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June 26th, 2008

Russian Olympic Team to Sharapova’s Flag-Bearing Offer: Thanks But No Thanks

What Maria wants, Maria doesn’t always get. (We aren’t even talking about a Wimbledon 2008 trophy, which her second-round loss renders null).
Russia put the kibosh on tennis player Maria Sharapova’s request to carry the flag during the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics.
Gasp! Could it be that they think the Siberian-born 6′3″ blonde is too Americanized and […]

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June 14th, 2008

Tiger Woods and David Beckham Among Top Athletes in Forbes’ Celebrity 100

Whoever said sports don’t pay clearly didn’t spend some time perusing Forbes’ Celebrity 100. To be honest, we’re not even sure if anyone ever said that, but if they did, boy, would we have a bone to pick with them.
Tiger Woods (2—and still holding his own at the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines) and David Beckham (5) […]

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April 28th, 2008

Maria Sharapova’s 21st Birthday Bash

Man, have the celebrities been snubbing us when it comes to their birthday parties. (Was it something we said? It’s OK, we can take it. Really).

Image: Used courtesy of www.splashnewsonline.com  
Victoria Beckham had a star-studded birthday bash to ring in year number 34. And tennis hottie Maria Sharapova is now legally of gambling and drinking age—’cause […]

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February 29th, 2008

Maria Sharapova Wannabe Gets Booted for Grunts

In our previous post, we promised a return to the usual snark. We weren’t a-bluffin’. 
Move over, Maria Sharapova. There’s a new Queen of Scream in town. 
Ah, well. Here’s proof that our astute observations deserve a hearty self-congratulations. (Pfft–as if there’s never been a hint of smugness on this blog). A 9-year-old tennis player got tossed […]

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February 26th, 2008

For Those Who Don’t Heart Maria Sharapova

We’re squarely in this category, ever since we read in Tennis magazine that she was a snot while signing autographs at the 2006 U.S. Open. (We liked the pre-prima donna Maria).
Want to chuckle at Maria Sharapova’s on-court shrieks? Behold, high-pitched Maria at the Qatar Open (20s):

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February 26th, 2008

For Those Who Heart Maria Sharapova . . . A Bit Too Much

In honor of Maria Sharapova’s 6-1, 2-6, 6-0 win over Vera Zvonareva at the Qatar Open, we’ve decided to give the people what they want: A Maria montage.
The first one we posted is—darn YouTube!—no longer available. You would have loved it.  It was a Maria slideshow-lovefest to Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On.” Seriously. It was […]

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February 11th, 2008

6 Sports Couples We’d Like to See

With Valentine’s Day coming up this week, we’re in the mood for matchmaking. Here are 6 hook-ups in the sports-celebrity world that we’d like to see (for blog foddah purposes, natch).
Eli Manning and Gisele Bundchen
First Baby Bro Manning gets the Super Bowl ring, then the girl? Now wouldn’t that get Tom’s jockstrap in a bun(d)ch.
Tom […]

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December 31st, 2007

Best and Worst of Sports in 2007, Part II

Whew! We dug up so many fun items for our end-of-year list that we split it in two. In Part I, we listed the Best first.  Here we’re shaking things up a bit—because shaking invokes “shaken,” which puts us in the mood for NYE martinis—and putting Worst at the head of the line.
WORST
Time and place to […]

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