12 Hotties in Women’s Pro Sports

1. Gretchen Bleiler

From Aspen, Colorado, Gretchen is one of the most famous female snowboarders. She created the first all-women’s halfpipe competition. And hey guys, you can follow her on twitter @GretchenBleiler.

2. Leryn Franco

A former Miss Paraguay, this Olympian javelin thrower also models… not surprising.

3. Lolo Jones

American track and field athlete Lori “Lolo” Jones is a hottie with an amazing story of overcoming obstacles. From a family of six, she and her siblings lived in a church basement for a time while her single mom worked two jobs.

10 Creepy Cinematic Surgeries

1. Awake (2007)

In this psychological thriller, a man named Clayton Beresford Jr, undergoing heart transplant surgery experiences an actual phenomenon called “anesthetic awareness” which leaves him paralyzed but completely awake and alert. Hearing his wife of one day and his surgeon “friend” plotting to kill him and take his money, he lies helplessly on the operating table. Ouch!

2. Face/Off (1997)

Sean Archer / Castor Troy. Travolta is the good guy and Cage is the bad guy. No wait. Travolta wearing Cage’s face is the good guy and Cage wearing Travolta’s face is the bad guy. “Nothing like having your face cut off to disturb your sleep. Read the newspaper lately?”

3. Minority Report (2002)

Lots of eyeballs, or lack thereof, in this one. Tom Cruise has to swap out his eyes so he can’t be tracked by the Pre-Crime force. His “neroin” dealer is eyeless, presumably for similar reasons. “In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.”

10 of the Craziest Casting Choices in Cinema History

1. Sean Connery as Lithuanian born, Soviet submarine captain Marko Aleksandrovich Ramius in THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (1990). Did no one in the casting department notice his thick Scottish Brogue? It reminds me of the heady days of Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin when the world trembled at the sound of our rockets.

2. Angelina Jolie as Olympias, the mother of ALEXANDER (2004). It’s fine in the beginning of the film when Alexander is a boy, but when he grows up into Colin Farrell who is only one year younger than Jolie who hasn’t aged, it’s just silly. Why Olympias had a Russian (?) accent is a bit of a head scratcher as well.

3. Who could forget all-American actor John Wayne’s stunningly realistic portrayal as the emperor of the Mongol Empire, Genghis Khan in THE CONQUEROR (1956)?

4. Nick Nolte as Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and third U.S. president in JEFFERSON IN PARIS (1995). Yeah, I’ll bet ya didn’t know about this one. Few people saw it. Some people have a face and quality suited for period drama. Others don’t. Nolte works best post-1940.

10 of the Most Grisly Sports Injuries

10. EWALD LIENEN
This one is just horror movie gruesome. On August 14, 1981, Borussia Mönchengladbach midfielder Ewald Lienen’s thigh was ripped open by the studs of another player, exposing bone and tissue. Horrified by the sight of his own leg, Ewald managed to get up and run off the field. Today he manages TSV 1860 München.

9. BORJE SALMING
On November 26, 1986 during a game against the Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Borje Salming was knocked down during a scramble and Wings forward Gerard Gallant accidentally stepped on Salming’s face. The gash ran from forehead to chin and required 250 stitches.

8. NAPOLEON MCCALLUM
The career of Los Angeles Raiders running back Napoleon McCallum came to an abrupt end on opening game of the season, September 5, 1994, when McCallum’s cleat got stuck in the ground and San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ken Norton Jr spiraled him to the ground, getting pinned underneath him. McCallum’s left knee was hyper-extended 90 degrees, tearing 3 ligaments, the hamstring and calf from the bone.

 

7. KEVIN STEVENS
On May 14, 1993, Pittsburgh Penguins left wing Kevin Stevens shattered his face on the ice. Playing against the New York Islanders in game 7 of the Patrick Division Finals, Stevens had a collision with the visor of Islanders defenseman Rich Pilon in a check attempt. Pilon flew into the boards and Stevens, knocked out cold, fell with the full weight of his body straight onto his face. Surgeons had to literally peel back his entire face to perform reconstructive surgery. He went on to play another 8 seasons with the Bruins, Kings, Rangers and Flyers, retiring in 2001.