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Laurie Fine is the wife of Bernie Fine, the Syracuse assistant basketball coach who was fired last week in the wake of allegations by three former ballplayers that he sexually assaulted them at various times during his 36 years on staff at the university.

Jim Boeheim Addresses Bernie Fine Scandal

The most damning piece of evidence against Bernie is a phone conversation recorded by accuser Bobby Davis in 2003. In it, Laurie appears to acknowledge her husband's despicable behavior, telling Davis:

"I know everything that went on... Bernie has issues, maybe that he's not aware of, but he has issues... you're better off just staying away from him."

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry are joining forces in their official new roles as ambassadors to the British Olympic and Paralympic teams.

Sadly, Pippa Middleton is not royalty and thus, will not be participating along with the aforementioned, adorable trio. She remains royally cute, however.

The Royals are part of a group of 27 other ambassadors named from among Britain's most inspirational and accomplished Olympians from previous games.

In the cuteness department, team Great Britain has already won gold.

"Catherine, Harry and I are honored" and "hugely looking forward to an incredible sporting competition, but are also looking beyond next summer's games to the springboard it will provide for future success and excellence," William said in a statement.

"London hosting the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will inspire so many people – particularly the young – to be the best they can be," he added.

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A Michigan State cheerleader was motionless for eight minutes at the university's men's basketball game last night after falling during a routine and landing on her neck.

Emergency personnel raced to her aide after the frightening episode.

ESPN announcers later said that the cheerleader - who gave a thumbs-up sign while being carried out - is in stable condition and is able to move her arms and legs.

Brave girl. We wish her a prompt and full recovery ...

Michigan State Cheerleader Falls

THG NOTE: The Spartans did their fallen cheerleader proud by defeating visiting FSU in the ACC/Big 10 challenge, 65-49, to move to 5-2 on the year. Goooo State!

Baseball Wives, a spinoff of Basketball Wives, premieres tonight on VH1, and when it does, Anna Benson, the craziest baseball wife of all, will be front and center.

For those unfamiliar with the wife of former Mets pitcher Kris Benson, she's one of the few baseball wives to ever overshadow the player, who was fairly average.

Nothing average about Anna, a stripper and former Playboy model who once threatened to sleep with the entire Mets organization if Kris cheated on her. Anyway.

During a recent Wives taping, she got into it with Cheri Knoblauch - wife of former Yankee standout Chuck Knoblauch - in an altercation involving sex toys. Really.

According to reports, Anna Benson pulled out a stun gun and set it on a table (gal's like a female, reality TV version of Gilbert Arenas) in front of her threateningly.

Then, she produced a 12-inch dildo from her purse and started swinging!

Why wield that over the stun gun? Wo carries around a 12-inch dildo? Where do you buy a purse big enough for that faux manhood? Questions for another time.

Sources connected with the show say some of the cast members and even the staffers are now threatening to quit, because they can't handle Anna's insanity.

Show execs, meanwhile, are trying to contain Anna. Good luck there.

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A new, anonymous accuser has stepped forward and released a statement that alleges prolonged abuse at the hands of Jerry Sandusky.

In a letter, the man - referred to at the moment as John Doe, and not one of the eight victims named in the grand jury report that led to an indictment of the former Penn State defensive coordinator on 40 counts of sexual abuse - says he met Sandusky through his Second Mile charity and cites over 100 inappropriate incidents between 1992 and 1996.

Jerry Sandusky Interview

"I don’t want other kids to be hurt and abused by Jerry Sandusky or anybody like Penn State to allow people like him to do it—rape kids!" the statement reads. "I never told anybody what he did to me over 100 times at all kinds of places until the newspapers reported that he had abused other kids and the people at Penn State and Second Mile didn’t do the things they should have to protect me and the other kids."

This alleged victim is now 29 years old, says Sandusky threatened him with violence if he ever came forward and has filed a lawsuit against the disgraced ex coach.

Looks like Jay Cutler came through in the clutch this time.

After calling off their wedding earlier this year, Kristin Cavallari and the Chicago Bears quarterback have reconciled and are now engaged a second time.

The former star of Laguna Beach and The Hills confirmed the news with this simple Twitter post: "This time its official... Jay and I are engaged again :)"'

Jay Cutler has recovered his worst fumble ... so to speak.

Cavallari and Cutler, 24 and 28 respectively, were first linked in the summer of 2010. They got engaged early this year, then suddenly split for unknown reasons.

While the pair broke up this summer, they were already back together as a couple by fall, with Jay cheering Kristin on during her stint on Dancing With the Stars.

Kristin went out briefly with another guy this month - Lance Cpl. Jonathan Burkett - but even then it was clear she and Jay were on the verge of re-engagement.

"[Kristin] was awesome for sure. She looked very beautiful. Jay Cutler is a lucky guy," said Burkett after she accepted his Twitter invite to the Marine Corps Ball.

That he is. Congratulations to the happy couple again - and hopefully for good!

Paulina Gretzky's Twitter account was once a wonderful place. A utopia where one could ogle the smoldering hot 22-year-old daughter of hockey god Wayne Gretzky.

No longer, as it's been shut down and oodles of sexy pics lost forever.

An aspiring model-singer-actress, Paulina Gretzky has modeled since her teens and acted in a few minor film roles. She had a song on the Laguna Beach soundtrack.

But recently, and more significantly, the beautiful blonde had garnered attention for her Twitter account, where she regularly posted racy photos of herself. Such as:

Alas, despite amassing a huge following (we're guessing predominantly male) in recent months, Paulina's Twitter account has been deleted with zero explanation.

Canada (dot) com, the Montreal Gazette, and several non-Canadian sources hinted that The Great One might have played a role in shutting down The Great Buns.

Paulina tweeted "Having a nice sit down dinner with my dad about social media. haha," shortly before shuttering her account. We can see him being displeased.

Moreover, The Toronto Star speculates that the closing of Paulina's account could be connected to her father's bid to purchase the city's NHL franchise, Maple Leafs.

Fortunately, more than a few Paulina Gretzky pictures were yanked off the page and embedded into the online ether before the account's deletion. Click to enlarge!

Olympic skiing gold medalist Lindsey Vonn is officially back on the market.

The 27-year-old has filed for divorce from Thomas Vonn, Yahoo! reports.

"This is an extremely difficult time in my personal life and I hope the media and my fans can respect my need for privacy on this matter," she said in a statement.

Thomas Vonn, a former Olympic skier himself, had been her chief adviser and scheduler. "[I will] continue to be coached by the U.S. ski team," Lindsey added.

Their relationship caused a rift between Lindsey and her father Alan Kildow, due in part to their nine-year age difference. Kildow, who was replaced by Thomas as her coach and mentor, was not invited to the couple's 2007 wedding.

Lindsey is one of five women to have won World Cup races in all five disciplines of alpine skiing: Downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, Slalom and Combined.

The Minnesotan won the gold medal in downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Equally impressively, SI published these ludicrously hot Lindsey Vonn photos.

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Never one to let celebrity scandals pass without getting involved personally, attorney Gloria Allred is representing a woman that will be filing a sex trafficking lawsuit against former football star Lawrence Taylor, according to reports.

Allred and the alleged sexual trafficking victim, now 18, will formally announce the lawsuit at - what else - a news conference in New York City on Monday.

Lawrence Taylor's accuser said he paid $300 to have sex with her in 2010.

Lawrence Taylor was indicted on charges of rape, a criminal sexual act, and sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child (she was 16 at the time); he eventually pleaded guilty to patronizing a prostitute and one count of sexual misconduct.

He was given probation and registered as a sex offender.

The lawsuit, according to sources, could be the first of its kind filed by an underage sex trafficking victim under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act against a man.

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The producers of Basketball Wives are doing more than re-signing Evelyn Lozada to up the ante for Season Four. There will be new cast members in the mix, as well.

Controversial ones at that.

Kenya Bell (below, right) will be joining the show this coming season, and has already "assumed the role of the villain" and gotten into a few fights with the girls.

Bell is a former Miss Michigan USA who was arrested for allegedly trying to effing stab her husband, former Michigan State star Charlie Bell, with a box cutter.

Standard Basketball Wives procedure, really.

Interestingly, not only was Kenya with Charlie before he went pro, but she also has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA. So she's not a gold digger?

Weird. The other new cast member is Kesha Ni'cole Nichols (above, left). She planned to wed NBA All-Star Richard Jefferson back in 2009, but he bailed last minute.

Almost literally. They were set to tie the knot in $2 million wedding, but Jefferson called a 20-second time out, breaking up with Kesha Ni'Cole via email.

Nichols talks openly about the wedding that wasn't on the show and has, at least thus far, been well-liked by the rest of the cast. But just give it time.