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.

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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.

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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.

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Miami Dolphins NFL star and former Dancing with the Stars contestant, Jason Taylor has been robbed for more than a quarter of a million dollars! According to a lawsuit filed back in August, Taylor claims he gave $500,000 to Eric Kim, a securities investor. Taylor alleges Kim promised to invest the money on Taylor’s behalf, and would do so without charging any fees … except for 10% of whatever profits he made according to reports from TMZ. Apparently, from August 2009 until March 2011, Kim  cannot account for $275,269.10 of the money Taylor gave him. According to Taylor, Kim wrote 37 checks from the account he set up with Taylor’s money … 32 of which were either made out to Kim himself or or payable to cash. Taylor is now suing for fraud, and wants all his money back and then some.

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There is nothing wrong with profiting from your relationship, right?  In fact, going “green” is apprently the new trend in Hollywood. We’ve seen it happen with Kim and Khloe Kardashian and even LaLa Vasquez who are all married to NBA ballers and have profited from being married. Not to say that their love isn’t real but greenery certainly makes things a bit better. Evelyn Lozada and Chad Ochocino, who have both had their share of romances and tv deals, now have their own reality show spinoff with VH1. The deal wasn’t all that peachy but rumors have it that Evelyn was offered her own show after she threatened to leave Basketball Wives. Maybe the producers at Vh1 felt the juice surrounding allegations of her cheating on her “husband”, Chad  (as reported by TMZ) had something to do with it.  Sources say Evelyn supposedly will get more money and will be able to shoot around her daughter’s school schedule. The show is expected to document the months leading up to their wedding.  Let’s hope their will be no spinoff leading up to their divorce like eh um, you know who!

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Kim Zolciak, 34, from Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” got married to Atlanta Falcons defensive end Kroy Biermann, 26, on Friday in the backyard of her Atlanta home in front of family and friends including Miss Millionaire Matchmaker herself, Patti Stanger.  The newlyweds met at a charity event in May of 2010 and just welcomed their first son togehter, Kroy Jagger Biermann, Jr, last month.

The wedding was the talk of the town. Kim and her bridal party wore custom jewelry by Michael Raven and 200 wedding gift bags were given away to attendees which included Phosphor watches and Curlz hair products. Kim also has two daughters, Brielle and Ariana, from a previous marriage.”This has been the happiest day of my life,” Kim told Life & Style, who first reported the union. “It’s been perfect. It’s been a dream come true.” Zolciak’s completely hand made Baracci dress was purchased fromPreOwnedWeddingDresses.com and was covered in Swarovski crystals, pearls, beads, and embroidered lace. The bustier was embellished with hand-carved crystal roses, and the fabric was 100% Duchess Satin. She also wore a matching veil, with the same, hand made detailing.

The Bravo star’s 10 carat ring is no where near as big as Kim K’s ring but means alot more than the ring she wore from “Big Poppa”, her married beau who spoiled her rotten with lavish gifts yet refused to leave his wife for her.

The NBA lockout has undoubetly put  a damper on the face of sports leaving basketball fans wondering if there will ever be a resolution  this season. Some NBA players have taken positions with teams overseas while others are downsizing their very expensive lifestyle. New York Knicks star forward Amare Stoudemire is being forced to stop renting a $37,500 per month apartment in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District in order to continue keep the four other homes that he owns and maintain his lavish lifestyle. Stoudemire is one of the top players in the league who just signed a $100 million contract extension  last year after being traded to the Knicks. When a player of this caliber starts cutting back on expenses, then it is clear that other players are also feeling the wrath. Then again, if they have good financial advisors and are budgeting their money, downsizing shouldn’t be the issue.