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New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush is on the February cover of Essence Magazine.  Idris Elba, Lance Gross and LL Cool J will also be featured in the publication’s first “Black Men, Love and Relationships” issue, which will showcase a top 10 countdown of the sexiest men in sports, Hollywood and music.

On the Feb. 2010 cover of Vanity Fair magazine, Tiger Woods is exposed both inside and out.  With famed photographer Annie Leibovitz taking the pics, the publication delves into the secret world of the world renowned golfer.  Here’s an excerpt from the article:

In an age of constant gotcha and exposure, he had always been the bionic man in terms of personality, controlling to a fault and controlled to a fault, smiling with humility and showing those pearly white teeth in victory or defeat, sui generis in the world of pro golf, where even fellow pros and other insiders didn’t really know him, because he didn’t want anybody to know him. With Woods, everything was crafted to produce a man of nothing, with no interior—non-threatening and non-controversial.

Read the complete story here.

Basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan is suing Jewel Food Stores and Dominick’s Finer Foods for their ads published in a commemorative Sports Illustrated issue, “Jordan: A Hall of Fame Career.”

In the Jewel ad, a pair of red and white sneakers with the number 23 on the tongues are an “inaccurate and misleading copy of Air Jordan basketball shoes,” says the lawsuit. Above the shoes, a message congratulates the “fellow Chicagoan who was ‘just around the corner’ for so many years,” reports Yahoo.

According to the suit, the Dominick’s ad features MJ’s name with the phrase “You are a cut above” and a photo of a steak.  Below the congratulations is an ad for $2 off a Rancher’s Reserve steak, a trademark of Dominick’s parent Safeway.

Tennis champion Serena Williams was fined a record-setting $82,500 Monday for her fiery argument in September with a U.S. Open judge.  The previous highest fine issued at a Grand Slam tournament was $48,000.  She is now on probation for the next two years.  If another altercation occurs during that time, Williams would face a $175,000 fine and be barred from the U.S. Open, said Grand Slam administrator Bill Babcock.

Williams is a 11-time Grand Slam singles champion and ranked No. 1 by the Women’s Tennis Association.

“I am thankful that we now have closure on the incident and we can all move forward,” Williams said in a statement released Monday by her publicist. “I am back in training in preparation for next season and I continue to be grateful for all of the support from my fans and the tennis community.”