• Dan Cash of WKZO-AM bounces along news from The DETROIT FREE PRESS that two Pistons aren’t enough to drive a Car-melo to Detroit.
• JALOPNIK has video of the fatal funny car crash that killed Scott Kalitta.
• STORMING THE FLOOR chats with Jim Engles, the new guy in Newark hoping to raise the NJIT Highlanders up from the depths of a previous winless season.
• As Marko Jaric gets ready to consummate with Adriana Lima, RUMORS AND RANTS is charmed to present their list of the luckiest guys in sports history.
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At least there’s one big winner on the Minnesota Timberwolves roster, as Marko Jaric is getting married to supermodel Adriana Lima.
PEOPLE reports that the Victoria’s Secret vixen was celebrating her 27th birthday on Thursday when she received a surprise gift from the Serbian shooting guard - an engagement ring. Read more…
This intrepid writer had an acquaintance in college that lusted after Rony Seikaly with the heat of a thousand Joe Kleines. She wanted her men extraordinarily tall and, to use her word, “swarthy”. Sure, Vlade Divac had his charms and Dražen Petrović was a cutie, but no one could match up with her Lebanese lover.
Of course, he was merely decent on the court, but the shorts weren’t as long back then and she didn’t notice much.
Which brings us to the impending engagement between Adriana Lima and Marko Jarić. Her appearance in GQ this month makes it clear why he wants to finally join with her in holy matrimony: no nookie before knot-tying. Frankly, it’s unclear why he didn’t bring a ring to the first date. Her motivations, however, are less clear.
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• LE BASKETBAWL finds at least one winner on the 10-39 T-Wolves, as Marko Jaric is apparently dating Victoria’s Secret model Adriana Lima:
• SOCCERLENS focuses in on the real goal for a successful World Cup in South Africa - legalizing prostitution.
• Jason Whitlock of the KANSAS CITY STAR wants his March Madness now, as he’s bored with the college b-ball regular season.
• THE BIG LEAD is rooting for Dudley Hart to win the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, considering he missed a lot of golf time caring for his lung cancer-stricken wife.
• FAN IQ’s 100% INJURY RATE suggests that if the Olympic discus toss doesn’t thrill you, why not try the live-goat-into-the-lions’-den toss?
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The WALL STREET JOURNAL reports that Hyundai is thinking about pulling it’s ads from the Super Bowl.
The South Korean auto maker is fearful their spots might rub some prospective buyers the wrong way. Not because of any racy content or wardrobe malfunctions, but because of concerns about a stagnating economy.
Hyundai believes that “taking out high-priced ads in this environment might rub some consumers the wrong way.”
Well, it didn’t bother Allstate when they sponsored the BCS Championship game in Louisiana - where many hurricane insurance claims are still unpaid.
If Hyundai decides to pull out but Fox can’t find any new ad buyers, the spots will have to air. However, as the WSJ points out, “Given the high demand for ad time, Fox would likely be able to sell the slots at an even higher price.”
And we have a good idea what viewers are hoping to see instead.
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