First and foremost, condolences to Tiger Woods and his family, who lost a great man to cancer, Earl Woods. Earl Woods will always be a hero in my mind, and will be missed by many.

“My dad was my best friend and greatest role model, and I will miss him deeply,” Tiger Woods said on his Web site. “I’m overwhelmed when I think of all of the great things he accomplished in his life. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend. I wouldn’t be where I am today without him, and I’m honored to continue his legacy of sharing and caring.”

WHO WANTS SOME SMUT?

This might be the best video footage to come out of the sports world in years. In case you haven’t seen it, Nuggets horn-dog Reggie Evans grabbed Chris Kaman by the balls during a game. Of all the hot athletes who play for the Clippers, why in the world would you choose Neanderthal man to feel up?

MATT LEINART SOLICITED PROSTITUTES?

Anyone catch Sunday night’s episode of MTV’s Punk’d? Matt Leinart fell prey to Ashton Kutcher and his pranks as several “vice cops” busted an unsuspecting, and wickedly hot Leinart for solicitation of prostitution. When Leinart was “arrested” for the crime, he explained himself to the vice cops: “First of all, I’m not that stupid. At this point in my life to do something (beep) stupid like that? You think I need to solicit prostitutes a month before the draft, no, I’m not gonna do that. I’m a smart kid. I’m whatever…I make good decisions.” While Leinart does make phenomenal eye-candy, he doesnt, however, make good decisions. Leinart was “outted” in Las Vegas for dating Paris Hilton! Yes, the hot couple went public Tuesday with their romance in Las Vegas. Paris “flew to Las Vegas to join Leinart’s post-NFL Draft party at Pure nightclub at Caesars Palace.”

TED LIGETY GETS GEARED UP

Hot, sexy blond U.S. Gold Medal-winning skier Ted Ligety has signed a two-year sponsorship deal to compete with Rossignol skis, boots, bindings and poles. Equipment manager Ken Sowles said that Ligety chose Rossignol from five suitors after testing the gear. He added that a deal taking Ligety through the 2010 Vancouver Olympics would have made sense for promotional purposes but not necessarily for performance reasons. Sowles: “I’m just nervous with a young guy and a long-term deal because things change. They wanted to do four years.” Let’s translate that sentence: “I’m just nervous he’s going to crash, burn, and party his talent away ala Bode the Mouth Miller style.”

BARRY BONDS: TWO UNTIL SECOND

Athlebrity favorite, Barry Bonds is two home runs shy from tying Babe Ruth’s total for second place on the career list. Bonds slammed his 712th homer in the Giants 5-3 loss to the Padres on Tuesday. The homer was served up ala fastball to Bonds from Scott Linebrink and flew an estimated 440 feet. Linebrink is the 419th pitcher to give-up a home run to Bonds. “The fast ones I’m able to see. The slower ones I’m missing,” Bonds said, smiling. “He challenged me one time too many.”

SPIKE TV
Last night, Spike TV aired “Up For Grabs,” a interesting documentary by news cameraman Michael Wranovics, who filmed the two fans who fought over Barry Bonds’ 73rd home run ball in ’01.

Spike TV isnt giving up on Pro’s vs Joes either. Spike TV has gotten the go ahead for another 10-episode season of the sports- themed reality series. Pros vs. Joes, features regular men competing in a variety of sports against an incredible array of hot sports legends. Season one included Jerry Rice, Bo Jackson, Herschel Walker and favorite Athlebrity bad-boy Dennis Rodman among others. The new season debuts in March 2007.

WANNA BET ON THE OUTCOME OF THE DUKE RAPE SCANDAL?
WagerWeb.com, one of the Internet’s largest and craziest sports betting sites, posted odds yesterday for the trial outcomes of the Duke Lacrosse team players Collin Finnerty and Reade Sleigmann. “Our customers have called and e-mailed us, requesting these odds be available to them during the trials. They are very interested in the outcome for these cases,” says Dave Johnson, CEO of WagerWeb.com. Both Mensa rejects are accused of first-degree rape, first-degree sex offense and first-degree kidnapping. The odds ask bettors if either of the men will be convicted of one, two or all three counts as well as the option to pick not-guilty on all three counts or a mistrial. Payouts for each player are as follows: Guilty on all 3 counts +100 (Risk $100 to win $100); Guilty on 2 counts +200 (Risk $100 to win $200); Guilty on 1 count +300 (Risk $100 to win $300); Not Guilty on all 3 counts -200 (Risk $200 to win $100); Mistrial +800 (Risk $100 to win $800).

IT’S RAINING HOT HISPANIC ATHLETES
PepsiCo is launching it’s new “Sky Baseball” campaign with a TV spot in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico, featuring hot Hispanic MLBers Manny Ramirez, Carlos Delgado and Bobby Abreu playing baseball in their parachutes while sky diving. The long overdue campaign also includes a billboard with close-ups of the players’ faces in midair and a parachute holding a cooler full of Pepsi dangling from the billboard as though snagged while descending. Pepsi wanted to run it in the U.S. as well but apparently U.S. rights to the three players were too costly. And for the record, the hotties didn’t actually skydive, doubles were used for that.

DIEGO MARADONA GUILTY OF TREASON?
Former Argentine soccer player Diego Maradona appears in a commercial for a Brazilian drink called Guarana Antarctica. In it, Maradona is wearing Brazils familiar yellow shirt and singing the Brazilian national anthem. He then “wakes from his nightmare and cries: ‘I must have drunk too much Guarana Antarctica.” Now, it seems that the spot has caused a furor in Argentina, with hundreds of people calling talk shows to accuse Maradona of treason.

LOST GOSSIP
I’ve been getting some great gossip about the cast members from “Lost” and thought some of you might dig it. On Easter Sunday, Evangeline Lilly and Dominic Monaghan visited a popular ‘spa’ near the North Shore for massages. Sweet, innocent Evangeline bounced into the spa wearing cute bunny ears for the holiday. At this point, its important to warn you, that bunny ears are a sign of insanity. A few days ago, Ms. Lilly, sans the bunny ears, “caught” Sir Monaghan “talking to one of the local girls” at a dive bar in Punaluu. According to witness, Lilly went “completely nuts” and started a fight with the local gril before they all got thrown out. Jealous much Lilly?

And some juice on Lost hottie Josh Holloway. Mr. Holloway apparently has a taste for Mai Tai’s. Over the weekend, the scruffy beast rolled into a popular local bar, wasted, wearing a t-shirt, jeans, and baseball cap with wisps of his please-pull-me blond hair hanging out. After ordering two Mai-tai’s “with an extra shot of Meyers rum” in each, he was reminded by the bartender that the drinks already contain an extra shot. Mrs. Holloway enters the scene, insists on the extra shots, three bottles of water and leaves. Deciding to give Josh and his wasted wife a stiff drink, the bartender instead added three extra shots to each drink. “Let me know how you feel after these two” she said. Holloway replied “I don’t think we’re gonna make it after these.” The happy couple haven’t been spotted there since that night.

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