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You’d have to be pretty emboldened to prepare for a speech to the ladies in that fashion. Wonder what Olympians are part of this particular pep talk.

Jennie Finch?

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Jennie Finch will be in Beijing this August as part of the powerhouse U.S. Olympic softball squad. However, her biggest win may not be in Beijing this year but in Copenhagen in 2009. That’s when the games will be selected for the 2016 Summer Olympics and will be the next opportunity for softball to be an Olympic sport again.

That’s right; softball has joined baseball as persona non grata at the 2012 London Olympics due to their limited world appeal and (in the case of softball) U.S. domination of the sport. The Isle of Great Britain will only have bats swung within its shores in 2012 by soccer hooligans.
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Terrell Owens loves the sporting ladies - whether they’re hot Mexican TV reporters, or good ol’ American softball olympians.

Ryan Wilson of AOL FANHOUSE found the Cowboys receiver down in Florida taking in a gals’ game, as the U.S. team was on a pre-Beijing tour of the Sunshine State. Pitcher Cat Osterman noted that the team was so in awe, they weren’t even sure if it was him: Read more…

• NEW YORK NEWSDAY pitches us news that softball siren Jennie Finch will be joining other celebs in the next series of “The Apprentice“:

• The BOSTON GLOBE bogarts info that Ricky Williams was in Boston to cure his cannabis cravings.• PART MULE thinks it’s grody to the max that Jimmie Johnson would be too Cali for NASCAR.

• The NEW YORK POST dishes on Eva Longoria practicing her new restaurant career by playing musical chairs with a miffed maitre d’:

• 100% INJURY RATE believes that Packers linemen would be getting 30 pieces of silver for taking out Purple Jesus.• One the heels of Serena Williams having a Common interest, THE BIG LEAD lobs up a list of the tennis star’s previous paramours.

• HALF COURT HEAVE gets fired up with this hot basketball haircut:

• Speaking of daring ‘dos, SI’s EXTRA MUSTARD has a video tribute of the unique hairstyles through the years underneath all those NFL helmets.• WITH LEATHER spins its wheels, as a man charged with having sex with his bike won’t be locked up or join a chain gang.

WE LOVE JEN, BUT THIS REALLY BORDERS ON CHILD ABUSE: Softball honey (and all-around amazing Mom) Jennie Finch is planning to bring her adorable, 15-month-old baby Ace Shane to the Beijing Olympics with her next year.

Finch: “It looks like it right now, he is [coming]. He actually went with me a year ago when we went there, so he’s already been there, done that. So we’ll go back and show him the Great Wall again.

“I know it is [a long plane flight]. He was 2 1/2 months last time we went over, and it’s going to be a different story this next year.“The plane flight is the last thing we’re worried about. If forcing a baby to endure Beijing’s pollution and the U.S. women’s softball prelims against Micronesia isn’t child abuse, we don’t know what is.

JENNIE FINCH (SADLY) CONTINUES TO MAKE BALLS SOFT:

Hardball:

Softball:

Softball icon Jennie Finch and her husband, Caisey Daigle, have chosen a name for their soon to be born son: Ace Shane Daigle.