Big bad Ben Roethlisberger remains in serious but stable condition after his motorcycle collided with a car this morning.

As of this printing, Roethlisberger was undergoing surgery and has suffered a broken jaw. Dr. Larry Jones, chief of trauma at Mercy Hospital said “He was talking to me before he left for the operating room…he’s coherent. He’s making sense. He knows what happened. He knows where he is. From that standpoint, he’s very stable.” The 24-year-old hottie is well known for riding without a helmet, a habit that once prompted a severe spanking from Pittsburgh coach Bill Cowher.

The accident happened at an intersection at about 11:30 a.m. and a pool of blood remains visible. A silver Chrysler New Yorker with damage to the front passenger fender was removed and Roethlisberger’s black bike was loaded onto a flatbed truck. No details were given on whether anyone else was hurt. We are all hoping for Ben’s recovery.

During the NBA Finals Game One, Nets investor Jay-Z appeared in a new ad from HP, which features Jay-Z from the neck down (brilliant!) talking about his HP Pavilion Entertainment Notebook. The ad’s begins with him saying, “I got my whole life in this thing. Check out this new song that I’m mixing. It’s still rough, all artists say that. Got the new Rocawear campaign, shot it in Aspen. I think it’s kinda cool.” He continues, “I love playing chess online. Hold on, this game is over; I wonder if he knows.” The ad then shows digital architectural plans for the Nets’ new arena, as Jay-Z says, “New Frank Gehry plans for my team in Brooklyn, see that? Cool.” He goes on to show a map of the world, saying, “Just started organizing my world tour, trying to be a rock star and a role model.” Showing digital stock quotes, he adds, “Got to track all my investments because I’m retired, right?” Jay-Z ends the commercial by saying, “My passport says Shaun, but you may know me by another name. Holla.” The text “Jay-Z: CEO of Hip-Hop” then appears on the screen while he flashes his trademark diamond hand gesture.

Can’t get enough of Rafael Nadal? Spain’s most precious export poses with the trophy at the place de la Concorde after sexy Rafa sent Federer packing at the French Open. And if you can take your eyes off of Rafael for a second, you’ll notice the Arc de Thriomphe in the background. How hot is Rafa? Nadal’s blog on ATPtennis.com has attracted more than 380,000 hits since his first post on May 28. During the first week of the French Open, Nadal’s blog was the Web site’s most popular page, excluding the home page, drawing 286,293 page impressions.

And what happened to Roger Federer after he lost at the French Open? He inked an incredible endorsement deal with Rolex. The endorsement is worth up to $15M over the next ten years, which is said to be the most lucrative watch deal ever for an athlete. Rolex was hush-hush about the deal, but it has started featuring Federer on its Web site.

Speaking of Rolex. My new fixation with Argentinean football star Diego Maradona continues. Maradona, seen here wearing two watches, is escorted by his bodyguard after a trip to the adidas store in Herzogenaurach, southern Germany, today. He then hung out with a group of ‘unidentified’ friends. Maradona wins the award for the hottest entourage I’ve ever seen-including his hot, hot, hot bodyguard!

D’Backs General Partner said that he “plans to file termination papers today” with MLB on released P Jason Grimsley. Kendrick believes that Grimsley “should forfeit the remaining $527,490 owed to him because he violated the terms of a contract. Kendrick: The Mensa reject plans to fight the [team’s] decision to withhold the remainder of his $825,000 salary. So let me get this straight. Grimsley sings like a canary to the Fed’s, names other athletes who are allegedly ‘juicing’, stops talking to the Feds, they raid his house, he gets suspended, reopens the steroids-scab, and reminds us that baseball is going to shit. And he wants to get paid? Why not just find the rock you crawled out from under and stay there until we can look at you without vomiting?

Madison Square Garden was hopping Saturday night. Notre Dame S Tom Zbikowski, in his first professional fight, scored a fantastically delicious first-round TKO against Robert Bell. Zbikowski entered the arena through a “human tunnel” of ‘hot’ Irish teammates including yummy Brady Quinn and Jeff Samardzija. Zbikowski is probably the first active college football player to turn pro in boxing. Under NCAA rules, he can keep his $25,000 prize.

Barry Bonds’ attorney said that the big guy will not talk with MLB steroid investigator George Mitchell until he “can be assured the information won’t be used by federal prosecutors” investigating possible perjury charges relating to Bonds’ testimony in the BALCO case. “He’d like to cooperate. … But here’s the problem: Anything that happens there can become fodder for the federal government.” Mensa reject Martin Garbus, the attorney for Bonds’ former girlfriend Kimberly ‘gold digger’ Bell, said that Mitchell “is trying to strike a deal with U.S. authorities that would allow [her] to cooperate with baseball investigators.” John Clarke Jr., an aide to Mitchell, said, “As part of the investigation, we have requested interviews of on-field coaches and front office executives from all 30 of the major-league clubs.” I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again, Kimberly Bell is a liar. I’ve read ‘her side’ of the story, usually chuckling at her absurd statements. I was there too, and Bonds wasn’t sporting any acne, temper tantrums, or, um, ‘other’ side effects as she claims. Bell also claims that she regularly came to ‘away’ games with Bonds, in particular San Diego. Funny thing is, I never met or saw her in San Diego.

USA Today reports that Magic Johnson will announce a joint venture with food-service company Sodexho “to open cafeterias branded with his name and image.” The cafeterias would be located in colleges, sports arenas, schools and health facilities. Johnson owns 51% of the joint venture, called SodexhoMagic.

My team is the Heat, so I really don’t wanna talk how the NBA Finals are going. But I do love me some Mark Cuban. Cuban is contemplating offering the 1,400 NBA Finals Game Seven tickets available to the general public free of charge to avoid price gouging. Cuban’s plan would call for “a lottery system that requires winners to present their ID at the arena to receive their tickets,” with the team’s corporate partners potentially covering part of the cost. Starting Sunday, June 11, at the American Airlines Center and continuing throughout the rest of the championship series, American will put out a call for fans to try to locate “The American Road Warrior.” If you’ve ever seen “Where is Waldo?” then you’ll get the idea. Check it out at www.aa.com/hoops.

WORLD CUP

A scary Japanese fan cheers for his team against Australia with a cut out picture of Brazilian coach Zico of the Japanese team. Japan got eaten in the second half of the game by the Aussie’s, who out scored them 3-1.

And a disappointing match this morning between the US hotties and the fluid Czech team. Our boys lost 3-0. Yeah it was somewhat painful, particularly for those fans I saw this morning in the pub. The early birds were full of hope at the kick-off, and as the game progressed, hope faded and the cheers were gone. Let’s hope Landon Donavan can get his groove on, and the rest of the team can find their mojo. The USA faces Italy and Ghana next. Italy is on fire and has just beaten Ghana 2-0.

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