The bourbon company bearing Ray Lewis' name is accused of putting the "stiff" in stiff drink -- allegedly bailing on a $50k sponsorship deal involving one of the most famous racehorses alive. The ex-nfl star is being sued -- along with the folks behind Ray's Reserve bourbon -- by Leverage Agency, which sells sponsorships at sports events. Long story short, the company behind Ray's Reserve allegedly agreed to pay $50k to sponsor California Chrome...
- 11/22/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The Kentucky Derby is taking place this Saturday at the famed Churchill Downs track in Louisville and everyone is already getting into the derby spirit. Keep reading for the five things you need to know as we head into Saturday's big race. 1. The Horses to WatchEveryone is talking about Nyquist, as they should be. At 3-1 odds, Nyquist is heavily favored to win the derby. He's never lost a race, but there have only been seven undefeated Kentucky Derby winners. The last was Big Brown in 2008. Others to watch include Exaggerator and Outwork, but the field is wide open. The...
- 5/7/2016
- by Mollie Cahillane
- PEOPLE.com
[[tmz:video id="0_84yj5mt0"]] Victor Espinoza and his prized horse American Pharoah have one thing in common -- their sex lives are larger than life. Espinoza, who was at the Galt House Friday night for the Fillies & Lillies party in Louisville, says Pharoah sometimes breeds with 4 mares per day. Victor's riding Whitmore Saturday, which has 30 - 1 odds of winning. Victor, of course, is a Triple-Crown-winning Jockey who won the derby in 2002, 2014, and 2015. He rode American Pharoah last year. And...
- 5/7/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Tonight's live finale show, kicked off with an outdoor Christmas dance routine that included all of the pros and contestants showing back up. Next, they showed a recap of last night's performances. Then we saw performances from Chaka Khan, Keo Motsepe, Kim Zolciak and Tony Dovolani, Paula Deen, Carlos PenaVega, Victor Espinoza, Andy Grammer, Gary Busey, Hayes Grier, Emma Slater Alexa PenaVega and Mark Ballas. At one point, former judge, Len Goodman, delivered a video announcement that said he would be returning next season! After that, the final three couples did a 24-House Fusion Challenge to get more points added to their overall scores. Nick Carter and Sharna Burgess hit the dance floor, first, to give us a SalsaTango performance that landed them a perfect 30 score! Alek Skarlatos and Lindsay Arnold served up a RumbaTango for a very nice 27 score. Bindi Irwin and Derek Hough danced a Cha Cha-Argenitine Tango for another perfect 30 score!
- 11/25/2015
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah easily won the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday in Lexington, Kentucky, becoming the first horse in history to win the Grand Slam of horse racing. Once again, jockey Victor Espinoza rode the 3-year-old colt to victory, with Effinex ridden by Mike Smith finishing second, and Honor Code coming in third. Pharoah ran 1 1/4 miles in a track-record 2:00.07 as the sentimental 3-5 favorite among the crowd. American Pharoah has won nine of his 11 career starts, including the first sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont since Affirmed in 1978. Also Read: American Pharoah Wins Triple Crown.
- 10/31/2015
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Tonight's live elimination/performances show, kicked off with Hayes Grier and Emma Slater dancing a Quickstep for a 23 out of 30 score from the judges. Carlos PenaVega and Witney Carson rocked out a Cha-Cha-Cha routine for a 21 score. Gary Busey and Anna Trebunskaya danced a Paso Doble for a very low 15 score. Andy Grammer and Allison Holker did a Contemporary number that landed them a 23 score. Alexa PenaVega and Mark Ballas performed a Rumba dance for a 22. Paula Deen and Louis van Amstel delivered a Tango performance for a mediocre 18 score, but still higher than Gary Busey,lol! Bindi Irwin and Derek Hough delivered a Waltz routine that got them a 23 score. Kim Zolciak and Tony Dovolani gave us a Foxtrot number for an 18. Alek Skarlatos and Lindsay Arnold did a Quickstep for a 22 score. Victor Espinoza and Karina Smirnoff performed a solid Rumba for a 20 score. Nick Carter and Sharna Burgess...
- 9/23/2015
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
The cast of "Dancing With the Stars" season 21 is slowly being revealed. A few more celebrities will join Bindi Irwin in vying for the mirrorball trophy.
They are: TV chef Paula Deen, music legend Chaka Khan, Triple Crown-winning jockey Victor Espinoza, Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, and Vine star Hayes Grier.
If you're wondering what a "Vine star" is, Grier boasts a huge following on social media, with four million followers on Vine and 2.93 million on Twitter. He shared his good news on the latter, naturally:
Hey guys I made my big announcement a little early go watch the video on ! http://t.co/O97EmzT2pd Hope you will support me through this!
- Hayes Grier (@HayesGrier) August 27, 2015 ABC has been coy about unveiling the lineup for this season of "DWTS." The show earlier announced nine of the 12 pros, and has been trickling out celeb names. The full cast will be revealed on Sept.
They are: TV chef Paula Deen, music legend Chaka Khan, Triple Crown-winning jockey Victor Espinoza, Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, and Vine star Hayes Grier.
If you're wondering what a "Vine star" is, Grier boasts a huge following on social media, with four million followers on Vine and 2.93 million on Twitter. He shared his good news on the latter, naturally:
Hey guys I made my big announcement a little early go watch the video on ! http://t.co/O97EmzT2pd Hope you will support me through this!
- Hayes Grier (@HayesGrier) August 27, 2015 ABC has been coy about unveiling the lineup for this season of "DWTS." The show earlier announced nine of the 12 pros, and has been trickling out celeb names. The full cast will be revealed on Sept.
- 8/27/2015
- by Kelly Woo
- Moviefone
Controversial celebrity chef Paula Deen is joining the cast of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars,” according to media reports. Deen will be competing with Bindi Irwin, the 17-year-old daughter of the late Steve Irwin, Backstreet Boy Nick Carter and American Pharoah jockey Victor Espinoza, who won the Triple Crown in June. Other contestants for the reality hit’s 21st season are still to be named. Reps for “DWTS” declined to comment. Nine of the 12 pros have already been announced: Karina Smirnoff will be returning to the show after sitting last season out. Val Chmerkovskiy, Derek Hough, Mark Ballas, Artem Chigvintsev,...
- 8/26/2015
- by Itay Hod
- The Wrap
Backstreet's back, all right!
Boy band heartthrob Nick Carter will compete on Dancing with the Stars, ABC announced Wednesday.
"We're not playing games with your heart - @NickCarter is on this season of #dwts!" the show's official account Tweeted.
The Backstreet Boys singer shared the news with a video of his vintage moves. "You ain't seen nothing yet," he posted.
You ain't seen nothing yet. #DWTS @DancingABC #NickCarterDWTS pic.twitter.com/qfg4FcPxWl
— Nick Carter (@nickcarter) August 26, 2015
The crooner's little brother Aaron Carter previously appeared on the reality competition.
Carter, 35, joins contestants Bindi Irwin and Victor Espinoza. Season 21 of Dancing with the Stars premieres Sept.
Boy band heartthrob Nick Carter will compete on Dancing with the Stars, ABC announced Wednesday.
"We're not playing games with your heart - @NickCarter is on this season of #dwts!" the show's official account Tweeted.
The Backstreet Boys singer shared the news with a video of his vintage moves. "You ain't seen nothing yet," he posted.
You ain't seen nothing yet. #DWTS @DancingABC #NickCarterDWTS pic.twitter.com/qfg4FcPxWl
— Nick Carter (@nickcarter) August 26, 2015
The crooner's little brother Aaron Carter previously appeared on the reality competition.
Carter, 35, joins contestants Bindi Irwin and Victor Espinoza. Season 21 of Dancing with the Stars premieres Sept.
- 8/26/2015
- by Michele Corriston, @mcorriston
- People.com - TV Watch
And the announcements for new members of Dancing With the Stars continues with the addition of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter. Just the other day it was announced that Bindi Irwin would be joining as well as jockey Victor Espinoza. Turns out that Carter was offered a chance to be on the show for four years running. Well, it looks like the 5th time is the charm. Turns out that his very own rival boy-band member and friend Joey Fatone of N’Sync talked him into it. “He talks about it all the time and I was really debating if I wanted to do it, and he said, ‘It’s a great experience, it keeps you in shape and it’ll teach you a lot of stuff,'” Carter says of his ‘N Sync pal’s advice. “He said, ‘You’ll get what you put into it.’ And I’m a hard worker,...
- 8/26/2015
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
Backstreet's back all right! Dancing With the Stars has yet to officially announce the celebrity cast for its upcoming 21st season soon, ABC has finally made it official and announced Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter will be competing for the mirrorball trophy when the ABC reality hit returns on Sept. 14. E! News previously reported Carter was being courted by the dancing reality series. Carter joins Bindi Irwin and jockey Victor Espinoza as the officially announced cast members of DWTS season 21. Irwin, the daughter of The Crocodile Hunter star Steve Irwin, was announced on Good Morning America and Espinoza was announced on SportsNation. Espinoza shot to fame when he and horse American Pharoah won the Triple...
- 8/26/2015
- E! Online
Triple Crown winner Victor Espinoza has joined the cast of "Dancing with the Stars."
Victor will compete alongside previously announced contestant Bindi Irwin for the Season 21 mirrorball.
The show announced the news on their Instagram and Twitter pages on Tuesday.
Read: 'Dancing With The Stars': Season 21 Pros Revealed
"I'm Victor Espinoza, a Triple Crown winner and I'm here to win 'Dancing with the Stars,'" Victor said in a video clip posted to Twitter.
Victor won the Triple Crown with horse American Pharoah this year.
Photos: ‘Dancing’s’ Mirrorball Winners: They Came, They Danced, ...
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Victor will compete alongside previously announced contestant Bindi Irwin for the Season 21 mirrorball.
The show announced the news on their Instagram and Twitter pages on Tuesday.
Read: 'Dancing With The Stars': Season 21 Pros Revealed
"I'm Victor Espinoza, a Triple Crown winner and I'm here to win 'Dancing with the Stars,'" Victor said in a video clip posted to Twitter.
Victor won the Triple Crown with horse American Pharoah this year.
Photos: ‘Dancing’s’ Mirrorball Winners: They Came, They Danced, ...
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- 8/26/2015
- by access.hollywood@nbcuni.com (Access Hollywood)
- Access Hollywood
American Pharoah has won the Triple Crown, and its jockey couldn't contain his emotions. The horse won the Belmont Stakes race Saturday, becoming the first horse to win that race, along with the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, in the same year since 1978, when Affirmed accomplished the feat. After the victory, American Pharoah jockey Victor Espinoza said "holy shit" to the horse's trainer, and the expletive aired live on NBC. Read More Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Fallon's Puppies Accurately Predict American Pharoah to Win (Video) An NBC rep did not respond to a request for comment. Video of the exclamation can be
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- 6/6/2015
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It's always a night full of sportstastic fun when the 2014 Espy Awards go down in Los Angeles. The spectacular event took place this evening (July 16) inside the Nokia Live Theater and featured the wonderful emcee skills of rapper Drake.
As for the evening's winners, the Best Team prize went to the Seattle Seahawks and Best Male and Female Athlete went to Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder) and Ronda Rousey (Ufc fighter), respectively.
Meanwhile, Chris Brown and Drake proved that there is no more feud over Rihanna by performing a lighthearted skit together.
Check out the full list of ESPYs winners below!
Best Team
Winner Seattle Seahawks, NFL
Boston Red Sox, Mlb
Connecticut Women’s Basketball
Florida State Football
Los Angeles Kings, NHL
San Antonio Spurs, NBA
Best Male Athlete
Winner Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder
Peyton Manning, Denver Broncos
Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers
Floyd Mayweather, Boxer
Best Jockey
Winner Victor Espinoza...
As for the evening's winners, the Best Team prize went to the Seattle Seahawks and Best Male and Female Athlete went to Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder) and Ronda Rousey (Ufc fighter), respectively.
Meanwhile, Chris Brown and Drake proved that there is no more feud over Rihanna by performing a lighthearted skit together.
Check out the full list of ESPYs winners below!
Best Team
Winner Seattle Seahawks, NFL
Boston Red Sox, Mlb
Connecticut Women’s Basketball
Florida State Football
Los Angeles Kings, NHL
San Antonio Spurs, NBA
Best Male Athlete
Winner Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder
Peyton Manning, Denver Broncos
Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers
Floyd Mayweather, Boxer
Best Jockey
Winner Victor Espinoza...
- 7/17/2014
- GossipCenter
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