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Alex Morgan, fellow U.S. Soccer Hottie Heather Mitts Endorsing GNC

February 2, 2012 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

GNC, a major distributor of nutritional products, announced that Alex Morgan and Heather Mitts, both hotties, both members of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team joined the GNC LiveWell Team as Brand Ambassadors. They will work with GNC to reach out to aspiring athletes and fitness enthusiasts through social media, video, appearances and marketing materials.

The GNC team already includes ESPN sideline eye candy, former bikini model and two-time Emmy Award winner Jenn Brown; as well a Nora Tobin, competitive beach volleyball athlete, NASM-certified professional trainer, yoga instructor and author.

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Alex Morgan & Company Dominate Canada; Advance to London 2012

January 30, 2012 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

U.S. WNT forward Alex Morgan scored the first and fourth goal in the team’s 4-0 victory over Canada.The official player of the game added two assists, and the U.S. Women’s National Team win in front of a sold-out crowd of 25,427 at BC Place took the championship of the 2012 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Both teams sealed their berths to the 2012 London Olympics with semifinal wins last Friday, but still brought their A Game in front of a CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying-record crowd.

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Picture of Alex Morgan Bathing in Ice

January 30, 2012 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

Alex Morgan tweeted this out yesterday. A pic of her and soccer team mate Whitney Engen taking an ice bath.

Enjoy after the jump

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Alex Morgan’s Ridiculously Hot Twitter Profile Picture

January 25, 2012 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

Saying U.S. soccer star Alex Morgan is ridiculously hot is not news. She was one of the biggest media darlings this past summer as the U.S. Women’s National Team took the country by storm. When scored that goal in the final game, the internet overloaded. What i~~s new~~ was new when I first published this over a month ago is her Twitter profile pic; in a sports bra and boy shorts. Basically black underwear. Yes, it’s as steamy as it sounds.

And if you haven’t seen it yet, it’s new to you.

See it after the jump

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Soccer Player Hotter than Alex Morgan and Hope Solo: Sweden’s Josefine Oqvist

December 29, 2011 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

Hard to believe there’s a female soccer player out there who’s hotter than Alex Morgan and Hope Solo, but we found her in Sweden. Her name is Josefine Oqvist and she plays for Tyresö FF and the Swedish national team. Oqvits scored a key goal in the 2003 FIFA Women’s World Cup semifinals against Canada to reach the finals; she was named Swedish Rookie of the Year in ’03.

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Top 10 Searched Athletes, Celebrities: Sharapova, Solo, Megan Fox

November 28, 2011 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

Search engine, excuse me, decision engine Bing released a list today telling us what Americans were paying attention to as they searched the internet this past year.

Justin Bieber emerged as the top celebrity, dethroning last year’s champ Kim Kardashian who finished second.

In the domain of TSB, Maria Sharapova was the most searched athlete, followed by Tiger Woods and Serena Williams.

Regarding the non-Country Club sports, Kobe Bryant beat out Lebron for top searched NBA player, Brett Favre was #1 for the NFL (he’ll never go away- really) and Derek Jeter was most searched among MLB.

Full lists for multiple categories after the jump. And wherever you see someone’s name hyperlinked (highlighted) feel free to click there

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Hope Solo Deemed “Too Muscular” for Dancing with the Stars

November 27, 2011 By paulmbanks 1 Comment

You may wonder why U.S. women’s soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo was so whiny and complainy after being cut during the semi-final round of “Dancing with the Stars.” Her Q Rating suffered greatly as she came off as a sore loser. She told Anderson Cooper some of the reasons why.

“I was told I had too much muscle and I was too intense and wasn’t very dainty,” Solo told Cooper. “Well, hello–you cast a female professional athlete. Help me get better as a dancer.”

She makes some valid points. You can see her body’s muscle mass in the Body Issue. Or in this video game ad.

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Alex Morgan, but no Hope Solo in Match vs. Sweden Today

November 19, 2011 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

This Saturday at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. U.S. Women’s National Team or #USWNT as they were very well known this summer on Twitter, will take on Sweden in an International Friendly. In soccer, friendlies are “exhibitions.”

Alex Morgan is ready and excited tweeting late Tuesday night:

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3 days til game vs Sweden… Gettin pumped!

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Hope Solo Eliminated on DWTS, Cries about it, Refuses Interviews

November 16, 2011 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

Did you hear that? It’s the sound of Hope Solo stock falling. Her public image took a big hit today when Solo showed no dignity in defeat on Dancing with the Stars. She got very low scores in the DWTS final four, broke down into tears in response to that, and refused to do her outgoing interview.

In fact she only did one media interview after the show.

From the Daily Mail:

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MLS Player David Testo Comes out of the Closet

November 10, 2011 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

There are openly gay former players within some of the four major sports, but no player has come out of the closet while still being a member of an active roster. We came much closer when current Phoenix Suns CEO and team president came out.

And now former MLS player David Testo, who was very recently a part of the soccer league, has come out.

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Where Will David Beckham Play Next Season? France? England?

November 7, 2011 By patrickherbert Leave a Comment

The Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer are embattled in a playoff race. These games could be the end of David Beckham’s tenure in the United States. Beckham is certainly in the twilight of his career, but he’s still an effective player, and best in the world at set pieces..

The Galaxy take on Real Salt Lake in the conference final as the cloud of Beckham’s questionable future with the club hangs over the team. He still has the ability to play an elite level by garnering fifteen assists in twenty-six regular season contests. His two assists thus far in the postseason have also come at crucial times.

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Manchester City Stryker Mario Baltelli Dating Nude Brit Model?

November 7, 2011 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

Manchester City stryker Mario Baltelli is receiving a lot of coverage in the UK tabloids this week. The soccer star was seen cavorting with nude model Holly Henderson. Maybe you don’t care about this too much in the United States, but trust me this is a BIG media sensation across the pond.

Henderson is 11 years Baltelli’s senior and the television in his home nation of Italy are going nuts in promoting this “news story.”

pic and h/t Busted Coverage

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