TIGER JAM IX
On Saturday, Sting, joined Tiger Woods for his annual benefit concert, at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The Tiger Jam IX is the latest installment of the Tiger Woods Foundation’s annual benefit-weekend. The Jam featured golf outings, gourmet food, auctions, celebrity appearances, and a sold-out benefit concert from Sting. Tiger Jam has become one of the premier fundraising events for Tiger and his foundation. For more info check out www.tigerwoodsfoundation.org

VLADE DIVAC

Vlade Divac may be retired, but he’s not forgotten. The ultra-hot Athlebrity baller will be participating in the NBA Jam Van. The Jam Van tipped off its tour of 17 Chinese cities, on Saturday in Shanghai. The Van features a 52-foot truck that transforms into over 10,000 square feet of free basketball activities.

JOHNNY DAMON

New York Yankees’ Johnny Damon celebrates with teammates in the dugout after hitting a two-run homer during the action against the Toronto Blue Jays Saturday April, 29 2006 in New York. The Yankees won the game 17-6. Damon is headed to Boston for the first time tonight with his new team. You know the team, the Yankees? The team that wanted him and gave him a four-year $52 million dollar contract. Red Sox fans are expected to greet him in true Boston style. Creative t-shirts that read “Looked Like Jesus”, “Throws Like Mary,” “LOYAL Like Judas” and “Johnny B GONE!” are expected to be worn by a plethora of Mensa rejects. “I expect them to cheer what our team accomplished back then. Winning the World Series was pretty awesome,” Damon said. “I expect them to boo the fact that I’m here. That I went over and that I’m playing with a team that truly needed me, truly wanted me.”

VINCE YOUNG “KNEW”

Reebok wants Vince Young as much as we do. Thankfully, Reebok signed the hot Texas QB and Titans first-round draft pick to a multi-year deal. Young will wear the Pump Down & Out cleat and Rbk Triple Impact compression apparel. Better yet, Young will appear in Reebok’s new NFL campaign, titled “I Knew…,” a spin-off to their “I Am What I Am” marketing campaign. At 6′5″ 228 lbs, young, hot, and rich, Young is poised for a major Athlebrity breakthrough. Look for his hot “I Knew…” ad to break this fall.

MLB WEBCAST MIDDAY
Bored during lunch? MLB.com is now offering fans of hot baseball players a chance to slack off every weekday! The company has just debuted a new free video webcast “MLB.com MIDDAY” which airs daily 12:30 p.m. ET and is hosted by Casey Stern. “This is basically a midday escape from work for any baseball fan,” Stern said. “It will be a mixture of hardcore baseball, in-your-face analysis and some humor as well. Our goal is to give baseball fans the perfect way to procrastinate during work — making them laugh, giving them some great information and showing them a behind-the-scenes look at their favorite players that they simply can’t miss.”

Some sexy highlights to expect: Former Major Leaguer Brian McRae will do a weekly segment called “Access Baseball.” His first feature, which aired today, included playing mini-golf and talking baseball with one of the hottest athletes in green, Nick Swisher of the A’s. Securing a foothold in the Athlebrity realm, MLB Midday also features hottie Phife Dawg, a baseball fan best known to us music lovers as a member of “A Tribe Called Quest.” Phife Dawg will be a weekly correspondent. His first interviews are with Jimmy Rollins and sexy Carl Crawford of the Devil Rays. Check it out the action at Mlb.com.

KOBE TIME

I can’t deny it. It’s Kobe time. It pains me to give Athlebrity love to Kobe, but I have to. Kobe Bryant’s game-winning shot, in overtime, against the Suns yesterday, makes him not only Athlebrity worthy, but MVP worthy as well. Mad love and props to the one Laker I love to hate.

SAVE DARFUR
Hot U.S. Olympic Gold and Silver Medal-winning speed skater Joey Cheek appeared on Sunday’s edition of NBC’s “Today,” where he talked about his efforts to help end the violence in the Darfur region in Sudan. Cheek, wearing a green “Save Darfur” T-shirt, said of donating his earnings from the Turin Games to Right To Play, “I wanted to, one, make a gesture large enough where people would sit up and take notice, and two, I wanted to try to talk some other people into donating some money as well.”

George Clooney has also been active in the efforts to Save Darfur. Clooney appeared on “Real Time” with Bill Maher Friday night, lending massive credibility to the movement.

Singer John Rich (L), actor George Clooney (2nd L), singer Kenny Alphin (2nd R) and Joey Cheek (R) pose for pictures backstage at a rally to stop the crisis in Darfur, on the National Mall in Washington April 30, 2006. Several thousand Americans, led by religious leaders, entertainers and politicians, marched on Sunday to urge the United States to halt ‘genocide’ in Sudan’s Darfur region.

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