This past Sunday, the Built Ford Tough Bullriding Series kicked off at Madison Square Garden, as Cody Nance won the first of 29 events that will culminate with a championship in Las Vegas later this year. Nance’s fourth career victory bested Valdiron de Oliveira, who is the series’ defending champion. And I just assume that you’re skimming this information and wondering, “So what the hell does this have to do with Kate Upton?” because powerful forces brought all of us creepy bastards together here for a reason.

Last Friday, Upton was a special guest for the 6th annual Champions of Professional Bull Riding Madison Square Garden Invitational Pre Party, along with New York Giants tight ends Jake Ballard and Bear Pascoe. Upton, who could probably earn billions charging people to watch her ride a mechanical bull, was on hand to do what she does best – stand next to trophies and look wonderful.

More importantly, she also spent some time with children from the Garden of Dreams Foundation, which hosts special events with New York sports teams and celebrities to “make dreams come true” for kids dealing with a variety of hardships. And it makes me a little happier to know that those kids share my dream of one day meeting Upton, too.

In the meantime, I’ll have to settle for photoshops of picture No. 6.

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I probably have a few million first world complaints that I keep to myself for the sake of not being struck by lightning, but if I had to throw one out there, I’d say that Kate Upton doesn’t Tweet enough fun pictures of her and her friends. And no, it’s not because I like to sit in a dark room and photoshop myself into those pictures, despite what any court documentation might say. But when Kate does Tweet pics of her random adventures, it proves one of my oldest theories – life must be good for a gorgeous 19-year old supermodel.

Kate, a huge New York sports fan, recently toured the newest additions to Madison Square Garden and I’m sure it was the greatest thrill of her life. Must have been a million times better than those lame ass trips to Caribbean islands and sitting front row at anything on this planet that has a front row. But she Tweeted the pic of her and her friend Lizzy Glynn having fun so who am I to complain?

Oh, and if you weren’t aware, Kate was also photographed for Diddy’s new coffee table book about the female posterior, fittingly titled, “Culo.” I happen to have her contribution after the jump, as well as this week’s Wild Card Wednesday. Join me, won’t you?

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Pre-show notes, with no sign of Zack Ryder:

- As a prerequisite for this column, make sure you’ve read The Best And Worst Of Raw Gets Rocked and our first ever attempt at a Smackdown live-blog. I’m considering starting a Raw open thread just to let you comment as you go and steal all your jokes.

- Your comments are begged-for and appreciated. That goes for everything posted on With Leather, but especially so here. Also, hey, if you like this go read everything else on the site. We write about actual sports, too. Facebook likes, Google +1s and so on are also encouraged and appreciated.

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- A.J. and Kaitlyn actually showed up on this show, so look for them inside.

And without further adieu, please to enjoy the Best and Worst of WWE Survivor Series 2011.

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