Sheesh, anyone in the market for a bodyguard? University of New Mexico soccer player Elizabeth Lambert has become an Internet celebrity after kickin’ ass and raising all kinds of Hell on the field yesterday. The junior defender was suspended indefinitely on Friday for infractions she incurred during the team’s 1-0 loss to Brigham Young University in a Mountain West Conference semifinal game on Thursday, ESPN.com reports.
Watch as Liz assaults players from BYU in a variety of ways during the now infamous game. She’s such an effin’ lady.
Baseball came to late night on Thursday evening as the Late Show with David Letterman hosted a three-part interview with World Series-winning champion The New York Yankess from The Ed Sullivan Theater in Manhattan.
Here’s a video of Dave’s interview with sluggers Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, and Jorge Posada. Read the rest of this entry »
Newlyweds Lamar Odom, of the Los Angeles Lakers, and socialite Khloe Kardashian sat down for a knee-slapping chat on love, babies, and their quickie wedding with E!’s First Lady of Late Night, Chelsea Handler.
The couple was on to promote their Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ Wedding Special, airing this Sunday on E!.
How about those Yankees? Baseball has a new world championship team. The New York Yankees finished their debut season at the Bronx’s new Yankee Stadium in style, defeating defending champions the Philadelphia Phillies for a 7-3 win in Game 6 of the 2009 World Series and capturing the 27th championship in franchise history.
Kansas City Chiefs fans want Larry Johnson out, according to ESPN.com. The controversial running back is 75 yards from becoming the team’s all-time leading rusher, and that’s not going over so well with some fans. An online petition signed by thousands of loyal Chiefs fans have signed a petition asks general manager Scott Pioli to keep Larry Johnson’s name out of the Chiefs Hall of Fame forever by sidelining the star.
Looks like Khloe and Lamar’s rush to the altar last month was anything but smooth-sailing. Khloe Kardashian’s wedding to Lakers star Lamar Odom will be televised on her family’s E! reality series, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, this Sunday, Nov. 8 @ 9/8c on E!
Here’s a sneak peek of some of the explosive moments leading up to the big day.
The Gators’ Brandon Spikes has some explaining to do. Did the tough linebacker try to gouge opponent’s eyes? A video clip has surfaced showing University of Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes digging inside the facemask of Georgia running back Washaun Ealey in a pile after a tackle during Saturday’s game in Jacksonville.
When sked about Spikes’ play on Sunday, Florida coach Urban Meyer responded: “I’ll talk to him today. [He is] a very emotional player, and if that’s the case, I’ll have a very serious talk with him.”
In his new autobiography, former tennis star Andre Agassi admits the lion mane-hairstyle he sported during the 1990s was actually a wig used to shield his baldness. Agassi said he wore a hairpiece held together with pins in his first Grand Slam final, the 1990 French Open final, and blames his concerns that it would fall apart for losing the match to Andres Gomez.
Before the match he prayed “not for victory, but that my hairpiece would not fall off”, he writes in Open.
“Every morning I would get up and find another piece of my identity on the pillow, in the wash basin, down the plughole,” he writes. “I asked myself: you want to wear a toupee? On the tennis court? I answered myself; what else could I do?”Read the rest of this entry »
The cast of FOX’s musical smash Glee performed our National Anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” before Game 3 of the World Series — New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia Phillies — at Citizen’s Bank Park in The City of Brotherly Love on Halloween night.
Series star Amber Riley (”Mercedes”) belted out the lead, while the rest of the kids contributed background vocals. Great job, guys!
