Posted Aug 20th 2008 9:30AM by TMZ Staff
Five out of five dentists say Michael Phelps is all wet -- when it comes to his choice of breakfast cereal.
Health experts are going nuts because Mikey likes Frosted Flakes, and is going to be on the FF box rather than a Wheaties box, like pretty much every other big-shot athlete. They're all up in arms because Flakes have three times as much sugar as Wheaties and only a fraction of the fiber. Not so grrrrrreat after all?!
We've put in a call to the Wheaties peeps, but haven't heard back yet.
Filed under: Wacky & Weird, Talk Sports
Posted Aug 19th 2008 5:40PM by TMZ Staff
LA's newest superhero Manny Ramirez doesn't need a chaperon to introduce him to the local late night scene, because according to fellow Dodger and Hollywood nightclub vet Russell Martin, "He's a grown man ... he can go out on his own."
We were under the impression that a grown man could decide for himself when he wanted a haircut...
Filed under: Talk Sports
Posted Aug 19th 2008 1:44PM by TMZ Staff
Amanda Beard squashed any and all romantic rumors between her and Michael Phelps today with one crushing low blow -- saying, "Ew. That's Nasty."
He may have won eight gold medals -- but Phelps got no love from Beard who bashed her fellow Olympian over and over again on the "Johnjay and Rich in the Morning" radio show. Beard, who once stripped naked for Playboy, even went further with the insults saying she could never date Phelps because she has "really good taste."
Guess young, successful and ripped don't count for anything...
Filed under: Hook-Ups, Wacky & Weird, Talk Sports
Posted Aug 19th 2008 8:29AM by TMZ Staff
Chicago cops want to know if NBA nomad Antoine Walker's b-day had anything to do with a fatal shooting yesterday morning.
A man was killed around the corner from the club where Walker had his birthday party Sunday night and the popo are investigating whether the shooting stemmed from a gang fight, possibly inside the club. The Chicago Sun-Times reports 'Toine's party was at club Excalibur.
Walker himself hasn't been connected to the shooting as yet.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Talk Sports
Posted Aug 18th 2008 2:10PM by TMZ Staff
The Miami Dolphin's dismal last two seasons haven't given their fans anything to cheer about in a while -- until their cheerleaders stripped down to the bare minimum for some football-themed bikini catwalkin'.
Filed under: Hot Bodies, Talk Sports
Posted Aug 18th 2008 12:10PM by TMZ Staff
At 5'11," 320 lbs, eight-time Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman is unbelievably, ridiculously, freakishly massive-- but not everything about him is as big as you'd think...
Sorry Ronnie, 24" guns can't make up for a tiny larynx.
Filed under: Talk Sports
Posted Aug 15th 2008 1:15PM by TMZ Staff
Over the course of four Olympics (1984 - 1996), Carl Lewis won nine gold medals and one silver in track and field events. Guess what he looks like now!
Filed under: Beauty, Talk Sports, 'Memba Them?!
Posted Aug 15th 2008 12:00PM by TMZ Staff
Not to be outdone by the Spanish national Olympic basketball team, the Spanish women's tennis team pulled the same offensive pose that's apparently sweeping their nation. Ay dios mio!
This racy pic was taken during preparation for their Federation Cup match against China back in April.
The photo still remains on the team's website with the attached caption: "Estamos preparados para China", which translates to, "We are prepared for China." Yeah, preparing for the backlash!
Filed under: You Might Want to Rethink, Talk Sports
Posted Aug 15th 2008 9:06AM by TMZ Staff
So what if the records he set with the Dodgers were tarnished by dirty steroid allegations, fireballer Eric Gagne is still the king of saves -- at least he was to two chicks who wanted to get into a Hollywood nightclub.
Cameras caught the goateed cheater hangin' with his boy and Brewers teammate C.C. Sabathia outside of Foxtail, when suddenly Gagne decided it was time to add a little estrogen to the mix. That's when the star of such literary classics as "The Mitchell Report" waved two hotties over and star-powered his way into the club.*
*Despite the fact that our camera guy says Eric got into the club with the girls, we never actually see them walk through the door on tape -- therefore our commissioner (Harvey) has decided to add an asterisk to this post.
Filed under: Talk Sports
Posted Aug 15th 2008 8:57AM by TMZ Staff
Either diaper talk brought the odd coupling of Nicole Richie and Ashlee Simpson together at Barneys in Beverly Hills yesterday -- or they just happened to run into each other while buying mascara for their men.
Filed under: Talk Sports
Posted Aug 15th 2008 6:00AM by TMZ Staff
U.S. softball star Jennie Finch or Jessica Simpson?
Filed under: Talk Sports
Posted Aug 14th 2008 3:07PM by TMZ Staff
Tony Romo calls plays. He doesn't call Carrie Underwood.
Sources close to the Cowboys QB tell TMZ Tony "is not calling Carrie" -- despite a recent interview she gave implying that she's ducking Romo's calls.
In fact, Tony's been spending all sorts of "quality time" with on-again-off-again-back-on-again girlfriend Jessica Simpson -- we even got the proof when they left dinner together in Malibu over the weekend.
Unfortunately for Cowboys fans, it doesn't look like your team jinx is going anywhere.
Filed under: Talk Sports
Posted Aug 14th 2008 2:50PM by TMZ Staff
One minute NY Giants football coach Tom Coughlin was winning Super Bowls, the next... he's working with the FBI to catch a guy blackmailing him over made-up sex romps!
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, some dude named Herbert Simpson allegedly threatened to make his life "a living hell by doing something to his family" if he wasn't paid $30,000 to keep a sex scandal out of the headlines -- problem is, the sex scandal never, ever happened.
Simpson wrote letters to Coughlin, pretending to be women who hooked up with the coach while he was on the road in Philidelphia. But Coughlin, who obviously knew the sexcapade accusations were BS, alerted the feds -- who busted Simpson.
If convicted, Simpson faces up to two years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Filed under: Talk Sports
Posted Aug 14th 2008 1:48PM by TMZ Staff
After getting spotted admiring the scenery in Beijing (left), LeBron James learned his lesson while watching the swimming events at the National Aquatics Center.
King James has the backstroke covered.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Talk Sports
Posted Aug 14th 2008 12:03PM by TMZ Staff
The New Zealand soccer team has met their muscled, shirtless match in the bronze medal winning U.S. Men's gymnastics team.
Screw a Wheaties box, put these boys in a centerfold.
Filed under: Hot Bodies, Talk Sports
