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If you read SbB regularly you know of my affection for Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki:
She broke through in her tennis career last summer, making the finals of the U.S. Open.
(Oh. My. GOD.)
She’s also rapidly becoming the most popular hottie in pro sports. (Danica? She’s yours.) In other words, I’m a little flummoxed SPORTS ILLUSTRATED didn’t include Woz in this year’s swimsuit issue.
I was sent a video today by an emailer who claims that Shaq’s estranged wife Shaunie O’Neal (photos) appeared in a 1987 2 Live Crew video called Move Somethin‘:
After spending waaay too much time studying the video, I can’t decide if it’s her or not. So you make the call.
Jason McIntyre of TheBigLead.com has a nice catch today, reporting on Steve Phillips mistress Brooke Hundley lashing out at her former lover.
In comments on her Facebook account this week, Hundley disputed that Phillips was a sex addict, claiming that a “true sex addict has an unrelenting need to get sex anywhere anytime and rack up multiple people.”
“Sex addicts don’t pick out a single young employee to go after who has to worry about her career if she says anything. Steve’s not a sex addict. The only thing he’s ever been addicted to is feeding his own ego.”
On the contrary, if sex addiction does exist, the definition of it is what Steve Phillips did. Sleeping with someone like Hundley despite having everything to lose. Would a man of sound mind risk his career and family to have sex with a co-worker like Hundley? Read more…
TMZ.com reports during today’s Saints Victory Parade at 5pm ET, the New Orleans Police Dept. has been instructed by city officials that “anyone seen exchanging nudity for beads can expect a big, fat summons … or even a trip to the slammer.”
(*Bullhorn*: Put your weapon(s) down madame)
So with boobs not being tolerated, is one to assume that city officials will also be precluded from parade festivities?
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED’s swimsuit issue is out this week and it features Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn:
(Credit: Warwick Saint, Sports Illustrated)
An Olympic snowboarder is also shown topless in the sports magazine.
Nashville Police yesterday released audio tapes from a July 6 interview from another Steve McNair mistress, a woman named Leah Ignagni.
(Ignagni booking photo (left) after felony drug bust on Aug. 24)
The interview took place a little more than a month before Ignagni was arrested for two felony drug offenses.
(McNair’s second mistress also arrested on multiple felony drug charges)
Ignagni to police on July 6:
“I will say that Steve and I got pretty, um … He got pretty serious with me, as in serious texts on those nights and stuff. He thought that I was going to like break up with him and stuff throughout last week, so he would just show up at my house a lot.”
Ignagni said the McNair told her he was divorcing his wife Mechelle.
Earlier today Jason McIntyre at TheBigLead.com reported that ESPN’s Chris Berman “is being heavily pursued by the NFL Network.” McIntyre also noted that Berman’s contract with ESPN expires in three months.
(Protip: might wanna budget an on-call stylist)
Last summer I heard a random rumor floating around that Direct TV was interested in acquiring Berman’s services. Today I confirmed through two independent sources that the satellite television provider is now in full pursuit of the longtime broadcaster.
Earlier today I wrote that Kenny Chesney was in Miami last week “lobbying” to play Super Bowl halftime at the 2011 game at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas.
(Chesney got an assist on the subject from friend Mike Greenberg)
Friday morning Chesney guested on Mike & Mike In The Morning on ESPN Radio and couldn’t have made his desire more plain.
UPDATE (6:50p ET): Turns out Chesney said last Friday that he wanted the gig.
Speculation is already heating up in the music industry about who will be the 2011 Super Bowl halftime musical act at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas.
(Chesney is friends with Peyton Manning)
Before I get to the candidates, let me clarify exactly who will make the call on the halftime show: Charles Coplin, Vice President of Programming for the NFL and Lawrence Randall, the NFL’s director of programming. (Believe it or not, 2011 Super Bowl host Jerry Jones will have very little influence on who gets the gig.)
Coplin talked about the Super Bowl halftime show to Reuters last week, including his criteria for selecting the act:
“We stay away from overexposed acts. When was the last time you saw the Who on TV? We like acts whose songs are very familiar to people of all ages, all demographics.
“There are other acts who do wonderful things and their music is tremendous, but it’s not always as anthemic and explosive, and when you’re doing something like the Super Bowl, those two words are really vital parts of making a show come to life.”
So who will be privileged the gig at Cowboys Stadium? My source said it’s a virtual lock that the NFL will go country for the big game in Dallas next February. To the end, I was also provided the five most likely candidates.
The Milwaukee Brewers announced today that a statue of Bud Selig is being cast and will be unveiled at Miller Park in August.
Whose idea was it? Tom Haudricourt of the MILWAUKEE JOURNAL-SENTINEL gives us a clue. Read more…
