I WANNA KISS

All our clean cut, fresh, sweet beasts have been busy while I was AWOL. The WGC Accenture Match Play is underway in Arizona, and what better way to warm up for it that the new PGA Ad? In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, the PGA Tour broke the new ad called ‘First Kiss’ during coverage of the Nissan Open on Golf Channel and CBS. By the way-mad props to my boy Charles Howell who, after going 4 ½ years and 127 starts on the Tour, finally came, saw, and conquered a victory at the Nissan Open. When he tapped in the 3-footer to win, he closed his big beautiful eyes, tilted his head back, hugged his caddie and in my mid, thought about me.

But back to the Kiss…In the spot, Tour babies Adam Scott, Camilo Villegas, Sean O’Hair, Zach Johnson, Dean Wilson, J.J. Henry, Lucas Glover and Aaron Baddeley fawn over the inaugural FedExCup trophy. Adam Scott kills me as he opens with a “I will be the first to kiss her” in his oh-so sexy Aussie accent. Lucas Glover: “You may not conquer with a sword, but you’re conquered by a kiss.” Baddeley concludes: “I’d fly to the moon and back, if she’d be my baby!” The spot closes with an image of the FedExCup trophy and the line, “Who will be the first to kiss her?” My only complaint about the spot is the absence of Camilo. This could be the first round of these ads, so Ill keep my libido honed in on any further developments. In the mean time, Wonder Twin powers need to activate me in the form…of…the…Trophy.

FootJoy’s SignBoy is also back with new TV ads featuring our Camilo Villegas, Adam Scott and Davis Love III. The spots will run yearlong on Golf Channel and network tour telecasts. On their congested website, FootJoy also launched an online sweepstakes through March 15 where fans can view the spots, provide feedback and enter to win ReelFit and Classics Tour golf shoes. I attempted to ‘view’ the spot but like I said, the FootJoy site isnt working too well right now, so keep checking for this delicious spot.

CHELSEA GETS TUBED

Our Chelsea hotties have become the first Premiership football club to strike a deal with YouTube. Delivering all the must see footage of Drogba, Terry, & Shevchenko, Chelsea’s games will appear on a tailored page on the site. A Chelsea spokesperson said that no money was yet involved in the tie-up and that the team could consider adding advertising in the future.

PAULO MALDINI-FIED

Sexy AC Milan captain Paolo Maldini has become only the fifth player, and first Italian, to notch up 100 Champions League appearances when AC Milan began their first round first leg match against Celtic on Tuesday. But wait-do I sense a little Federer-style attitude? “Obviously it’s a big honor for me,” Maldini told reporters on Monday. “But I used to play in the competition when it was not called the Champions League and I feel I have made more than 100 appearances.” Maldini undoubtedly has made more than 100 appearances, on the field and in my dreams, so keep it up my fine Italian beast, and we’ll forgive the ‘diss.

JOSE CAN YOU SING

The finest player on the NY Mets, SS Jose Reyes, has recorded two reggaeton tracks called “La Rompe Discoteca” and “Encen,” which can be heard at www.myspace.com/rickycash. This super-fine beast, who’s been hailed as the hottest-short-stop by many astute fans, has actually been using his own song as he takes his at-bats during the games. Ya know I usually prefer Athlebrities to keep it real and not try to bust out with a CD…BUT, Reyes has made my libido sing, dance, and shake as I listened to his funky Caribbean-style-hip-hop-reggae–flavored tunes. Check ‘em out, I think you’ll jump aboard the Jose Reyes has-it-going-on-bandwagon.

STEVE NASH: GOOD GUY
People can bitch about Stave Nash and his injuries all they want, but off the court, he is one of the good guys. Nash has agreed to appear in print and billboard advertising for watchmaker Raymond Weil’s RWSport Line, but instead of accepting money for the endorsement, Nash will have the money donated to the Steve Nash Foundation. Raymond Weil also agreed to donate an extra $60,000 to the foundation. And its not like this is the first time Nash has done something outstanding off the court. A few years ago, he was approached by an Auto company (might have been Cadillac) and he turned down their endorsement offer because their cars weren’t “environmentally friendly”. Now this is how a hottie earns a ‘What a man, what a mighty, mighty good man’ nod.

NIKE PRO COMMERCIAL
Dear god these men are fine: Nadal topless, Thierry sweating it up…this pretty much sells me on anything Nike.

VEGAS PART TWO
“David Stern seriously needs to consider moving the event out of the country for the next couple of years in hopes that young, hip-hop hoodlums would find another event to terrorize. Taking the game to Canada won’t do it. The game needs to be moved overseas, someplace where the Bloods and Crips and hookers and hoes can’t get to it without a passport and plane ticket.” For each and every details of who was where and what they were doing, check out Norm Clarke’s review. He’s hit the nail on the head with the above quote. Yesterday I omitted all the gunfire from my blog until confirmed reports came in from Vegas. My cell phone was off the hook with reports. ”Did you hear Young Jeezy and his posse got into a shoot-out at the Wynn? Did ya hear about the shooting at the MGM? Did you hear about the shoot-out at Caesars? What about the shots fired at the Aladdin? Oh my god, Pacman was in a shoot out at Minxx” And so on and so forth. What I find really interesting is that reports are either: “The NBA was great for Vegas” or “We feared for our lives with all those thugs in town.” So which is it? In Las Vegas, Antonio Planas reports:“All-Star Weekend revelers have transformed the league’s midseason exhibition into the new millennium Freaknik, an out-of-control street party that features gunplay, violence, non-stop weed smoke and general mayhem. But there were multiple brawls, at least two shootings, more than 350 arrests and a lot of terror in Vegas over the weekend.” The only terror I felt while in Vegas was the inability to get my paws on Melo. Yes the crowds and traffic were out of control. Getting from one venue to the next took a lot of patience and at times was impossible. Gridlock prevented hotel-to-hotel party-hopping. Even if you had a car it would have taken an hour to drive one block. Planas also writes that: “There were so many fights and so many gangbangers and one parking-lot shootout at the MGM Grand that people literally fled the hotel in fear for their safety.” Come on people, it wasn’t that bad! Considering that estimates put the crowd at 250,000, two or three shootings isnt so bad, especially considering all the ‘gangs and possee’s’ which were apparently “terrorizing hotel guests.” Admittedly, we didn’t walk the strip, but we did drive it. Sure, it wasn’t the friendliest crowd I’ve seen. It was dark and scary and I can see how unsuspecting Chinese New Years celebrants were skiddish. Many hotels actually reported that a lot of high-end clients checked in and then immediately checked out…too bad for them, they missed all the fun!

PRINCE: 3121 CLUB

Here’s some fodder for all you Prince fans. As you know we hit up 3121 more than once. 3121 is just about the best club I’ve ever been to. It has an intimate nightclub vibe, with giant video screens playing some of the best music accompanied by video’s of happy, happy people dancing and just having fun. Friday night, Prince opened with favorite 1999 B-Side “Something In The Water U Drink.” We certainly weren’t drinking water as the Artist ran through the club giving handshakes, sweaty towels, passing off his guitar to fans and pulling people on stage. (Other songs that night: 3121, If I Was Your Girlfriend, Pink Cashmere (Prince said “now THIS is my JAM!), Lolita, Black Sweat (He pulled up 2 BIG beautiful hot sista’s to work up a serious sweat on the stage), Kiss, and Let’s Go Crazy. As mentioned before, Gnarls Barkley performed ‘Crazy’ while Prince rocked out, mid-crowd, on his guitar. Another surprise cameo came from the late great Nat King Cole’s Daughter, Natalie Cole. The after show guests included: Michael Jackson, Macy Gray, Bobby Brown, Paul Wall, Natalie Cole, Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Pea’s, Gnarls Barkley, Doug E Fresh, Barry Bonds, Queen Latifah (on the mic telling all the ladies to “stand up and make some noise”) and yes, Dave Chappelle was in da house, looking hot, healthy and ready to party. Inside the ya-gotta-know-where-it-is Club, the music room was dark and packed. The band shouted: “Do you love live music?” and the fun began. I couldn’t possibly give you a minute-by-minute blow of how awesome it was to see Prince jamming with these various artists in an intimate setting. Check out Prince.Org to read some excellent reviews by die-hard Prince fans that live and breathe for this Artist.

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