Forbes magazine today released their annual The World’s Most Powerful Celebrities, a top 100 list that ranks stars based on press coverage, social media buzz and whose agents paid Forbes the most money to put them on a list. At the top of this year’s 100: Jennifer Lopez, who was settling nicely into obscurity as that lady on Eric Cartman’s hand in an old episode of ‘South Park’ before ‘American Idol’ rocketed her back to prominence. Former American Idol winner Taylor Hicks also made the list, coming in at number 4,544,022 between Burnsy and the golden voiced homeless guy.

Tiger Woods managed to hang on as this year’s highest ranking sports celebrity, coming it at number 12. The only other sports guy in the top 25 was LeBron James at number 15, despite Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal coming it at numbers 2 and 3 in “Press Rank” behind Lady Gaga. I don’t know how much of this list is based on math and how much of it is based on people at Forbes trying to name 100 celebrities, so bear with me.

Here’s a full list of the sports personalities who ranked this year:

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I once thought that a great idea for a magazine would be Haters – “The publication devoted to people who hate sh*t.” It was my billion dollar idea until I learned that things take effort and I hate that sh*t. But lately I’ve realized that my idea would have just been a knock off of the magazine that already has hate down pat – Forbes.

When it’s not busy hating people who don’t have money, Forbes is going out of its way to compile lists of people and things that we all hate. This week, it’s the annual list of the Most Hated Athletes in America. Sure, they call it the Most Disliked Athletes, but read between the capitalist lines, amigos.

So who, pray tell, are the most heinous and villainous prick athletes in all of the land, Forbes?

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WARNING: Do not stare directly at the beauty.

In case you hadn’t noticed, we’ve been trying to develop more of an open forum atmosphere within these UPROXX sites as a means of making our conversations broader and more engaging, all to enhance the overall reading experience. For instance, if you missed my Pulitzer quality discussion about snack cakes last week or Cajun Boy’s rap beef investigation, well then you’re not living life to its fullest.

That said, I’ve previously touched on the relationship of Hollywood megastar and guy who I really want to be best friends with, George Clooney, and former WCW Nitro Dancer and WWE Diva Stacy Keibler, but I’ve never actually pushed everyone into the deep end of just how much this couple fascinates me. So as we celebrate the birthday of one of the most important people in American history (happy 53rd, Sade!) I thought we could go ahead and throw our thoughts around about America’s most improbable-yet-gorgeous couple.

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Over the weekend, my Uproxxian colleague Danger Guerrero sent me a link to an old MTV Rock N Jock Softball clip, and it basically turned my afternoon into a complete waste. I didn’t get pushed into the YouTube wormhole as much as I willingly belly-flopped into the extensive search results for all things Rock N Jock, and I spent a good 4 or 5 hours reliving one of the most important pop cultural influences of my teenage years. After all, which child of the 90s didn’t desperately want to take a 10-point shot or a swing at the gold ball?

According to MTV’s website, the Rock N Jock franchise is alive and well, but that’s a bit misleading. Currently airing on MTV 2 on Saturday mornings, the latest version of Rock N Jock is a series hosted by Todd Richards and “Dirty” as they travel to various extreme sports events to talk to athletes like Shaun White and Ryan Sheckler, which basically sounds like every show that airs on Fuel TV. Clearly, it’s a far cry from the days of the Bricklayers and Violators battling for terrible fashion supremacy.

I’m certainly not the first blogger to get a wild hair and demand that MTV bring back the iconic softball, basketball, football and even bowling contests between actors, musicians and athletes, but as someone who once begged his mom to buy him a Homeboys baseball jersey for Christmas (thank you so much for not listening, mom) I think we’re due for some rematches. If Beavis and Butthead can make a comeback, then Rock N Jock certainly can, too.

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There have been very few surprises in the NBA through the first 7 games of the season. The Los Angeles Lakers struggled out of the gates but have turned it around, the Dallas Mavericks made some roster changes and their chemistry is hurting because of it, the Oklahoma City Thunder are dominant but need to solve the Kevin Durant/Russell Westbrook thing, and the Miami Heat are already in postseason form. With the exception of the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks struggling early, it’s mostly business as usual.

So instead of boring everyone with make believe insight and analysis as teams are still finding their feet after a 6-month vacation, I thought we’d dip into the game photo well to have some more fun with our new weekly ROFLMNBAO feature. Especially since the above image of Alex Rodriguez at yesterday’s Lakers game has given me such joy today.

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Hot off the news that Minka Kelly realized that canceled TV show after canceled TV show is no way to go through life, it appears that former WWE Diva Torrie Wilson has taken a page from Stacy Keibler’s book and found herself a sugar daddy of her own in New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez. Somewhere, Billy Kidman just hit a Seven Year Itch into a pool of his own tears.

Rodriguez is recovering from special surgeries that he recently traveled to Germany for, as miracle doctor Peter Wehling administered plasma platelet injections into the underachieving superstar’s shoulder and knee. According to the Daily Mail – which totally wins the Headline of the Day contest with the unrelated “Moobs (Looks like a Lady)” – Rodriguez and Wilson spent New Year’s Eve in Cabo, but that doesn’t really mean much.

After all, it’s only official for A-Rod when he gropes his woman in a fountain.

OBVIOUS DOUBLE UP-DATE: George Clooney and Stacy Keibler were in Cabo with A-Rod and Torrie.

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