Refaeli-Andrews Contest Highlights Region
It’s Erin Andrews’ year. We’re just going to go ahead and say it.
ESPN’s sideline reporter extraordinaire needs to win, deserves to win, and should win her first round matchup with supermodel Bar Refaeli.
Of course, getting past the 2009 Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition cover model will be no easy task. But if anyone is up for it, it’s Andrews, who has the zesty type of personality that both men and women can adore.
This is Andrews’ third appearance in the Bigger Dance, and she’s been the victim of tough matchups in each of those years.
In 2007, while still a relative unknown, Andrews crumbled before country singing sensation Carrie Underwood in her first round game.
In ’08, she met Alessandra Ambrosio in the opening round, and met a similar fate as the year before.
Now, in 2009, she’s out to prove that she’s no ugly stepsister. This is Cinderella’s year, and the slipper fits Erin Andrews.
Breaking down the rest of the region:
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The last photo taken of Adenhart, during his start Wed. night against Oakland. (AP/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Angels’ pitching prospect Nick Adenhart was killed in a hit-and-run car crash early this morning in Fullerton, Ca.
Hours earlier, Adenhart was on the mound for the Angels in just his fourth big league start.
The 22-year-old had worked his way through the Angels’ farm system and was considered one of the team’s top prospects. His bright future was suddenly cut short by a reckless driver in a minivan, who sadly took the lives of two others, as well.
Adenhart’s final game was a display of his unmitigated talent. The right-hander tossed six scoreless innings, scattering seven hits, while striking out five, and walking just three.
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The scene on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, North Carolina Monday night was a tad bit outrageous. Thousands of basketball fans clad in Tarheel blue stormed what had been a quiet intersection and incited a near-riot with their celebration of UNC’s fifth National Championship.
Years from now, when unknowing Americans review the video recording of the scene near the North Carolina campus, they will inevitably wonder just what, exactly, these usually docile omnivores were rejoicing over. We have some suggestions.
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