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Watch: Mike Tyson Sings On Brazilian TV Show

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Boxing legend Mike Tyson appeared on a Brazilian TV show, singing “The Girl from Ipanema” along with the grandson of the composer of the famous bossa nova song.

He has a decent voice and some smooth moves. It’s hard to believe he was once such a volatile figure.

Klitschko Brothers And Stallone Producing Rocky: The Musical

Sylvester Stallone joined boxing’s Klitschko brothers at a press conference to announce the trio would be producing a musical based on the original Rocky movie from 1976.

“Rocky: The Musical” is set to open in Hamburg, Germany in November 2012. The Klitschko brothers will train the performers, and original songs like “Eye of the Tiger” will be incorporated into the musical. Stallone said he wants the plot of the musical to focus on the love story between Rocky and Adrian.

There hasn’t been any word on whether or not the musical will make its way to the States.

Tebowing Gets The Ryan Parker Treatment

Sports songwriter Ryan Parker made a song and video about Tim Tebow. Called “Tebowing” and played to the tune of Tom Petty’s “Free Falling,” here’s the homage to the quarterback who is now 4-1 as a starter in Denver:

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Tiger Woods Immortalized In Hair Metal Song

Hair metal band Steel Panther out of Hollywood wrote a song about Tiger Woods on their latest release. To listen to the raunchy lyrics, check it out below but be warned: it’s not rated PG. It is pretty funny, though.

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Thanks to Sportress of Blogitude for finding this gem.

Erin Andrews At CMA’s

ESPN reporter Erin Andrews sparkled (literally!) while walking the red carpet at the 45th Annual Country Music Awards last night at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Check out that pink sequined dress!

Erin presented was one of the celebrities tapped to present an award at the show which was hosted by two of country music’s most popular artists, Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley.

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Hank Williams Jr. Calls Out ESPN In New Song

Country singer Hank Williams Jr. retaliated against ESPN pulling his song from their Monday Night Football show over comments he made on Fox and Friends by releasing a new song.

Called “Keep the Change,” the song refers to the U.S. as the “United Socialist States of America” and calls out ESPN and Fox. The end of the song says, “Yea, you can keep Fox & Friends & ESPN outta your homes too cause Bocephus and his all his rowdy friends and song is outta there!”

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Athlete Sighting: Anderson Silva With Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber, while on tour in Brazil recently, caught up with Brazilian UFC star Anderson “The Spider” Silva. Bieber said via Twitter “ok its on!! the fight has been announced…me vs @spideranderson – I am NOT the heavy favorite. haha. #gooddude.”

The Biebs was performing in Rio de Janeiro when he caught up with Silva before the show. After the show, Bieber tweeted, “even got the great @spideranderson to come on stage and shuffle. haha. #classic.”

We have a YouTube video of the dance-off below:

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Madonna Rumored To Be Performing During This Year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show

According to reports from SB Nation, Madonna is set to perform during the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show. The February 5 game will be taking place at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

An NFL spokesperson declined to comment.

Madonna was rumored to perform at the Super Bowl back in 1998, but those plans never came to fruition. Two years later, she was reportedly set to perform but she backed out at the last minute.

Stay tuned as more details are released.

Athlete Sighting: Amar’e Stoudemire At BET Hip Hop Awards

Amar’e Stoudemire was spotted this weekend among the rappers and hip hop stars arriving for the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta.

The awards show, which airs on BET on Oct. 11, was hosted by Mike Epps. Viewers can expect performances by Big Sean, Lupe Fiasco, Wale, Wiz Khalifa, Rick Ross, T.I., DMX and others. LL Cool J will be presented with the “I Am Hip Hop” award and awards like “Best Live Performer” and “DJ of the Year” will be handed out to nominees.

Stoudemire was sporting his personalized Nike Sportswear Destroyer jacket, (LeBron James has his own that will be released soon) along with his shades and a matching pair of Nike kicks.

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UFC Star Anderson Silva Stars In Brazilian Music Video

Check out UFC champion Anderson Silva in this classy music video for Brazilian pop star Marisa Monte’s song “Ainda Bem.” Monte is a multi-platinum selling singer who is getting set to release her first album in five years.

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