RAFAEL NADAL
As our Rafa continues his quest for victory at the Sony Open, I continue my quest for hot Nadal quotes. Rafael never lets me down with his interviews, and my libido danced after reading, in part, this interview on March 24.

Q. Indian Wells, the air is very thin and the ball seems to fly a great deal. Here do you find that the ball stays in the court more easily? RAFAEL NADAL: Well, the ball doesn’t take the same spin like in Indian Wells. But it’s difficult to measure here today because with the wind it was tough. But after I feel better in the second set. But I was touching very well the ball. I have a lot of problems with the wind. I all the time I don’t touch the ball in the place. Well, when I was placed for touch the ball, always the ball go into the place or go into my body, so it was very difficult.

ANTON HAIG

On Friday, Anton Haig had an interesting round during the CA Championships. Hottie had to take a drop on the 18th hole after his ball landed behind the grandstands during the second round. He also gave us yoga golf lessons while driving my hormones right up that tree. Going into today’s round, the beast is currently in 36th place.

Also justifying my “In the hole” attitude is Ian Poulter. Dressed to impress in his baby blue shirt and plaid pants, I have trouble taking my eyes off that belt buckle, which should be available on his website in the near future.

FEDERWOOD

What a shocker. Tiger Woods and Elin watched R-Fed win his match last night, on day four of the Sony Open. If you hadn’t noticed yet, the PGA Tour has debuted six 30-second ads during NBC’s coverage of the WGC-CA Championships this weekend to promote the FedEx Cup. The campaign cost $55M, but don’t think one cent is going to Tiger, the mighty beast acted in the spots for free.

KOBE EARNS A TIARA

I can’t deny Princess Kobe his tiara. He’s more than earned it this past week. The Princess and his wicked skills have scored four straight games of at least 50 points. Tonight, PK will attempt to extend his 50-point streak to five games. If he does this, Princess would tie Wilt Chamberlain for the second-longest such streak ever. (Chamberlains record is record seven straight 50-plus-point games in December 1961.) “I don’t know. I don’t care,” Bryant said after practice Saturday when asked if he could catch Chamberlain. “I see everything in slow motion, like I never have before,” he said. “Pretty trippy. My release on the ball feels fine, the arc feels good. I’m extremely comfortable with my jump shot.”

CRICKET FANS GONE CRAZY

Is anyone else paying attention to the ongoing chaos with the cricket shit in India? Talk about a great script. On March 23rd, chefs of the Culinary Academy of India made a 15-foot tall and 2-foot wide edible cricket bat with the names of the national cricket team in icing. It took them 120 hours to make this wonderful creation to wish the Indian cricket team the best of luck during the Cricket World Cup 2007 currently being played in the West Indies. This seems weird to me, considering that the team was eliminated, the coach was murdered, and the fans are setting fire to everything related to the players on the team.

As Jamaican police hunted for clues about the killing of coach Woolmer, Pakistan’s cricketers headed home after police interviewed three team members for a second time, but said none of them were suspects. The po-po believe that Woolmer probably knew the killer who strangled him in his hotel and fans went ballistic over rumors of match-fixing gangs that might have be involved with the murder.

The fans are not only rioting and burning, but they are dying as well. P. Raju allegedly died of a heart attack after watching his team lose. And in England, these fans painfully remind me why I don’t watch cricket.

EURO QUALIFIERS
I couldn’t even begin to explain to you how the Euro qualifiers work in one post. So go here for more info. What I can tell you is that the fans are going crazy.

The match between Norway and Bosnia-Herzegovina ended in an evacuation. Reportedly Bosnians rejects traveled to the match in Oslo and threw fireworks on the pitch, apparently targeting Bosnian goalkeeper Adnan Guso. Rejects could hardly wait to begin their antics, it took just 50 seconds into the match before they began throwing large amounts of fireworks onto the pitch, which had to be evacuated.

Near the Oldtown square in Prague, the po-po had their hands full as well. Small groups of Czech and Germany fans clashed together in the Czech capital. There were a several injuries and at least 60 persons arrested.

WALLBANGERS

Sometimes I find it hard to understand what all the fighting is about…until I see my Allesandro Del Piero. The Italian football stud ignites fireworks in my loins each time he inhales. And now, the beast can be yours. I’ve given props to Wallbangers before , and I’ll give ‘em again. With the newest Banger coming in the form of an Italian stud, how could I not? In case you’re not familiar, a Wallbanger is a life-size, live-action, self-adhesive vinyl wall graphic of your favorite team crest or player. Printed on a tear-resistant, durable vinyl that can be removed and replaced again and again, and yes, they adhere to your skin as well. Give it a try, and if you do, email me first, Wallbangers have graciously offered an exclusive discount to my readers.

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