I read many hours and researched strenuously for this posting…in the recent US Weekly and People of course! Too much surprise they actually contain sports news, really guys they do! I mean Tiger Woods became a dad the day after he placed second in the U.S. Open and NBA Champion Tony Parker is getting married to Eva Longoria this weekend in France. WWF wrestler Chris Benoit is on the cover of the next People magazine after the horrific family murder-suicide and Alex Rodriguez and his wife can’t seem to stay off the front page of the NY Post. See sports and Hollywood do go together…kinda.

ESPN is trying to make the connection with their series “Who’s Now?” It’s a viewer voting competition of sports figures that are popular on and off the field. In my opinion it’s also a way to fill the summer broadcast. There’s already an hour worth of Baseball Tonight and you’re always guaranteed the Top Ten so they had to create something to keep it interesting. I almost want Barry Bonds to hit number 755 just to create some headlines. I bet he’ll make it into the next US Weekly, just not in the ‘Stars, they’re just like us’ section.

What sports headlines would you like to see this blockbuster summer?

Do you consider sports athletes as celebrities?

Christi