HSBC CHAMPIONSHIPS

While Retief, Tiger, and that sexy Indian golfer Jyoti battle in the top three spots, Camilo Villegas is quietly crawling his way up the leaderboard. As usual, we are denied any delicious images of the beast mid-crawl as he currently hovers in 29th place, but that’s okay. After watching how our Camilo Villegas lives, I’m relishing these quite days before the entire the world gets zanzied by the beast and we have to share the kitten. I’d like to keep him to myself and my dedicated readers, but his destiny awaits…as do I for the upcoming Buick Invitational in January, where you can bet your life that I’m gonna get my paws on a Lindeberg belt buckle.

DIKEMBE MUTOMBO IS DA MAN
The classiest beast in the NBA has got to be Dikembe Mutombo. After the passing of Ed Bradley, many people were saddened by the loss, but Mutombo’s statement was the most touching to come out of the sports world. “Today, I feel the loss so greatly about Ed Bradley, the man who traveled with me to the Congo and helped bring my story and my vision to the world. Ed Bradley was the consummate professional and he will be sorely missed. I would like to express my deepest sympathies to his wife, family and CBS for the loss of this very special person,” said Dikembe. And pa-leeze people, remember there is a link on the right for Dikembe’s Foundation. This man and his efforts deserve all the love we can give.

TOUCHDOWN IN SHANGHAI

The world’s top eight tennis beasts from left to right, Mario Ancic, Tomas Berdych, James Blake, Nikolay Davydenko, Roger Federer, Ivan Ljubicic, Rafael Nadal, David Nalbandian, Tommy Robredo, and Andy Roddick pose for photographers during the opening ceremony of Tennis Masters Cup today. The hotties are ready to slam balls at the Masters Cup, which starts on tomorrow.

Solidifying my resistance to R-Fed and his attitude, I do believe these photos accurately reflect who has the biggest ego. I’m praying he doesn’t win.

And a favorite moment came when Andy Roddick received a souvenir from Chen Jing, (Director of Minhang District of Shanghai) during the opening ceremony for the Cup. The look on Andy’s face: priceless.

WHERE IS THE WORLD WAS DIEGO MARADONA?

As the FIFA World Cup Beach Soccer Tournement continues, the hotties are getting a bit violent. The Argentinean boys couldn’t handle the loss to Uruguay on Thursday and argued with Brazilian security after a scuffle with Uruguayan players at the end of their quarterfinal match. Uruguay won 2-1 and had me asking Where in the World Was Diego Maradona and his hot Bodyguard when you need him?

Meanwhile, using those phenomenal mouth-watering legs, Uruguay will face Brazil tomorrow in the Final, while Diego Maradona was spotted going nuts in Mexico City.

TAKE ME TO THE GUN SHOW

A new report claims that NBA and NFL hotties are packing more than muscle. According to the Boston Globe, hotties and team officials estimated a vast majority of NBA and NFL athletes carry guns, legally or illegally, and that the number of handgun owners among them has reached an all-time high. One NFL stud stated that “about 90[%] of players in the league have guns to protect themselves.” An NBA team official, however, said in the NBA it’s “closer to 100%.” Of course, players have been urged to leave their guns at home, but I gotta disagree…what good is a hottie without any guns?

D’BACKS NEW LOGO

The Arizona Diamondbacks’ unveiled their new logo last week. The only reason I care? Because Eric Byrnes, Chris Young, Chris Snyder and Conor Jackson strutted their stuff along the runway as they modeled the new alternate home and away uniforms on Wednesday.

As always, thanks for reading. Delinda
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