NFL HOTTIES ARE IN ACTION.

Teasing us from the Seattle Seahawks workout headquarters is tight end Jerramy Stevens. Stevens underwent knee surgery in April and seems to be recovering pretty well.

The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation’s annual golf tournament at the Belmont Country Club in Belmont Massachusetts went down yesterday. (L) Head coach Bill Belichick, left, and free agent Eric Warfield were very serious about winning the tourney, while edible punter Josh Miller, left, and running back Kevin Faulk laughed as Tom Brady competed in the longest drive competition.

While competing, Tom Brady looked like he was swinging a bat instead of a golf club. Brady had a miserable tee shot that sent his driver flying threw the air.

And the Arizona Cardinals are looking super hot. Kurt Warner, (L) is in a position I’ve been trying to get into for years and Matt Leinart actually showed up without his girl-toy, Paris.

The Stella Artois Championships are underway in London England. The grass court will be blessed by the sexy feet of Rafael Nadal and his evenly lined up water bottles. (OCD anyone?) Nadal was all smiles as he practiced yesterday, as I would be- also competing are Andy where’s-my-mojo-Roddick, yummy, James Blake, stud from down under Lleyton Hewitt, and eye-candy extraordinaire, Mark Phillippoussis. For event info and schedules go to http://www.stellaartoistennis.com.

Ben Roethlisberger remains in serious but stable condition after his nasty collision with a car yesterday. The big guy has a long road to recovery ahead of him and no one is more concerned than his agent Leigh Steinberg: “The irony is he was supposed to film a Campbell’s Chunky Soup ad (today) with his mother. That might be the only thing he’ll be able to eat for the time being” –The Soup commercial is scheduled to begin filming it’s $2M TV spot today with Big Ben, Mama Roethlisberger, and six teammates. Chunky plans to go ahead with some scenes around some of those teammates. The company, which signed Roethlisberger to a deal in April, hopes to film him and his mother at a future date.

Someone’s gotta tell this fifteen-minute chaser, that a tailgate party across the street from Pittsburgh’s Mercy Hospital is a little bit inappropriate right now.

Tiger Woods pays tribute to his late father, Earl, in a new 30-second Nike ad set to debut this week in conjunction with the U.S. Open and Father’s Day. The ad, uses family photos and home movies to show the relationship between father and son as the two grew older and as Tiger developed from a toddler playing golf to a professional. The spot will be posted on Nikegolf.com today and will run Thursday-Monday during U.S. Open coverage on NBC and ESPN, as well as on The Golf Channel and MTV.

Real Madrid’s crest will appear on the car of F1 driver Fernando Alonso if Juan Palacios is elected club president on July 2. Palacios, who runs a watch business, “is reported to be a long-time friend of Alonso,” a fan of the team. But Juan Miguel Villar Mir, who is also running for the post, said, “We aren’t a brand of watches. This is all the wrong way round. Real should be receiving money from sponsors not paying it out”

You should know by now that Italy spanked Ghana yesterday 2-0. The best part of any sporting event is when the hottest athletes take off their shirts and celebrate. (L) Italian treat Francesco Totti(L) and midfielder Mauro Camoranesi show us why it is indeed a ‘beautiful game’. The hotties on the right, Vincenzo Iaquinta (L) and Daniele De Rossi seem pretty happy about Rossi’s second goal.

Wayne Rooney had to be told a million times “use your feet, not your hands” as he prepares to throw a ball during a World Cup training session, he then had to get down and “give them 20” before continuing with practice.

Rooney laughed at the scolding and continued his stretching with Athlebritology God David Beckham.

A portrait of Brazilian Athlebrity Ronaldo was carved into the sand this morning in Calcutta, India. Brazil will play their first soccer World Cup match today.

And scary giant models of the South Korean soccer players decorate the streets of central Seoul. More than a million South Korean soccer fans are set to take to the streets of Seoul and other cities to cheer on the national squad in its World Cup opener in Germany. Lore in Seoul claims that if Korea wins the World Cup, the status will come alive.

AND REMEMBER, WHAT GOES ON IN GERMANY…

…STAYS IN GERMANY.

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