Michael Jackson’s father is planning to sell grills that look like soccer balls during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, reports TMZ. And soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo will be endorsing the Game On Products merchandise.
The two will shoot TV, magazine and Internet advertisements for the “Goalie Grill,” in early December.
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez’s driver almost got a ticket for blocking traffic outside Serafina Restaurant in New York City, reports TMZ. When the police officer heard who the car belonged to, he let the violation slide.
Move over, David Beckham, there’s a new soccer hottie in town.
Cristiano Ronaldo, 24, who plays for Real Madrid and the Portuguese national team, is replacing Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Beckham, 34, as the face of Emporio Armani men’s underwear, reports E! News.
American Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps admitted to police he had a beer an hour and 15 minutes before he was involved in a car accident last Thursday in Maryland, reports Perez Hilton. Police, however, have ruled out alcohol as the cause of the collision, saying Phelps showed “no signsof alcohol impairment.” They deemed sobriety tests unnecessary at the scene of the accident.
The other driver, Amanda E. Virkus, caused the accident by running a red light.
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Tiger Woods told the executive committee of the Olympic program he would play in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games if golf was made an Olympic sport, Perez Hilton reports.
“I’ve said there is no singular decision or singular program that can globalize the game of golf like a nod from the IOC to join the Olympic Games,” said PGA of America CEO Joe Steranka. “We’re very encouraged by today and we’re proud of the support we’ve received.”
Those behind the suggested program change propose featuring a 72-hole stroke-play competition with 60 players for men and women.
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NFL Quarterback Michael Vick has been conditionally reinstated into the NFL following a 20 month stint in prison for a highly publicized dogfight scandal, reports Perez Hilton.
Vick, who is currently a free agent, may attend preseason practices, workouts and meetings. If he is signed by a team, he will be permitted to play in the final two preseason games.
He may participate in all team activities except for games once the regular football season begins, and may be back on the field for games as early as October.
E! Online reports Kendra Wilkinson and Hank Baskett hinted that they’re expecting a boy as they shopped in the boy’s section of a West Hollywood baby store last week.
“We have a young David Beckham inside of me right now,” said Wilkinson, the star of reality show Kendra. “He just started kicking – I’m sorry - he or she just started kicking about three days ago.”
The former Playboy model and star of The Girls Next Door is due Christmas day. She and Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Baskett wed June 27.
Ben Roethlisberger, quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, has been sued by Andrea McNulty for allegedly sexually assaulting her in July 2008, reports TMZ. The two met when McNulty worked at Harrah’s in Lake Tahoe, where Roethlisberger stayed several times for golf tournaments. McNulty claims the NFL player lured her back to his hotel room where he forced her to have sex with him. He was in Nevada at the time for a celebrity golf tournament, and sources close to the 2009 Superbowl champion say the two did have a sexual relationship at the time, but it was purely consensual.
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Kanye West may be soundtracking the NBA’s playoffs campaign, but the NFL has Canadian hip-hopper K’naan in its corner.
“Dreamer,” a track from K’naan’s recently-released ”Troubadour,” is being used in a 2009 NFL draft commercial, which also features an appearance by the performer himself.
Also featured in the ad – a number of the NFL’s top prospects for the draft that goes down April 25 and 26, including University of Georgia’s Matt Stafford and Texas Tech’s Michael Crabtree.
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The NBA is kicking off its 2009 playoffs campaign with the help of Kanye West.
The hip-hop star’s “Amazing,” the third single from his platinum album “808s and Heartbreak,” provides the soundtrack to a new music video produced by NBA Entertainment and released online today.
The video takes a look back at memorable playoff performances from the likes of Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Paul Pierce, all unspooling over the pounding beat of West’s track.
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