Bend It Like Ballack

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Move over Beckham and Cristiano, there's a new buff shirtless futbol stud taking over America ... German national soccer team captain Michael Ballack.

The married 32-year-old showed off his hairless bod while at the beach in Miami today.

Yes folks, we said married!

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Possible Defense in Death of Angels Pitcher

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A new twist in the death of Anaheim Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart ... the woman driving the car he was in had been drinking shortly before the fatal accident.

We've learned the results of the postmortem toxicology tests on Courtney Stewart -- the driver who died in the crash along with Adenhart -- were positive for alcohol. And, law enforcement sources tell us "an illegal substance" was also found, though the sources would not be more specific.

This information could be extremely important in the defense of Andrew Gallo, the driver of the minivan that ran a light and struck the other car. Gallo was arrested for DUI and later charged with three counts of murder. We're told Gallo's lawyer is already honing in on the toxicology tests.

Denzel Loves the Lakers, Lakers Love Him Back

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Fear not Lakers faithful -- Kobe Bryant and his boys have the perfect motivational tool before game four of the NBA finals: movie night (a shiver runs down the Magic's collective spines).

We're told the Lakers had three options for tonight's team bonding outing -- "The Hangover," "Angels & Demons" and "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3."

We would have recommended "The Hangover" (HYSTERICAL!!!), but coach Phil Jackson chose "Pelham" because the team wanted "to support [their] season ticket holder," Denzel Washington.

A discount on his pricey floor seats might be more appreciated by D Dub.

Lenny Dykstra Explodes Over Rolls

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Baseball legend Lenny Dykstra fired off an angry email to a TMZ staffer -- calling her "a f***ing drama queen" -- all because we had the audacity to ask if his $400,000 car was repossessed.

So it all started Monday afternoon, when we got some pics of Lenny's Rolls-Royce Phantom getting towed from his work in Camarillo, California. Given the recent reports detailing Dykstra's financial woes, we considered the possibility that it was getting repossessed. So we reached out to Lenny to find out what was going on. His eloquent response:

Let you know what? I had the pick-up arranged with Rolls Royce - what do you think we are all doing there at the same time for?

Do you not have anything better to do - you f***ing drama queen! Get a life!

I worked out the pick-up with a VIP at Rolls Royce - I told them where I would be, the time I would be there ..... and now you want to know why? BECAUSE I WASN'T DRIVING TWO HOURS TO BEVERLY HILLS, PERIOD!

Do you not have anything better to do, how did you get the big assignment? You f***ing drama queen! Get a life!

Respectfully,

Lenny K. Dykstra

Barry Bonds Strikes Out with Wife

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TMZ has learned Barry Bonds' wife has filed for legal separation.

Bonds and Liz Watson were married in 1998. They have one daughter together. It is his second marriage.

Liz greeted Bonds when he hit his history making 755th* home run in 2007.

The papers, filed Friday in L.A. County Superior Court, cite irreconcilable differences.

Liz has requested joint legal and physical custody of their 10-year-old daughter. She's also asking for spousal support.

Story developing ...

Reggie Miller's Tat: Does it Come in Men's?

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NBA great Reggie Miller frolicked topless on the beach in Mexico this weekend and showed off his front side tramp stamp.

The 43-year-old will have no trouble fitting in with the rest of the unfortunately inked honeys next time he's at Tao Beach in Vegas.

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Jeremy Shockey -- 'What Happens in Vegas...'

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Jeremy Shockey is falling back on the most tired excuse ever for his poolside collapse -- literally telling one newspaper "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas." If only that were true ...

In an interview with the New Orleans Times-Picayune, the New Orleans Saint didn't go into details about what actually happened the day he allegedly passed out from "dehydration" at Hard Rock's Rehab, but said "If you're halfway intelligent you can read what everybody wrote" and he's just "looking to the future."

A tip for the future: Drink water.

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Kobe Bryant: My Ex Maid Is a Dreamer!

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As Kobe Bryant is poised to win an NBA title, his attorneys are gunning for a legal victory that would prevent his former maid from blabbing to the media.

Kobe and his wife are locked in a legal battle with Maria Jimenez -- who just filed papers essentially asking for the green light so she can spill secrets about the Bryants to the media ... despite the fact she signed a confidentiality agreement with them when she was hired.

Jimenez is suing the Bryants, claiming Kobe's wife Vanessa was abusive, even ordering her to dig deep into dog poop.

But Kobe's attorney tells us Jimenez is dreaming if she thinks the confidentiality agreement isn't binding. Attorney Doug Mirell says the agreement is solid as a rock.

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Sugar Shane -- Writing a Check He Can't Cash

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Sure, "Sugar" Shane Mosley handled Antonio Margartio in a fight earlier this year -- but should he really be calling out both Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather?

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Olympian Bart Conner: 'Memba Him?!

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Bart Conner was part of the gold-winning men's gymnastics team at the 1984 Olympics. Guess what he looks like now!

Kobe's Maid SLAPPs Back -- I CAN Talk!

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Kobe Bryant's maid wants to make one thing clear: It's her lawsuit and she can talk about the details if she wants to.

Maria Jimenez just filed papers in Orange County Superior Court, citing California's anti-SLAPP statute which says Maria has the right to run her mouth, despite a confidentiality agreement she signed with the Bryants back when she first took the job.

The Bryants filed papers last month saying the opposite -- that Maria could sue but couldn't blab to the press.

Maria is suing the Bryants because she claims Kobe's wife was abusive -- including a nasty incident involving dog poop.

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Mark Spitz Out a Lawsuit over TV Commercial

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Mark Spitz's mankini is in a bunch -- and it's all because the Olympic swimmer claims he and his legendary porn 'stache were taken advantage of by a medical company.

Spitz just filed a lawsuit in L.A., claiming he had a deal to appear in commercials for a company called MedCo -- but the deal was supposed to end in December '08. Spitz claims the spots are still running on the air right now.

Spitz is suing for "licensing fees that should have been paid, plus a percentage interest of the gross sales of Medco's products since the use of Spitz' [sic] name and image."

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Tito Ortiz Sued Over MMA Trash Talk

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Tito Ortiz is on the receiving end of a serious legal attack -- one that started after the UFC legend bashed "Rampage" Jackson's former trainer to the media.

The guy filing the lawsuit is Juanito Ibarra -- a fighting expert who claims he's trained more than 15 world champs and several Olympic Gold Medal winners. Ibarra's pissed over an interview Tito gave to a website back in 2008, in which the fighter ripped Ibarra as a "thief" who had financially "taken advantage of Rampage."

In the lawsuit, filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, Ibarra claims Tito's statements are all false and "highly offensive" -- and things got worse when scores of sports websites began publishing follow-up stories, repeating Tito's comments.

Ibarra is suing Tito and all the blogs and publications that ran Tito's interview for defamation, invasion of privacy and emotional distress.

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Naked Pro Skateboarder Lay Off the Shrooms!

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Pro skateboarder Jereme Rogers swears he's officially done experimenting with magic mushrooms -- after cops found him naked and preachin' gibberish to his neighborhood from the roof of his Redondo Beach home Monday.

According to reports, the police had to forcibly remove the 24-year-old from his perch and drag him to the hospital for a cat scan. Rogers says he was never charged with a crime for the incident.

Jereme did learn one valuable lesson from his tripped out experience: "Mushrooms don't give you powers" -- so don't try to use The Force on the cops.

He did, it didn't work.

Tyrese -- Don't Mess with Francis Scott Key!

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During Game 5 of the Playoffs last week, Tyrese Gibson decided to change the words of the National Anthem -- and now he realizes what a colossal mistake that really was.

Gibson was booed hardcore after he replaced the line "our flag was still there" with "our Lakers were still there," and when we asked about his version last night, dude turned deathly serious and extremely apologetic.

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Olympian Nadia Comaneci 'Memba Her?!

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In 1976, Romanian 14-year-old Nadia Comaneci became the first gymnast to ever obtain a perfect score of ten and went on to win five Olympic gold medals. Guess what she looks like now!

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