OUCH

Tiger Woods needs a vacation. That’s about all I have to say about his first round loss at the World Match Play. There is an upside to Tiger’s participation in the tourney….super fine Chelsea beast Andriy Shevchenko stopped by the practice range prior to the event. Seeing the two together has somehow made Tigers loss much less painfull. And guess what Tiger did with the $990,000 he received for winning the Deutsche Bank Championship? He donated every penny to his Foundation.

HERE AND NOW

The latest edition of Monopoly, ‘Here & Now” has been released and I’m wondering if any Red Sox fans are going to bitch slap Hasbro. Although Fenway Park has kicked Park Place right off the board, they were one upped by Times Square who got the coveted Boardwalk spot. Less expensive properties on the board include Jacobs Field, Texas Stadium, Centennial Olympic Park and Wrigley Field. And talk about branding- five of the eight tokens are “miniature versions of a Toyota Prius hybrid car, an order of McDonald’s French fries, a New Balance running shoe, a cup of Starbucks coffee and a Motorola Razr cellphone.” What, no mug of beer?

ANDY RODDICK
I found this wonderfully spornographic interview with Andy Roddick. A very astute Sarah Alvanipour landed the interview at Tennis.com. The following are several of the hottest questions and answers…all of which have catapaulted Andy Roddick very, very close to the top of the Hot List.

Q: What is your favorite cuisine? “Right now I’m into Indian food. I’ve really developed an eclectic taste in food from the traveling I’ve done. I started off liking Italian, then it was Mexican, and then sushi.” (Did someone say sushi?) Q: What is your favorite non-tennis clothing label? “Lucky Jeans. They’re cool because when you unzip them, it says LUCKY YOU inside the zipper.” (I need to investigate this claim in person) Q: What’s your vice? “…At first I was really into the sweet stuff with whipped cream. But now I’m into the harder stuff like really dark coffee and espresso.” Um, Andy, do NOT use words like “whipped cream, harder, and coffee” in the same sentence pa-leeze! Using this kind of language only provokes my libido and I simply cannot be responsible for my actions.

THE ALL BLACKS

adidas, which sponsors New Zealand’s national rugby team, the All Blacks, has come out with an interesting promo. They have mixed blood from every hottie on the squad “into the ink used to make a poster of the team.” The poster is part of adidas’ “Bonded by Blood” campaign centered around the team. If you want the coolest-blood-sport poster around, it’s only being given to the first 8,000 fans who buy a $70 team jersey. There is a great video on the team site of the hotties spilling their blood for the poster. Check out www.allblacks.com.

ANDRE AGASSI TO PLAY AGAIN

Andre Agassi & Steffi Graf will return to Richmond for the second annual Genworth Children’s Advantage Classic. If that’s not enough to sell ya, Athlebrity favorite James Blake will also appear. The December 8th exhibition will benefit at-risk youth in the Richmond community with 100% of all sponsorship and ticket proceeds going directly to the charities. The yummy event is expected to raise around $500,000 for the charities. “Steffi and I had a great experience playing in the Genworth Children’s Advantage Classic last year,” said Agassi. “We are excited to be back to help these nine Richmond-area charities improve the lives and opportunities for so many children.” Last year, the event sold out and actually might be sold out by now. Ticket price range from $35 and up…its worth it, so get your ass to the Alltel Pavilion in the VCU Stuart C. Siegel Center on Decemebr 8th.

BIG UPS TO BANK OF AMERICA
Now you can stop bitching about all those fee’s Bank of Amercia charges you. Yesterday, B of A (Miami) President Gene Schaefer presented a $125,000 check to Alonzo Mourning on behalf of the Overtown Youth Center (OYC) to provide expanded support of students without the means of obtaining higher education. The money is completely “unrestricted” which means the OYC can do whatever it wants with it. Mad love to B of A and OYC-who have chosen to use the money to institute its first college scholarship program.

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH VINCE YOUNG

NFL hottie Vince Young has gotten his own TV show. ‘Next Level: Vince Young’ will premire on BET Wednesday October 4th at 9:30 PM. This is a six part “docu-reality” sports series, covering everything to his pre-draft life to his stellar Athlebrity appeal. “With BET documenting numerous events in my personal and sports life from childhood to manhood, high school to college and college to the NFL, I’ll hopefully inspire kids and adults to listen to their heart and not only go after, but achieve their dreams,” said Young. I, for one, am going to print and laminate that quote so when I’m face to face with the beast, I can kindly remind him that I’m “achieveing my dream” right before I flip the lights off.

GOO GOO GA GA
You know I’m happy as a used towel in a NBA locker room after hearing that U2 (and Green Day) will perform during an official NFL pregame show at the Superdome before the September 25 Falcons-Saints “MNF” game. This is the first sporting event at the venue since Hurricane Katrina and each band will play three or four songs. (anyone wanna bet that U2 play more than four songs?) Not invited into the Superdome are the Goo Goo Dolls, who will be performing outside the Superdome.

FAN OF THE MONTH
Once in a while I’ll get an exceptional email from one of my readers. Anastasia is one such reader. I am brimming with pride as I share some of her comments and her photo in reference to the mad love I gave to Burberry beast Adam Scott for his victory at the Singapore Open. “Love the latest comments on Adam. Yes he did us proud here in Singapore. I met him and managed to tell him that the trophy is his and he’s going to take it home. He smiled and said it was very positive of me. Here’s a pic we took. He’s an absolute wet dream and I enjoyed my 4 days watching him sweat on the greens. He’s a sexy beast! He’s a sweetheart and I drowned in his baby blues when he looked up at me. By the way, I couldn’t resist a sniff and there was a faint smell of soap. I look like deer in front of the head lights, imagine what my libido was doing. When I eventually spoke to him and asked for a picture, Tony reminded him that he had to go practice. Adam acknowledged that but still stayed to take the pictures. I wanted SO much to hold him but he was a little hesitant so on the next shot, I pressed up against him and at least got one boobage on his hip. Christ, how tall is he? Sincerely, Anastasia

Notice that Anastasia drowned in his baby blues, took a sniff, got some boobage on his hip and injured her libido. Like I said, I’m brimming with pride (and a little bit of “boobage” envy) but I couldn’t be more proud of Anastasia and her acute sense of what it’s really all about. And for the record, sexy Adam Scott stands at a perfect 6′0″.

D&D are gonna post a little NFL love this Sunday…As always, thanks for reading. Delinda
delinda@athlebrities.com