"Sugar" Shane Mosley has been accused of using BALCO's  "the cream" and "the clear" before a 2003 victory over Oscar De La Hoya:

Mosley on Friday confirmed that he had unknowingly taken some banned substances . . . "Unknowingly, yes, some of the substances they are talking about, were being used as part of the workouts," Mosley told ESPN.com. "I didn't know what the hell it was.  I didn't know anything about that stuff. It was something given to me, pushed up on me. I'm a health freak-type of guy. I like to have everything organic, natural."

Public defenders are always incredulous when I tell them this right before the bond hearing, but just like Mr. Mosley, sometimes I can't be sure what I'm ingesting, injecting or inhaling.  It could be grain alcohol, or smack, or spirit of turpentine – I just don't know.  When you're at a soiree where most of the party-goers are packing heat, it's best not be rude.  And you know, when in Rome . . . Anyway, the people in charge should change the name of "the clear" to "the sugar" in honor of Shane.  That way, we can discreetly ask for cream and sugar in our beverages at the local gym to achieve more robust physiques.  Or, you could ask for whatever Oscar De La Hoya is taking to achieve a standing ovation at the local female impersonator club after your rendition of "If I Could Turn Back Time". -KD 

Yesterday X17 had even more photos of Oscar de la Hoya wearing the stripper clothes of his stripper friend Milana, and my God this guy wears women's clothing A LOT.  At this point I have to wonder how Oscar lived the first 34 years of his life without pictures of him in women's clothing getting on the Internet.  I guess I can understand the first 25 or 30 years, because there wasn't even porn on the Web back then.  But how he made it a day past 2003 will forever be a mystery.

Another mystery: when will that Neil Patrick Harris find a nice girl to settle down with?  Just because he plays a womanizer on TV doesn't mean he has to live that kind of life.

Everyone knows that British tabloids are the best places for news that matters, and today the News of the World (via SbB) finally confirms that last week's sexy Oscar de la Hoya pictures are real.  Why?  Because they interviewed the Russian stripper who took them, of course.  Milana Dravnel, pictured here in her work attire, shared her experiences with the former boxing great:

"He loved to dress up in lingerie. He would strip down naked in front of me and try on outfits. He asked me to bring him clothes he could wear and loved the fishnet tights and wigs. Once he borrowed my glitzy full length sash dress and pranced around the room singing in a woman's voice, saying: ‘Ooooh, look at me'. But it was all about domination. He would say to me, ‘Please, put me down on my knees and pull my hair'."…

[Dravnel, de la Hoya, and three other strippers]  would meet up regularly and as Oscar lost his inhibitions, his demands became ever more bizarre. He once asked all the girls to dress as men so he could play the role of the only woman in the group. The dad-of-four then sat on a chair behind one of them and pretended it was a MOTORBIKE. Milana laughs: "He was acting like a girl on the back, grabbing her round the waist screaming ‘Faster! Faster!'."

Of course, Milana also denies ever having sex with de la Hoya, so take that for what it's worth.  I happen to believe her.  Not all men want to have sex with tight-bodied Russian strippers.  Sometimes you just want the little things. Like a stick of butter in your ass, or maybe some female domination to recreate the last couple fights of your career.  Who am I to judge?  Oh wait, I'm a blogger.  What a queer.

Sat what you will about the dragalicious Oscar de la Hoya photos presently taking over the Web, but you have to admit… dude's got some great legs. Wait!  No!  I mean those are really sexy shoes.  Dammit!

Let's start over.  I used to think fishnet body stockings were sexy.  Phew.  Now they simply drive me wild! 

UPDATE: De la Hoya's agent claims they're fake.  I guess I can see it.  But then, I could see Art Shell getting a crack at another NFL coaching job, so what do I know?

Floyd Mayweather Jr. won a split-decision over Oscar De La Hoya last night to capture the junior middleweight title.  Naturally, "Pretty Boy" Floyd was magnanimous in victory:

"It was masterpiece of boxing," Mayweather said. "I showed you why I am the best fighter of this era."

Well spoke sir.  When humility is no longer the order of the day in this sport of kings , I will stop watching it.  Let's hear what else Mr. Mayweather had to say:

"Look at the punch stats and then you can see I'm the new champion," Mayweather said. "I was having fun in there. It was a hell of a fight. I told the fans I would give them a hell of a fight, and that's what I did . . . I just fought the best fighter in our era and I beat him. It was a hell of a fight.

Couldn't he say it was a "H-E-double hockey sticks fight" for the youngsters?  Oh well, he's talking about retiring now (which is always definitive for a boxer – they never come back from retirement), which is just as well because he's not getting much family support.

[Floyd] Mayweather Sr., however, said he thought De La Hoya, 34, won.  "I thought Oscar won the fight," he said. "My son had better defense and caught a lot of punches, but I think Oscar pressed the fight and did enough to win."

Wow, I thought my dad was tough on me when I brought home 94%s on Latin exams, but Floyd Sr. has pushed critical parenting into a whole other realm.  He is undoubtedly referred to as the Joan Crawford of the Sweet Science. -KD  

Picture Note: Lovely Ali is an Octagon Girl for UFC, and thus the photo is fight related.