I try to keep the Kellen Lutz news to a minimum here, because 1) He’s not an athlete and ii) Vince is the president of his fan club so he gives us all things Lutz at FilmDrunk, but today’s a big exception because this involves Kate Upton. Upton, who is of course the reigning With Leather Celebrity Sports Fan of the Year, is the new face of the Fall 2012 ad campaign for Dylan George and Abbot + Main, whatever those are.

Lutz, that little rascal, was already the male model for these clothing companies, so he was able to parley that into taking his shirt off and standing next to Upton for that same campaign. The result is me holding a hand over one eye while praying for that last button on Upton’s shirt to suddenly pop off. But then she’d probably just cover up with Lutz’s essential beach cardigan.

I’ll never get fashion.

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Creepy floating heads edition.

When I’m wrong, I’m the first to admit that I was wrong. And boy did the NBA’s defending champs make me look like a fool. Last week, I predicted that no team would be swept from the NBA Playoffs last week, and to make matters worse, I boasted that it was a sucker’s prediction because only one team had the possibility of sweeping its opponent through Saturday, and that was the Oklahoma City Thunder. But I thought for sure that Dirk Nowitzki and Co. would show some scrap and claw back for one win. Wrong.

Oh well, I never said that the prediction machine was a perfect beast, but it’s close to perfect, because I was right about everything else, including the winner of the Kentucky Derby*. And that builds enough confidence for me to move forward with another round of brilliant sports predictions.

*I did not pick the winner of the Kentucky Derby in last week’s post, but I was totally like, “Oh yeah, bros, I pick I’ll Have Another.”

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