Deadspin: mario lopez

Eva Longoria Slumming It, Big Time

Leitch — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:30:02 EST

Gossip site EITM Online — imagine US Weekly with uncomfortable photos of Mischa Barton's, uh, monthly visit from a friend — has a picture they claim is of Eva Longoria (Spurs guard Tony Parker's lady friend and fellow terrorizer of Mexican police officers) and ... wait for it ... "ESPN Hollywood" host Mario Lopez.

Whether this is true or not, we leave that for you to decide. We will say, however, that if you're an All-Star, two-time-champion French point guard, and your girlfriend was fooling around with an ESPN Original Entertainment employee ... sheesh, we'd probably just retire right there. It would be like Mia Hamm having a fling with Skip Bayless. OK, let's stop now.

It's worth noting, by the way:

Eva Longoria's famous curse to the San Antonio police department, that she was being harassed by a "Mexican bike cop," is double amusing, considering, you know, Mario Lopez once played a Mexican bike cop.

EITM Online (halfway down, under January 9. And again, watch out for the Barton picture)

Welcome To Our Hell

Leitch — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:50:11 EDT

Yo, here's the deal, G. Big Papi was dropping some PHAT rhymes with Busta at his club the other day, but — get this, dawg — Busta was wearing a Yankees hat. BURN!

Yo, check it: This is what we call the "real" dope. Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf — they're married, ya'll — got themselves a sitter the other night and — sit down for this, yo — had some eats atop a restaurant and then went to GAMBLE! Your minds blown yet? Is reality MELTING AROUND YOU?

Better strap in, holmes: Ya'lls cerebellum is about to be seriously fried to the point that mental retardation is an inevitable consequence: Arnold Schwarzenegger dropped some dope wisdom on Al and Madden on "Monday Night Football," and Phil Mickelson — dude's got some titties, yo! — chilled with Scarface bitch Ray Romano in the stands. They ate peanuts and hot dogs! Can you handle this? Have we shifted your perspective to the point that you can only drool and play with shiny objects? WILL YOUR LOVED ONES EVEN RECOGNIZE YOU ANYMORE?

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Hey, ESPN Hollywood is streaming online now. Cool.

ESPN Hollywood Streaming Video [ESPN]

Leftovers: P.S., I Love You

Leitch — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 17:12:22 EDT

• OSU tight end Ryan Hamby receives hate mail, drops it. [Around the Oval]
• Rams exec leaves threatening phone message on columnist's voice mail. We love stories like that. [STL Today
• Bill Simmons finally acknowledges that he works for the same company as Mario Lopez. [Sports Guy's World]
• The Detmer-To-Owens Era has arrived: Eagles' McNabb questionable, sits out practice. [For The Birds]
• NBA: The Brooklyn Nets? Seriously? [Curbed]

ESPN Hollywood Has Finger On Pulse

Leitch — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:37:34 EDT

The following two stories were promoed by The Mario Lopez Network for ESPN Hollywood on SportsCenter this morning:

1. Former quarterback Gary Hogeboom will be on the new Survivor this year.
2. Tennis star Maria Sharapova had a bobble-head coming out about her.

What do these stories have in common? They're both more than two weeks old. This show's gonna be incredible.

The Mario Lopez Network [Official Site]

The Mario Lopez Experience

Leitch — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 18:07:13 EDT

We are just six days away from the next undignified gallop toward hipdom attempt by ESPN2, ESPN Hollywood, a show about how athletes and celebrity mix. (Yep.) We'll focus more on the show later, but right now we're gonna talk about co-host Mario Lopez.

For those of you not obsessed with Chuck Klosterman and Bill Simmons, Lopez played Slater on "Saved By The Bell" and has since made a name for himself as the token Latino hunk host of various shows like "Pet Star" and "The World's Most Talented Kid." This has given him such a fan base that he now has his own Web site, The Mario Lopez Network, where, for a mere $30 a year, you can join up for all kinds of goodies, including:

A signed 8x10 photo of Mario himself A detailed biography of Mario Lopez, including details not available ANYWHERE else (not even on this web site!) A birthday card *AND* a special holiday card from Mario 2 *SURPRISE* gifts from Mario! Official Mario Lopez Network membership card Access to exlusive mailings, contests, and merchandise ONLY available to members of the Mario Lopez Network.

This is also a guy who was married to Doritos lady Ali Landry, who nullified their marriage just two weeks in because Lopez was "a cheat." Join the network!

ESPN Hollywood [Reuters]
The Mario Lopez Network [Mario Lopez]