Maria Sharapova has been at New York’s Fashion Week, and she ended up sitting next to Olympic champion Nastia Liukin at the Peter Som show, whatever that is.  Also pictured in the front row: actresses Kate Mara and Elizabeth Banks.  Newsday (via SbB) says:

[Sharapova nd Liukin] mugged for the paparazzi before the show, chatting until the lights went down, and then Nastia watched the models strut by — giving most and up-and-down and keeping a placid smile on her face … a far more sedate reaction than that of actress Elizabeth Banks, who sat on the gymnast’s other side visibly oohing and ahhing.

Also pictured in the photo collection below: Sharapova at the Herve Leger show and Alicia Sacramone at the BCBG show.  And Sacramone brought her silver medal.  Yeah, way to parade that around, Alicia.  Coulda been a gold if you could land on your feet, you know.  Oh, what am I saying?  I’m sorry.  I could never stay mad at you.

It wasn't enough for Alla Kudryavtseva, the 154th ranked player in the world, to deal a massive upset to the pneumatic and pneumatic-drill-sounding Maria Sharapova at Wimbledon. No, the 20-year-old Russian felt the need to dis the designer duds of her fellow countrywoman. 

But there was worse to come, for Kudryavtseva, who is not one of the glamour girls of tennis, said that Sharapova’s status as a fashion icon had got under her skin. “It’s very pleasant to beat Maria,” she said. “I don’t like her outfit. Can I put it this way? It was one of my motivations to beat her.”

[Sucks on teeth] Nuh-uh. I know you did not. That's some triflin' shit, gurl.

And "not one of the glamour girls of tennis" is a fine euphemism for sunken-faced prickletwat. But I can't say that kind of looks-based animosity is exclusive to women. That's why Ufford's so hard on my editing skills. He's just jealous of this small face on my big head. Don't worry, Matt, you'll be the glamour girl of blogging someday.

Maria Sharapova was ousted in the second round of Wimbledon today, falling to unseeded, unknown, and un-hot Ally Kudryavtseva 6-2, 6-4.  It was Sharapova's earliest exit from a Grand Slam event since 2003, her first full season on the WTA tour.

Experts blame the loss on Sharpova's 22 unforced errors and 8 double faults, while I say it was those fugly-ass Mickey Mouse shorts and mesh tuxedo top.  Good fucking riddance.

As promised, Maria Sharapova shunned the traditional flattering tennis dress in favor of extremely ugly shorts at Wimbledon yesterday.  She paired it with a tuxedo-inspired top because, hey, Wimbledon's dressy and shit.  From the wire report:

"I'm very inspired by menswear this year," Sharapova said.

Inspired by men swear?!?  Lady, have I got the website for you!  What?  Oh.  Well, that's not nearly as fun.

"Every year at Wimbledon I want to do something classy. I've never worn shorts before at a Grand Slam and Wimbledon is the place to do it."

Well, this should resolve the falling out I had with my sister about what I wore to her wedding.  She said a tuxedo shirt with the sleeves cut off WASN'T classy.

was all pissed about having to fly to Rome to do a mandatory ad shoot for the WTA?  Well, she eventually worked something out and joined fellow stars Ana Ivanovic, Serena Williams, Jelena Jankovic, and, uhhh… some other women in the filming of a commercial that will air this summer during Wimbledon and the U.S. Open (text and video here).

WTA's ad opens with shots of the tennis stars dressed in casual attire in everyday situations. They then each receive phone calls, on sponsor Sony Ericsson's phones, and dash off superhero-like to re-emerge dressed for competition in their tennis outfits.

Yeah, it's supposed to be all superhero-y, but the voiceover definitely gives it a Charlie's Angels vibe.  And I mean that in a good way.  It's a cool 1970s Angels vibe, not a "McG-directed piece of shit after Demi Moore had $500K of plastic surgery" Angels vibe.

(via SbB)

NHL - Petr Sykora guaranteed he was going to score. It just would have been nice if it took him less than four and a half hours to do it. His goal midway through the third overtime extends the Stanley Cup Finals to Game 6 in the 'Burgh. I mean didn't they already play in effect an extra game last night. Can't this go straight to Game 7? And nothing helps an interminable game like the NBC announcers saying repeatedly through each overtime that "the next goal wins the game." Hey, thanks for that trenchant analysis, crotchpheasant. Maxime Talbot staved off elimination for the Pens with a tying goal with 34 seconds left and the Pittsburgh defense performed admirably with Sergei Gonchar sidelined through the first two overtimes. 

MLB – Chase Utley (And what a grand pursuit he must be) homers for the fifth straight game in the 5-4 Phillies win over the Reds, putting him at a league-leading total of 21 and one under his mark through all of last year. Oh yeah, he also made two stout defensive snags, but, hey, those aren't socking dingers, brah. Oh yeah, that bum Jay Bruce also homered, but lowered his average 14 points to .577. What a fraud…Manny Ramirez wishes he could play all his games in Camden Yards, probably because they have more Red Sox fans than anywhere else other than Boston or maybe the China. Also, he's homered there in three straight games, tallying career no. 502 last night in a 6-3 loss to the Orioles…Carlos Zambrano collects three hits to raise his average to .366. Oh yeah, he picks up his 8th win in a 7-6 Cubs win over the Padres. WE ONLY CELEBRATE OFFENSE!…Prince Fielder homers to lift the Brewers over the Diamondbacks and steals third to strike a blow for fatty rights.

French Open – Maria Sharapova makes an early exit. I bet it was still sexy though.