It’s been a long time since hockey mattered in Los Angeles. You can probably trace the mass fan exodus back to the Gretzky exodus, which is also the last time that the Kings ever really put anything resembling a decent hockey team on the ice. You could seriously argue that the LA Galaxy were more popular than the Kings recently. Slowly that is changing as the LA Kings are becoming “hip” again and a lot…
While the Phoenix Coyotes continued their improbable playoff run, they have the requisite veteran leader to look to in Ray Whitney. Whitney has bounced around the NHL, despite being a solid contributing player. Despite multiple teams, there’s always been one person consistently been interested in Ray Whitney: his wife Brijet Whitney. When Ray made the All-Star team in 2000, he revealed that his vacation plans would need to be cancelled but that it wouldn’t be…
It’s not entirely uncommon for professional hockey players to marry women from their home country. Hell, it’s not only not uncommon, it’s actually almost a guarantee. With that in mind, it should be no surprise that Russian hockey star, and Devils winger Ilya Kovalchuk is married to Russian beauty Nicole Kovalchuck (nee Andrzajtis). OK, maybe that’s not entirely fair. Nicole was actually born in Lithuania, though she is half Russian and both her parents still…
Spearheading Phoenix’s surprising run to the Western Conference finals is goalie Mike Smith. Seriously, the guy is stopping everything in site, posting three shutouts so far. Smith is clearly a very talented goalie, and his wife is no slouch in the athletic department either. He is married to former Canadian Olympic skier Brigitte Acton. What’s that, you’ve never heard of her before? That is likely because her highest finish was 6th. Still, just making the…
It’s not often that we find ourselves covering the wives of a coach or athlete embroiled in a scandal (see Jerry Sandusky), but at times the situation dictates we must. Bernie Fine’s wife, Laurie Fine has become a central figure involved in the story surrounding the child molestation accusations levied against her husband. ESPN ran a series of reports around the Bernie Fine case, including a phone call between Laurie and one of the alleged…
08/15/2012: In further proof that soliciting an underage prostitute is a bad idea, things continue to get worse for Franck Ribery. As we originally reported, Ribery was alleged to have solicited a prostitute who was later revealed to be 17 at the time of their encounter despite his claims to the contrary. French prosecutors argued that they were not interested in pursuing charges for solicitation of a minor, but were rebuffed by the judge who…
Talk about finding something you like early and not letting go of it. The 26 year old striker for Bayern Munich and Germany has been in the same relationship for almost 8 years. Mario Gomez’s girlfriend Silvia Meichel is only 24, and simple math would suggest that the two began dating at 18 and 16 respectively. As you can see by the pictures Silvia is extremely hot, and considering that she was also at one…