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A-Rod is apparently a busy guy these days. What with drinking Kabbalah water with Madonna and all. But he found time to at least check out the Victoria’s Secret fashion show in Miami over the weekend. ~source
I’m happy to see he’s taking time to give back to the community, aren’t you?

If wads of cash are burning a hole in your pocket and you want to be able to say “I own jewelry that once belonged to a Victoria’s Secret Angel,” then have we got a deal for you.
Gisele Bundchen, Brazilian supermodel and girlfriend to New England Patriots QB-but-not-for-this-season Tom Brady, is putting up some of her diamonds for auction.

Is she making room for more diamonds, or at least a certain kind of sparkly on a certain finger? Is she parting with the ice to banish the ghosts of boyfriends past? (Hey, she dated Leonardo di Caprio, remember?) Or does she need the money?
Man, we …read more

Marko Jaric of the Minnesota Timberwolves had a ring on his mind Thrusday night during Game 4 of the NBA Finals (Go Celtics!), but it wasn’t a championship ring.
No, Jaric had the other important ring in mind: the one he gave his now-bride-to-be, Victoria’s Secret supermodel Adriana Lima.
The Brazilian knockout and her Serb honey have been dwelling in coupledom for nine months. Early on in their relationship, we examined The Supermodel Effect, which poses an age-old debate: Do smokin’ girlfriends enhance or detract from an athlete’s on-field performance? (We proceed on the assumption that their off-field performance is just fine).

Marko Jaric’s …read more

Boston Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz probably isn’t feeling all that macho right about now. The rightie is on the DL after breaking the middle fingernail of his pitching hand, which opens the door to middle finger musings (e.g., Did he flip the bird in traffic too near the closed sunroof, resulting in a jammed finger and broken nail?) as well as candidacy for one of pro sports most embarrassing or wimpiest injuries.
 
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If we really wanted to get catty, and we really do, we’d point the—wait for it—finger at Buchholz’s sweetie, Penthouse Pet Erica …read more

We made this observation way back in November, when Marko Jaric’s on-court numbers with the Minnesota Timberwolves spiked as things were heating up with his arm charm, Victoria’s Secret model Adriana Lima.
And Super Bowl aside, European jet-setter Tom Brady had a season for the QB record books. It also marks his first full NFL season with Gisele Bundchen at his side.
Now we can add Andy Roddick to the list of Athletes Who Improved After Getting a Little Something-Something From a Model. Just days after his engagement to swimsuit model Brooklyn Decker, Roddick broke his 11-game losing streak to Roger Federer …read more

The biggest blogosphere buzz on the Boston Red Sox the last few days, fortunately, has to do with the personal life of one of the team’s up-and-coming pitchers. (Thanks to devoted reader Caesar for sending this our way!)
You may have heard by now that Clay Buchholz, he of the—pardon the pun—virgin shutout in September 2007, is seeing 2008 Penthouse Pet of the Year, Erica Ellyson.
His father, quite likely doing that whole living life through his son thing right about now, had this to say:
“I know he’s met her, gone out with her, but I don’t know if you consider that …read more

We couldn’t believe our eyes and had to put extra Visine in them just to make sure we were seeing clearly.
But the proof is there in two photos posted on PerezHilton.com: Victoria Beckham can smile! (Be sure to check out the results of the “Should Posh smile more?” quiz. Three guesses how we voted).  
Authorities are still unsure as to what caused David Beckham’s more be-bobbed half to crack a grin on not one but two occasions. Is it because the Spice Girls are breaking up (again)? Is it because Victoria’s Secret deemed her the World’s Sexiest Mom? Or is she just laughing at one of …read more

David and Victoria Beckham, it’s at times like this that we truly appreciate your respective hotness. Or would that be hotnesses?
In one corner, you have the Roger Clemens-Brian McNamee edition of Days of Our Lives. Adding to the overall “WTF?”-ness of the whole steroid shebang is the latest McNamee bombshell that he also injected the 7-time Cy Young winner’s wife Debbie Clemens with HGH.
But in another corner, thankfully, you have the Beckhams. They’re not embroiled in a steroid abuse scandal, they’re not licking their Super Bowl wounds as we imagine Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen are, and they aren’t having …read more

Chuck Knoblauch isn’t the only athlete who’s gone MIA. The buzz in New England—and by “buzz” we mean “it was ‘breaking news’ on every station here for about 12 hours”—was Tom Brady’s no-show status at practice for the second day in a row.

Brady’s teammates, not to mention Coach Bill Belichick, joked around with the oh-so-curious press concerning the star quarterback’s whereabouts. Said wide receiver Donte’ Stallworth: “Bill actually brought me in his office earlier this morning and asked me if I wanted to move to quarterback, and we’re going to put in a whole new offense.”
Inspired by such wit, we’ve put together a list …read more

We’re all about sexy girlfriends here.
Yesterday we gave a shout-out to Gisele Bundchen when we mentioned Tom Brady’s “casting” call. Before that we talked about  Eli Manning and his blend-with-the-crowd fiancee. We’ve also given Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson their fair share of virtual ink (again and again). And for a while, we had a good thing going with Brazilian supermodel-professional athlete couplings.
And then there’s Lindsey Paulat, the Annie-Get-Your-Gun girlfriend of Cedrick Wilson of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Hmm . . . how do we put this delicately? She’s, um, in a class by herself.
Why so? Well, Paulat engaged in a 12-hour standoff with …read more