#ManCandyMonday LA Rams’ Danny Amendola

Can you tell it’s football season in my house? LOL! Of course, I think you knew I loved football when I made Jesse Bradford from STRONGER THAN SIN a football player.

Today’s Man Candy Monday is LA RAMS wide receiver Danny Amendola. Danny caught my eye in this week’s game and I had to share him with you today! Danny was originally signed by the Cowboys and then spent some time with the Eagles. He’s now playing with the Rams and have a good season. Entering Week 5, Amendola was second in the NFL for receptions, amazing considering he suffered a freak collarbone injury which might have killed him.

At 5’10”, 185 pounds, Danny is a lean, mean catching machine. I could just picture him playing Jesse Bradford in a movie (although Jesse was a few inches taller).

Hope you enjoy today’s Man Candy Monday.

Photo Credit: Jeffrey Beall

Guilty Pleasures Monday – Football and the Blog Tour!

If you know even a little bit about STRONGER THAN SIN, you know I’m a football fan in addition to being a baseball fan. I root for the JETS and GIANTS and hope that one day New Jersey will have its own football team. It’s why I invented the New Jersey MARAUDERS as Jesse Bradford’s team in the book.

My family and I were watching the Colts-Eagles game yesterday when one of the young players – Austin Collie – took a punishing hit. We held our breaths as he went down and prayed he would be okay since he was clearly injured. We learned later on that he suffered a concussion. So today is dedicated to this young man. Everything I’ve read about him indicates that he is an outstanding individual and I hope he heals quickly. (Photo Credit: BYU Cougars Football)

Today begins the ARE YOU STRONG ENOUGH Blog tour! Stop by one of the blogs to find out more about me and my books and to possibly win a prize as some of the blogs are hosting giveaways.

Guilty Pleasure Monday – Mark Wahlberg

Photograph  © Glenn Francis, www.PacificProDigital.comHubby and I were watching THE SHOOTER yesterday and it occurred to me that I had not had sexy Mark Wahlberg as a Guilty Pleasure Monday so here he is with us today! This wonderful shot is courtesy of Glenn Francis at www.PacificProDigital.com.

I’ve seen Mark in a number of movies and have always thought he was very masculine and sexy. One of my favorite movies was INVINCIBLE which was actually a real life tale about bartender-turned-Philadelphia Eagle Vince Papale. I loved this movie!

Hope you enjoyed this Monday’s Guilty Pleasure!