Pop Culture Hot List

Author:
SI Staff
Publish date:
Oct 7, 2009

Pop Culture Hot List

Brett Favre

Are you Favred out yet? Well, get used to it. As long as the soon-to-be 40-year-old quarterback keeps playing like he did in beating the Packers in the first Favre Bowl, we might have to hear about Favre through February, when he returns to the Super Bowl.

Tom Brady and Rodney Harrison

Harrison's goal of being the NFL's version of Charles Barkley continued on Sunday as he told Brady to take off his skirt after Terrell Suggs was penalized for grazing Brady's knee. NBC's Harrison later said he was kidding, but the incident created more buzz for the former Patriot.

Common and Brady Quinn

It's been a tough couple of weeks for Quinn. He not only lost the Browns' starting quarterback job but also couldn't even go to a concert without being reminded of it. Quinn was in attendance last week at the House of Blues in Cleveland when Common freestyled that he "won't mess up like Brady Quinn."

LeBron James and Braylon Edwards

There seems to be a feud brewing between the two Cleveland athletes after Edwards allegedly punched one of James' friends outside of nightclub. While the punch may have hurt James' friend, LeBron's comments afterward couldn't have helped his masculinity much either. "My friend is 130 pounds," he said. "Seriously, it's like hitting one of my kids."

Rush Limbaugh

Limbaugh said he is teaming up with St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts (inset) in a bid to purchase the St. Louis Rams. What are the chances the former infamous ESPN commentator tries to sign his old friend Donavon McNabb if he takes over the Rams?

Serena Williams and Gina Carano

After some initial skepticism about ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue, early photos of barely covered up Williams and Carano on the cover have showed that the issue might actually be worth checking out.

Chicago

In its bid to host the 2016 Olympics, Chicago was basically swept in the first round like the Cubs were last season. Did anyone really think that Chicago sports fans would have something good to cheer about in October?

Ben Roethlisberger

A day after beating the Chargers on Sunday night, Roethlisberger and his offensive line hosted Monday Night Raw, where they performed a couple of crotch chops with Degeneration X and organized a Diva Bowl with all the WWE's lingeried beauties. Roethlisberger may not be able to act, but that certainly isn't a prerequisite for hosting Raw.

Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian

Pictures from Odom's and Kardashian's wedding were finally released in OK! magazine this week after a six-figure payday, and footage of the wedding will air on E! next month. You'd think Odom's recently signed four-year $33 million deal would prevent him from selling himself out to exclamation-pointed entities for six-figure deals.

Ron Artest and Natalin Avci

Many kids grow up wanting to be NBA players so they can get paid millions of dollars to play against the best in the world. Now a whole new generation of kids might want to be NBA players so they can set up their own random photo shoots with models for no reason whatsoever, as Artest did recently with the 23-year-old Avci.