Player Wives & Girlfriends

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We admit that our posts titles can sometimes be unintentionally deceiving. In the case of Bruce Irvin's girlfriend, we are speaking with a high level of confidence about a subject we've never gotten 100% confirmed.

Our best research seems to indicate that the couple was dating as of April, 2012, when Alyssa accompanied Bruce to Seattle for his first press conference as a member of the Seahawks. That would lead most to believe that the relationship was pretty serious. I mean bringing your girlfriend to a press conference, the first time the world gets to see you on the big stage, that has to be a serious relationship right? Why else would you bring sand to the beach? The relationship trail goes cold from there. Actually, little else is known about Alyssa. We think she might have played tennis at the University of Charleston, which would make sense since Bruce went to WVU, but we haven't been about to 100% confirm that.

For those that don't know the back-story on Bruce it's extremely interesting. I actually feel another semi-feel good Disney movie coming out of this one. Bruce was more or less homeless while in high school and got arrested for robbing a drug dealers house which is a bad idea on some many levels. Lucky for him the drug dealer didn't testify against him (why would he, he's a drug dealer after all) and he was let off. Eventually Bruce got his GED, got into a junior college and worked his way up to West Virgina University. Like I said, has Disney written all over.

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Anytime I read about an athlete and the the ugly divorce he is going through I'm reminded of a Chris Rock HBO comedy special "Bring the Pain." In talking about O.J. Simpson he Rock marveled at how easy it was for women to go to court and get money from their soon to be ex-husbands. Now Chris takes that bit into a different direction but I thought of this when I was reading up on Chris Clemons wife Veranetta and their nasty divorce.

Yes Veranetta accused Chris of cheating and partying all night without her in Atlantic City. She even mentioned various types of abuse Chris put her through, accusations Chris denied repeatedly. Despite these claims I'm sure Chris asked himself what did Veranetta do to deserve this money? I watch a lot of football and I have yet to see her in the backfield running down an NFL QB. So Chris fought the divorce and ended up getting crushed to the tune of $500k and the Land Rover. Despite all of this Chris tried to be a bigger man and, on top of the money and the car, let her stay in the mansion free of charge. This is truly one of the noblest things I've read recently.

Yet for Veranetta this wasn't enough. She then went and asked him to pay the legal fees! Finally, after giving, giving, and more giving Chris pushed back and kicked Veranetta out of the house. Somewhere Chris Rock is shaking his head saying the boy should have listened to me back in 1996!

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We try to stay as current as possible here at Playerwives but from time to time we miss the boat on a story. I'd say this is one of those times were we missed the boat.

Meet the woman who once appeared to be Sidney Rice's girlfriend,... a mystery bikini clad blonde. These are pictures are from back in March of 2011, which also happened to coincide with the start of the NFL Lockout of 2011. Apparently Sidney wasn't all too worried about the lockout and the fact he could soon be missing some paychecks, or if he was, he sought solace in the arms of a South Beach beauty. Sidney found his comfort with this hot blonde down on the beaches of Miami, who remains unnamed.

To set the record straight as much as we can here, we're confident in reporting that this is not Tiger Woods' ex wife Elin Nordegren. Many websites have noted on the resemblance between the two, with some going so far as to report that it may have been Elin keeping Sidney company. We are safe in reporting that to not be the case, but I would take a poor woman's Elin any day of the week.

You would think a girl like this would be a keeper however we haven't found a single picture Sidney and this girl since these photos were taken. Pretty safe bet to assume the couple have gone their separate ways but in 2011 Sidney Rice was hitting paydirt with a mystery blonde.