Austin Johnson’s girlfriend Samantha Maddox is a smokin’ hot young lady who most recently traveled with Austin to Incheon, South Korea while he caddied for his brother in the President’s Cup. The team included Rickie Fowler, Jim Furyk, Bill Haas, Zach Johnson, Dustin Johnson, Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson, Jimmy Walker, Jordan Spieth, and Bubba Watson. Now look, I’m not saying this would ever happen, but wouldn’t you think one of the actual PGA pro’s would try to snap up Austin’s lady from him? Maybe that’s just the way a normal schmoe thinks, but if my girlfriend was that hot, I’d probably be a little paranoid that her mind would start to wander. Of course, that would never happen with an angel like Samantha!

This whole brother caddying situation is paying off well for both of these guys. The way the caddying pay-structure breaks down (in case you’re interested): a contract is set up between a player and a caddy, and the rule is to pay 8% of all winnings to a caddy and 10% of a full-on win. The base pay is $1500 to $2500 just for showing up! Then, there’s endorsement deals that can get very lucrative. So on second thought: maybe there’s not too much incentive for Samantha to jump ship! Austin Johnson’s girlfriend is now living in a brand new house that the couple bought about four months ago, and it’s only a matter of time before the ring appears on the finger. They’re still a bit young for that. They own a black labrador named Gracie Belle (unusual for a dog to have two names but not unheard of).

Though Austin Johnson’s girlfriend Sam does play a bit of golf, she is actually known as a college tennis player, and she plays for the College of Charleston and was the CAA Conference player of the week at one point this year. Watching this young woman play tennis is totally awesome. She’s in extremely good shape, and she moves quickly. Samantha is also a friend of Wayne Gretzky because Austin Johnson’s brother married the great one’s daughter. I was sort of blown away when I learned this, but it is indeed true– Samantha commemorated Austin becoming an uncle and Wayne becoming a grandpa when one of Paulina Gretzky gave birth.

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Conor McGregor’s girlfriend Dee Devlin is a beautiful and Irish Dublin native who recently got a crazy rich-person watch. The Cartier watch apparently cost $30,000. I watched an interview with Dee where she said “we always knew this was gonna’ happen,” talking about his level of fame shooting up all the time. She also says he’s always stayed the same and not changed. Oh, so then I guess buying $30,000 watches was always something he was into. Honestly, it’d be hard to not get affected by fame when there’s billboards of your face staring back at you when you arrive at a city. That’s what Devlin was describing at a UFC Boston event. I guess Conor has taken things well, considering.

Dee also says she gets more nervous about his career as it goes along. It’s mostly just having to watch somebody in a ring (or in the UFC’s case in an octagon) go and fight somebody else. She says her stomach is not in the best place during fight day, and she can’t eat and is a ball of nerves right when he leaves the hotel to go fight. I think she sort of hams it up and gives cursory answers in this interview, but I think it’s hard to give an interview in a gym lobby or wherever they are; standing up with a racket going on behind them. She says whenever she sees Conor ready to go in the octagon she knows “he has it in the bag.” If that’s true, she’s in for a rude awakening when the guy finally loses, an inevitability in his sport. At that point, though, she’s the type of lady who will really give full support and make him feel like he’s still a champ. She’s really into Conor and is definitely enjoying every minute of his success.

I don’t know why the expensive watch-buying bothers me, but Conor McGregor’s girlfriend Dee Devlin not only got the 30K Cartier, but she also got an Audemars Piguet that matches his. To my pedestrian eyes, it seems like a massive waste of money and an immediate loss (since as soon as you take the thing out of the case and own it, its resale value plummets at least a quarter). I suppose I’m missing the point. They’re showing off Conor’s success! In the fight game, you’ve got to enjoy it while you have it. Still, whenever people start showing off their luxury items on Instagram, as when Dee takes a picture of her inscribed Louis Vuitton bag, I have to fight the urge to throw on my hater-shades.

Also of note in Dee’s Instagram feed is a short and informative series of pictures of her going to the salon and getting hair extensions put in. I’m still pretty darn puzzled about this practice. Now, I want to leave poor Dee out of this because I’ve already tried to fade her awesome watches and her inscribed LV bag. It’s the practice of elongating the hair in general that I’m curious about. I started thinking about it after seeing Beyonce continually attach these things to herself. Synthetic ones seem harmless enough even though everyone knows they’re not real within one second of seeing them, but it’s the ones that are made of actual real hair that start to activate the cringe button. The only thing that comes to mind is: you have dead organisms from another person (or in some cases a horse, which is weird) draped off of your skull. Pretty!

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DeShaun Watson’s girlfriend Dallas Robson is his high school sweetheart from Gainesville High School in Georgia, and they were prom dates as well. Isn’t that just precious. Lately the couple has been busy repping a small non-profit called Love Your Melon, which has the goal of putting a beanie cap on the heads of all children going through chemo.

In their off time, the couple likes to go out for nights on the town and hit up clubs and restaurants. I’ve gotta’ be honest, I always wonder about this kind of thing when it comes to a guy who’s 19 or 20 years old. I mean, if you’re going out to clubs with your girlfriend who you’ve had since high school, at what point are you going to start thinking: “man all these other chicks are looking real fine and they’re showing me a lot of attention because I’m the big man on campus so why not just break away from my high school chick?” Now you can say I’m the devil or whatever, but that’s real talk and I guarantee those thoughts flash through just about every guy in that situation. But it won’t be so for DeShaun Watson’s girlfriend, I tell ya! The couple have got too strong a bond, for sure.

DeShaun is indeed smitten with young Dallas. He posts an insane amount of pictures of her or them two together, and he’s said “Every man needs that one girl who will always hold it down for him.” Well, I guess DeShaun Watson’s girlfriend is that one girl. It’s a little crazy how many pictures of Dallas grace the guy’s Instagram. Dallas herself has played soccer but it’s unclear to me whether she plays in college. She’s apparently also a fan of the Carolina Panthers (yeah great bandwagon team to be a fan of when you’re from Georgia and the Falcons are ho-hum). The next few years will be a challenge for the couple as they possibly transition into NFL life. The dollar signs appear, the girlfriend has to decide what trajectory her life will take, and the man has to battle through a deluge of hot women throwing themselves at him.

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Baker Mayfield’s girlfriend Baillie Burmaster attends ​Oklahoma’s arch-rival Oklahoma State, and the two are very well aware of it. I personally could care less about both teams, but to them it’s part of their life. Also, how about these two and their names, ey? Baker Mayfield and Baillie Burmaster. Those are indeed a mouthful. Baillie comes from Austin, Texas originally, and she used to dabble in beauty pageants. She was also a soccer player at Oklahoma State but is now finished with school.

Good lord, Baillie is a social creature. It seems there’s never a need for her to take a selfie because she’s always having one of her friends take pictures with her hanging out with even more friends. She’s very young and is in full-on friends-forever mode with all of her college buddies. Baker Mayfield’s girlfriend has got an enormously bubbly personality, and she sees the humor in most things. Baillie had been working in sports media and is now doing segments where she interviews athletes for KCBD News Channel 11 in Oklahoma. This is still an internship but I have a feeling she’ll grow a lot as a video production intern. She’s had internship jobs since 2012, and it’s high time one of these studios hired her.

She’s been at the same place now for 11 months, and my sense is she’ll stage there editing video footage full-time. If Baker Mayfield’s girlfriend comes along with him and he gets drafted into the NFL, her trajectory could change drastically. I don’t think she’ll give up the media goals easily, though. It’s so difficult to make it as a quarterback in the NFL that I don’t think she’s planning to ride his coattails. She doesn’t seem like the type either. Baker is already meeting her family and hanging out at their house. I think they’ll be together for quite awhile.

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Today we’re going to talk about two things, with one post: Christian McCaffrey’s girlfriend and Derrick Henry’s girlfriend (and their lack thereof).

Listen, guys: we’re always here to help out collegiate football players who never asked for help to begin with. That’s just part of being a true PlayerWives chatterbox such as myself. And right now, ladies and gentleman, a young man by the name of Derrick Henry has courageously reached out and asked for guidance from the lords of the athletes’ girlfriends and wives.

I need a Girlfriend .

— Derrick Henry  (@KingHenry_2) June 30, 2012

Yes folks, way back in 2012, Derrick Henry said that he needed a girlfriend, and to the best of our knowledge he is still girlfriendless. Well, young man, you are in a heap of luck because today we are going to personally recommend some lovely young ladies whom we think you might like to romantically pursue. And guess what, Christian McCaffrey? We are going to include you in this because you are up for the Heisman Trophy along with Derrick, and every Heisman winner should have someone special to show off their Heisman Trophy too, am I not wrong? Christian McCaffrey’s girlfriend and Derrick Henry’s girlfriend are the mission, and here is what I’ve come up with…

Number one, Derrick Henry’s girlfriend needs to be someone who understands the fine art of posting lions onto a social media page. This has become a regular thing for football players because they see the lion as a symbol of strength and dominance. Well have I got a lady to introduce to you! Derrick, meet Chantel Jeffries! Not only has she been spotted hanging out with past Heisman winner Johnny Manziel, but she’s dated DeSean Jackson and Kevin Durant! She knows all about the whole weird lion-picture posting thing! Boy are you a lucky chap– what would you do without our expertise? Chantel was also in the Lamborghini that Justin Bieber was driving when he got pulled over by cops and was, you know, annoying everyone. I mean, this chick’s got some stories. So hopefully you’ll end her seemingly perma-single lifestyle and eventually put a ring on her finger. Good luck, and god bless!

Now it’s on to Christian McCaffrey’s girlfriend. This one’s a toughy because Christian seems like a real family man-type. He posts pictures of his parents and brothers and seems to really go for that whole down-home fishing and family deal as opposed to the hittin’-the-club lifestyle. We already know Christian McCaffrey’s girlfriend used to be a lady named Marybeth Sant, and those days are long gone. But I can recommend a new and improved version of Marybeth! Christian, meet Ellen Kraemer! She is quite possibly the hottest blonde next door of the year. She’s everything a down-home fishing type looks for, and she’s impossible to turn away from– like a great golden statue at the pinnacle of a mysterious monolith. One problem: she’s kinda dating Noah Syndergaard, but buddyyyyy– the Mets lost. If you happen to win the Heisman, your stock is up, and I mean up! She’s not the type to just get bored and leave the guy, so you’ll have to go all out and, you know, pull an Eric Clapton and somehow romance her away from Noah, but it can be done, Christian!

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Randy Orton’s wife Kim Marie Orton is no stranger to tropical getaways and exotic hikes. In fact, the two were on vacation in Bora Bora, a small island in French Polynesia, when they came across a homeless dog that charmed their pants off on a hike. I don’t exactly know why or how the dog ended up on Bora Bora, seeing as how it’s only about 11 square miles and is very remote, but they sure had a tough time getting him off. They named him Spike and began to go through the process of moving him to the United States. Now, he’s their little pal lives with them.

Trying to get this awesome dog we met during a hike while on vacation sent to the states. What a process. He needs our help….. Wish us luck!

A photo posted by Randy Orton (@randyorton) on Jul 13, 2015 at 6:30am PDT

The other big news that comes for Randy Orton’s wife Kim is that he asked her to marry him in early July and plunked a huge ring on her. She said yes, naturally and the couple was married in November, 2015 while Orton is out rehabbing shoulder and neck injuries. There’s a certain ratio of carat size to wealth that comes with the territory of being rich and engaged. The way it works is if you’ve got a lot of money (as I assume Randy Orton does), your significant other is aware of your finances and expects you to spend a lot on the ring. In America, the size of the ring can often be a symbol for how much you care for the significant other. So Randy bought Kim a giant, egg-looking diamond ring.

Randy Orton’s wife Kim is originally from New York which I learned when Kim referred to it as her old home. Whether she was born there or just lived there for a long time, i don’t know, but they certainly don’t live there now. They have a rural-looking estate where they take most of their home pics. Whenever Randy is away for a long time, he sends Kim a bunch of flowers. Actually according to her he sends her flowers if he’s away for 24 hours. Seems a little overkill but I guess he just really misses her. She appreciates it and calls him her heart and soul. In February she got a tattoo that says “I carry your heart.” I don’t know what that means exactly; maybe that she has command over a part of him because he cares for her, but it seems like an odd sentiment to me. She’s his master of love, I suppose.

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Christian McCaffrey’s girlfriend (actually ex-girlfriend) Marybeth Sant ​has moved on from having a big college star as a boyfriend. Christian has moved on from having a girl-next-door blonde as a girlfriend, but I feel the second-hand nostalgia wash over me when I look at the two together in shots that are less than two years old. I guess when you’re the runner-up for the Heisman, you’ve got no time to look back on your relationships to let them mess with your mind. They’ve moved on folks. This is part of the reason we tried to recommend some hot new ladies to the two guys that were up for Heismans that didn’t have girlfriends. With all the work and dedication required to become the very best in college football, who’s got time to go and meet young beauties?

Marybeth is an athlete. She went to the same high school as Christian, and that’s how they know each other. Christian McCaffrey’s ex-girlfriend spent as much time working on her love of running as Christian did on his love of running (with a football). Marybeth’s specialty is the 100 meter dash and the 4×100 meter relay. I watched some of her races dating back to her high school career in 2012, and yes, she’s fast and talented. I doubt she has what it takes to become an Olympic athlete, unfortunately. For instance, at the London 2012 Olympic Games, every single woman in the top 6 spots (including the American) posted sub 11-second times. Marybeth’s best time ever was 11.38 which, while it is lightning fast, isn’t quite there as a half a second is a lifetime in the sprinting world. It should be noted, however, that America and Jamaica are the top dogs in the women’s 100 meter. So at least the United States has skin in the game.

Our lovely young lady majored in journalism at Oregon and is now starting her life with someone new. No more prom days with Christian. The couple were the classic poster children of white American prom kings and queens back in high school. Christian McCaffrey’s ex-girlfriend was a perfect match for his boyish charms. Even in high school, Christian looked like a terminator with those arms. Marybeth basically stopped growing around her junior year in high school and is 5’1″, but a compact frame is good for running. When it comes to her running career, I should definitely note that at one time she clocked the fastest time in the country for any high school girl at 11.38 seconds 100 meter. That’s something you can hold on to your entire life.

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Bob Stoops’ wife Carol Stoops ​got some attention from media people recently by attending a convention for Mary Kay, who employed her for half her life, according to her. This convention was kind of a big thing. They had a massive stage set up in the same way a company like Apple would do it. I guess I didn’t know how big Mary Kay was for a lot of people. It sort of makes me curious what the market share for beauty products looks like in America. Those companies must be at each others’ throats non-stop, marketing and advertising.

Anyway, Bob Stoops’ wife Carol gave a speech in front of an auditorium full of people about her career at Mary Kay, and Bob just stood there and smiled like the lovely ornament he is. Kidding, Bob, naturally. The couple has a couple of twin sons and a younger daughter that were incorporated into Carol’s story about Bob being an inept child-minder. Sorry, but that was what the story was about. She is a pretty solid public speaker, and she is also easy on the eyes. The larger point of her speech was essentially to say how great the company is and how many nice and wonderful things they did for her and her family. It would’ve been entertaining if she trashed the company in front of the giant crowd, announced that she was quitting and then haphazardly tossed the microphone off the stage, but that’s just not how corporate speeches go. Carol lists her job title as “NSD,” which I believe means she’s the National Sales Director. She’s got no reason to quit a sweet gig like that. She gets free makeup for life and gets to shape giant sales strategies while wearing it.

I should also mention a sort of wacky situation that happened to Bobby and Carol back in 2003 while Bob Stoops’ wife was giving a Mary Kay cosmetics party at their house (the lady loves her some Mary Kay). Their nanny, a woman by the name of Janay Roberts, was on the second floor of the house and allegedly tripped on the family dog and went flying down an entire flight of stairs. If you find that funny, it’s okay. You’re allowed to laugh; it doesn’t make you a bad person. You should know, however, that she actually suffered some intense injuries, and a whole legal battle ensued. She claims the Stoops said they’d pay for her medical bills, and then they reneged. The nanny also claims the fall caused her to suffer a miscarriage. I imagine this was a super tricky situation for Bob and Carol to deal with. On the one hand, they feel bad for their nanny. On the other hand, it wasn’t their fault that she tripped on old Jimbo, the lovably oafish canine. I asked my friend what he’d do in this situation, and he said “Well, if I’m a college football head coach, I’d probably watch the tape.”

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Mike Dantonio’s wife Becky Dantonio has had two daughters with him, and they’re your classic family football fans, rooting for the good guys (the Spartans) and rallying against the evil foes (anyone the Spartans play). In a nutshell, that’s sort of the basis of any good supportive football family structure. Their daughter Kristen actually just graduated from MSU, and she loved having dad on campus, according to a local news website. Their daughter Lauren is still a student at MSU

Whatever way you slice it, Becky and Mike are big-time family people. Per usual, Mike Dantonio’s wife got stuck doing most of the more chore-like domestic duties with the kids while Mike is off doing his coaching thing, but that’s part of the deal in contemporary college sports relationships. The couple is also very religious, and they’ve attributed their faith to a lot of their success. Sports and religion in America: a very common theme. Both Becky and Mike unceasingly credit the almighty football fan, God, for all of their sports career success. Those other coaches that Mike continually tops– they’re junior league when it comes to sheer hours spent praying for sports success. Becky characterizes themselves as “small town people from Ohio that had big hearts but I don’t know that our dreams were as big as God has given us, and he’s just blown us away.” All part of the MSU plan.

In 2013, Becky took part in a charity event for the Children’s Miracle Network in which she ran a football clinic for women on the MSU field. Mike Dantonio’s wife knows more about football strategy than most people you can find on a campus or off, and she’s said that it’s the thing her and Mike talk about most when he’s off the job. Becky’s also taken part in foodbanks for the school, and any time there’s a charity event and her schedule’s free, expect her to be there.

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Brittney Palmer and her husband Aaron Zalewski are living it up thanks to the UFC. She married this fella’ Aaron Zalewski in May of 2014. He’s got what I guess you could call a “financial advisory” company called Compound Stock Earnings, and it’s essentially a seminar style “how to get rich” thing. I watched one of his commercials for their “techniques” on how to make 4-6% returns per month using covered calls. You know what always tips you off about these little rackets– the hopeful acoustic guitar soundtracks. The music is always way too hopeful in these commercials; it’s sort of like they know you have no hope and they’re pumping in as much hope as they can in order to prey on you.

But let’s talk about Brittney Palmer: she’s half English (her dad is from South End) and in an interview in Britain she says she’d be open to living in England if the weather was nicer. She does a lot of modeling for magazines like FHM because she’s in the spotlight as a ring card girl in the UFC– the modern day equivalent of Roman gladiator fighting. Civilized and sophisticated it is not, but that’s why it’s so popular. It’s fighting for the masses, and it’s nearly impossible not to get excited while you watch a fight. Brittney has also been in Playboy, which is probably a nice payday.

Brittney Palmer’s main interest is art and painting. She’s attending UCLA art school to learn the proper techniques of painting and composition, and I admire that. She’s said she likes it when a person knows who they are, and this tells me that even though she is able to make a lot of money being pretty in front of cameras, she knows that she loves to paint and that’s just who she really is. She’s a cool girl.

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​Kirk Ferentz’s wife Mary Ferentz​ are known for supporting a local program called Care for Kids. The program’s goal is to raise enough money to help construct a hospital that costs $292 million. It’s scheduled to be completed in early 2016. This kind of community-based interaction is nothing new for the Ferentzes. They allegedly gave some $500,000 to help with renovating the University of Iowa’s football facilities. That’s a lot of scratch for one couple to give for a football stadium, but I guess if anyone was going to do it, it mine as well be the head coach and his wife.

The couple had five children over the years, and the youngest one is named Steve and is a junior at Iowa. Kirk Ferentz’s wife said they’re “busier but with other things” now that all the kids are out of the house. Not much has changed for Kirk since he’s always been doing the head coach gig, but Mary is still helping kids. She’s now on the University Children’s Hospital Council, and her job is to raise money for the hospital. She talked in an interview for local Iowa News about how she transitioned from being a mother to being someone that would help kids. Her natural instincts were to help children. Every one of their children went to the University of Iowa. Their oldest son, Brian, is an assistant coach for UI. That must be pretty sweet for Kirk.

In total, the Ferentzes have given a little over 1,000,000 American Dollars to the hospital, school, and new football facility. I’ve seen this football facility in a video and good lord is it nice! It’s about the nicest football facility you could ever hope for. I know the term “football facility” is a little strange, but that’s the only good way to describe it: sort of an indoor practice field with an extremely large and high-tech fitness and weight training area along with a bunch of meeting rooms and really swanky trophy rooms. There’s even a room that commemorates every single UI player who’s gone on to the NFL. Kirk Ferent’z wife said of all their giving that “it feels wonderful. It’s better to give than to receive– the old cliche. It really is.”

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No, this isn’t one about Connor Cook’s girlfriend, or Connor Cook’s wife. It’s all about ​Connor Cook’s sister Jackie Cook, who is a hot chick that used to play basketball and now lives in beautiful, sunny San Diego. ​She enjoys showing off her body in swimsuits, and she goes to the beach as often as you might expect a cool, easy-going San Diego hot chick to go to the beach. She’s got a lovable English Mastiff dog named Duke, and he’s her trusty sidekick. It’s actually kinda’ hard finding a picture where she’s not in a swimsuit. She really does gravitate towards the beach. All of her friends are the same way. It’s like they’ve got some kind of beach club going or something.

Jackie attended the 2015 Coachella this year with one of her girlfriends, and it looked like a pretty fun time. It’s one of the most expensive music festivals that there is, so I guess she had to save up somehow for that one. She classifies herself as “retired” on her Instagram page. She’s like a professional party-goer. She’s even got her own Volkswagen Bus to romp around in. I’ve always kind of liked those old VW’s because they were the traditional touring bus for rock musicians back in the day. At one point, Connor Cook’s sister Jackie played college basketball at Old Dominion. She majored in Communications. Both their parents, incidentally, played college division 1 sports. Jackie’s dad played football at Indiana University, and Jackie’s mom played basketball at the University of Cincinnati.

Last year, Connor Cook’s sister spent her summer traveling to Chicago and chilling out in the bay in a swimsuit with friends. She also went to Italy and found some beaches and boats there. She went to Ibiza, Mallorca, Rome, you name it. I watched a video she put together of her and her friends traveling in Europe during the summer. She’s a big fan of the selfie stick and taking pictures of herself swimming in the water. There were lots of jumping off rock ledges into beautiful water moments. Swimming, hanging out on beaches, and partying on boats is what Jackie is all about. She documents it all herself too. Everything must be documented at all times, in her world.

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Mike Ditka’s wife Diana Ditka had some very clear statements to make about Ray Rice’s wife last year in September. In regards to Janay Palmer blaming the media for ruining their lives, Diana Ditka’s official statement was: “I’ve never understood why men hit women. It’s tragic, but it happens. But Rice’s wife blaming the press Tuesday for ruining their lives by pursuing the story is wrong. What happened is her husband’s fault. She loves him. That’s her choice. But what happened in that elevator is not the fault of the press for pushing the story and moving it ahead.”

Diana was responding to Janay’s comments that came after the second video of her brutal beating came out. She basically put all her anger on the media for following the story and blamed them for ruining their lives. Naturally, Diana hits the nail on the head here by saying clearly that the media did nothing wrong. There’s a strong impulse towards denial coming from Janay Rice that she may not be able to face until later in her life, but the person who ruined their lives is Ray Rice. One of the most interesting things she said was “you’d think it was a country of people who never made a mistake.” It is true that people make mistakes, but most of the country watching the story clearly wanted a more punctuated end to the their relationship– not to see Janay stay with Ray. Janay said she would tell her daughter “this is not something you should tolerate” and then she said she would tell her “people make mistakes, and it’s how you learn from them.” They seem like polar opposite messages to me.

Anyway, let’s get back to Mike Ditka’s wife Diana Ditka. She went on to say that she believes money can be the root of all evil and that “it can empower you to believe you can get away with anything. But it’s not the NFL’s job to teach you how to be a husband…They are finally sending Rice a message by pulling the plug on the money.” Diana has a clear understanding of men in sports, as she should. Diana was married to Mike after he divorced his first wife, and she’s known for emphasizing that she’s not his second wife but his “last one.” They were married in 1976 and had been dating since 1971. She told the Chicago Reader that honesty is Mike’s strong point.

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Dwayne Johnson’s girlfriend Lauren Hashian just had their first child together on December 19, 2015. She was a tiny little creature compared to her very large father, who said had her laying on his chest within minutes of her birth. It was quite a touching picture posted to his Instagram. Dwayne’s also got a teenage daughter from a former marriage with a lady by the name of Dany Garcia.​

Lauren is a singer/songwriter and about 12 years younger than her 43 year-old boyfriend. The Rock’s girlfriend has a nice voice. I listened to some clips of her from her Instagram, and I like how she sounds. She grew up with a father who loves blues music, and her father actually opened for B.B. King just a few years ago in Boston. She’s a fan of modern hip hop and r&b but also likes older funky stuff like Stevie Wonder. I watched a video of her playing at her home on a beautiful baby grand piano that looked like it cost about as much as a new Mercedes. You gotta’ love a woman who wakes up, brews herself a cup, and sits down to tap into some feelings and emotions on a piano.

Lauren and Dwayne live with a sweet little doggie named Hobbs (named after The Rock’s character in the Fast & Furious series), a French Bulldog. As you can imagine, living with Johnson is pretty cool because he’s got one of those personalities that’s both full of energy and always fun and funny. The guy is far too interesting not to talk about at least a little bit. His mother is Samoan, and his father is a Black Nova Scotian. As a boy, he lived in New Zealand and Hawaii. He also won a National Championship with the ’91 Miami Hurricanes football squad! This guy’s simply the man. Dwayne Johnson’s wife is now fully entrenched in the LA music scene. That piano I mentioned earlier was actually a gift from Dwayne to Lauren last Christimas in 2014. It’s a Steinway & Sons, upon closer inspection. She called it the most beautiful gift she’s ever received. It is indeed a beauty.

Christmas came early! Within minutes of being born she was laying on daddy's chest. And being a grateful man takes on a whole new meaning… Thank you guys so much for the awesome congratulatory wishes and love you've been sending @laurenhashianofficial and myself. We're extremely grateful. Kinda crazy but in this cool and powerful skin to skin bonding moment with my newborn baby Jasmine, I had just one wish I asked the universe… Give me the strength to be a better man today than I was yesterday. If I can accomplish that, then I'd have a good shot at being a great father. To all you young men out there who will be fathers one day, the goal of "being better" will never steer you wrong. Trust me I've been down this road. Something else that'll never steer you wrong is "walking thru the fire" with your baby's mama. I was right there during labor, helping her breathe, every highly intense contraction, every second of pain, right there watching the actual birth, cutting the cord and wiping the tears. Incredible. *(Now don't get me wrong boys, it wasn't like I was at the end of the table, squatting like a catcher waiting for the fastball to come down the pike.. but as men, it's a miracle we should witness because it'll give you a whole new respect for the strength and beauty of a woman). Again, THANK YOU guys so much for all the love during this blessed time. I always say I'm a lucky dude because I've got the greatest fans in the world – and it's true. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and your families from ours. #ChristmasCameEarlyToSayHello #WhileSleepOfficiallySaysGoodbye #2xProudPapaSilverback #SheCanDateWhenShes40

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Marin Cilic’s girlfriend Kristina Milkovic has got to wait awhile longer if she wants to see a rock on her ring. Marin recently told a Croatian newpaper that he wasn’t planning on it at the moment. Croatian singlehood is sweeping the nation, apparently. Well, the man has known this beauty for almost five years, according to him.

Marin’s girlfriend Kristina is studying psychology in the grand city of Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. She was in attendance at Marin’s big win at the US Open in early September. My friend happened to be there and told me the guy climbed awkwardly into the stands to hug her. Marin calls Kristina his private psychologist, available on-call 24 hours a day. This was an inside joke between them when it came to his coach, Goran Ivanisevic, who Marin says he had a lot of trouble understanding when it came to the psychological aspect of the game. Apparently tennis pro’s get mentored on their psychological toughness now and how to stay sharp and all that. I don’t know about you, but if I was a hyper-competitive tennis pro, I would have no problem with the psychological aspect of the game (or at least I like to think so). Just swipe the racket at the ball and crush your opponents, as Cilic somehow managed to do in true Eastern European fashion.

Speaking of coaches, Marin’s coach Goran Ivanisevic is apparently quite the ladies man himself. Larry Brown Sports recently made the joke that Marin better watch out that his girlfriend doesn’t get swooped off her feet by Ivanisevic, and you never know with these tennis guys. One day he’s trying to tell Marin he’s got to be more psychologically tough, and the next he’s telling him he’s way too tough and should take a nice long vacation by himself. For the time being, Marin’s girlfriend Kristina is very happy Goran came along and whipped this fella’ into shape.

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Mick Foley’s daughter Noelle Foley is super hot. Let’s just get that right out of the way immediately. I’m in love with her immediately upon viewing her pretty smiling face and lovely figure looking out at the camera’s lens. I can tell she’s got a cool personality, but that’s hardly a surprise since she’s the daughter of one of the coolest guys that wrestling ever had. So let’s talk a bit about this dynamic young lady and her life as presented by her very colorful Instagram.

Noelle seems to be dating a charismatic little fella’ named Frank Mustari, who calls himself a WWE fan and a clown. ​He has an unusually funny and articulate way of describing situations and photos. Recently, Mick Foley’s daughter spent the “Star Wars 7” weekend watching the movie with Frank and apparently going to a bunch of bars in Long Island and interacting with what Frank called the “worst people of my generation.” Mustari and Foley spend a ton of time together and are always very close to each other for quite some time now. Their time together is a combination of going to a lot of wrestling events and going to Disney World and bars.

It appears that Mick Foley’s daughter Noelle Foley has grown up going to WWE events, and her life hasn’t changed one bit. She and her boyfriend are at a ton of these things, and she’s even known to show up in various segments on Raw or other WWE TV Programming. Noelle is at least six feet tall, and she towers over Frank Mustari. They spend most of their time in Chicago, and I have a suspicion that they live there together, but that is not confirmed.

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I don’t believe I’ve ever come across a woman named Kori, but David Shaw’s wife Kori Shaw has now changed that. The couple met in California shortly after he graduated from Stanford (as documented by The New York Times), and they had their first date ​at a movie theater watching “Apollo 13” and eating some burgers and fries at a Jack In The Box. That’s pretty traditional stuff. You could do a lot worse for a movie date.

So flash forward a number of years, and now Kori and Dave have three kids. Their oldest is their daughter Keegan, followed by their son Carter, and their youngest kid Gavin. I read a very detailed and specific article that the Stanford Medical website wrote about their kids and David Shaw’s wife protecting them from food allergies. Both Keegan and Carter are highly allergic to peanuts, milk, eggs, and tree nuts. As you might guess, living with that in American society would is problematic. Essentially, the article talks about how less than a decade ago the general public was less aware of allergies than they are now. This sounds about right, if you think about it, and Kori shed tears of relief when she made a friend who had a child with the same kinds of allergies that her kids had. Her friend bonded with her about keeping their kids safe from nuts and stuff. It sounds a little silly but that’s what happens when you have kids: you try not to go nuts.

Now, the Shaws still live in Palo Alto, where they moved around a decade ago when David was getting his Stanford career kicking into high gear. It should certainly be noted that Kori also attended Stanford, and she has a bachelor’s from MIT in mechanical engineering and a master’s in mechanical engineering from the University of California. She’s the Vice President of Business Development at a computer company. She’s a helluva’ lot smarter than I am. I’m actually a little unclear if she attended Stanford or just took classes there, but I know for a fact that she graduated from both MIT and California with the aforementioned degrees.

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Brian Kelly’s wife Paqui Kelly is a two-time cancer survivor that can tell you a thing or two about breast cancer. She’s been diagnosed with two different forms of breast cancers, and the second diagnosis ​came just four years after she beat the first form. The second diagnosis, she says, saved a few of her sisters. She’s got six other sisters, and three of them had a very potent gene which held a high percentage of breast cancer risk. That led to three of them having double mastectomies.

Paqui and Brian describe Paqui’s bad memory as “chemo brain.” “She’s lost keys to keys to keys of keys,” Brian said, joking about how chemotherapy fried her memory. This use of humor must’ve been helpful when facing up to those two diagnoses of Pacqui’s. Brian Kelly’s wife was able to get back to being a full-time mother after beating them both. The couple have three kids and a little dog. That includes two sons and a daughter, all of them around the same age. The daughter is the middle child, and all of their kids look exactly like the parents, as one would expect. Their furry little black dog is one of those undetermined small breeds that are hard to identify.

Another important detail about Paqui is that she heads up the Kelly Cares Foundation, which is an organization committed to fighting breast cancer. They also list education and community as two of the other pillars in their mission statement. Foundations can tend to have somewhat vague mission statements, but the basic idea is to help fight cancer. Brian Kelly’s wife is at the gala events that their foundation throws every year, and notable sports figures like Bill Bellichick and singer Bon Jovi attended last year.

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Serena Williams’ boyfriend Alexis Ohanian is the co-founder of Reddit. That’s pretty huge. I myself used Reddit to look up all sorts of information, and it’s sort of the missing link between Wikipedia and other social and forum sites. That may not even be the best description of it, but it acts as an information forum between users about any topic. I wonder if Serena Williams has ever gone on Reddit and looked up obscure tennis questions? A player of her caliber is far more likely to go on there to run a question and answer session. More people use Reddit each day than there are people living in Tokyo. That’s pretty crazy.

After moving on from Drake, multiple reports including Us Weekly indicate that Serena is dating Alexis. Alexis describes what he did as “co-founded Reddit and some other things to try and make the world suck less.” Serena Williams’ boyfriend is indeed very Brooklyn, and to match the hipness, Serena was actually a guest editor of Wired Magazine recently, and she wrote an essay on “race, gender and equality in the digital age.” About a month ago, Serena was palling around with Kim Kardashian in San Francisco. The two are apparently good friends. She also happens to be very close friends with Caroline Wozniacki, who we’ve written about many times, and who was last known to be dating a Mr. JJ Watt. Serena truly runs the gamut of famous athletes and personalities because she herself is so famous.

Last month, was Serena spotted with Spike Lee at a dinner function, and she reposted his picture of them together having fun. Serena Williams’ boyfriend, meanwhile, is just as busy as her, and one of the more interesting stories I found about him and his company is that occasionally users of his website are tapped to write pieces for the New York Times. Such was the case about a young lady who died of cancer and had her brain frozen in the hopes that it would be thawed and revived at some future date. That will not be necessary for Serena since she doesn’t grow old and her talents never slip.

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Pat Fitzgerald’s wife Stacy Fitzgerald is the mother of their three kids: Jack, Ryan, and Brendan. Pat has said the kids are “very fortunate to have her as a mother,” referring to the indomitable young Stacy. Back when Brendan was still a baby was the most work for the couple, particularly Stacy since she’d be the one who had to spend the whole day with the kids. Pat said they’d wake up twice a night, either to take care of the young one or for the second youngest, Ryan, to come and snuggle with his dad, whom he would rarely get to see.

Back in 2001, when the couple had first gotten married, both Stacy and Pat visited then head coach Randy Walker so Pat could essentially interview for the job as a secondary defensive coach. Pat Fitzgerald’s wife Stacy remembers how head coach Walker asked Pat where he envisioned himself in ten to fifteen years, and Pat told him he’d have to have his job. Apparently Randy really liked that answer. Those ambitions finally realized themselves after Randy Walker died in 2006. Pat became the youngest head coach in college football. As you might imagine, it was a bittersweet moment for the family, whom had come to be good friends with Randy and his wife.

Stacy goes to most games at home when she can persuade the sons to come along, and that’s not hard since they’re all Northwestern fans. It’d be a little odd if they liked some other college teams in the same conference more, but I’ve never seen that kind of rebel attitude in a coach’s family. It should also be noted that Stacy and Pat have been together since high school, and she got to watch the big fella’ as a linebacker during his college career.

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