alex morgan poses in bodypaint -Following U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo's naked lawn watering in ESPN The Magazine's body issue, Alex Morgan -- Hope's U.S national teammate and fellow recipient of an impressive number of Facebook marriage proposals during last summer's Women's World Cup -- will be one of three female athletes to pose in bodypaint for the upcoming Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.
[ Photos: Soccer star Alex Morgan ]
The issue won't be released until Tuesday, February 14, but SI.com's Hot Clicks revealed the first picture of Morgan in her bodypaint bikini (right) and they also asked her a few questions about the shoot, including this bit of inanity:
SI.com: What was more intimidating: posing in bodypaint or taking on Japan in the World Cup finals?
Morgan: I have been playing soccer my entire life. I know how to stay calm and not get too nervous for games. That's why I would have to say posing in bodypaint was a little more intimidating. It was a completely new experience and definitely took some getting used to before I felt comfortable in bodypaint. I had to look in the mirror every five minutes to make sure I actually had a swimsuit on.
By scoring four goals in the U.S. women's Olympic qualifying run, Morgan helped ensure the team's place at the London games this summer. And, who knows, maybe the chance to win a gold medal will prove even more intimidating than bodypaint.
Previously: Alex Morgan doesn't need to face the goal to score
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
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Kate Middleton
Kate Middleton dropped out of The Sisterhood, the all-female crew planning to row the Channel in a dragon boat, because - it is said - Royal aides feared she would attract too much attention.
And judging by these risque pictures, it seems their concerns about over-exposure may have been justified.
The exclusive images show Kate's former teammates Emma Sayle and Natalie Sisson posing for a charity calendar dressed (if that's the word) in only knickers, baseball caps and body-paint.
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Legs before wicket: Emma (left ) and Natalie pose at the crease with Alastair Cook
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The pair were joined for the photoshoot by England cricketer Alastair Cook, who appears in some of the snaps.
They have called on a string of other famous sporting names to pose alongside them as well, with the women in the appropriate body-paint.
Shoots have already been completed with former England football manager Terry Venables, ex-England cricket captain Freddie Flintoff, jockey Tony McCoy, athlete Iwan Thomas, Team GB Rowing, snooker player Jimmy White, rugby player Josh Lewsey and skier Chemmy Alcott.
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The pair in front of a sign at the Essex ground
Captain Kate: With The Sisterhood before dropping out
The women are also planning to pose with wheelchair basketball star Ade Adepitan and boxer Ricky Hatton.
Miss Middleton, the on-off girlfriend of Prince William, quit the 21-strong all-female rowing team, which plans to compete against a group of men called The Brotherhood, earlier this month, citing fears that excessive attention would lead to an accident.
However, Royal observers believe the decision was down to pressure from Clarence House, which feared the 25-year-old brunette's continued role was in danger of becoming a major media event.
Miss Sayle, 29, a businesswoman who once organised swingers' parties for the well-heeled, and Miss Sisson, 30, a TV presenter and former champion body-sculptor (a form of body-building), plan to sell copies of their calendar, named The Art Of Sport, online.
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Emma has a brush with Alastair Cook
Ashes to flashes: Emma turns the other cheek
Their photoshoot with England opening batsman Cook was done at Essex's ground in Chelmsford, where he plays county cricket.
Their modesty was barely protected by the coats of body paint applied by professional painter Emma Jane Cammack, who took four hours to cover the girls from their necks to their ankles for the shoots.
In some, they were made to look like athletes, while in others they posed as jockeys and even saucy snooker players.
The images for the calendar, which was to have been shrouded in secrecy until its launch in October, were shot by celebrity photographer M. J. Kim, who has photographed the likes of Justin Timberlake, Claudia Schiffer and Pierce Brosnan. The money raised from the calendar will go to two charities - Babes in Arms, which sponsors research into abnormalities in newborn babies, and the children's hospice charity CHASE Ben Hollioake Fund, set up in memory of the former England cricketer who died in a road accident five years ago.
steve waugh jason gillespie collision
ason Gillespie (left) is carried off the field after a collision with Steve Waugh (right) attempting a catch, during Day Two of the 1st Test between Sri Lanka and Australia at Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, on September 10, 1999. Waugh was back on the field 12 days later against medical advice, while Gillespie almost the rest of the season © Getty Images
Kyle Mills and Brendon McCullum collided while attempting to catch Yuvraj Singh, but got away without serious injury. Arunabha Sengupta recalls a similar collision with far more damaging impact that took place almost exactly 13 years ago.
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The ball was short – and the man of the moment, Yuvraj Singh, went for the pull. It was just the seventh delivery he had faced after coming back from his battle with cancer. The top edge soared high and fine. As it hung in the air, time stopped for the spectators. There was the hero who had come back victorious from the toughest battle of his life. Would his stay at the wicket be so ironically short-lived?
And then fate winked. Like in his recent struggle, Yuvraj was given a new lease of life. As Brendon McCullum rushed for the catch from behind the stumps and Kyle Mills ran in from the outfield, they collided. And in the tangle of limbs, bodies and caps, the ball slipped out. The crowd heaved a sigh of relief, Yuvraj and Virat Kohli ran two, and Mills, having copped McCullum’s elbow in the head, looked down and dazed. Luckily, the injury was not serious, and with the help of some assistance, he was soon walking off the ground.
The outcome was definitely better than when a similar collision had taken place 13 years ago, almost to the day, a little to the south.
September 10, 1999
Nothing had gone right for the Australian side from the moment Steve Waugh had won his 13th toss in a row. At Kandy’s Asgiriya Stadium, Australia had batted and crumbled to 61 for seven by lunch. A fighting 96 by Ricky Ponting and a stubborn 41 by Jason Gillespie had helped them to reach188.
On the second day, September 10, steady batting by Aravinda de Silva and Mahela Jayawardene had taken the score to 139 for three when the latter skied Colin Miller to the square-leg. Waugh ran back from square-leg, and Gillespie charged in from the leg boundary – both focused on the ball. And then they ran into each other.
As the two sprawled on the field, writhing in pain, the ball trickled along the outfield. Jayawardene and de Silva ran two, and decided against the third as none of the Australian fielders seemed concerned about the ball. They had had rushed along and huddled beside their injured mates who lay in obvious agony.
Play was held up for six minutes as treatment was administered on the field. But the damages were too intensive for quick repair. Waugh, bleeding from the nose, walked to an ambulance but Gillespie had to be carried off the field by team-mates.
Cricket now witnessed a rare drama. Almost like the remake of a scene from Apocalypse Now, a helicopter appeared from over the adjoining hill, dirty green and menacingly military, emerging out of tropical trees. Play was suspended as it swept low over the back of the ground, and touched down. The two indisposed men were whisked away by four Sri Lankan commandos and the ominous craft left towards Colombo, with the last of the Australian hopes of making a match of it.
Bad news
Surgeon Ashoka Jayasena, who examined Waugh, did not have encouraging news: “His nose is disfigured and there are serious lacerations. Waugh wants to get back to play by tomorrow, but I told him it was out of question and he would have to wait for at least two weeks.”
Gillespie, on his part, had snapped the tibia in his right leg.
The pictures of Waugh lying on the hospital bed, face heavily bandaged like a war veteran, have become almost as famous as the man himself.
As for the match, Shane Warne picked up five and Miller four to restrict Sri Lanka to 234; but, batting with nine men, the second Australian innings folded for 140. They did fight hard till the last ball, but Sri Lanka overhauled the 95 run target with little difficulty, losing four wickets.
Twelve days later, the Australian captain was back for the second Test, defying medical advice and the four broken bones in his nose. Gillespie, however, had to miss most of the season.
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