Obligatory Sports Babe This is Ali Sonoma, who placed first in Manofest's list of the hottest Octagon Girls of all time. And this, despite her having actually dated Diego Sanchez. Oh... I just kind of ruined it, didn't I? So... Was She Chanting At the TV? A convicted felon entered the apartment of a 51-year-old Florida woman last weekend, and pointed a gun at her after hearing what he thought was a racial slur. The woman is a football fan, and had simply shouted out "Go Gators!"...

Obligatory Sports Babe Yesterday a bunch of sites posted galleries of pictures of Anna Kournikova during a photo shoot, and while I don't quite understand the point of having pictures taken of someone getting their picture taken, it is Anna Kournikova on a bunch of balls-- plus I've managed to crop out the nasty photographer who was poisoning the shot. So, everybody wins. What If Stephon Marbury Was A Spur? In no way will this ever happen, despite Starbury actually making the laughable statement...

Obligatory Sports Babe I honestly don't care whether or not the rumours of her relationship with Chad Johnson Ocho Cinco are true-- Rudy Huxtable is hot! World Series Umpire Shenanigans Over? BadSnap had an interesting piece the other day, speculating that MLB umpire Derryl Cousins, who suffered a bruised collarbone in game six of the ALCS, would probably not have been told to take a seat for the rest of the World Series, had it not been for Tampa beating the Red Sox. Cousins, you might recall...

Obligatory Sports Babe Marina Orlova is a philologist. She has degrees in Teaching of Russian Language and World Literature Specializing in Philology, and the Teaching of English Language Specializing in Philology. She runs HotForWords.com . You've probably already heard of her. This, of course, has nothing to do with sports, except that she recently explained the origin of "hat trick"... and she looks like this: And On The Next Season Of The Surreal Life... It's Phil Hellmuth and...