FoxNews: Tiger Woods is banned from letting girlfriends near his kids in a divorce deal netting his ex a record $750 million settlement, The Sun reported Wednesday.

The golfer agreed to keep single women away from daughter Sam, three, and son Charlie, one.

He can bring a new flame into their lives only if he marries her. In return, former wife Elin Nordegren ,30, gets the biggest payout ever seen in a celebrity divorce.

But she can never publicly speak out over his alleged flings with socialite Rachel Uchitel, reality star Jaimee Grubbs, porn queen Joslyn James and up to 17 others.

A pal said: "Elin is desperate to protect the children from the womanizing side of their father.

"Tiger's main fear is her telling her story after he's rebuilt his reputation, sending him back to the gutter."

Swedish ex model Nordegren ended up with double the sum she originally sought, after her lawyers proved Woods, 34, was worth much more than the $1billion she thought.

Her friend explained: "Elin's legal team have done a great job digging up all sorts of assets.

"The price of the huge sum is her silence: no interviews, tell-all books, or TV appearances about this for the rest of her life -- even if Tiger dies first -- or she'll lose the lot."

The friend said: "Everything's signed. Elin is ready to file for divorce at Orlando County Court. She expects to in the next seven days."

Nordegren gets sole physical custody of their kids but they will split legal custody.

That means Woods will share decisions about their future -- so Nordegren will not be able to permanently relocate them to her native Sweden.

Woods -- believed to be building a golf resort in Dubai and investing in the Bahamas -- will be able to see the kids for up to half of each week.

He can renegotiate the custody agreement in five years.

The pal said: "Elin admits that despite everything, Tiger loves his kids and has been a decent dad.

"She is confident he will not pursue seeing the children that much, due to his work and lifestyle."

Under the no-girlfriends deal, only married women not romantically linked to Woods will be allowed around the children -- plus female members of staff known to Nordegren.

(AllHipHop News) Mogul Jay-Z, the Nets billionaire owner Mikhail Prokhorov, and coach Avery Johnson all made a presentation and pitch to LeBron James to woo the basketball sensation to the New Jersey Nets.

The trio, along with several other team officials, made a 90-minute pitch to the two-time NBA MVP. James officially became a free agent at 12:01 today.

The Associated Press offered a detailed account of the meeting, but reports have sprouted in various media outlets.

"Prokhorov left with a few members of the Nets' entourage at 12:43 p.m. Lagging a few minutes behind them was Jay-Z, a close friend of James, who was sitting in the back seat of a black sedan leaving the garage as the Knicks' motorcade - 2 sedans and 2 SUVs - pulled in," the AP wrote.

Sources with AllHipHop.com revealed that Jay-Z may have had a private, albeit brief, meeting with James. Avery Johnson reportedly stated the meeting "went well."

The sentiment echoed the New York Knicks views of their meeting right after the Nets.

"I think it went well,'' New York coach Mike D'Antoni told The Associated Press. "But obviously everyone that gets the chance to talk to him will probably say same the same thing."

James is expected to meet with the Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Clippers tomorrow.

The NY Daily News: More evidence that Mel Gibson's tongue is a "Lethal Weapon."

The bad boy actor was reportedly caught on tape launching into a racist, profanity-laced tirade aimed at his ex - the latest and ugliest development in the couple's bitter legal battle.

"You're an embarrassment to me," Gibson tells Oksana Grigorieva, according to gossip site RadarOnline.com. "You look like a f---ing pig in heat, and if you get raped by a pack of n---ers, it will be your fault."

On the tapes, Gibson repeatedly refers to Grigorieva as a "whore," "c--t" and "b----h," the Web site says.

The audio clips are also laden with sickening threats.

"I am going to come and burn the f--king house down," Gibson reportedly tells her. "How dare you act like such a bitch when I have been so f--king nice?"

Gibson, 54, and Grigorieva, 40, have filed restraining orders against each other. The couple, who have a 7-month-old daughter, has been warring ever since they split in April

This isn't the first time Gibson's mouth has gotten him into trouble.

In 2006, the "Braveheart" star ranted against Jews when he was arrested on drunken driving charges in Los Angeles.

"F-----g Jews. The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world," Gibson told a cop.

Later, he turned his attention towards a female officer.

"What do you think you're looking at, sugar t-ts?" Gibson yelled.

SAN DIEGO - The Drug Enforcement Administration agents served warrants to both San Diego Padres and Chargers team facilities Tuesday as a part of a San Diego County controlled substance investigation, according to authorities.

Ten administrative inspection warrants were issued by the DEA including physicians affiliated with the Chargers and Padres Organizations, said Amy Roderick of DEA's San Diego Field Division.

A statement released by Roderick said, "The administrative inspection warrants were executed in an attempt to verify the correctness of controlled substance inventories, records, reports and other documents required to be kept under the Controlled Substances Act and for the purpose of protecting the public health and safety."

Physicians and pharmacies registered with the DEA are required by law to keep complete and accurate records of all controlled substances.

Warren Miller of the San Diego Padres released a statement, "Earlier today, the San Diego Padres learned of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration. The Padres are fully cooperating with the DEA and have been advised that none of our players is the subject of this investigation. Since this investigation is ongoing, the Padres will have no further comment at this time."

A statement from the San Diego Chargers read, "The San Diego Chargers were made aware today of an administrative inspection by the Drug Enforcement Administration and have cooperated fully."

The Chargers recently released safety Kevin Ellison, who was arrested in May in Redondo Beach on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance.

"In regards to the ongoing investigation involving Kevin Ellison, the Vicodin in Kevin's possession was not provided by the Chargers, its physicians or anyone affiliated with the team," the Chargers stated.

Roderick concluded that this is on-going investigation. Currently, there are no administrative charges, criminal charges or indictments pending any of the physicians or pharmacies where the warrants were served.

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Add one more marquee name to the most anticipated free-agent class in NBA history: Paul Pierce.

Pierce's agent, Jeff Schwartz, told ESPN.com that the All-Star forward has notified the Boston Celtics that he will opt out of the final year of his contract before Wednesday's deadline to do so, which will make Pierce an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his career.

"Pierce is opting out" said Schwartz in a text message to ESPN.com.

Pierce

By opting out, Pierce will forfeit next season's $21.5 million salary but becomes eligible to sign a new four-year deal with the Celtics worth a maximum of $96 million and can receive four-year offers from other teams worth a maximum $93 million.

It is unlikely Pierce would receive a contract longer than four years, because a fifth season would begin when Pierce was 37 and -- under the league's over-36 rule -- would have costly salary cap implications for any team signing him.

Pierce's name has scarcely been mentioned in the buildup to the summer of 2010 free-agent bonanza because, as with Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki, most rival executives believe that the Celtics would never allow the go-to scorer of the 2008 championship team to walk.

Sources said that Pierce will begin free agency by talking first to the Celtics when the market opens on Thursday at 12:01 a.m., but the 32-year-old will field other offers.

External interest in Pierce is hard to gauge because there has been so little discussion in recent months about his potential free agency and because of the heavy load he has carried for the Celtics in recent seasons. Yet Pierce just played a pivotal role in helping Boston to reach the NBA Finals and take the Los Angeles Lakers to seven grueling games as a No. 4 seed in the East.

Asked recently to gauge the likelihood of re-signing Pierce, Celtics vice president of basketball operations Danny Ainge said last week on WEEI Radio in Boston: "I don't know because he may be able to get a long-term contract somewhere else. It may be better than what we have [to offer]."

Marc Stein is a senior NBA writer for ESPN.com. Information from ESPN.com's Chris Sheridan was used in this report.

By Marc Stein
ESPN.com

OMAHA, Neb. -- Whit Merrifield's RBI single with one out in the bottom of the 11th inning gave South Carolina its first baseball national championship with a 2-1 victory over UCLA in the College World Series on Tuesday night.

The Gamecocks (54-16) won six straight games after losing their CWS opener against Oklahoma. They also won the last championship played at Rosenblatt Stadium, the CWS' home since 1950.

"I don't know how I feel," coach Ray Tanner said. "I've never been in this situation. I know one thing, I'm extremely proud of these guys and my coaches. It's unbelievable.

"I'm off the ground right now."

It was the fifth championship decided in an extra-inning final, and first since Southern California topped Florida State -- also 2-1 -- in 15 innings in 1970.

Scott Wingo drew a leadoff walk and took second when catcher Steve Rodriguez, perhaps distracted when Evan Marzilli squared to bunt, let an inside 1-0 pitch get past him. Wingo moved to third when Marzilli got a bunt down, and scored when Merrifield drilled a 2-0 pitch by Dan Klein past the pulled-in outfield of the Bruins (51-17) and into right field.

Matt Price (5-1) got the win, allowing one hit over 2 2/3 innings for the Gamecocks, who also went to the CWS finals in 1975, '77 and 2002, but came up short.

"I could have gone another two innings if I had to," Price said. "The adrenaline kicked in."

Klein (6-1) took the loss after working 3 1/3 innings for the Bruins (51-17) -- "the greatest club we played the entire year," Tanner said.

Each team had plenty of scoring chances but had difficulty converting in Rosenblatt's finale before the event moves to a new downtown stadium next year. A video tribute to the stadium, fireworks and a trumpeter playing a slow version of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" finished Rosenblatt's run as the CWS home.

"To be the last team to win it here, that's amazing," Price said.

Price worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth, then allowed only one baserunner the rest of the way.

South Carolina had runners in scoring position in four of the first six innings, including loading the bases in the second, but could push nothing across until the eighth.

Pinch-hitter Brady Thomas reached on a sharply hit ball up the middle to start the inning, chasing reliever Erik Goeddel. Klein came on, and pinch-runner Robert Beary moved to second on Kyle Enders' grounder.

Klein tried to trick Beary with a fake pickoff to second, with second baseman Cody Regis acting as if he were giving chase to a bad throw into center field. Beary wasn't fooled, but South Carolina fans didn't appreciate the shenanigans and booed loudly.

They were cheering moments later when Haney hit a chopper to the right side. The ball glanced off UCLA first baseman Dean Espy's glove, and Regis tried to grab it with his bare hand. But Regis couldn't get it, and Beary rounded third for home as the ball trickled into right field.

The Bruins loaded the bases in the top of the ninth against Price. Chris Giovinazzo reached on his chopper to third when Adrian Morales' throw pulled first baseman Christian Walker off the bag, and Walker was late with the sweep tag. Trevor Brown blooped one into center, and Price walked Rodriguez, the No. 9 batter, on four pitches.

But Price struck out Niko Gallego to get out of trouble.

UCLA had to reset its infield for the bottom of the ninth. Espy punched a dugout wall with his right -- throwing -- hand after committing the error that led to the tying run, and that left him icing his hand. Brown moved from third base to first, Regis went from second to third and Adrian Williams took over at second.

The moves never hurt the Bruins. Brown made three terrific plays at first, making a scoop on Gallego's throw from short to get Adrian Morales leading off the 10th, fielding Haney's roller and flipping to the covering Klein just in time to get the runner, and later hauling in a throw in the dirt from Klein on a bunt.

Michael Roth, the situational reliever who pitched a three-hit complete game Friday in a 5-1 win over Clemson in his first start in 14 months, got the ball again on three days' rest. He went five innings and allowed a run on six hits, walked two and struck out three.

Like the Gamecocks, UCLA missed out on early scoring chances. Roth picked off a runner at second in the first inning, got a double-play ball in the second and a groundout and strikeout to end the third after Beau Amaral doubled.

The Bruins broke through in the fifth when Brown hit a leadoff single, moved over on a sacrifice and scored on Gallego's two-out single to left.

Rob Rasmussen started for the Bruins and went six innings, allowing no runs and six hits and walking four.

"It feels like I'm in a dream," Enders said. "Now that it's over, I can relax."

When Michael Jackson’s denim jacket from his Jackson 5 days sold for $26,000 — more than five times its estimated sale price — it was the first indication that the late pop star’s belongings were going to sell for more money than anyone may have anticipated.

Even his brothers’ and sisters’ items were selling for thousands at Julien’s Auctions summer sale on Friday at Planet Hollywood. On the one-year anniversary of Jackson’s death, everything was a hot commodity.

Fans, bidders and curious passersby filled the auction area at Planet Hollywood for the nearly six hours of bidding on 251 lots of Jackson memorabilia.

But there was one item that everyone really came to see — one of Jackson’s signature Swarovski crystal-studded gloves.

After nearly 150 lots and much anticipation, the glove finally made its appearance.

At an auction in November in New York, a glove Jackson wore when performing his signature moonwalk for the first time at the “Motown 25” concert in 1983 sold for $420,000.

“I’ll start the bidding at $1 just so you all can say that you bid on Michael Jackson’s glove,” auctioneer Kathleen Guzman said as bidders raised their paddles in a frenzy.

Then the real bidding began. It started at $31,000 and rose to more than $100,000 within seconds.

Julien’s Auctions employees raised their own studded-gloved hands furiously as competing bids came in from anonymous bidders over the phone and online.

In the end, a $160,000 bid from Wanda Kelley of Los Angeles won out. The glove was expected to see for between $20,000 and $30,000.

Kelley said she was prepared to go higher than her $160,000 winning bid, but she was reluctant to say how much higher.

“Let’s just say I wasn’t walking out of here without that glove,” Kelley said coyly shortly after claiming her prize.

Aside from the glove, Kelley scooped up most of the gold records in the Jackson collection. She said she’s been a fan all her life but wasn’t aware that today marked the anniversary of his death.

“I’ve just been so busy. I was up in my hotel room watching CNN and it was a surprise to me to hear it was the anniversary,” Kelley said.

Julien’s Auctions owner Darren Julien said the price of Jackson memorabilia has skyrocketed since his death last June. That was more than obvious during Friday’s sale. Julien said Jackson's 251 lots sold for $1.98 million, nearly double what the auction house originally expected.

His MTV music video award, priced between $6,000 and $8,000 in the Julien’s catalog, sold for $37,500. Handwritten lyrics to “Bad” went for $8,000, 10 times its estimated sale price. A signed fedora went for $45,000 and a corduroy shirt for $23,000.

The jacket Jackson wore during his 1996 wedding to Debbie Rowe sold for $60,000 to a woman sitting with Anna Nicole Smith’s former boyfriend and the father of Smith’s daughter, Larry Birkhead. The T-shirt Jackson wore in his “Beat It” video sold for $36,000, and an autographed replica of the jacket he wore in the video went for $110,000.

Susie Lopez of California paid $24,000 for a caricature drawn and signed by Jackson. Lopez traveled to Las Vegas with the goal of picking up one his drawings after losing a bidding war at a New York auction in November.

“The drawings are just so personal, not like some of the other items up for bid. I don’t think people realize what a great artist he was,” Lopez said as she held her catalog marked with other items she was interested in. “I got what I came for.”

Noboru Ochiai scooped up one of the priciest items of the afternoon, a custom jacket for $100,000, along with a fedora for $37,500. Both were worn by Jackson during a 1997 interview with Barbara Walters.

Ochiai was bidding for Japanese pop star and magician Princess Tenko.

He was hoping to pick up a pair of Jackson’s autographed black loafers for Princess Tenko, but he lost to an anonymous bidder on the phone who purchased the pair for $75,000.

As for the glove, Ochiai wasn’t even considering bidding. “Too expensive,” he said.

Donning their Jackson T-shirts and “I love MJ” bracelets, Kandice Jones of Las Vegas and her daughter Deanna didn’t come to bid but to remember Jackson and compare prices with their own memorabilia.

Kandice Jones said she’s been collecting Jackson memorabilia since 1979 and has lost count of how many pieces she owns today. Perfume bottles once owned by Jackson, an autographed copy of his “Thriller” album and a signed Jackson doll are among her most prized possessions.

Her love of Jackson has become a family affair passed on to her children.

“I really didn’t realize how passionate I was about him until he died,” Deanna Jones said. “I was crying for days.”

The Jones family was devoting the day to celebrating and remembering Jackson, beginning with a memorial service Friday morning and the auction in the afternoon.

Later tonight, they’ll be watching their VCR tape copy of his memorial service from last year and making one of Jackson’s favorite dishes — cheese enchiladas.

Source: Las Vegas Sun

Playboy the American men's magazine empire is making an unexpected move and filing a lawsuit against Drake.

The rapper's #1 hit record “Best I Ever Had” is earning him more than just platinum plaques and will force him to face a possible court date now that Hugh Hefner's signature company has filed a copyright infringement complaint against him.

According to the legal documents, Aubrey Graham b.k.a. Drake, Cash Money Records and Universal Music Group are responsible for infringing upon the use of the song “Fallin In Love” by Hamilton, Joe Frank and Dennison/Reynold.

The original song, whose rights are owned by Playboy Music Inc. and Playboy Enterprises, is reportedly the song heard in the beginning of Drake's track and was used without permission.

A former dogfighting pal of Michael Vick was shot moments after crashing the NFL quarterback's birthday bash and angrily flinging cake in his face, witnesses told The Post yesterday.

Quanis Phillips, a co-defendant in Vick's dogfighting case, flew into a rage when Vick and brother Marcus Vick told him early Friday to leave the 30th-birthday party at a Virginia Beach nightclub, witnesses said.

Vick is barred from associating with Phillips under his parole agreement.

Phillips' brother was at the bash, too, and seemed to be an invited guest, mingling easily with other partygoers. But once Vick and his brother spotted Quanis Phillips, they told him to get lost, witnesses said.


Before leaving, Phillips slapped a piece of birthday cake off a female partygoer's plate, splattering the face of the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback with frosting.

"Michael didn't react. I was surprised," a witness at the bash said.

"But Marcus was the one who reacted. He had this I-can't-believe-this-just-happened, we've-been-disrespected look on his face. He was very agitated."

Phillips left the party screaming and continued hurling obscenities from the parking lot of the Guadalajara nightclub, witnesses said.

"Phillips was still yelling, even outside, then five minutes later, a shot rang out in the parking lot," a witness outside the club said.

A Virginia Beach police spokesman said last night that the probe into the shooting was continuing and that no one had been arrested.

Phillips, who was sentenced to 21 months in prison for his role in Vick's infamous Bad News Kennels dogfighting operation, was treated at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital before being released.

Michael Vick, a star at Virginia Tech, was back on his home turf, helping friends run a youth football camp at nearby Hampton University.

When he applied for reinstatement in the NFL after his release from prison, the veteran signal caller was warned by league brass to steer clear of unsavory characters.

"We have been looking into it to determine the facts," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said.