You have to give Erin Andrews credit here for keeping it professional and classy as 50 Cent did his best to land a smooch prior to the Daytona 500. Erin was covering The Daytona 500 for FOX and I am sure that this was the last thing she was going to encounter while covering a NASCAR race. 50 Cent came in for the kiss which looked to be headed for Erin’s lips, but the athletic sideline reporter pulled off an impressive pump fake and 50 was left planting a peck on Erin’s left cheek...



You watch the video here.

According to The Big Lead, Samantha Steele is replacing Erin Andrews as co-host of ESPNU’s 9 am College Football Gameday Show on Saturdays this fall and will be featured on Gameday on ESPN at 10 am in the same capacity Andrews was. ESPN also has Heather Cox replacing Andrews on ABC’s Saturday night College Football game of the week with Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit.

UPDATE...

Said FOX in a press release:

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“Erin Andrews, one of television’s most popular sports personalities, has rejoined the FOX Sports family. “Andrews will host FOX’s new prime time college football pregame show and will make significant contributions to the network’s NFL and MLB coverage, along with other sports properties, as part of a multiyear deal announced by FOX on Sunday.”

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ORIGINAL...

According to Josh Krulewitz, Erin Andrews is leaving ESPN...

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"Erin Andrews leaving ESPN. She did great work for us & we made an aggressive offer to keep her. We wish her the best on her next chapter."

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Her contract with ESPN expires at the end of this month. No official announcement on where's she's heading, but Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated is saying that FOX has made an “aggressive” offer for Andrews to play a “major role” in the college football coverage on the network.

Erin Andrews was a presenter at the NHL awards show in Las Vegas. Oh yea, and she wore this...



Look at the sticks on her.

Brooklyn Decker is a good friend of Erin Andrews, so when TMZ asked her about Andrews possibly having breast implants, Decker came to her defense...

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“Shouldn’t humor this inquiry, but in defense of @ErinAndrews ‘They’re real and they’re spectacular.’

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Agreed.