Ron Artest Books Own Hottie For SI Photo Shoot

Great find by our Adam Jacobi today on Twitter:

Ron Artest books his own SI photo shoot, replete with his own hottie

SI’s Arash Markazi posted a sneak of a photo shoot of Ron Artest as part of an upcoming piece he’s working on about the loco Laker. Best part: Artest set up the shoot, and booked the “model”! Markazi’s piece will drop on SI.com later this week.

Kids, the Lakers are going to fun this year.

Glad I Edged My Driveway Instead Of Doing ESPYs

I’m in L.A. so I half-considered going to the ESPYs last night. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED’s Arash Markazi, with this Tweet, made me glad I didn’t.

ESPN had people clap and fake laugh because of bad jokes

Tonight tho I will be @ legit event here in Lipstick City. I’ll be posted in MannyWood for #99’s return and Tweeting about it all night in real time from the Left Field bleachers. You can follow my Tweets and photo posts here.

I’ll have more stuff from the game on SbB Friday, so long as my Kevlar vest isn’t compromised in the postgame parking lot.

Space Age Technology Kills Montana’s Secret Life

Remember the report that Joe Montana bugged out after having his photo snapped at a Super Bowl party?

Joe Montana

Arash Markazi of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, in his breakdown of every single Super Bowl party, has this followup from the “Madden Bowl” party last week:

“Joe Montana, Dwight Clark and Chris Berman sitting in a VIP booth with a bevy of beauties surrounding them. Montana seem resigned to the possibility that images of his night on the town might end up online. “It seems like everyone has a camera on these,” he said picking up his cell phone. “You can’t do anything privately anymore.”

Don’t suppose Berman pal’d along with Montana and Clark for any particular reason, eh?

Heidi Montag

Markazi ranks all the parties (Maxim, Playboy, ESPN) and has some fun details, like Wade Phillips doing “Soulja Boy” in front of Jerry Jones, and a strange odor emanating from the Playboy party. Some highlights after the jump - along with Maxim party photos (and Heidi Montag’s alarming boob job).

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(Comedian) Reggie Bush: “I Hate The Paparazzi”

We’ve all seen the photos of Reggie Bush and Kim Kardashian the past few months, but we haven’t really heard either go on the record about the relationship. So Arash Markazi of SI today finally got the down-low from Bush and the booted-and-suited one.

Reggie Bush Kim Kardashian

They both offer up platitudes on their fleeting romance, but Bush’s reaction to being stalked by photogs is priceless: “I hate the paparazzi. I honestly do. She knows I don’t like it, but it comes with the territory. I deal with it. It doesn’t make me view her any different, it’s part of her life and so you just deal with it, but I hate it. I don’t like it all. When I’m not with her, they don’t care about me, when I’m with her they’re all over us.

If you know Bush the way we know Bush, you understand that he doesn’t hate the paparazzi because they “are all over us”. Read more…