it's no old folks home, yo! ... illustration by san antonio express-news

curls for the girls with sonia in the new sept/oct 2010 ish of muscle & fitness hers ... ... photo by muscle & fitness hers facebook

james toney finallys stops talking ... ... photo by ed mulholland / espn

oh! and florian & maynard too!! it's ufc 118, baby!!! ... let the games begin ... ... photo by ufc facebook

muscle & fitness hers gets reigning fitness olympia champ adela garcia to do her first crossfit workout ... the magazine feature on adela & valley crossfit came out awhile back, but i just now saw this video and thought you might wanna see it too ... the vid's right here, y'all! ... photo by muscle & fitness hers

flash aka dwyane wade aka gordon ... ... photo by hoop magazine

first boxers are going mma ... now surfers??? kelly slater versus b.j. penn's boxing trainer jason parillo ... ... photo by grind tv Find more videos like this on BJPENN.COM Find more videos like this on BJPENN.COM

strikeforce: houston saturday featuring muhammed lawal ... [update: ... and starring rafael cavalcante!: king's reign over; all hail feijao!] ... photo by mma junkie [update: and now, a word from the "mma live" crew ...]

first gary busey went after turtle and then drama ... now he's coming after YOU!!! ... photo by fanhouse

a coupla weeks ago, a bunch of friends and i started fantasy fight clubs and my team's name is wisdom & might! and dominick cruz is my bantamweight ... and guess where i'll be on wednesday night? channel 38, versus, baby! ... [update: cruz wins (mendes too). me happy. here video press conference.] ... photo by scott petersen / mma weekly [update from heavy] [update2: and lest i be remiss, lemme post a post about hanford's own chad mendes, interviewed here by ariel helwani]

"everybody scared of me in my sport, i might as well see what they got in mma." -- the san fernando valley's own james toney ... photo by jamestoney.com

aaaaaaaaaalaaaaaaaaaanaaaaaaaaa blanchard for reef ... ... alana blanchard photo by chris straley

shaq & penny. shaq & kobe. shaq & d-wade. shaq & nash. shaq & lebron. now meet the new rob & big ... twitpic by justin bieber

jordy smith has been called the next michael jeffrey jordan of his sport, so it's only fitting jordy wins his first asp in jeffreys ... at home ... vuvuzela. ... photo by kirstin scholtz / asp

"she sells seashells by the seashore / see silva-sonnen saturday the seventh ..."

couture in style at 47 ...

spurs need to hire andrés cantor, just so he can say, "TIAGOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!" ... ... photo by john davenport / san antonio express-news

after his teammates got busy smooching a trophy, world cup hero iker casillas showed everyone how to be a champion, kissing reporter/girlfriend sara carbonaro after sunday's historic win ... [update: with soundtrack] ... photo by colp via daily mirror

... and ricky rubioooo tooooo!!!!! ... photo by associated press via the hindu

in sunday's world cup finals, if carles puyol pulls another header out of his hat to win again, someone might wanna warn him to wear more than a towel in the locker room when queen sofia visits the spain footballers afterwards. i mean, we can't be having any wardrobe malfunctions now. but ya gotta love the football fam ... brandi had the sports bra. and now carles wears the towel in the family. ... photo by publico video via typically spanish

"maarten! maarten! maarten!", you so crazy ... anyone who has seen maarten stekelenburg knows he is one bad boy(s), with nothing to lose, who has brought life to the netherlands in this open season of world cup football. now that the dutch is in the finals, what's the worst that could happen? as long as black knight maarten do the right thing, i don't expect anything to boomerang off his goalkeep. as long as he stop the blue streak & clutch the rebound, you can expect a house party 1 & 2 in big momma's house 1, 2 & 3 in holland. and then don't forget to hire national security to protect 'dat sh-t. runteldat, y'all! "maarten! maarten! maarten!" ... photo by jamie mcdonald / getty images via goal.com

just heard jay-z's "empire state of mind" remix: "if jeezy's payin' amare, i'm payin' travis outlaw" ... doesn't quite have the same ring to it, huh? ... espn.com illustration

just got word from the nba: miami has changed its official team name from the miami heat to THE MIAMI GLOBETROTTERS!!! ... ladies and gents, meet your global icons: "MEADOWLARK JAMES!! CURLY WADE!! AND GOOSE BOSH!!" as we speak, erik spoelstra is reportedly rewriting his team's playbook, incorporating the "sweet georgia brown" warmup routine and the confetti in the bucket trick. no word on whether the washington wizards have become the washington generals yet. ... photo by joe murphy / getty images/nbae [update: the three kings speak]

we've had enough football analysis for now ... "here's the REAL beautiful game." REPRESENTING THE NETHERLANDS: doutzen kroes, lara stone & cato van ee ... AND REPPING URUGUAY: constanza saravia, maria pia bongoll & leticia arias ... ... photos by fashion model directory

wwe loves its ufc champ ... ... photo by getty images via sydney morning herald