Beckhams + Snoop + Christmas = Boy Band of 2011?

Looks like S-N-DoubleO-P D-O-DoubleG is branching out his musical talents into the soccer world. And when I say his talents, what I really mean is the talents of his sons and the Beckham boys. Yes, you heard right: Snoop Dogg is looking to form a boy band between his sons and the offspring of David Beckham/Sporty Spice in order to release a Christmas single. Wait… WHAT?

On the union, Snoop commented, “Beckham’s three boys have never known anything but the spotlight since they were born and if they have the talent of their mom and dad then they are destined for big things. Corde and Cordell [Snoop’s two sons] really want to get into the record industry and if they formed a group with the Beckham boys I think they could be really successful.”

I can’t even imagine what the product of “MmmBop”, “Spice up Your Life” and “Sexual Eruption” would be, but I most definitely know it is nothing I would enjoy listening to this holiday season. Snoop: have you lost your marbles?

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TMI

Don't get me wrong, I am all about everyone getting theirs, but when it comes to the intimate (or lack of) bedroom habits of sports stars, it's a little too much. Today it was leaked that Tiger is still on pussy probation with Elin - apparently the two still haven't done the deed since his sexcapades. Maybe if he had been able to keep his mouth shut about those, he wouldn't feel the need to chat about his lack of a love life now? Wah wah, I still have zero sympathy. Meanwhile, apparently David Beckham and Sporty Spice are having sex 5 times a day in hopes of getting pregnant with a girl. Jealous much, El Tigre?

Beckham Blows Achilles and Chances at World Cup

David Beckham tore his Achilles tendon on Sunday during the final minutes against Chievo Verona. The injury will cost the hotty his final chance to play in the World Cup.

Not just a pretty thing to look at, Beckham is (for the most part) universally regarded as an exceptional soccer player as well as a gracious and well respected competitor. While CCUB will very much miss the opportunity to watch him during the 2010 World Cup, I think this injury brings to light to another issue plaguing several World Cup teams whose players also play in/train for the Premier league. As explained in Kuper and Szymanski's Soccernomics, the Premier league's top level of play forces players to play at peak performance levels on a regular basis. This causes the risk of injury and/or fatigue to be very high. Perhaps if England's World Cup team didn't have so many of its' players playing in the Premier league, it might win a World Cup championship sometime this century.

Athlete sex scandals: Was 2009 the worst?

2009 wasn't too good for most people. The groundbreaking reality of electing a minority President began to become overshadowed by economic struggles and a failed plane bombing on Christmas Day. Not even several prominent sports celebrities could escape the unwanted press. As we have already discussed here at CCUB, many big-time athletic figures decided to adopt the coupon-book mentality that if you commit to one woman, you should get another one on the side for free. To make matters worse, Pitino and Carroll emerged from these embarrassing incidents relatively unscathed (Fortunately, I don't think that Tiger Wood's donation to Haiti, while incredibly generous, will undo the fact that he wrongly cheated on women that were not comparable to Elin in the first place)!

Some of these cheaters (Pitino) confronted any rumors of infidelity head on, leading to diminished speculation on their actions, and allowing the media to move on to more pressing issues. Others (Woods) tried to evade the accusations and had the whole situation blow up in their face. Regardless of how these athletic figures chose to approach the fact that they cheated, all of these consecutive high-profile instances of marital infidelity seemed to make 2009 an unusually big year on the cheating front. Besides these three, other alleged instances of cheating include Steve McNair and David Beckham. Has recent history provided us any comparable years of infidelity?

2003 will always be remembered by the Kobe Bryant controversy, but it wasn't the only memorable act of cheating. Who can forget football coach Mike Price, who decided to celebrate his hiring by having sex with a stripper (Alabama definitely knows how to pick 'em, because this came four years after their football coach Mike Dubose had an alleged affair with his secretary)?!

In 2004, we had big-time athletes like Alex Rodriguez getting it on with an ex-stripper, the first of many alleged affairs for Rodriguez (and as we all know, only the beginning of Rodriguez's image problems). We also had David Beckham (the guy cannot keep it in his pants) banging his nanny. And last, but certainly not least, we had Colorado Rockies pitcher Denny Neagle, who apparently decided that if you are going to cheat on your wife and ruin your career, you might as well do so in grand fashion. Not only did he receive oral sex in his car from a prostitute while drunk, but he was also ticketed for speeding. Go Denny go.

These gentlemen were all valiant in their quest to be the biggest douchebag, but the results don't lie. Tiger and 2009 take the cake for marital infidelity.