Archive for April, 2009



06
Apr
09

Nives Celsius is Raising My…Temperature

Nives Celsius is a Croatian model married to Dino Drpic, a fellow Croat currently plying his trade for Karlsruher SC in the Bundesliga.

Her husband has had a slew of problems recently; for example, his Croatian team, Dinamo Zagreb, terminated his contract in late January due to his gambling problems. The club also previously insisted that Drpic change his uniform number from “69” to “11,” after Nives went on television boasting that the couple had had sex at midfield of Zagreb’s stadium. “Dino had arranged that people should turn on the stadium lights for us and he finally fulfilled his dream of having sex in the middle of a football pitch. It was very naughty,” she told a Serbian talk show. When he was loaned to Karlsruher, Drpic asked for 69 again, and was told the team doesn’t issue numbers that high; except apparently for his teammate Andreas Gorlitz who wears “77”…

Travails like that could be hard on a man, but when you have a wife like Nives Celsius who is down for anything, like say, humping at midfield, life can’t be all bad.

Someday, I’m going to become a big-time European soccer star and all these incredible models are going to throw themselves at me. More than they already do that is…

Anyhoo, here are some photos of Nives’ recent photo shoot for FHM, count me in.


[Sports by Brooks]

06
Apr
09

Now That’s an Impressive Goal

Here is Grafite, a player on Vfl Wolfsburg working awfully hard to score, he does, and damn if it ain’t pretty.

[Fan IQ]

06
Apr
09

That’s Just Super Unlucky

After three men in Spain decided to rob a grocery store, they ran out of the building and ran right into a heap of bad luck. That’s because Jose Luis Blanco, the 2006 European Steeplechase silver medalist was outside, on a training run. Seeing the men leave the supermarket with a purse and a rucksack, Blano thought it all looked very suspicious, after hearing screams from the people inside the store, he and his training partner made the instantaneous choice to chase the gang. The criminals were already about 5o yards ahead, but when you’re a champion runner, that isn’t too much of a burden to overcome.

When we were about 10 metres from them we shouted, ‘Police, drop the bags,’ but they carried on running. That’s when things started to get a bit hairy, they tried to cross a big main road with lots of traffic. We were weaving in and out of the cars, I think there were two lanes of traffic going in both directions. Us or them could have easily been hit, one of them almost was. We shouted that we were the police a second time but they carried on running so we got up right on their shoulder and told them again to drop the bags. At that point, the thieves finally flung the bags down and behind themselves.

We took the bags back to the supermarket and then waited for the police to arrive. It was unbelievable, everyone was cheering. I’ve never heard applause like it, not even when I’ve won a race. I felt like Superman for a short time.”

Thanks to his descriptions of the criminals, police were able to ultimately track them down and arrest the men responsible for the attempted theft. Last week Blanco was honored by the town for his bravery, although it didn’t seem to be much help for his next race, he finished 62nd.

[Spikes Mag]

06
Apr
09

Well, He Likes Playing in the Shotgun Formation…

4f1fdf379f_brady04062009At Tom Brady’s wedding over the weekend to supermodel Gisele, several of the security guards fired their guns upon two paparazzi photographers who were found hiding in the bushes nearby. No one was hurt but a car window was destroyed as photographers Yuri Cortez and Rolando Aviles tried to run away from the security forces after being ordered to turn over the pictures they had snapped. “No one was hurt but one of their cars was messed up,” a spokesman for the photographers’ agency said.

The gunfire reportedly didn’t mar the festivities where, for the second time, the incredibly good-looking couple said their “I Do”s.

To be fair, I don’t think anything could ruin an evening where I would get to go to bed with Gisele.

[Boston Herald]

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05
Apr
09

It’s Opening Night!

And what better way to celebrate than with a bikini’d hottie blowing a giant inflatable Dodgers baseball. Right?

05
Apr
09

This Year in Baseball – Awards and Postseason Predictions

Baseball is about as individual a sport as a team game can be, and so here we’ll pick out our choices on who should be honored with their own hardware. We’ll also be making our picks on who will take home the most important title of them all; World Series Champion. Hope on board after the jump and please leave a comment letting us know everything we’re wrong about. Then, in late September, we’ll get a chance to take a look back and see just how wrong we were, because if there is anything you can count on with the baseball season, it’s that ANYTHING can happen.

Continue reading ‘This Year in Baseball – Awards and Postseason Predictions’

05
Apr
09

This Year in Baseball – NL East

Last year’s World Series champions reside in this tight division, along with the fabulous choke artists formerly known as the Mets, and two highly competitive teams in the Braves and Marlins, all of whom could contend in another division. Alas, only one team can emerge on top. After the jump, let’s separate the chaff from the stalk and see what happens.

Continue reading ‘This Year in Baseball – NL East’

05
Apr
09

This Video is Only About Mowing Your Lawn

Ask any kid about their first memory of a major league stadium and invariably the brilliant green lawn sticks in their mind. Since, Opening Day has come around, I thought this really helpful advertisement regarding mowing your lawn was very helpful and appropriate.

I don’t get what a razor has to do with a lawn but hey, I’m not in advertising…

05
Apr
09

This Year in Baseball – AL West

Despite being only a 4-team division, the AL West hasn’t been particularly competitive for several years; last year the Rangers finished in second in the division but a robust 21 games out of first. This year, the balance of power swings back to Oakland as the other teams in the division are just not up to snuff. Join us after the jump as our eyes look to the west, and dream.

Continue reading ‘This Year in Baseball – AL West’

05
Apr
09

Edmonton Needs New Entertainment Options

With the nightlife scene stagnant in Edmonton, fans organized a rally pleading for Oilers coach Craig MacTavish’s dismissal. Over 8,800 people belong to the group on Facebook, but when media first showed up for the rally it numbered a mere 10 people. Fans are upset that the team has lost 6 of their last 7, pushing their already precarious playoff hopes further away. MacTavish’s job for now though, is safe, team owner Darly Katz delivered the clearest possible message of confidence; he sent a text message to the Bob Stauffer, the team’s radio analyst to give to MacTavish reading “MacT is not going anywhere.”

I feel warm and tingly.

[Sportsnet]

05
Apr
09

Sean Avery, Always Full of Class

Sean Avery is back in Gotham and he obviously grew as a person since his suspension and dismissal from the Stars. Case in point, when the Bruins were in town Saturday, Avery went out of his way to express a neighborly congratulations to  goalie Tim Thomas on his new contract extension. For some crazy reason, Thomas freaks out and goes nuts and attacks Avery and then it becomes a full-on melee. It’s so nice to see people better themselves, well done Sean.

04
Apr
09

This Man Hates the Ground!

The unfortunate thing about being angry in tennis is that the most of the ways to express it involve just smashing your racket to pieces, and that’s cool initially, but then you’re just some dude in white shorts carrying a broken racket over to your gym bag. Any thoughts on this Mr. Federer?




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