RED HOT CAMPAIGN

Motorola, The Gap, Emporio Armani, Converse and American Express will jointly launch a new brand this fall called “Red,” which will cover a “range of their products in conjunction with U2 singer Bono.” A portion of sales will go to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.” Motorola is already making a Red version of its Sliver phone; the Gap will produce a new line of clothing for the Red brand; Converse will sell those hot Africa-inspired kicks, and hello Armani! Armani is selling Red sunglasses in Europe. Best part of the Red campaign? The models sporting the sexy shades are hot, hot, hot, English soccer Athlebrities David James, Sol Campbell, Jamie Carragher and Robert Greenand. Go to www.joinred.com to support the campaign or to just drool over the English hotties.

OGILVY HAS ANOTHER ATHLEBRITY ACHIEVEMENT

Adding another Athlebrity notch to his sexy Puma belt, Geoff Ogilvy appeared on David Letterman last night, where he read the top ten list: “Top Ten Things That Went Through Geoff Ogilvy’s Mind After Winning The U.S. Open.”
10) “This is one of those things you never forget, like seeing John Daly in the locker room naked.”
9) “I wish I hadn’t put all my money on Phil Mickelson.”
“Even I’ve never heard of me.”
7) “Now I can take a vacation from the grind of playing golf all day.”
6) “Crap - - I’m gonna have to go on Letterman.”
5) “After all these years, I can finally use my ‘World’s Greatest Golfer’ mug.”
4) “I can quit my day job at Outback Steakhouse.”
3) “What would Retief Goosen do?”
2) “I hope this victory isn’t overshadowed by America’s World Cup excitement.”
1) “Thank you, BALCO!”

OH, THAT CRAZY CUBAN
Today, the NBA spanked Mark Cuban with a $250,000 fine for his actions following NBA Finals Game Five Sunday night, when the Mav’s lost. It was reported that Cuban had a stare down with the Commish before storming off the court. Cuban, in a piece posted prior to the fine, updated his blog: “The games are not rigged. That’s a complete insult to the players on the court and the incredible amount of effort they put into preparing for and playing the games. … The NBA couldn’t rig the games if it wanted to.” Also, in response to the report in the Miami Herald that he “screamed” at NBA Commissioner David Stern after Game Five, Cuban writes, “Didn’t happen. Didn’t say a word to the man. Not a single word. And that was absolutely by intention.” The Commish: “Mark has a way of looking over in the direction of wherever I happen to be sitting [in] the occasion of calls or game action he doesn’t particularly like.” The Miami Herald reports Cuban, following the game, “turned to Stern and other NBA officials who were seated at the scorer’s table and was overheard to shout venomously in the jubilant din, ‘(Bleep) you! (Bleep) you! Your league is rigged!’” It makes me wonder, why doesn’t the “league” just take the $250,000 and hand it over to Michael Alan? Mr. Alan is the 63 year-old Miami Heat fan that was whacked in the head by a basketball thrown by Dirk Nowitzki during game 5. The reject Nowitzki was fined $5k for “kicking the basketball” into the stands, but Mr. Alan has a few things to say about the incident. Alan told the Miami Herald on Monday he was suffering from headaches and was having trouble eating because his jaw hurt. “It was like a mule hit me,” said Alan. “It knocked me down into my seat. If I continue to feel the way I feel, I will go to an attorney. I want somebody to say, ‘I’m sorry.’”

WORLD CUP

Athlebrities favorite little bulldog, Wayne Rooney missed England’s opening match, but hasn’t missed out on his endorsement deals. In England, a giant billboard showing a shirtless Rooney painted with the Cross of St George is causing traffic jams. Nike ‘swooped’ in and capitalized on Rooney fever by running ads in newspapers and on this fantastically delicious billboard.

Michael Essien. Pronounced S-E-N- is without question one of the hottest players in the World Cup. If you’ve watched a Ghana game, you must have noticed him by now. The Chelsea midfielder is on the verge of Athlebrity status as he leads World Cup stunner Ghana into the second round. While he may have already convinced the US team that he could destroy their Cup dreams, he has not destroyed mine, in fact, he’s made them better. Yummy!

Meanwhile, the US team had trouble getting out to their training session today. The hotties scrambled to get out of the building via the window because someone had locked the front door and trapped them inside!

After escaping the locked door, Landon Donovan and Brian McBride chased after Michael Essien and team Ghana, who apparently tried to trap the US team and scare them out of the match.

HOLLA!

I hate to say this, but come on, how much hotter can the Czechs get? Defender Tomas Ujfalusi, left, and his teammate Pavel Nedved, right, attended a closed practice session today. All I can say is good call on having the session “closed”.

Thats it for now. As always, thanks for reading. Delinda