NBA FINALS OVER

The most boring play-off series in the history of NBA Finals is finally over. The San Longoria Spurs humbled King James and his royal attitude, but in the end, I don’t care, I’m just glad its over. Granted, I didn’t waste my time watching James and his over inflated ego, or Eva stalking her prey, but I did enjoy the courtside hotties…Taylor Hicks and his ENORMOUS feet gave his Idol fans some love by performing the National Anthem, but I suspect all eyes were on the picture perfect Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen who were cuddled up courtside. Also in the crowd, sexy soccer (futbol) stud, Thierry Henry, who broke my heart by donning a Spurs jersey.

BALLS ON BALLS
It’s days like these that I wish I had gone to med school…Frenchman Marc Gicquel got slammed by a 130 mph serve in the testicles during the fourth day of the Halle ATP tennis tournament in western Germany yesterday. He received the proper treatment and went on to complete the match, but he had to withdraw today due to the “after effects of Thursdays injury to his testicles.”

Gicquel spent Thursday night feeling ill and vomiting, and said he didn’t have the energy to carry on against Finland’s Nieminen and had to withdraw. “I am very disappointed for sure,” said Gicquel. “But I spent most of Thursday night not feeling well and I was sick a few times. I think it might have something to do with my injury on Thursday. I didn’t have much energy and after the first set, I just knew I didn’t have enough left in me to go on.”

SEXY SIDNEY MAKES HISTORY, AGAIN

Just two weeks ago, Sidney Crosby was made the youngest captain in NHL history. And last night, Crosby walked away from the NHL Awards ceremony with the Hart Memorial Trophy, the Art Ross Trophy and the Lester B. Pearson Award. The Hart trophy garnered Crosby another historical notch, making him the NHL’s youngest MVP since Gretzky. Crosby and his perfect lips received the trophy from six-time winner Gordie Howe: “To get that from him was obviously a huge honor. Everyone knows the history and what he’s done for the game,” said Crosby. The sexy skater led the Penguins to a 105-point season (the second best in team history) before they were eliminated in the first round by Ottawa.

VICTORIA’S SECRET WHAT’S SEXY
Victoria’s Secret released their 2007 ‘What is Sexy’ List and missed the mark by a long shot. Seems that the company is stuck in a time warp and named Derek Jeter as their Sexiest Male Athlete for 2007. (VS.com) I realize they are appealing to the masses, but at this point, even Phil Mickelson is sexier than Jeter. Maybe next year VS will do a little research before representing a has-been as the Hottest. Ever heard of Camilo Villegas? Adam Scott? Lewis Hamilton? Tom Brady? My Melo? Rafa? Andy? Blake? Beckham? Slater? Massa? Sidney Crosby? I could go on forever and not mention Jeter even once.

JONATHON VILMA: SHUT UP

Why is it that when Michael Vick gets in trouble, a giant rock is lifted and all the rejects come out to voice their opinions and then immediately decide they cant handle the backlash and redact their statements? Note to the idiots: if there is a microphone in front of you and the topic of dog fighting is brought up, just say “I’m opposed to it, its terrible, its cruel, its disgusting” or anything to that effect. Anything short of sympathy for ravaged, bloodied, abused dogs is unacceptable. Well all took notice yesterday when Jets linebacker Jonathan Vilma crawled out from under his rock to compare horse racing to dog fighting. But of course, his comments were “misunderstood.” Speaking at the team’s minicamp Thursday, Vilma insisted, “my comments that were misinterpreted were that I am not for or against dog fighting or Michael Vick. It’s an unfortunate situation for Michael Vick whether he is involved or not.” (Points lost for doubting his involvement) “I was definitely not comparing the two, dog fighting to horse racing. You’ll have activists who are against both. They say in horse racing, you put a lot of stress on the animals,” Vilma added. “I’m indifferent and it’s a matter of wanting to stay away from the whole Michael Vick situation, whether he is involved or not. I’m not saying anything about dog fighting or anyone who might be involved in it.” Too late, you just did. And your indifference is appalling.

US OPEN ME

My ovaries are having their own dog fight right now as Camilo, Ian and Adam Scott tease me from the US Open.

HAPPY FATHER DAYS

I wanna take this opportunity to say Happy Fathers Day to some mighty fine beasts and give a shout out to any of them who’d like to have another baby, or simply allow me to call them daddy.

NEW ATHLEBRITY T-SHIRTS

For a limited time, I’ve released some new Athlebrity t-shirt designs. Artist Brendan Tierney ran with my ideas and produced some really cool designs for the site. (At least I think they’re cool) Due to the high demand for Brendan’s work, I’ve had to limit the number of shirts I can sell, because, quite frankly, they’ll be collector’s items within the next few years. Get ‘em while you can…more of Brendan’s work can be found at Tierneyart.com.

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