Here’s a little piece we like to call, Rockin’ the runway. Sponsored by Audi of America, Peroni and Ciroc Vodka whose cocktail was featured on the runway by Justin Tryon of the NY Giants, the 5th Annual Fashion and Football Event took place on Tuesday April 24th at the very exclusive, Audi Forum showroom in New York City. Guests enjoyed an action packed fashion show featuring high-end well tailored suits by Italian designer, Eredi Pisano. What better than some of the top NFL players in the league modeling one of the top Italian fashion brands. It was an event to attend and was on just about on every photographers agenda including the infamous Richard Renda from Totally Cool who provided these amazing shots.

Cory Monteith showed the world how to rock a suit. A skinny tie is a must and tailoring is the way to go.

After a big false alarm, the New York Jets were finally able  to snag Tim Tebow Wednesday night, getting the quarterback who turned the Denver Broncos from an also-ran into a playoff team last season and became the NFL’s most talked-about player — for a fourth- and sixth-round draft pick. No, Mark Sanchez isn’t going anywhere but Tebow will be around to give Sanchez some relief during the game. What better than two of the most GQ players in the league on  team just a few miles away from one of the fashion capital’s of the world. How’s that for fashion and football!

The Jets also agreed to pay $2.53 million of a salary advance due Tebow, league sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter, after the question of who would pay that kind of advance.

Jacksonville offered the Broncos $3 million toward Tebow’s salary advance and a fourth-round draft pick, league sources told Schefter. That pick, based on the draft “value chart” that teams use to determine how to use their picks, is more valuable than the picks the Jets offered, sources said.

The Jets will pay the Broncos $1.5 million in 2012 and $1.03 million in 2013, a league source told ESPN sports business analyst Andrew Brandt. The payments will be made in 1/17th weekly installments. Now lets hope they bring home a championship ring.

In the 2011 NFC championship game, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith threw nine passes to his receivers. One pass was completed — to Michael Crabtree — for 3 yards. To his tight ends and running backs, Smith went 11-of-17 for 193 yards and two touchdowns. For a team that went 13-3 in the regular season and came very close to the Super Bowl, the 49ers had one glaring need coming into the offseason. They had to upgrade their receiver corps to bridge that small gap between them and the big dance.

On Monday, the 49ers made a move that may prove to be a stop in the right direction, agreeing to terms with Randy Moss on a one-year deal after a tryout. According to Matt Maiocco of CSN Bay Area, Moss arrived in the Bay Area on Sunday night and spent Monday running the route tree with head coach Jim Harbaugh throwing him passes for about 15 minutes at the team’s practice facility. Before that workout, Moss passed a physical at Stanford University.

Moss had recently gone through a tryout with the New Orleans Saints, reportedly blowing people away with 4.4 speed. But Moss didn’t play at all in 2011 after a dismal 2010 season in which he played for three different teams (the New England Patriots, Minnesota Vikings and Tennessee Titans) and caught just 28 passes for 393 yards and five touchdowns.

Victor Cruz, of the Super Bowl champion New York Giants, cut the ribbon to officially open Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Lincoln Center this afternoon.  Cruz was joined by Stephanie Winston-Wolkoff, Director of Fashion at Lincoln Center, Peter Levy, SVP and Managing Director at IMG Fashion, Sports Illustrated model Kate Upton, Naeem Khan, this season’s Mercedes-Benz Presents Designer, and Lisa Holladay, Manager of Brand Experience Marketing, Mercedes-Benz USA.  Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week is owned and operated by IMG Worldwide. “It’s an honor to be here to help kick off Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York,” said Cruz.  “It’s been quite an incredible week for the City—our Super Bowl win, the great homecoming parade yesterday, and now the beginning of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.  I’m very grateful to my fans that came out to support us yesterday and today and looking forward to checking out some shows this week.”

“IMG and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week continue to put the world’s leading fashion designers and brands center stage in New York City the fashion capital of the world,” said Peter Levy, SVP and Managing Director, IMG Fashion Worldwide. “It’s great to have a huge star like Victor Cruz join us to launch the week and help us in welcoming all our guests.  As New Yorkers we’re tremendously proud of the Giants’ Super Bowl victory and can’t wait to see Victor sitting front row at some shows this week.”

“I was incredibly honored to help Victor kick off Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week today and celebrate his and his team’s incredible success on Sunday,” said Naeem Khan, this season’s Mercedes-Benz Presents designer.  “I’m very excited to present my collection this season and this is a great way to get it all underway.”

With Superbowl just two weeks away, now is the time to start shopping around for fashionable game-themee items. Since this year’s big event will be all about the red, white and blue between the two competing teams–NY Giants versus the New England Patriots—now is the time to get your Patriotism and sportsmanship on!  Since team tees rarely go out of style, this might be an even easier time to start shopping for your 4th of July looks. Isn’t it refreshing to know that your Superbowl looks can be repurposed for the 4th of July, so why not splurge and get your red, white and blue looks for your self and the little ones before they are sold out.

Giants Pillow Pet by Pillow Pets $34, NFL Lounge by Outerstuff $18, Slingback by Concept One $24 , Thermal Crewneck by Rockcandy $34 Available at lesters.com.

The fiery and fiesty Basketball Wife, Royce Reed and Evelyn Lozada may be good candidates for Football Wives since they are now in deep relationships with NFL players. Both gals have dated NBA ballers, Royce is Dwight Howard’s baby’s mother and Evelyn was engaged to Antoine Walker formerly of the Boston Celtics. With season 4 of  VH1’s Basketball Wives and Chad and Evelyn’s new show coming soon, there’s no telling what kind of juice can spill on these two shows.  Looks like football is treating the ladies right!!

They say good looks pay off, so is that the reason why Tim Tebow thinks he has the right to charge $250 for an autograph? Palm Beach Autographs, is selling Tebow Signatures for a special holiday price of $250.Tis the season to be many things….

Chicago Bears player, Sam Hurd was busted in Chicago yesterday for possession and intent to distribute cocaine. As if he doesn’t make enough money playing in the big league, $5.5 million to be exact, maybe he had some serious debt and selling drugs was his only way out.  It all started after Sam accepted a kilogram of cocaine from a undercover federal agent outside a Chicago restaurant. Sam was charged with one count of conspiring to possess half a kilogram of cocaine with the intent to distribute it.

According to the Chicago Tribune,

“Hurd negotiated to buy five to 10 kilograms of cocaine and 1,000 pounds of marijuana a week for distribution in the Chicago area, authorities alleged. He agreed to pay $25,000 for each kilogram of cocaine and $450 a pound for the marijuana, according to the charges. Hurd said at the meeting that he plays for the Bears, gets out of practice at about 5:30 p.m., and would pay them on the next day, authorities said. Bears players are paid on Thursdays. Hurd told the undercover agent and informant that he and someone else distributed about four kilograms of cocaine each week in the Chicago area but that their supplier wasn’t able to meet their needs….”

The Chicago Bears were made aware of the arrest and they said,

“We are aware of Sam’s arrest and are continuing to gather details surrounding it. We are disappointed whenever these circumstances arise. We will deal with them appropriately once we have all the information.”

Then one of Sam’s teammates, Bears receiver Roy Williams, spoke out saying,

“It’s a situation I don’t want anyone to be in, especially a close friend, a teammate that I have been playing with now for four or five years now, especially a guy from Texas with a wife and daughter.  So, it’s tough for me just because I am not into drugs or anything like that. I know it has to be tough for him because he has his family. It’s a choice he made and there are consequences with choices that you make.”

So what drives a pro-baller to the drug trade?  It shouldn’t have been money problems since Sam’s  three-year contract with the Bears had a maximum value of $5.15 million ($4.15 million base total), and he got a $1.35 million signing bonus.  Plus his base pay this season was $685,000.

As of now, the case is bing handled by the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Dallas.  He is scheduled to appear in federal court tomorrow.

Photo Credit: Abc News

Kris Humprhies may have profited from his own wedding but he was scammed by a crooked investor in another episode what we like to call “another one bites the dust”.  Humphries claims that he was robbed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by Andrew C. Hicks, a man he invited to his wedding who was later discovered to have been arrested for allegedly running a $1.7 million investment scam.  Kris also learned that Hicks was a target in a federal investigation in which he’s suspected of raising money for a billion dollar hedge fund that never even existed. Officials claim 27-year-old Hicks stole $1.7 million from various investors and got Kris  for hundreds of thousands of dollars himself. Kris may have been better off having Kris Jenner managing his money. Won’t hear anything of the Kardashian family getting robbed, that’s for sure.

Officials believe Andrew lied to several investors and even said that he was a Harvard graduate when in fact, he was kicked out of the University after 3 semesters and got a D- in math. How does one get a Series 6 license with bad grades, you ask? If he even had a license, that is.  Nonetheless, Hicks was arrested in Canada on Friday and charged with wire fraud. Officials believe he was trying to flee to Switzerland according to reports from TMZ. If convicted, Hicks could face up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.