Monday's Hot Clicks: Samantha Hoopes; French Ice Dancer Suffers Wardrobe Malfunction
Programming Note: I'm back after a two-week SI Swimsuit hiatus. Thanks to Jon Tayler for filling in. On with your regularly scheduled Hot Clicks
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Olympics Update: We have a wardrobe malfunction
You have to feel bad for French ice dancer Gabriella Papadakis, whose breast made an unexpected appearance during Monday’s short program with partner Guillaume Cizeron. The couple were favorites to win the gold medal and still skated good enough for second place. Here's an updated look at the medal standings.
NBA All-Star Game Round-Up
Team LeBron squeaked out a victory over Team Curry in a pretty good NBA All-Star Game. Here are grades for each team. Other items of interest:Kevin Hart's pregame intros were terrible, and Fergie's National Anthem performance was even worse ... Russell Westbrook shouted down Lakers fans chanting for Paul George ... LeBron revealed the draft order of his starters ...Anthony Davis had a nice tribute to injured teammate DeMarcus Cousins ... I love the Joel Embiid-Russell Westbrook feud ... LeBron and Kevin Durant played the best defense of their life on the game's final play.
Whoops
Don't think J.J. Redick meant to call Chinese fans a bunch of c**ks but here we are. He later apologized.
I don't like to rank my favorite SI Swimsuit models but Samantha Hoopes is certainly near the top. She is today's LLOD (click for full-size gallery).
Old enemies reunite
Not sure which movie I'm more excited for: The new Karate Kid (with Daniel La Russa and Johnny Lawrence) or Creed 2 (with Rocky Balboa and Ivan Drago). All I need is Willie Mays Hayes' son to join the Indians for the great '80s sports movies trifecta.
Speaking of enemies
Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek got so mad at Joakim Noah last month, he tried to fight him.
You've never seen Tic Tac Toe like this
Nothing to see here. Just some bored construction workers trying to fill the time.
Joey Votto has jokes
Slight height disparity
Me too
Odds & Ends
Great moment here as Michigan honored plane crash survivor Austin Hatch ... Aaron Rodgers and Danica Patrick have hit the PDA point in their relationship ... John Daly converted a hole-in-one during a tournament in Naples, Fla ... O.A.R. (the band) is not happy about OAR (Olympic Athletes from Russia) ... These people chose to pay $199 for Lonzo Ball's autograph ... Interesting item on Hulk Hogan returning to WWE after he was banished for racism ... McDonald's just made Happy Meals much worse ... The Smashing Pumpkins are back together and I enjoyed this piece on them ... Redditors have the best travel hacks to save money.
Some All-Star Game highlights
Gary Sanchez has power
Johnny Manziel gets honest
Even more Sam Hoopes
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