Adam Scott fired a six-under-par 65 to seize a one-shot first-round lead in the 5.75 million-dollar Barclays Classic. With the absence of Camilo Villegas in the tourney, we’ll have to focus our estrogen towards the hot Burberry pin-up boy.

Rumor has it that Andy Roddick in talks with Jimmy Connors. In a desperate attempt to regain his mojo, Roddick has approached Jimmy to be his “mentor”.

The NY Post’s Page Six reports that Paris Hilton is indeed a Mensa reject. Apparently, Paris has been parking in a space reserved for handicapped drivers. Residents of a posh Los Angeles apartment complex that’s home to her boy toy, Matt Leinart, say every time she visits, the celebutard thoughtlessly pulls into the handicapped spot. “I find the reports surprising,” said Paris’ spokesman Elliot Mintz, as he wrote the checks to pay her parking fines. *Note to Paris, handicapped parking is reserved for the physically, not mentally disabled.

The best part of game one of the NBA Finals was Terrell Owens sitting courtside.

GET READY FOR A HOT SUNDAY AT THE FRENCH OPEN

ARMS! Sexy Spanish nugget, Rafael Nadal (L) reacts beautifully after defeating Croatia’s Ivan Ljubicic in their semifinal match today at the French Open. Now we have the hottest showdown on clay to look forward to. Our hot little Spanish treat will face the oh-so-arrogant Roger Federer (R). Federer advanced when David Nalbandian retired with an injured abdominal muscle. “David played a great first set and a half,” Federer said. “But then I started to hit some fabulous shots, and it gave me confidence.” If Federer wins the title, he would become only the third man to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time, and we will never hear the end of it. He would also become the sixth man to achieve a career Slam by winning all four majors. “It would be something quite incredible,” Federer said. “It hasn’t happened for such a long time. To have created this opportunity, it’s unbelievable.”

Ever wonder how much our hot US soccer players are getting paid? Wonder no more. U.S. players receive $37,500 for making the roster and $3,750 for each World Cup match. The team gets $150,000 for each point in the first-round standings and a $2.7M bonus for advancing to the knockout stage. The total prize for the winning World Cup team is $18.75M, which is divided among the 23 players that make up a national squad.

Argentinean soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona is seen here on the field of the Giugliano Stadium, near Naples. Notice the Rolex (?) on his wrist, and the “broken finger”, hmmm, guess the Italian po-po had a tough time getting Maradona to part with both watches. (see yesterdays post for more info about the infamous watches.)

WORLD CUP

I thought I had seen it all, but the blessing of the ball? Two Cardinals and three Bishop’s stand behind a “soccer globe” as they attend an ecumenical service in Munich today. The “worship” was celebrated on occasion of the Soccer World Cup that just kicked off.

David Beckham and Wayne Rooney attended a squad training today on the eve of the match England vs Paraguay. Also of note: David Beckham’s doing a book on soccer. ‘Secrets of the game. How to have fun with the game.’ No release date, but Becks, we already know how to have fun with the game. Don’t write, just play.

Sexy Swiss midfielder Valon Behrami’s tattoos are wonderfully delicious as he answers questions to reporters, mainly, what the hell do the tattoos mean?

Yummy imported cocoa ambassadors from the Ivory Coast: (right image) (L) Yaya Toure, Didier Drogba, coach Henri Michel, Aruna Dindane and Emmanuel Eboue gave a press conference today. Drogba (R) is the team captain, and the captain of my dreams. Hotties take the field tomorrow against those sexy Argentinean players.

WORLD CUP FANS

German boys cheers for Japan’s national team while waiting for the ‘beer beotch’ to deliver their brews.

If you can’t bring the player to the game with you, why not just bring a cardboard cut out? German fans hold a cut-out of current national team coach and former player Jurgen Klinsmann ahead of the opening 2006 World Cup match between host Germany and Costa Rica.

The global reach of the World Cup continues to astonish me. Satellite dishes cover roofs of shacks in the Sidi Moumen slum of Casablanca. Morocco obtained free broadcasting rights from the Saudi TV channel ART for four World Cup matches, which will be aired on the RTM and 2M public TV channels, including opening and final games. ART bought exclusive World Cup broadcasting rights for North Africa and the Middle East from the FIFA and wanted Morocco to pay 10 million euros for rights. The two public Moroccan channels were unable to pay this amount, depriving Moroccan supporters from the event and forcing them to watch on pay satellite channels. I’ll never complain about my cable bill again.

I love the children in Calcutta. Capturing the hope and beauty of this Beautiful game, their innocent faces are painted with colors of the World Cup. *However, the little boy with the green painted face (lower right) goes into the ’scary’ category.

Mexican, left, German and English soccer fans watch a kick-ass street performer in a Brazilian soccer team shirt in a square in the center of Frankfurt.

The award for scariest fan goes to this Costa Rican fan gone cray-zee! Today is a national holiday in Costa Rica, with everyone given the day off the watch the match. Hope scary-fan is doing okay in light of the fact that Costa Rica lost to Germany this morning 4-2.

Finally, Happy Birthday to soccer Athlebrity Eric Wynalda. Wynalda made a total of eight appearances in the 1990, 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, and was capped 106 times for the Men’s National Team from 1990 through 2000. Eric also holds the team scoring record with 34 goals. In 2004 Eric was hired by ABC/ESPN as a knowledgeable commentator for Major League Soccer. He is now recognized as soccer’s ‘Bad Boy’ for his outspoken and unvarnished opinions on the games. Wynalda is indeed a bad boy and has been that way since childhood. Growing up in Westlake Village, Eric and Cobi Jones were teammates on the Westlake Wolves (along with my brother). No one ever doubted Eric’s natural abilities as a soccer player, and his wicked ways on the field. If it could have been possible, little Eric would have gotten a red-card at each game.

And we are underway at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and I gotta go.

As always, thanks for reading. Delinda