CELEBS WHO OWN SPORTS TEAMS

Celebs Who Own Sports Teams

Celebs Who Own Sports Teams - What do you get when a sports superfan scores a movie star-level paycheck? You get a team owner -- or at least a majority shareholder. Check out which celebs have put some serious dough behind a sports team.

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony

They may be moving their separate ways, marriage-wise, but these two are still business partners in several other ways. Among their shared financial interests is a sports team... and it happens to be one that several other celebs also root for.

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett

A supercouple of this magnitude gets to buy pretty much whatever they want, so it shouldn't surprise you that these two are owners of a sports team. But which one?

Jay-Z

He's progressed from a hit-maker to a music industry whiz to an all-over entrepreneur, so it's natural that Jay-Z would add a sports team to his personal portfolio. Why not?

The Maloofs

Reality TV fans know Adrienne Maloof for her starring role on "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," but the family name was already familiar to sports fans. What team does Adrienne own along with her brothers?

Usher

Once you've reached a certain point in your music career, ownership of a major sports team is a status symbol. And Usher would like you to know that he has reached that point in his career.

The Maras

Now here's a strange case: Sisters Rooney Mara ("The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo") and Kate Mara ("American Horror Story") have a legacy of sports team ownership on both sides of their family.

Jon Bon Jovi

He's known for being a rocker who can also act, but did you know that Bon Jovi also has a history as the owner of a sports team? In fact, he was the primary owner until 2010, when he decided to focus on other pursuits.

Patrick Dempsey

What makes this "Grey's Anatomy" star stand out from the rest of sports team-owning celebs on this list is that he actually participates in the team he owns. Take that, people cheering from the sidelines.

Michelle Williams

The singer has diversified her portfolio since her Destiny's Child days, and one of her more surprising ventures is becoming a partial owner of a certain sports team -- and alongside her former manager, Mathew Knowles, no less.

Tim McGraw

Before he was a country music superstar, McGraw was an athlete. And he managed to hold on to the old days by partially owning a sports team. That's why the team would play McGraw's hit "I Like It, I Love It" whenever it scored.

Elton John

And you thought Elton John was all bedazzled eyewear and designer sweatsuits. Nope, he has a different side that you don't often see in concert: that of a sports fan. In fact, he's an honorary president of a team.

Nick Lachey

Should it surprise you that Lachey is a sports nut? Until early 2011, Nick Lachey claimed one-third ownership of a certain Minor League team affiliated with a better known Major League organization.

Russell Crowe

He's a man's man, as they say, and he loves sports enough to put a personal stake in it. The thing is, the team with which he's associated doesn't have the manliest name. Maybe it's an Australian thing?

Drew Carey

If you were a fan of Carey's sitcom, you'd know he's a Cleveland boy. However, the team he owns hails from a different city... and it's not a particularly Ohio-ish sport, either.

David Letterman

He's a sports fan, but he didn't pick a typical sport to invest in. No, he instead went for something a little flashier and a little louder. And he's found some success in this little side project.

Bill Murray

He's known for his quirky sense of humor, and the roster of teams Bill Murray owns is suitably offbeat. Surely, he could afford a Major League team, but he tends toward smaller Minor League teams.

Burt Reynolds

Here's a good one: Reynolds invested in a team because it was named after one of his most famous movies. The alternative sports league in which the team existed folded long ago, but it's a neat little footnote in Reynolds' career.

Nelly

Yet another rap star whose influence has extended to the sports realm, Nelly followed in Jay-Z's footsteps and bought a share of a major sports team in 2009. Since then, however, the team has been purchased by one of the sport's greatest players.

Oscar de la Hoya

He's a legend in the boxing world, but it's not his fist-related feats that got him in this gallery. No, in 2008, de la Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions purchased a share of the ownership of a different sort of athletic team.

George W. Bush

Sure, ol' Dubya was a cheerleader back in his college days, but it wasn't a pro cheerleading team that he put his money behind. And because it's Dubya, you'd better believe there's controversy surrounding it.

Father shoots son karaoke

Father shoots son karaoke

Father shoots son karaoke Police say father shot son over karaoke choice, Police in Redding, Calif., say that a son’s choice in karaoke tunes led his father to shoot him four times with a .22 caliber gun. William Oller, Sr., 70  is accused of shooting his 50-year-old son because he wouldn’t stop singing country music

Karaoke can get you nearly killed. That’s what a Shingletown, Calif. man learned on Thursday of last week (Jan. 26) when his 70-year-old father shot him because he was annoyed by a country song he was singing on karaoke.

According to Redding.com, William Henry Oller, Sr., 70, was arraigned Monday in Shasta County Superior Court on attempted murder and other charges related to the shooting of his son, William Carr Oller, Jr., 50.

Oller, Sr., who lives in the Sacramento area, has a court-appointed attorney who entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Feb. 14. Bail is set at $750,000, up from the initial $500,000.

Here’s what happened: The younger Oller told the authorities that he and his father battled over his country karaoke music when the elder Oller visited his home. Oller, Sr. apparently told his son, “I’m going to shut you up” before leaving to grab a semi-automatic weapon from his truck, which he then pointed at his son, who had come outside to discuss things.

The son re-entered his home and locked the door. When he believed he was safe and that his father was no longer on his front porch, he opened the door, only to be confronted once again by his pistol-packing pop. A fight ensued, and the younger Oller was shot several times, with wounds to his arm, shoulder and chest. He also suffered a head injury, while his father was shot in the leg during the tussle.

The report did not indicate which particular country song causes the domestic dust-up, and detectives on the case have said that they don’t know, either.

Father Shoots Son Karaoke - A 70-year-old man is alleged to have shot his son - because he didn't like his country music karaoke singing. William Oller Sr told his son 'I'm going to shut you up' before getting a handgun from his truck car and shooting his son four times. oller karaoke shoot, +'I'm going to shut you up,' father told son; Shingletown man arraigned in shooting, William Oller Jr...

An Artist Who Literally Throws Herself At Men

An Artist Who Literally Throws Herself At Men

There is McElroy, all five feet and three inches of her, leaping through the air, her skirt in a state of disarray, turning an idiom into reality. Other bar dwellers look stunned, annoyed, or amused as one of McElroy’s friends takes a picture. These are not photos made with a fancy camera. They are not elegantly composed. These are simply snapshots of nights on the prowl, full of flash and red-eyed glory.
“I was interested in that party pic aesthetic,” she explains.
The images capture her at different stages of flight. Sometimes it’s the moment before she makes contact, other times she is mid-embrace. Regardless of the bar or city, nearly all the men have their eyes shut, bracing themselves to receive the flying artist. Impressively, she’s never been dropped, though she did once end up with a mild case of whiplash, she tells me.

At first she tried to find catchers via Craigslist, but not enough men responded. So she changed tactics, hitting up bars in Tucson, Kansas City., Chicago, and Brooklyn. She’d approach all types of men: young, old, thick, thin, buttoned-up and leather-clad. She enjoyed flipping the stereotypical gender dynamic by becoming the tiny aggressor. Once they gave in an agreed to “stage the performance,” she’d hurl herself at them maybe three times, then buy them a drink.

Sometimes she got a sense that the other people in the bar wished she would hurry up and leave.

“There is a mixture of annoyance and mild amusement. I’m doing something pretty ridiculously stupid. My skirt flies up and my underwear shows.”

It’s this tangible discomfort, evident in the hand gestures and facial expressions of the drinkers in the background, that makes for some of the most interesting photos in the series.

"I want to make the viewer laugh, but I want them to understand that there is more at stake," McElroy explains in the artist statement on her website. This is not some Tosh.0 surprise trust fall; she is actually hoping to connect, and thus making herself genuinely vulnerable.
Interacting with new people does not come naturally to McElroy, who describes herself as shy. But she does it again and again through her art. Before “I Throw Myself At Men,” she tussled with cowboys, hugged strangers, defended a sidewalk chalk square, and invited a random selection of people from the phone book to watch the sunset and eat cake with her in a pop-up papier mâché house.

Looking through her Isolations project, for which she lay down in a nightgown in public spaces, currently on exhibit at the Lunch Box gallery in Miami, I was reminded of a video I spotted a few weeks back, shot in Echo Park, just a couple miles from McElroy’s house.

Titled “Dance Like Nobody’s Watching,” a girl offers up a Glee-worthy routine in a laundromat. Yes, she’s got some impressive moves, but the routine—and even location—would be nothing if not for the abuelas in the background, going about their business, barely reacting as she dances up on them and spins around in her laundry cart. The tone is different than that of McElroy’s work. But similarly, because of strangers who happen to be there for it, the end product inspires the desire to look over and over again.

steve o elisabetta canalis

steve o elisabetta canalis

steve o elisabetta canalis Elisabetta Canalis dating Steve-O, It appears George Clooney's ex Elisabetta Canalis has moved on with "Jackass" star Steve-O . The two reportedly met through mutual friends and were recently spotted smooching  The couple is said to be not serious yet, but trying to stay under the radar

It appears as though George Clooney‘s ex, Elisabetta Canalis, has found herself a new man in the form of Jackass star Steve-O. The duo (who both competed on Dancing With the Stars on different seasons) have been spotted around LA together recently, but were seen making out on Monday afternoon as they ran some errands together.

They wouldn’t be the first couple that had people scratching their heads.


From Twilight‘s Nikki Reed and her American Idol alum hubby Paul McDonald to Friends‘ star Matthew Perry and Mean Girls‘ Lizzy Caplan, we’ve broken down Hollywood’s most unexpected pairings.

And while some have since broken up (like Christina Aguilera and her ex-hubby Jordan Bratman) and some aren’t even technically “together” (we’re looking at you Kim Stewart and Benicio del Toro), take a gander through the gallery below and let us know on Twitter or Facebook — which do you think is the MOST random?

Could this be true? The rumor has it Elisabetta Canalis is dating Steve-O. TMZ.com obtained a video showing the allegedly lovers going to Trust Hair Salon in West Hollywood over this past weekend.
The rumors about the two dating started a few weeks ago and it seems like George Clooney's former girlfriend and the 'Jackass' star are getting pretty serious. I mean, you don't go to fix your hair with just anybody.
After the visit to the salon, Elisabetta and Steve left in his car. When asked if there was something going on between them, they didn't say anything, but their smiles could speak a thousands words.

iverson wages jewelry bill

iverson wages jewelry bill

iverson wages jewelry bill Iverson forced to pay jewelry bill, A judge ordered that former NBA star Allen Iverson's  bank account be garnished in order to pay more than $850,000 to a jeweler. The store initially sued Iverson in 2010 for not paying a $375,000 bill  After he reportedly did not respond, an order was issued for the store to collect the money directly from his account

Allen Iverson's bank account has been commandeered by a Georgia judge ... who's garnishing the former NBA star's earnings so A.I. can repay a 6-figure debt to his flashy GA jeweler.

According to court papers obtained by TMZ ... Iverson was sued back in 2010 for allegedly stiffing Aydin & Company Jewelers on a $375,000 bill.

The records show ... A.I. never responded to the lawsuit ... so a default judgement was issued in favor of the jewelry store ... allowing A&C to collect $859,896.46 for the bling, court costs, interest and attorneys fees.

But A.I. still didn't pay ... so earlier this month .. the judge signed off on an order which allows the store to recoup their loss directly from Iverson's Wells Fargo bank account.

So far, it's unclear if the store has received its money. Calls to Iverson's rep have not been returned.

Allen Iverson’s bank account is one ice according to a GA judge. In order to pay his 6 figure debt off to a GA jeweler his wages have been garnished until the debt is repaid according to TMZ. Back in 20210 Iverson was sued for allegedly not making payments on his Aydin & Company Jewelers $375,000 bill. Due to A.I. not responding to the lawsuit a default judgement was issued in favor of the jewelry store allowing A&C to collect $859,896.46 for the bling, court costs, interest and attorneys fees.

But A.I. still didn’t pay so earlier this month the judge signed off on an order which allows the store to recoup their loss directly from Iverson’s Wells Fargo bank account. So far, it’s unclear if the store has received its money. Calls to Iverson’s rep have not been returned.

Former 76ers Superstar Allen Iverson used to dominate the NBA, but he isn’t getting a check from any NBA team this year because nobody is interested in having him play on their squad. Last season he tried to play in Turkey, but that didn’t work out, so he’s currently unemployed.
It hasn’t been good times for Iverson. Truth of the matter is that nothing has been going well for the former 76ers Superstar. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia nowadays and he was just hit with a whopping jewelry bill.
A judge in the state of Georgia ruled against him in a court case and subsequently took over his bank account so that Iverson is forced to pay a jewelry bill of $859,896.46. According to a TMZ.com report, the former NBA scoring leader has been ordered by the court to pay not only the jewelry bill of Aydin and Company Jewelers, but he must also pay their court costs, interest and attorney fees.

Former NBA star Allen Iverson bank account is looking MORE EMPTIER these days, as a Georgia judge has order his wages to be GARNISHED.

According to TMZ, Iverson was sued back in 2010 for not paying Aydin & Company Jewelers $375,000 bill.

According to court papers, Iverson NEVER RESPONDED to the lawsuit filed against him. For not responding, a default judgement was issued in favor of the jewelry store, which allowed them to collect $859,896.46 for the jewelry, which included court cost, interest and attorney fees.

THE SAD THING is that, AGAIN, Iverson ignore the judge and didn't pay anything, so earlier this month the judge ordered that his wages, from his Wells Fargo bank account, be garnished so that the store could recoup their loss directly, which means

car lands sleeping man

car lands sleeping man

car lands sleeping man Car lands on sleeping man, Police say a car chase ended in New Haven, Conn., after a suspect's car slammed into a home, and landed in a bedroom on top of a man who was asleep  Police say the man was stuck under the car for about an hour  They say the suspect, however, is still on the loose.

A man in New Haven, Connecticut got the wake-up call to end all wake-up calls when a car landed on him while he slept.34-year-old Michael Sweat found himself pinned beneath a BMW SUV for almost an hour, as firefighters and paramedics attempted to rescue him. The SUV had slammed into Sweat’s house following a five-mile police pursuit, and ended up deep inside the property’s first-floor bedroom. Sweat suffered burns, but his injuries are not life-threatening.

The suspect behind the wheel of the SUV fled. Police believed he was wanted for motor-vehicle violations, and when they took chase, the driver of the vehicle led them on a pursuit through the Southern Connecticut State University campus and into New Haven.

Discussing the rescue effort, a police spokesman said firefighter teams had “used manual and pneumatic tools and timber to shore up the BMW and the home itself.” In the hour Sweat was beneath the car, he received ongoing medical attention from paramedics. He was taken to hospital with second- and third-degree burns to his buttocks and lower extremities.

scarlett johansson new man

scarlett johansson new man

scarlett johansson new man ScarJo spotted with mystery man, There are rumors that actress Scarlett Johansson, 27, could be dating again . Johansson  was seen holding hands and walking around New York with a new man on her arm. No word on who the man is, but some reports claim he's an advertising executive named Nate

Scarlett Johansson is taking a break from dating big name movie stars and starting a relationship with relatively unknown Nate Naylor. What is known about Scarlett’s new man?

1. He’s an ad executive, so he’ll have real life insight into the latest season of Mad Men

2. He lives in New York City. With Scarlet’s movie career in LA these two could be looking at a bi-coastal relationship, but she is a Tony award winning stage actress. Maybe if the pair gets serious she’ll look into spending some more time on Broadway.

3.He’s an art collector. No passing off handmade Valentine’s Day cards as art.

4. He’s twenty-seven, the same age as Scarlett. That means she’s also shifted from older men; Ryan Reynolds was eight years her senior while Sean Penn was twenty-four years older.

5.Hanging out with Scarlett isn’t his first brush with celebrity. A source close to Nate is quoted as explaining Nate has, “a lot of famous friends in the New York art world.” Scarlett better bone up on her art history.

Hollywood’s hottest May-December romance is spurred by Scarlett’s desire for a more mature man than Ryan Reynolds!
After only a few weeks together, Scarlett Johansson has fallen hard for her new man, Sean Penn. And even though there is a 24-year age difference, it’s his worldliness which attracts her to him!

“She thinks Sean is amazing. Sure, he’s an incredible actor, but there’s depth. He’s an amazing human being who cares about politics and the world,” a source tells Naughty But Nice Rob over at PopEater.

The source says Scarlett, 26, thinks Sean, 50, has a great set of values and loves his humanitarian work. They are reportedly planning to head to Haiti together in spring, and Scarlett doesn’t care about the age difference because she was sick of being with someone “as childish as [soon-to-be ex-husband] Ryan [Reynolds].”

It sounds like Scarlett truly respects and admires Sean, but could this relationship be one based more on respect than attraction? Even though they take time off for quick romantic getaways, we just can’t imagine them having chemistry!

Why do celebrities seem to jump from marriage to a new beau so quickly???

In record time, Scarlett Johansson has a new man in her life, only weeks after announcing she and husband Ryan Reynolds split.

But the actress, 26, is dating someone twice her age! Who is it you ask???

Sean Penn – who is 50!

According to Us Weekly, the two began seeing each other in early January when she was staying at L.A.’s Chateau Marmont while filming We Bought a Zoo with Matt Damon.

“Their first hook-up was in Scarlett’s Bungalow,” says the insider.

Penn seems like a weird choice, doesn’t it???


But apparently, the source told Us Weekly that they have something in common.

“Scarlett first reached out to Sean when she was planning to visit Haiti with Oxfam,” says the source. “She knew Sean was living there in a tent and turned to him for advice.”

Scarlett didn’t make the trip but she did develop feelings for Penn.

Penn split from wife Robin Wright after 14 years of marriage last August.

“Scarlett’s smitten with him,” the insider says.