Who Says Etymology Isn’t Sexy?

All right, I realize that I may crash the server with so much babeliciousness in just one blog entry, but I’ve been meaning to post this shot of tennis star Maria Sharapova and me from the Acura Tennis Classic a couple of weeks ago.

Here she is asking me about a word origin, and I’m giving her a few pointers to fine-tune her serve — which may be why she won the tournament.

(Okay, so she didn’t need my help. But I had you going for a second there, didn’t I?) She was also kind enough to auction off one of her rackets for several thousand dollars while I was emceeing the tournament’s fundraiser to fight breast cancer, so good on her for that, too.

All right, I realize that I may crash the server with so much babeliciousness in just one blog post, but I’ve been meaning to post this recent shot of me and tennis star Maria Sharapova. And yep, she’s that tall. And lovely.

Here I’m giving her a few pointers to help fine-tune her serve, which may be why she won the 2007 Acura Classic tournament.

(Okay, so she didn’t need my help. But I had you going for a second there, didn’t I?)

All right, I realize that I may crash the server with so much babeliciousness contained in just one blog post, but I’ve been meaning to post this recent shot of me and tennis star Maria Sharapova. And yep, she’s that tall. And lovely.

Here I’m giving her a few pointers to help fine-tune her serve, which may be why she won the 2007 Acura Classic tournament.

(Okay, so she didn’t need my help. But I had you going for a second there, didn’t I?)