RAFAEL NADAL WET

Our Spanish beast didn’t win the Chennai singles event, but that’s okay. We got several topless photo treats, and he sprayed champagne all over my libido during the prize ceremony following the doubles final of the Open.

ADAM SCOTT SECOND AND THIRD

He played with heart, class, and an oh-so-sexy swing, but eventually Adam Scott finished second to Vijay Singh in Kapalua Hawaii. Minimum love for the arrogant Singh, who has made history with this victory. It was his 18th victory since he turned 40, breaking Sam Snead’s previously little-known record of 17 wins for forty-somethings. Too bad Singh can’t hold a candle to the notoriously friendly, and sophisticated Scott, who earned a cool $630,000 for his stellar performance. “Second does suck, but I try to take a positive out of every week,” said our Burberry babe. “It looked earlier on like I had no chance, but it was nice to claw my way back by the end.” Indeed. Claw baby, claw.

WHEN IN ROME

Italian beast Gianluigi Buffon received a trophy for best goalkeeper of 2006 season during a ceremony in Rome today. Marco Materazzi and his pink sweater were also in attendance, as well as my Totti (hiding in the background)…FIFA President Sepp Blatter was busy making the rounds, as he later attended another ceremony with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano to honor the entire, mouth-watering-sporn-tastic Italian Soccer World Cup team.

MELO ON POINT

“It’s everywhere,” Carmelo Anthony said Wednesday of the possibility of being attacked. “Everywhere I go, I’ve got that in the back of my mind. You’ve always got to be on point. You’ve always got to be careful. If you’re in a bar or a club and you see commotion, you want to get out. Anything can happen. They always say that bullets have no names.” Wrong Melo, this one has a name, its Delinda.

WADES HOUSE
According to the Miami Herald, Dwyane Wade, his lips, and wife, Siohvaughn, have been sued for $152,000 by home developer PGS, which claims the couple “failed to pay for ‘improvements and additions’” to their house in Pinecrest, Florida. Wade has filed a counterclaim stating PGS “hadn’t completed all the work when the family moved into the home.”

NBA HOTTIES AND STAFF FINISH HOME

Members of the NBA office staff, and even the Commish got their hands dirty and raised the final wall at a Habitat for Humanity home built on January 7 in New Orleans. The Commish even signed one of the slabs of wood for the lucky family. Thanks for caring NBA.

LUCKY LADY

A picture is worth more than a thousand words. It’s worth a trip to the SuperBowl, at least for Diana Porter it is. The Huston woman won the Canon & The Pro Football HOF’s “Why Do You Love Football” Amateur Photo Challenge for her image titled ‘Superman.’ Porter, who snapped the cute image during a kids football game, has not only won a trip for four to Super Bowl XLI , but to the ’07 Pro Football HOF enshrinement in August AND her photo will displayed in the HOF.

NICE GIFT IDEA

Start saving your pennies now for this oh-so-special gift…A new book called “Manchester United Opus” tells the history of the club in 400,000 words and 2,000 delectable photographs. The book weighs over 80 pounds and costs about $5,811. Also available are the Formula One, NFL and Maradona Opus’s. If ya just gotta send me one…

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