OGILVY DOES PUMA PROUD.

Geoff Ogilvy won the 106th US Open yesterday in a wild final round, which included Phil Mickelson and his man boobs hitting everything from the hospitality tent to a garbage bag.

Ogilvy shot 2-over 72 to finish at 5-over 275. He became the first U.S. Open winner not to break par since Andy North in 1978 at Cherry Hills and only the second Aussie to win the US Open. You may have noticed Ogilvys hot outfit, and sexy belt buckle? Earlier this year, Ogilvy signed a massive endorsement deal with Puma Golf. Meanwhile, Mickelson meant “no disrespect” when he refused to comment immediately following Ogilvy’s win. He was too busy being consoled by his Anna Bensonesq wife. Not a bad move for someone who lost on a double-bogey.

And knowing my readers like I do, I assume you all got a gander at Ian Poulter? He was hard to miss as he leaped from one hole to the next. The hot brit was clad in a flashy pink outfit for the final rounds of the U.S. Open. Poulter finished the Open 9-over par and tied for 12th. The 6’1” hottie turned pro in 1995, and since then has earned about $7.9M. Poulter also played out of a pink golf bag that promoted his Web site, ianpoulter.com. He is selling a limited edition of one of his head covers, which has his caricature, for $300 and “knew a fine performance yesterday could only boost sales.” Poulter: “It can only help. I’m a noticeable character out there anyway, everybody knows that. It’s not just this week’s performance that people are going to notice.”

What we are going to notice, is that Ian Poulter should NEVER wear pink pants when he sweats.

THE HEAT IS ON!

Dwyane Wade was on fire last night! Wade scored 43 points and lead the Heat to a third straight victory in the series with a free throw with 1.9 seconds left in overtime. The 101-100 victory gives the Heat a 3-2 lead in the NBA Finals Playoffs. Mark Cuban obviously didn’t take the loss very well, and stormed off the court after a stare-down with Commissioner Stern. Stay tuned…game six, tomorrow at Dallas. Even if you aren’t familiar with basketball, this series is worth watching. The on and off court drama, is nothing short of delicious. Two teams of hot, hungry, big men, fighting it out for a trophy. Some are fired up, others are angry, all are passionate, and they play ball like a mutha-f**ker.

In the crowd…Kevin Federline looks way too hot to be married to scrappy Brittany Spears. And I must give a nod to all the scary Heat fans for coming out from under the rocks and giving me a great laugh.

VIVA LA LANCE-BRING DOWN THE POUND!

Lance Armstrong fired off an eight-page letter to the IOC stating that WADA Chair and IOC member Dick Pound “ought to step down or be forced out” of the IOC after an Int’l Cycling Union report cleared Lance’s of using performance-enhancing drugs at the ’99 Tour de France. Armstrong rightfully claimed that a French lab mishandled his urine samples “at Pound’s ‘direction and insistence’” and asked the IOC to “convene a ‘disciplinary commission.’” WADA, in an unexplained move, has “completely rejected” the UCI report. What part of “cleared” doesn’t WADA get?

ADVERTISING WARS AT THE WORLD CUP

Talk about drama…In Manchester, Harding & Culf noted stadium officials made over 1,000 Netherlands fans wearing orange lederhosen bearing the name of Dutch beer company Bavaria on them to “take their trousers off” before entering. Bavaria Chair Peer Swinkels, whose company is not a FIFA sponsor, said, “FIFA said that the supporters could get them back afterwards. But the container was full of rubbish so most people didn’t bother.” Harding & Culf note there were also allegations that England supporters at the Trinidad & Tobago game “were forced to hand over Nike clothing” because the company is not a FIFA sponsor. But FIFA denied that Nike clothing “had been confiscated.”

THE SAUDI’S GET DOUBLE SPANKED
The Saudi Arabia soccer federation will allow its players to accept the World Cup man of the match award after it “secured a pledge from FIFA not to mention” the award’s sponsor, Anheuser-Busch, and not present the trophy, a mug with the A-B logo on it. The federation would not let its players accept the award because alcohol is banned in the country for religious reasons. Although I applaud their optimism, I don’t think they are going to have to worry about accepting any trophies-the Saudi team got schooled by the Ukraine this morning 4-0!

Saudi Arabia’s Omar Al Ghamdi, right, and Ukraine’s Andriy Voronin, left, leave nothing to the imagination as they “battle for the ball” during the Saudi Arabia v. Ukraine group H match today. This photo begs the question: which ball are they fighting for?

Thanks to Angela for sending me this awesome story about Rudolf and Adolf Dassler, the feuding brothers who attempted to make the world’s first lightweight sports shoe and ended up with Puma and adidas. Now, the little town of Herzogenaurach Germany is split into two over this 60 year-old family fued. It’s a great story that not too many people are aware of.

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