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- Kevin Faulk met his wife Latisha in seventh grade while growing up outside of Lafayetta, LA. The two have been together for almost twenty years, being officially married in 2000. They have three children; Tanasha, Kevin III and Kevione.
Faulk credits his family with keeping him in New England prior to the 2010 season, despite better offers in terms of money and years from other teams.
My wife is comfortable here, I'm comfortable here, the kids are comfortable here. So let's say I was to go somewhere else, how long are you staying there? Maybe one, two years, or three at the most. You're going to start all over for that? Do you really want to do that? I didn't want the kids to have to adjust to a new atmosphere."
Though Faulk stayed in New England in 2010, he did suffer an ACL tear. His return in 2011 was delayed, but he will play with the Patriots in his fifth Super Bowl at SB XLVI. Many pundits think this is Faulk's last season in the NFL, and behalf of Patriots fans everywhere, we thank Latisha for being comfortable here and keeping Faulk where he belongs for the last hurrah in New England.
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- Currently the New York Football Giants #3 receiver, Mario Manningham came into this year as a leading candidate to become the next big thing (read: Plaxico 2.0). Despite being surpassed in the depth charts by the salsa dancing Victor Cruz, Mario still seems to have his dating life in order.
Meet longtime girlfriend, Tiffany Hughley. Manningham has been dating Hughley since at least December, 2009. We believe the couple has a child together (though we know Manningham had a boy born in 2010). In various articles, Manningham has credited the birth of their son, Mario Jr., with helping him grow up on and off the field. In an article with the Star Ledger, Maningham said
“It made me change as a person and as a player. Now, I’ve got a person to take care of. “I’m hungrier. Not saying I wouldn’t be hungrier if I wouldn’t have had him, but it makes you want it more. I’m feeding for two now.
Although there is essentially no info about Tiffany specifically available, ironically, the girl of Plaxico 2.0 shares the same first name as Plax’s wife.
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- Look, we're the first to admit it when we haave nothing to talk about in a post. But in this case....
... Yeah, we still got nothin.
There was a little buzz on the interwebs after last night's NFC Championship game when Amanda Tynes was seen on the post game show rushing to celebrate with Lawrence after kicking the Giants to Super Bowl XLVI. After some research, and a whole lot of dead ends, we have very, very little.
What we can officially say. is that Lawrence Tynes is married to Amanda Tynes. The couple has twin boys, Caleb and Jaden, who spent three weeks in the NICU after being born almost two full months prematurely on July 6, 2007.
Told you there wasn't much.
Interestingly enough about Lawrence, he's the first ever Scottish born player in NFL history. His father was a Navy SEAL stationed in Scotland, and his mother was a native of the country. Lawrence moved to the US at age 10 when he moved to Milton, FL.
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- Continuing our series of posts proving that even kickers and lineman land hot chicks, let's meet Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski's wife, Hallie Gostkowski.
The former Hallie Swearingen met Stephen Gostkowski while the two shared anatomy and physiology class at the University of Memphis together. Hallie continued that path, now working as a nurse in the greater Boston area. Stephen and Hallie dated through college before he proposed following the 2007 season. The couple was married April 19, 2008 and play parents to one child, son Slayden Kyle and two dogs.
In an interview with WHDH-TV in Boston, Hallie says the following about her husband:
I have 100 percent confidence in Stephen's ability. It's a talent that he's blessed with. He's not going to make every kick. I'm a nurse, I have bad days, he has bad days.
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- Alex Rodriguez continues his roll through tall, jacked blonde chicks.
After breaking up with his girlfriend of over a year, Cameron Diaz, A-Rod moved on to his tall, blonde, jacked personal trainer and nutritionist Ella Magers.
However, since late December, it's become very obvious that Alex has moved on yet again, this time linking up with former WWE Diva, and 2004 Playboy cover model, Torrie Wilson. The two were first seen together in Cabo with Wilson's close friend, Stacy Kiebler and her boyfriend, George Clooney. Wilson and Rodriguez were later seen biking in Miami, at a gym in Wilson's hometown of Boise, ID, and most notably sitting courtside at a Laker's game where they shared their first public kiss.
So for those of you who don't know who Torrie Wilson is, well, you've probably stopped reading. If you did hang around, Torrie Wilson is most notably a former WWE Diva and Women's Title holder. She came to the WWE after a brief stint in WCW after winning the Miss Galaxy fitness competition in 1998. She has graced the cover of various magazine's including FHM and Playboy. Since more or less retiring from wrestling in 2008, spare a few one time guest appearances, Wilson has done little. She did finish second to Lou Diamond Phillips on NBC's highly lauded reality show, "I'm a Celebrity; Get Me Out of Here."
So you know, she's got that going for her.
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- Haloti Ngata of the Baltimore Ravens defensive front married long time girlfriend Christina Adams in 2007, a year after entering the NFL. The two had been dating since attending Highland High School in Salt Lake City together. The couple has one child together; son Solomone "Sam" Ngata. Solomone was given his first name in honor of Haloti's father who was killed in a traffic accident when Haloti was a freshman at Oregon. His mother died less than four years later after complications from diabetes.
In an interview with the Ravens official website, Haloti reflected on how fatherhood had changed his life with Christina after experiencing a tragic miscarriage in 2008:
It was just me and my wife for a long time. To have your own child, it makes you think about more than yourself. When it's just you and your wife, you're kind of just like selfish. You can do your own thing, do whatever you want. Having a son made me realize there are a lot of things more important than myself. It kind of carried over to the field. I'm more of a guy that tries to help the team than try to get stats for myself. It's actually made me get more stats, playing selfless. It's just been a great blessing.
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- David Akers and wife Erika founded a charitable foundation in 2001, called "Kicks for Kids." The charity seeks to serve sick children and their families, who are getting treatment at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Ten years after establishing the founation, David and Erika experienced the pain that parents experience in dealing with a sick child. After missing a pair of field goal attempts during the 2011 playoffs against the Green Bay Packers, Akers teammate Quintin Mikell was quick to his defense, but only cited an off field issue. It wasn't until weeks later that Akers revealed that his daughter Halley had to have a tumor removed around that time. Erika Akers acknowledged to the Philadelphia Inquirer that she knew something was wrong during the game:
“I could tell he was there doing his job. But he wasn’t there.”
Last public updates indicate Haley's surgery was a success and the entire malignant tumor was removed.
David and Erika have two other children, sons Luke and Sawyer and the family now lives in the San Francisco area.
