The Sports Socialite

Although criminal charges will not be filed against Ben Roethlisberger for the latest accusation of sexual assult, it seems as if the commish will have some penalty of his own to levy.

Big Ben met with Roger Goodell on Tuesday regarding the lastest incident in what seems to be a stream of shakey behavior since Ben crashed a motorcycle back in 2006 while not wearing a helmet. 

Many people with NFL opinions think that Ben may get a 2-4 game suspension to be levied by the league.  The only question seems to be will these be pre-season games or regular season games that the Steelers would be without their 2-time Super Bowl winning QB.  Different arguments range regarding the duration of suspension as substance abusers getting 4-games out while Ben never had charges brought against him criminaly.  I am thinking 4 games, regular season.  Substance abuse only hurts the person taking the substance unless this person then gets in a car, a la Donte Stallworth.  The charge of sexual assult is dangerous and should be treated as such.

Monday night, the newest Dancing with the Stars aired.  Pleaes note that the term “Stars” does apply loosely.  The show should really have the subtitle of “People whose names you may know of, but are not actually stars”.

Here’s the cast, and where you may know them from -

Aiden Turner – soap actor, All My Children, airs on ABC

Pamela Anderson – actress, model, best known for Baywatch

Chad Ochocinco – wide-receiver, Cincinnati Bengals

Erin Andrews – sports reporter, ESPN (owned by ABC)

Shannon Doherty – actress, best know for Beverly Hills, 90210

Buzz Aldrin – astronaut

Niecy Nash – actress, comedian, Reno 911

Evan Lysacek – 2010 Olympic gold-medalist, men’s figure skating

Kate Gosselin – reality tv personality, mom of 8, best known for Jon and Kate Plus 8

Jake Pavelka – reality tv personality, The Bachelor (also on ABC)

Nicole Scherzinger – singer/dancer, The Pussycat Dolls

I tuned in just in time for Pam, and the snippits of each performance.  Of course the ice skater and the singer do the best as they are used to choreography.  There is a completely different set of memorization techniques to click into for choreography and I miss it!

I will probably watch consistantly, but wonder how Chad Ochocinco will shoot this show and his new dating show.

Finally some golf related news about Tiger… he has confirmed that he will play at The Masters.

It has been long speculated that there was absolutely no way that TW would miss The Masters, but the question was, would he come back and participate in a warm-up event first… No. 

Look for Tiger to play like Kobe.  Everyone will be out there talking about Tiger’s Thanksgiving car crash and the personal details that errupted thereafter, just like Kobe and his trial in Colorado.   How many times did Kobe fly from court to where ever the Lakers were playing and light up the scoreboard?  There is peace is doing what you love, what you are great at.

On the golf course is where Tiger will show how great a man he is, at golf.  That’s all, great at golf.  There will be a peacefulness between him and the course… and distance between him and the media.

Ok, not really.  But taking a look at TMZ just now, I have discovered that someone over there enjoys the sports talk as much as I do… Here are the sports releated stories on TMZ  -

Shaq and Wife Reach Divorce Settlement 
Khloe Kardashian — My Sister is Public Emeny #1 (showing a pic of her with Lamar Odom)  
NBA Star Arrested for DUI in Miami Beach  
Sharapova & Vujacic Can’t Handle Each Other  
Report: Tiger Woods Hires Dubya’s Spin Man  
NBA Owner Accused of Screwing Pregnant Nanny 
Nike to Vince Lombardi: Give Us Our Money Back!

And this does not even include an article that references Kyle Boller.

In case you have yet to see LaDainian Tomlinson’s music video, check it out!

It’s Drew Brees’ birthday today… Facebook did remind me, twice.

Happy 31st, Drew!  Go getcha a win Saturday against the Cardinals. 

Who dat!  … they are the Saints.

…vacation in Hawaii… with a gal who is more known than he is…

Kyle has time to be in Hawaii now since his St. Louis Rams finished the season 1-15.

I do not watch SNL on Saturday nights when it airs because I am either out or sleeping… it is always one of the two.

So I finally watched, and I had already heard the criticism… Charles Barkley had to stare at the cue cards, Chuck keeps breaking character, Barkley isn’t funny, could they not write any sketches where Charles plays himself. 

I agree with much of the critics and wonder if Charles only showed up on Saturday, or participated in the week that is supposed to be awesome, and so fun to be part of.  It really does seem like he tried to wing it.  Or, has the writing really taken a nose-dive and Chuck is a victim of the material brought forth… either way, he may have committed the worst hosting of SNL by an athlete.

34 years-old today.  I wonder what he will wish for if he blows out any candles.

Seems like the controlling interests at TAG Heuer have changed their minds about Tiger Woods, his confessed infidelity, and his hiatus from golf…

The watch company continues to keep Tiger on the payroll and on the home page of their website.