DWYANE WADE IS ALL THE RAGE

Sexy NBA MVP Dwyane Wade made an appearance on NBA TV and chatted about the new Wheaties box cover at the NBA Store in New York today. Since the Heat victory, Wade has become the poster child for Athlebrities. Wade has shot up the charts faster than any other Athlebrity I can think of and his potential is unlimited. He has earned our love because he plays wicked ball, is hotter than hell and perhaps the most humble athlete I’ve seen interviewed.

HEAT BALLS: Nikco Sports will market a limited edition, full-sized commemorative championship basketball to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of South Florida. The regulation-size Spalding basketball is licensed by the NBA, and has all of the official markings and logos of the Miami Heat, along with the words “World Champions” printed on each ball. Only 5,000 basketballs will be produced, priced at $99 each. Get ‘em while you can.

Michael Jordan, the original Athlebrity, still looks edible after all these years. Jordan, who recently became a managing member of basketball operations for the Charlotte Bobcats, watched his hotties workout at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena in Charlotte, N.C., today. Michael Jordan is timeless and I can only specualte as to what he was talking about in the above photo…

Hot Lleyton Hewitt has plenty to celebrate. He just settled a $2.5M legal dispute with the ATP after the series fined him $160,000 for allegedly “*refusing to do a pre-match television interview” during the ’02 Masters Series in Cincinnati. Hewitt sued for defamation in the Supreme Court of South Australia after the ATP reduced the fine to $35,000. *This is a major no-no for an Athlebrity- you do the interview, period. However, Hewitt is hot enough to allow a free pass on this one. And you know if it were Roger Federer I’d be singing a different tune.

You’ve read about our hot Puma golfer from down under, Geoff Ogilvy, now its time for you to appreciate those beautiful blue eyes of his. After Ogilvy became Australia’s first major championship winner in more than a decade, he arrived home to take a break from the strenuous game before he hits the greens at the British Open at Royal Liverpool next month. “My goal will be to give myself a chance,” he said. “The British Open is my favorite tournament of the year … I like the golf courses and I like the history.”

When Wayne Rooney was asked how he felt about Nike pulling its fantastic billboard, he reacted properly (L). Meanwhile, the new billboard (R) is expected to be up soon.

Speaking of ad’s, Northern Rock pulled a series of hot ads featuring England’s sexy forward Michael Owen, after he was forced out of the World Cup by a knee injury. One of the company’s ads included the text, “Can we have him back in one piece please?” Guess not!

Give me some MILK!
Look for Freddy Adu in a new “Got Milk?” ad that debuts in the July 4 in SI, and we got confirmation on the David Beckham “Got Milk?” ad… mark your calendars for the end of August.

Hernan Crespo is hot…. anyone see an interesting tan-line going on? And pa-leeze don’t kill my fantasy, let’s pretend he didn’t take it off to play in the World Cup.

So no more US hotties ripping it up in Germany. After the spanking received by those superfly Ghanaians, our boys are officially out of the Cup.

Following the teams 2-1 loss, ESPN’s Eric Wynalda said of U.S. coach Bruce Arena, “I’m going to be the first one to say that [he] screwed up this World Cup for the U.S. team.” Wynalda is never short on words, and I am never short on photos…

Maybe this is why the US lost? Kasey Keller (L) vs. Richard Kingston (R). I love me some Keller, but I’ve never seen him do this. Enough said?

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