Publishing notice: I will be taking tomorrow off and will return on Tuesday.

SHANGHAI

I had planned on taking the day off today, but after paroozing the sports world, I felt compelled to share a few special moments that came out of Shanghai. Unfortunately, Tiger Woods fell to South Korean Yong-Eun Yang who fired a 3-under 69 today to record his first European Tour title. His two-shot victory over Tiger at the HSBC Tourney didn’t sting too much, as our favorite tapa was on hand to give us a few Are You Kidding Me moments.

BETTER THAN R-FED

Innocent, sweet, humble, and edible, Rafael Nadal rocked my world something fierce as he and the King Of Beasts, met at the HSBC Tourney. Nadal and his posse of Spanish treats, watched Tigers final round and finally gave me good reason to scream In The Hole while drooling over Rafa and his ‘official’ biceps.

ANDY RODDICK LICKS HIS RACKET

In yet another Are You Kidding Me moment, Andy Roddick also sent my libido spiraling outta control. A-Rod appears to have regained more than just his mojo during the round robin of the Cup. Roddick spanked Ivan Ljubicic 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 while overloading my Wondertwin powers with a simple lick of his racket.

KELLY SLATER GOES IN THE HOLE

Seven time world surfing champion and sexiest wet Athlebrity, Kelly Slater, graces the cover of the Oct/Nov issue of Fairways & Greens magazine. Slaters stunning trail of Athlebrity achievements include being a spokesperson for L’Oreal (while developing a line of organic products for them) and selling more than 100,000 copies of his album “Songs From the Pipe” which he recorded with his group “The Surfers”. But did you know that Kelly Slater is also considered to be one of the best golfers on the amateur circuit? And that sometimes he golfs with our Burberry babe Adam Scott? The yummy profile explains that Slater “found his soul in the sea, but his heart belongs to golf.” These photos of Slater in the sea with his club have given my sporn-demons so much to work with, that I think its best I just shut up.

BOYS FROM BRAZIL

Portugal’s beach soccer stud, Madjer won the Golden Shoe award for best player of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, and I think its obvious why. But Brazil won the championship by spanking Uruguay 4-1 in the final.

SUCK IT BABY

Obviously, Francisco Totti scored a goal. And you know what happens when Totti scores…

DROGBA CARRIES CHELSEA, AGAIN

Is Chelsea beast Drogba the only stud that can kick it in for Chelsea? This season alone, Drogba has scored 14 times for the sexy blues. In a race for the Premiership, Chelsea slaughtered Watford 4-0 at Stamford Bridge and most likely wouldn’t have done so if it weren’t for the fantastic teamwork between Drogba and Andriy Shevchenko.

As always, thanks for reading. Delinda
delinda@athlebrities.com