Former beefy lineman Tony Mandarich has recently admitted to the world that, yes, the incredibleness of his bulk was actually acquired not just by G'N'R and caffeine, but steroids. In the latest issue of SI, Rick Telander revisits the man he lionized and made extremely wealthy with his 1989 SI cover...

“Chuck vs. the Beefcake” March 2nd, 2009 Two weeks ago, I spent a great deal of my review discussing what I feel is Chuck’s achilles heel, the relationship between Chuck and Sarah. I want to clarify that I am not against their pairing: Levy and Strahovski have great chemistry, both...

The Kimora Lee Simmons/Russell Simmons divorce is final and the terms have been released. Russell Simmons has lost custody of his daughters and agreed to pay Kimora Lee Simmons $40,000 dollars a month in child support.  Russell Simmons blogged on his Global Grind website that he was happy to fork o...

The intrepid Brooks of SPORTSbyBROOKS has Telexed us with an urgent communique regarding Danica Patrick's now-infamous checkered flag/Old Glory tattoo (these colors will eventually run as age takes its toll on Danica). As you can kind of see from the photo, Danica's flags have sprouted angel wings. ...

In a shining example of investigative journalism, CNBC's Darren Rovell attached himself, chimplike, to Sports Illustrated's haunches until the magazine finally explained why they Photoshopped away Danica Patrick's SI swimsuit issue ass tattoo. The photo above left shows how Danica appeared in 2008's...

Finally, a straight man who’s creeped out by Sports Illustrated’s all-girl swimsuit issue. I say all-girl and not all-woman because that’s Jeff Pearlman’s major beef with the sexy photo spread: Now, I just find the issue strange. The average SI reader is probably a male in hi...

  You learn something new every day. While perusing an item on Gunaxin, regarding how Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue model Danica Patrick's tramp stamp (a most ill-advised morph of an American flag into a checkered flag) had been Photoshopped out, I learned of some international terms fo...

The pumped up Alex Rodriguez show kicks into high gear at 1:30 PM today at the Yankees spring training camp in Tampa, Florida. A-Rod will face the media en masse after his one-on-one with ESPN’s Peter Gammons last week left a lot of questions. In that interview A-Rod falsely accused Sports Ill...

News You Can Lose. Every industry deserves the trade press it gets but can’t even lowly PR do better than PRNews? I deleted at least 10 emails from PRNews last week imploring me to buy their books, go to their conferences, attend webinars on media relations, media training, digital whatever...

How’d that happen? The cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is the most coveted spot in all of Super Modeldom… getting that coveted spot guarantees one’s spot in the lofty pantheon of all Super Models, and turns the lucky lady into a veritable icon, to be revered and offe...