PGA EYE CANDY
I knew there something sublimely sexy about Sergio Garcia. I just couldn’t pin it down. Was it the smile? His sense of humor? How cute he looks when chumming around with Adam Scott. The yummy connection, I have learned, is that he has the same agent as our kitty-kat, Camilo Villegas. You gotta love major talent agencies repping hot athletes. But pa-leeze, you gotta land your boys some more covers!!!!

Villegas displayed signs of frustration during the practice rounds, perhaps being too hard on himself. Our petite feline expectedly sent my libido haywire with his signature JL belt buckle which compliments his perfectly fitted Lindeberg trousers. Me-friggin-OW.

Big, big love to PGA Tour player Padraig Harrington who will donate his winnings from this week’s tourney to cancer research in honor of player Darren Clarke’s wife, Heather, who died Sunday of breast cancer. While I’d like to see Camilo, Tiger, or Sergio Garcia win the first prize of $1.2 million, I think Harrington has swung my vote. “I’d be delighted to hand it over,” said the sexy Irishman. “Darren has his choice of charity, and I’ll donate whatever I win this week. For me, it feels like I’m doing something practical this week.” Athletes who give back automatically make it on the Hot List, donating is hot. Period.

ANDY WON?

Does Andy have his mojo back? I’m not getting over excited yet, and his recent “outing” with MS has left a bad taste in my mouth, but I’d be happy if he brought it on. A-Rod spanked Daniele Bracciali of Italy during their first round match yesterday and gave an insightful interview afterwards and in particular, spoke of his alleged injury…
Q. This injury can’t get worse by playing, is that what you’re saying?
ANDY RODDICK: I hope not. I’m sure the risk is always there. But they said it’s a slow-healing injury because it’s something you use on everything. When I first did it, I couldn’t laugh without it hurting. And, you know, when it first happened, my trainer had to take off my shoes after the match because I couldn’t reach down. It’s at a point where it’s pretty much everything you do from leaning up out of bed to, you know, pretty much anything, you can’t really get away from it. I think, therefore, they say it just takes a little bit longer to heal completely.” Did he really have to mention “leaning up out of bed”…

Also spanking his opponent, sexy Spanish import Rafael Nadal. His spectacular arms and cut abs always give me the warm fuzzies. Nadal put away wild card Sam Querrey in the first round and in a very non-Federesq comment, said: “I know I was playing very badly,” Nadal said. “In the third set, maybe I improved.” Oh Rafi, just by talking you improved.

CHARGING INTO FOOTBALL

So yesterday I hit up the Chargers training camp. I was shocked. Why weren’t there more females there? Training camps are better than going to games. All the fine, fine men close enough to sweat on you while you’re reading the fine print of the tattoo that wraps around a thigh-sized bicep. Trust me people, it’s okay to objectify these men, and guess what? They love it! I have never met an athlete who didn’t respond favorably to a “Wow, nice arms” compliment.

You can’t get this close at the game, so giddy-up before training camps are over. Watching the hotties up-close is also an excellent introduction to football. Being within ear shot of the coaches gives you a little insight into what the hell they are actually doing out there. Running, grunting, smashing into things, funky ballet moves, jumping jacks -it all has a meaning…And if you live in San Diego, on August 30th, the San Diego Chargers Kickoff Dinner is going down. The event is a great way to meet the San Diego hotties and network with some cool people who’ll be there, such as myself! The kickoff dinner is managed by the San Diego Sports Council, who have been staging some of the finest eye-candy events in the city including the NCAA Basketball Championships, ESPN X Games, America’s Cup, MLS All-Star Game, and the MLB All-Star Game.

MENSA POINTS FOR THE JUDGE
Love, love, love to Riverside County Superior Court Judge Paul Zellerbach who was admonished today by the California State Commission on Judicial Performance. Zellerbach had refused to return from an ’04 Red Sox-Angels ALDS game to handle a verdict in a murder trial and turned down the attorneys’ request to allow another judge to receive the jury’s verdict. I guess the legal system ain’t so bad afterall.

SNOOP-A-LOOP

I love Snoop. Especially his yearly Snooper Bowl. Today, Cutters Gloves was named as a sponsor and official glove of the Snoop Youth Football League (SYFL) and the Snooper Bowl. Snoops league is comprised of 50 football teams for boys and girls ages 7-17, and was founded by the Dogg in 2004. This is Snoops way of making football and cheerleading (for the girls) more accessible to kids. A much more efficient way than using scary videos ala Team Baby. The Snooper Bowl is held in the same city and at the same time as the NFL Super Bowl. Not fair since we can’t be in two places at once. Snoop Dogg commented, “Thank you for helping my kids out. We couldn’t do this without people like you who believe in the Snoop Youth Football League. It’s easy for a kid to join a gang - we need to make it easier to play football. The SYFL is on to something so fresh and productive for our youth, and we are also all about helping the boys and girls off the field. We thank Cutters for being a part of it. Cutters gloves are for real!” Oh, how sweet. Check out Snoops league at www.snoopyouthfootballleague.com.

HE’S BEEN QUIET FOR WAY TOO LONG

Yes, we got some Ron Artest action. The reigning King of Mensa rejects, Ron Artest had to talk to the “children” as part of his community service spanking for his part in that sexy 2004 Palacegate brawl in Detroit. In his own Artestian words: “Someone started trouble and I ended it,” Artest told about 50 children Wednesday at a panel on black empowerment at the Judge Mathis Community Center. “I would always encourage you to protect yourself but in certain situations, if you can avoid them, avoid them.” Serioulsy, when’s the reality show coming out?

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