RATINGS DROP WITHOUT CAMILO VILLEGAS COVERAGE?
CBS earned a 2.3/5 overnight Nielsen rating for its coverage of the final round of the PGA Tour Wachovia Championship, down 39.5% from last year’s 3.8/9. Here’s a thought…why not give more “coverage” to the new breed of young, hot, hip golfers? Ratings would have been though the roof if CBS tapped into the overlooked and often forgotten audience of women who want to watch great golf, but prefer it were delivered via Camilo Villegas(left) or Adam Scott (right).

THE TRUTH OR A FREE CONDO?
Athlebrity baller Paul Pierce recently purchased a Boca Raton Luxury Condominium in Las Vegas as a second home. Pierce chose the Caravella model, which is a two-story condo with a private entrance and parking space.

The hot 28 year-old Boston Celtic has been an NBA All-Star for five consecutive seasons. (Take that Steve Nash) Pierce, who was given the nickname “The Truth” by Shaq, spoke about his latest purchase. “I’ve always loved Las Vegas, and I am excited about my purchase of a home at Boca Raton,” Pierce said. “During the off-season I want to be in a place where I can relax yet still be close to the action, and with everything that Boca will provide, I know I will be set.”

SUPER-FIGHTERS UNITE, FORM OF…
Superfighter is a new sports entertainment event serving us the talents of some of the world’s hottest heavyweight fighters in an atmosphere ala “gladiator meets Mad Max.” Scheduled for July 9th at Melbourne Olympic Park, the live event will be broadcast for our viewing pleasure on the eve of July 8th. Here how it works: 8 of the world’s top heavyweight boxers duke it out, all on one card, all in the one day…8 men enter…one stud comes out. The event lasts four hours and the winner will have spanked three opponents in one day before being crowned World Superfighter Champion and getting a piece of the $20 Million prize money. Any bozo, of any fighting discipline and technique can make a stab for a spot in the inaugural event. The official news conference and launch will take place on May 22 at Gotham Hall,1356 Broadway at 34th St at 11:00 a.m (EST) in New York City. All of the hot fighters in the July 9 tournament are expected to be on display during the launch. For more info check out http://www.superfighter.tv

GUYS LOVE GRADY SIZEMORE TOO
The Indians have got a hot commodity on their hands. Center Fielder Grady Sizemore. He’s young, hot, loaded with charisma and is driving the ladies wild. He’s so hot that he turned down a college football scholarship for baseball.

The team drew 37,496 fans on April 29 for a Sizemore bobble head giveaway, the largest non-opening day crowd in April at Jacobs Field since ’01, and the team’s souvenir store sold out of $279 three-foot bobble-heads of Sizemore last month. Anyone out there wanna send one my way? And how about those t-shirts I mentioned a while ago? Yes, the hottest selling T-shirt in the stores read ‘Mrs. Sizemore.’ Adding a somewhat more interesting layer to this craze is the fact that a “growing number of boys are wearing ‘Guys Love Grady, Too’ T-shirts.

ESPN2 F***S UP!

ESPN2 really needs to check the credentials of its announcers. Last Tuesday on “SportsCenter,” soccer analyst and eternally hot Athlebrity Eric Wynalda was deciphering the U.S. World Cup roster for us, problem is, the ESPN Mensa reject who introduced “Wynalda” made a major mistake and introduced him as “Wylanda.” You may think this is no big deal, but even my dog knows that Eric Wynalda is the U.S. national team’s all-time leading goal scorer-and an employee of ESPN2.

BECKHAM COMING TO MIAMI?
We all should send thank you cards to Dr. Ismael Roque-Velasco. Why? Because the doctor has teamed up with Real Madrid and the city of Miami to put on a summer soccer camp called the Soccer Academy of the Americas at the Orange Bowl in July. Miami Mayor Manny Diaz said that this is “just the start of a long-term partnership” between the team and the city. Diaz said Real Madrid “wanted to get a foothold in the [U.S.], and what better place than Miami, the gateway to Latin America and the Caribbean…kids from Latin America coming up to train here with Real Madrid coaches, the Real Madrid team playing friendlies here, it could be really exciting.”

I FOUND THE BALCO LEAK

The S.F. Chronicle and reporters Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada received subpoenas to testify before a federal grand jury about “leaked court documents used as the basis for articles that linked well-known athletes to the use of performance-enhancing drugs.” The subpoenas tell the pair “to provide any grand jury transcripts in their possession” related to the BALCO investigation, and also asks them to “provide the packaging in which they received any transcripts, as well as any information they have regarding the identity of the person or persons who leaked the documents.” If only the grand jury could see the obvious, the writers simply pulled the information out of the their assess.

ITS GOOD TO SEE BARRY BONDS SMILING
BARRY BONDS countdown continues…the hot slugger hit his 713th homer Sunday night, moving within one of tying Babe Ruth for second place on baseball’s career list.

“It’s overwhelming,” Bonds said. “It’s a little bit larger than a single-season home run record. It’s big. It’s really, really big.”

OSCAR DE LA GOLDEN BOY

Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya and his CEO have made it their mission to clean up the corrupt image of boxing. “The public perceives boxing as a circus, and that’s the problem. You must view boxing like a stock. From an investing point of view, I found it to be like a highly mismanaged and neglected asset.” De La Hoya said, “Once [promoters Don King and Bob Arum] hang up their hats, it’s going to be a lot easier to approach network television, to approach corporate America. That’s one of the primary reasons why we became promoters, because the promoter has a lot of power. I’m going to use it as a vehicle to clean up the sport.” Hopefully, De La-Licious will wipe the face of boxing as brilliantly as he wiped the ring clean with Ricardo Mayorga last Saturday night.

**TV REMINDER**

Tonight, don’t miss sexy David Blaine emerge from his water-filled sphere after a week in the aquarium. Blaine says he’s in “pretty bad shape” as he nears the end of his latest feat, but vowed to go through with his finale of holding his breath underwater for nearly 9 minutes. “Everything is still on as planned, and I’m going to give it my best shot,” Blaine said Sunday. The sexy man of mystery told AP Television News he “will do his best” to complete the feat despite peeling skin, sharp pains in his joints and a severe earache. Blaine plans to put on 150 pounds of chains and handcuffs, remove his oxygen tube and then escape while holding his breath longer than the record of 8 minutes, 58 seconds. “If I don’t get out of the chains and I black out in 9 minutes, which is about the length of time it would take these guys here (who) have been preparing a stretcher to pull my body out and do what they have to do, so I have to have faith that they know what they are doing,” Blaine said. “Drowned Alive” airs tonight on ABC.

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