Steven Ortiz, an associate professor of sociology at Oregon State University, says that many professional athletes feel kind of lost after they retire and act out of character. He has spoken with the wives of many pro athletes, several of whom said, “their husbands behaved in ways that were completely contradictory to the way he used to behave during his career.”

While I understand that leaving a sport in which you excel to a “ordinary” life can be stressful, isn’t this just justifying the fact that McNair had an affair? Is it reasonable to give reasons why he would have an affair, when his wife and children are grieving?

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McNair Had Affair Because Of Retirement?

To that end comes news that Jillian Reynolds, who gave weather updates and double entendre to Fox’s show will not be back this year. She’s expecting a child at the end of December. Will anyone miss her? Nope. Is it her fault? Nope.

I mean, seriously, weather updates. It’s like some network exec took a look at her, said “We’ve got to have her! What can we have her do? The weather…. anyone can do the weather….” and put her on with “da boyz.”

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Jillian Reynolds Won’t Be Back This Year

Is it just me, or does the news with Favre never even really seem like news anymore? Even today, when I read that he’s had successful surgery and has met with Eric Sugarman from the Vikings again, I think: Didn’t he already do this? Didn’t he already sign with the Vikings? Isn’t it a done deal?

But this is the thing. Is it ever really a done deal with Favre? He’s kept us speculating so much these last few years that even when I hear a genuine (fresh) news item now, I think it’s old hat.

Here’s the next date we look for when it comes to Favre: July 31st. Either he’ll be in Mankato, Minnesota wearing a purple jersey… or he’ll announce his retirement. Again.

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Favre Meets With Vikings Trainer Again

He caught up with Serena at London’s Paramount club and congratulated her on the beating sisters Venus in the final. That’s when he suggested that he’d like to get a few lessons from her. Or maybe he was just being nice? Or that he kinda digs her? Who knows, but if he IS serious about learning the game of tennis, why not do it from the best?

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Serena Williams to Teach Kanye West Tennis?

Ocho Cinco gave an interview recently where he said he plans on Twittering a lot during the upcoming football season. He said the site allows him to chat with thousands of fans at once and that it’s “big” for him. Never one to miss out on a marketing opportunity, he also said he’s going to develop his own application where fans and “interact and follow” him.

Now here’s where it gets interesting. He said he’s going to be “using Twitter during games, during halftime, after the games. I’m going to be taking it to the next level.”

Athletes are getting into trouble when they use Twitter during games or in the locker room. Coaches worry that they are taking their mind off the game by texting on Twitter, and perhaps even giving out some team secrets they shouldn’t.

I personally love the idea of a football player Twittering to his heart’s content. Of course if a guy on my favorite team decided to Tweet about the game and then ended up playing poorly, I might not feel that way.

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Ocho Cinco on Twitter

This is good for Rodgers, who hasn’t made headlines except to be “Brett Favre’s replacement” and have folks wondering about his health. Could Henderson be a good luck charm? Could she help give Rodgers confidence so the Pack could actually have a winning season this year? One can only hope.

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Aaron Rodgers Hooks Up With Simmons’ Ex

Armstrong announced that he will “provide real-time updates from the 2009 Tour de France which begins July 4 and runs through July 26.” He says he wanted to make sure people could get a sense of the tour directly from him via his unedited updates. All updates will be make available though the Livestrong.com site.

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Armstrong To Broadcast Via Twitter

This isn’t the first time Sprewell has encountered financial troubles. His home in River Hills, a Milwaukee suburb, has been foreclosed on twice. In 2008, he also stop making payments on a yacht.

Five years ago Sprewell made headlines for refusing a “three-year, $21 million contract offer” which he thought was insulting. He spent 13 years in the NBA and retired in 2005.

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Latrell Sprewell: Another Foreclosure

But no, that’s not what he did.

Instead, he took off his “helmet, shoulder pads and uniform top, then laid down in the end zone.” He was honoring Michael Jackson by pretending to be dead.

Refs gave him “two objectionable conduct penalties” and a fine for an undisclosed amount.

My thought is that perhaps the fine wasn’t so much for celebration as it was for bad taste. You think?

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Player Fined for Michael Jackson Tribute

In the pictures, each has Armani underwear on with little else. The ads will appear on billboards and in fashion magazines.

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David and Victoria Beckham Pose for Armani