity race in Huntly, New Zealand today. But yesterday it was a different story. Tiger, who is in New Zealand for his caddies plunge into marriage, took his own plunge. Tiger and his caddie plunged over New Zealand’s highest bungee jump-diving 440 feet (8 second free fall) from a cable car suspended over a river valley. The leap is well know as one of the world’s most “hell-no-I-ain’t-gonna-do-it” challenges for adventure tourists, where the canyon’s walls narrow to about 100 feet at river level.

KEITH HERNANDEZ IS AN IDIOT
“Women don’t belong in the dugout.”

Hernandez solidified his foothold in the permanently rejected Mensa applications file this weekend when he made the remarks during the second inning of New York’s 8-1 victory in San Diego on Saturday night. When crusty Mike Piazza homered for the Padres and exchanged a high-five in the dugout with 33-year-old Kelly Calabrese, the Padres’ massage therapist, Hernandez said, “Who is the girl in the dugout, with the long hair…What’s going on here? You have got to be kidding me. Only player personnel in the dugout.” Idiot learned later in the broadcast that Calabrese was with the Padres training staff. “I won’t say that women belong in the kitchen, but they don’t belong in the dugout.” Hernandez then laughed and said: “You know I am only teasing. I love you gals out there - always have. “Gals”? What year are you stuck in? Don’t forget about all of the dames, bitches, chicks, pieces and broads. The only “piece” you’re gonna get is this “piece” of advice- shut up and go hang out with Bode Miller.

RAPHAEL NADAL AND HIS SEXY BICEPS SPANK ROGER FEDERER

Federer has won the last four Masters series he has played, and would have extended his Masters winning run to 30 games if Raphael Nadal didn’t come along with those hot arms of his to defeat the Swiss tennis god.

The match Sunday was their first outdoor meeting since Nadal spanked Federer in the French Open semifinals last June. Nadal’s winning streak on clay is the third-longest in the Open era. “I always think about victory,” Nadal said. Only the bankrupt Bjorn Borg, with 46, and Vilas, with 53, have won more straight matches on clay than French Open champion Nadal.

The delicious Athlebrity from Spain, poses for photographers during a photocall at the Open Seat Godo 2006 in Barcelona, Spain, this morning.

JAMES BLAKE NOT SUCH A PRINCE?

Hot tennis Athlebrity James Blake signed a seven-year deal with Prince Sports in December that is estimated to be worth $300,000-$400,000 a year. So why isnt Blake using a Prince racket? Blake hasn’t yet switched from his old Dunlop racket, but has affixed a Prince ‘P’ cap on the racket shaft. On Prince’s Web site, Blake is named as one of the company’s top endorsers, even though no pictures appear of him with any Prince product and his racket type is listed as “experimental.” Perhaps the endorsement deal is “experimental” as well?

DWYANE WADE- A SHOE IN

Athlebrity hottie Dwyane Wade revealed his special version of his black, white and red Converse Wade shoe during Game One of the Heat’s playoff series against the Bulls on Saturday. The $90 shoe hits retail May 3. To make this shoe even hotter, the company plays off the Converse All-Star logo, and hello- features a silhouette of Wade in place of a star and appears on the shoe for the first time.

RANDY MOSS AND HIS GARB
Sexy bad-boy Randy Moss has launched two new clothing lines, yes, you read it right. The Randy Moss Collection and The Grabman collections will assault stores this summer. The collections will feature sports coats, polo shirts, long-sleeve woven shirts, and athletic apparel ranging from T-shirts and shorts to track suits. The Grabman also features a silhouette of Moss “leaping and stretching to make a one-handed grab.” Hmm, shades of Jumpman going on here?

BUSSING IN THE ADVERTISING

The largest transit broadcast network across North America, Transit Television Network (Transit TV), announced today a partnership with Turner Network Television (TNT) to bring the network’s NBA Playoffs promotional spots to thousands of transit vehicles equipped with TV screens in select major markets. Hopefully, these spots will be the Ali G interviews directed by Spike Lee and starring the hottest ballers in the game.

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

CAMILO VILLEGAS
Meow…our favorite hot cat is back on the course in Houston. He finished ‘even’ on the course yesterday and is mid-crawl as we “speak.”

The sexy beast from Colombia, watches his tee shot on the eighth hole during the first round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament yesterday in Humble, Texas. Hopefully, Villegas can turn up the heat, as he is NOT listed on the “projected cut” list for this event. He is however, on the finalized Athlebrites “cut” as a daily “fix”ture in this blog.

TIGER DRIVE
Yesterday, Tiger Woods announced that he would take time off from the PGA Tour while his father battles cancer. He didn’t specific details of his planned break, except to say he would not start playing “for a while,” and the failing health of his father, Earl, would have a major influence on his future schedule. “It’s kind of up in the air with the situation back home, so I don’t know what’s going to happen,” said Woods. What is gonna happen? Tigers’ time off comes with a little fun. He is currently in New Zealand to attend the wedding of his lucky caddie Steve Williams, and is due to drive in a charity motor race Monday on New Zealand’s North Island. “I’m taking time off. I’m here for this event and for Steve, and to enjoy time off and be with my father, so I won’t play for a while,” Woods said.

But he will DRIVE! Here, the sexy Tiger climbs into a stock car at Huntly Speedway where he is learning to drive them with the help of his caddie, New Zealander, Steve Williams.

A BIG BEN WALLACE BLOW UP DOLL
Now, fans of hot NBA baller, Big Bad Ben Wallace can now go “one on one” with a seven-foot inflatable replica of the hottie! Playair Systems has introduced the Inflatable Defender(R) basketball training aid for $49.95.

Thanks to this dream come true product, you can now practice your “lay ups” and “three-pointers” against the three-time Defensive Player of the Year. The high-grade PVC 7-foot Inflatable Defender(R) is designed for on-court or in-room use, and has a reinforced vinyl base that holds water for added stability and two handles in the back allow for easy movement to increase Ben’s range. Click here to “inflate” Big Ben.

FIFA WORLD CUP AEROSOL CANS?

The Gillette Co., an official ’06 FIFA World Cup sponsor, is introducing special aerosol packaging for its Mach3Turbo shaving gel and Gillette Series shaving gel, antiperspirant and deodorant, to coincide with the tournament. The limited edition cans, designed to resemble a soccer ball, will be available in Europe and the U.S. throughout the World Cup. The products are not compatable with the blow-up dolls, sorry.

SOME PEOPLE ARE SICK

Sales of merchandise bearing the “Duke lacrosse” name and logo “have skyrocketed … in the wake of publicity generated by the sexual assault scandal surrounding” the men’s lacrosse team. The GM of retail stores at Duke Univ., said, “Historically, lacrosse has been one of our three or four best-selling sports. But over the last month, sales have increased to three or four times our normal rate.” Also commenting was Duke Univ. News Service Associate Dir Keith Lawrence, “If we pull the gear, people will think we are presuming that the players are guilty.” Its not a “presumption” its called compassion and class. How about following the lead of Dick’s Sporting Goods? Mad love to Dick’s who have pulled all Duke lacrosse merchandise from the shelves in its five Raleigh-Durham area stores. Dick’s Senior VP & CMO Jeff Hennion: “Having that type of product out in front or our customers seemed to be a lightning rod. And secondly, we had customers who saw it out in the store and complained about it.”

LANCE DOESN’T NEED A BIKE

Athlebrity favorite, Lance Armstrong is planning to compete in the N.Y. Marathon on November 5. Armstrong: “I’ve been training some, but I wouldn’t call it serious. It’s just something to fill a void in my life after I quit competing as a professional cyclist.” Hey Lance, call me, I guarantee that I can help you fill that void in many, many different ways.

FREE DRINKS?

Southwest Airlines is handing out 2-free drinks to all customers flying from Dallas’ Love Field airport through the Memorial Day Weekend. “I’m a huge Dallas Mavericks fan and to cheer on our team as they move toward a championship for the City, we’re offering free drinks on all of our flights from Love Field,” said Gary Kelly, Southwest’s CEO. The move was prompted by a comment made by Mensa favorite and Mavericks owner Mark Cuban last night after another airline launched a promotional give-away during the team’s last Dallas home game. “Mark Cuban made mention of all the Wild Turkey he thought would be flowing at Southwest Airlines, and we would hate to disappoint him,” Kelly said. Bottoms-up to Mark Cuban, we love you!

The good old days…this is not the first time the airline has offered free drinks in response to a competitive challenge. In 1973, now-defunct Braniff airlines offered $13 one-way fares from Dallas to Houston, hoping to put fledgling Southwest Airlines out of business. Southwest’s then-president and CEO Lamar Muse shot back with a headline, “Nobody’s going to shoot Southwest Airlines out of the sky for a lousy $13″ and offered Customers a fifth of premium liquor with any full-fare ($26) ticket. Not sure that ad campaign would “fly” today…

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

JOEY CHEEK SKATES INTO REALITY TV SHOW

MTV-U has gotten the okay for a new series tentatively titled “Joey Cheek Goes To College.” The show will examine the hot U.S. speed-skaters life “in the aftermath” of winning Gold and Silver Medals at the Turin Olympics. Cameras will follow him “as he rallies support for pressing global issues while also trying to decide which college to choose.” Cheeks appeared on “Cold Pizza” yesterday where he said of the show, “I’m like Van Wilder, all old going back to school”

HOTTIES ON SCREEN
Football HOFer Dan Marino, Yankees Johnny Damon and ultra-hot Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo will appear in the upcoming movie version of “Mob Over Miami” which is based on the book written by Michele McPhee.


And no word yet on whether or not Johnny Damon will take his clothes off in the movie. In case he doesn’t, we can revert back to his Puma commercial….

RED SOX LOTTERY TICKETS

Massachusetts Lottery officials said that the Red Sox scratch ticket did $6.5M in sales in its first three days after launching last Tuesday, “the fastest out of the gate for any $5 scratch ticket” in the state’s history. Losing tickets were called “traders” and sent to the Yankees.

BOYS DON’T CRY

Poor Johnny Weir. The U.S. Figure Skating Association (USFSA) is dodging claims by fans of hot skater Johnny Weir that he is being sidelined by the organization because of his flamboyant persona. Fans starting complaining after Weir “was nixed from pre-publicity” materials for the ’07 U.S. Championships in Spokane. Apparently, Weir’s picture was not included in a brochure released last week, and he was added to the Web site “only after a call … about the controversy.” Is this a pattern? Last December at an event where the audience voted on a winner, Weir won by 64%. This year, surprise, it’s a ‘showcase,’ meaning no voting. Evan Lysacek skates three times to Weir’s twice. Sources said that the USFSA is “trying to promote the face of Lysacek, who is referred to on some message boards as ‘the great straight hope.’

STEVE NASH WHEATIES LANDS BOX COVER

Sexy Canadian Suns Guard Steve Nash will appear on the cover of a Wheaties box scheduled to hit shelves next month. Nash won the NBA MVP award last year and is also one of the “favorites” to win this year’s award.

DAVE MIRRA STARTS MIRRACO

Hot BMXer Dave Mirra has left Haro Bikes “to launch his own line of bicycles,” Mirraco. He is headlining the Local Exposure Tour, a “six-city stop in which professionals jam with amateurs.” There is “also is a contest where local riders compete for top prizes and a chance to be sponsored” by Mirraco.

I LOVE THIS KID

Columbia Pictures “has acquired the life rights” for a movie on Jason McElwain, the autistic student manager for the Greece Athena High basketball team in Rochester, New York, who scored 20 points in four minutes during a game in February. (Haven’t seen Kobe do that) McElwain’s story snowballed from a local story to a media feeding frenzy as footage from his on-court performance aired on numerous networks. Columbia also acquired the rights to McElwain’s family and his coach. The William Morris Agency brokered the deal on behalf of all parties and is also expected to broker a book deal with the kid. Laura Ziskin will produce the film, while Mary Martin and Magic Johnson are exec producers.

LUCRATIVE GOLF TOURNEY COMING TO WYNN
The Ultimate Golf Game: a mix of match play and stroke play with a $2[M] first prize … the richest in golf history is scheduled for June 6-8, 2007, at Wynn Las Vegas Golf Course & Country Club. The Ultimate Game is derived from the Big Stakes Match Play, which launched last year with a $100,000 entry fee and a $3M first prize for a two-man team. The event will consist of 160 hot, rich players who will pay a $50,000 entry fee, and is open to all golfers who have not been exempt on either the PGA Tour, the Nationwide Tour, the Champions Tour or the PGA European Tour in the last three years.

VIJAY SINGH AND THE DON

Kinda hot PGA Tour player Vijay Singh will appear on the April 24 episode of “The Apprentice” joining the Don and the candidates at the Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey. No information yet on what “role” Vijay will have on the episode.

PHOTO OF THE DAY
Jose Acasuso gains points.

Jose Acasuso of Argentina, reacts after losing a point against Gaston Gaudio of Argentina, during their second round match of the Monte Carlo Open Tennis tournament in Monaco, Wednesday, April 19, 2006. We can only hope that other hot tennis players follow his lead and react in the same manner.

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