HERE KITTY-KITTY

The EDS Byron Nelson Championships begin tomorrow in Texas, and we all know what that means. Camilo Villegas begins crawling at 10:10 am. To date, Camilo has taken us through 12 breathless events, made the cut 8 times, and earned three top ten finishes. The sexy lawn-kat tops my list of hottest Athlebrities, but can he crawl his way into victory? Todd Budnick interviewed Camilo Villegas yesterday. Budnick is a great reporter who is obviously in tune with the fact that Camilo is making a huge impact on golf, and us, the estrogen-laced fans. Q: Can you talk a little bit about the unique way you crouch lining up the putts, and what started that and what do you think you see from that angle that you wouldn’t see from another angle?

CAMILO VILLEGAS: Well, last year on the Nationwide I wasn’t putting the ball very good. I thought maybe reading the greens better was going to help me. Middle of a round, go straight down, felt good, clicked, and I’ve been doing it ever since. I just think you get a better look from down there.

Q. What have been the most popular pants or outfit that you’re worn this year? I’ve seen orange and yellow. Is there anything you won’t wear? CAMILO VILLEGAS: I don’t know, I’ve had some requests for photos for the yellow ones. I think they like those.

With a little luck, and a big push, Camilo may get a Big Break?
The next season of The Golf Channel’s “Big Break” reality show will, for the first time, feature both men and women. The male winner will receive a sponsors exemption to play Champions Tour events in ’07, and we don’t care about the female winner. “The Big Break VI: Trump National,” debuts September 26, and will be held at Donald Trump’s Trump National Golf Club in L.A.

ERIC STALL GOES G.Q.

His second N.H.L. season has been hot for the 6-foot-4, 204-pound Eric Staal. Mad love to this up and coming Athlebrity, who has been credited as one of the major reasons the Hurricanes lead the Devils, 2-0, in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series. More love coming his way when sexy Staal appears in a photo layout in next month’s GQ magazine!

BEN ROETHLISBERGERS FIRST TRIP OUTSIDE THE US.

Ben Roethlisberger, the super hot quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers, held a media conference for the ‘Swissroots’ organization in Lauperswil, Switzerland, on Monday. This is the hometown of Bens great great grandfather. ‘Swissroots’ assists people of Swiss descent living all over the world to trace their ancestral roots.

Ben carries a fake “Unspunnen” stone, a stone that is thrown during the traditional stone throwing competition.

DAVID BECKHAM ON WAYNE ROONEY

David Beckham spoke. God had this to say about that little injured bulldog Wayne Rooney. “We are a better team and squad with him (Rooney)…What we have to remember is we have other great players and other captains - great midfielders, defenders and forwards in our team. We’ve got players who have played in big games so we have to step forward now…People have said there is a lot of pressure on Wayne Rooney. But he is a footballer for Manchester United and England - of course there is a lot of pressure…He is the best young player in world football at this present time and there is a lot of expectation there…We can talk about it and talk about it until he is fit for hopefully one of the games in the World Cup but we’ve all got to stay positive. I know he’ll stay positive and that is the most important thing because of course we need Wayne Rooney - you want your best players on the team and he is one of our best players…I spent many years at Manchester United and the medical staff are very good there…They will look after him, the manager will look after him and make sure he is not going anywhere unless he is fit because I’m sure he doesn’t want him coming back next season having the same problems…He needs to take care of himself which he will do. He’s working very hard to get himself fit because he knows what it means to himself, the team and the country but I think the most important thing is his health.” Uh, sorry Becks, were you speaking?

CAMPIONATI INTERNAZIONALI D’ITALIA
Tennis hotties are in Rome Italy spanking each other on clay courts.

Sexy Rafael Nadal of Spain (left) smiles after wiping the court with fellow hot, hot, hot, countryman Carlos Moya during the first round of the ATP Rome Masters on Tuesday. Nadal moves on to face Filippo Volandri. And Andy Roddick (right) defeated someone! Marcos Baghdatis went down during the second round to Roddick 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. And as usual, the AP insists on taking photos of Andy ala St. Vitas Dance.

I WISH I DIDN’T SEE THIS

Yesterday, Manu Ginobili was treated by a team trainer in game two of the NBA Western Conference Semifinals. What he should have been treated by was a DENTIST! I love ya Manu, but pa-leeze clean up those pearls.

HOT ATHLETES IN DEEP WATER

Glaceau, makers of Vitaminwater, Fruitwater and Smartwater, has signed endorsement deals with the following hot athletes: David Ortiz, Brian Urlacher, Ray Lewis, LaDainian Tomlinson, Tracy McGrady, Allen Iverson, Baron Davis and Ray Allen. As part of the deal, Glaceau “offered ownership” in the company, which is reportedly worth more than $350M.

McGrady: “I was drinking it for a long time, and when I heard they were willing to give me ownership, it made a lot of sense.”

ANYONE WANNA BUY DEREK JETERS BIG PINK BAT?

MLB has granted permission for players to use phallic pink bats on Mother’s Day this Sunday as part of a weeklong program to raise money for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. More than 400 bats were dyed at the Louisville Slugger factory for use by 50-plus players including Derek Jeter, David Eckstein, Jim Edmonds, Marcus Giles, and David Ortiz. The bats, (pink) home plates and (pink) lineup cards, will be autographed by the teams and auctioned off later with the proceeds going to the Komen Foundation.

NEW FATHEADS

Fathead.com is now carrying NBA hotties. Some of the hot pin-up athletes include Ben Wallace, Dwyane Wade, Allen Iverson, Shaq, and even a Kobe Fathead (target practice?) If you haven’t gotten yourself one of these life size wall stickers, check out www.fathead.com. Fathead has answered the pleas from fans of hot male athletes and has given us a way to bring them home. Fathead has also added NASCAR products, however, no drivers yet, just the hot-rods they drive.

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