XTINA’S LOOK FAKES OUT YANKEES’ NEW JERSEY FAITHFUL: Though I worked in the Yankees organization for some time (as an announcer for their AAA team in Columbus), I could never quite get past my Kansas City roots and root for baseball’s Black (albeit Navy) and Whites.

Christina Aguilera, who was born in Staten Island but grew […]

ANOTHER VEGAS INNOVATION - BEAUTIFUL BALL WASHERS: Las Vegas really is becoming a showplace we can all be proud of. You all know about the gambling, world-class entertainment and unparalleled fine dining.

But Vegas’ vastly underrated golf scene is finally coming to the fore, thanks to an exhilarating innovation termed “T-Mates”.

The Rio Secco golf course recently […]

SHUE READY FOR PRO TENNIS AFTER SKUNKING JON LOVITZ: Apparently inspired by her recent charity tournament drubbings of Jon Lovitz and Melissa Rivers, the MALAYSIA STAR reports the 43-year-old actress Elisabeth Shue “is in training to become a professional tennis player. The Oscar-nominated actress admits she has always been pretty good at the sport and […]

KIWI SKATER UNCOVERS BODY TO GAIN MEDIA COVERAGE: A news outlet in New Zealand reports that “International speedskating star Nicole Begg is hoping to lift her international profile and that of her sport by undressing.”

The 19-year-old blonde Begg’s “motivation is to raise her profile in the hope of attracting a sponsor and also to promote […]

CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRY WANT TO LIVE OLYMPIC DREAM: China’s propaganda news service Xinhua reports the Central Asian country of Azerbaijan will make a serious bid “for hosting the summer Olympic Games in 2016, President Ilham Aliyev said on Monday.“

The Central Asian Country’s strongman leader Aliyev: “We would have not thought of hosting Olympics several years […]