Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 at 1:21 pm  |  35 responses

Dimedrop: Erin Andrews

By popular demand…

Erin Andrews is all over the place, dropping intel everywhere from courtside at college hoops games to college football sidelines to Sunday nights with Major League Baseball. Now Erin is taking her presence to the virtual realm, as a sideline reporter in the new EA Sports March Madness ’08 game. We caught up with the proud University of Florida grad to talk hoops.

SLAM: Who from last year’s college season has impressed you so far early on in the NBA?

EA: I live in Atlanta so I see Al Horford quite a bit, and I’m very proud of him. Al is one of my guys. He, Joakim and Corey Brewer, those are my boys from Florida. Mike Miller, too. I know it’s not his first year, but it’s always neat to see the success he’s had, as well as Udonis Haslem. We were pretty good friends in college.
SLAM: You guys were friends?
EA: Yeah, I was on the dance team so I was always around the players. Udonis is such a great story. I remember when he first came to Florida, he was a little chunkster. He was a little overweight and I remember after his first practice, he came back to the dorm and he was laying on the floor and I asked one of the other players, “Is he alive?” And Udonis said, “I don’t know if I’m gonna make it.” The transformation he’s made with his body in the League is awesome.
SLAM: Now he’s the only guy on his team in shape, right?
EA: I know! He’s such a good guy, good for him that he’s got his ring.

SLAM: Do you ever talk to Mike Miller about what’s going on with his hair?

EA: No. I haven’t seen him much. We haven’t had the hair discussion yet.

SLAM: Someone has to. Maybe a woman should.

EA: Oh, he’s married. I’m sure she’s got him in shape. He’ll be fine.

SLAM: Do you have an NBA team?

EA: I grew up loving the Celtics. They were down for a while but now it’s pretty fun to watch them. I kind of lost touch with the NBA. When the Celtics started to stink, I was into Charles Barkley. Growing up, I had an argument with my dad and he grounded me. He didn’t take away my car. He didn’t take away anything from my social life, but what he took away was that I wasn’t allowed to listen to the radio or the television when the Suns were in the Finals against the Bulls. The night when Paxson hit the last shot, I snuck into my parents’ car and I listened to it on the radio. I was in tears when I walked into the house and my dad was like, “You’re grounded for two more weeks.” I said “The Finals are over,” and he said “Okay, well then I’ll take the car away now.” Now that the Celtics look like they’re the real deal, I told my dad it might be time for us to get back on the bandwagon.

—SAM RUBENSTEIN

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  • H to the izzo Posted: Jan.30 at 1:23 pm
    Is it wring of me to request more pictures?

  • white hot eboy Posted: Jan.30 at 1:25 pm
    Calling UD a little overweight while he played at Florida is like saying Russ is midly sarcastic.

  • Ben Osborne Posted: Jan.30 at 1:28 pm
    Thank you, Sam. Timeliness is a beautiful thing. Izzo, Google Images should do the trick.

  • white hot eboy Posted: Jan.30 at 1:28 pm
    And Sam is quite efficient in getting this up today. To echo Izzo, any other photo links would be greatly appreciated.

  • white hot eboy Posted: Jan.30 at 1:33 pm
    Sam, will we see a ode to the G-Men by Friday?

  • Sam Rubenstein Posted: Jan.30 at 1:34 pm
    there will be more mag stuff on the site in future.
    I also asked her if she was upset that Bill Simmons gets to be a character in NBA Live, and she’s just a voice in March MAdness. She laughed but said Steve Lavin told her she should be in the game and you should be able to dress her how you want. Steve, you animal!

  • H to the izzo Posted: Jan.30 at 1:38 pm
    Eboy:Google images will make you happy.

  • Reggie Evans Posted: Jan.30 at 1:39 pm
    Lascivious Lavin

  • white hot eboy Posted: Jan.30 at 1:40 pm
    Izzo, I did and I am. Chick is not perfect in the face but the sport love makes up for it.

  • H to the izzo Posted: Jan.30 at 1:43 pm
    Erin Andrews>Doris Burke

  • polowthaJon Posted: Jan.30 at 1:51 pm
    what about Stacey Dales?

  • Holly MacKenzie Posted: Jan.30 at 1:51 pm
    Hadn’t heard of her before now, but, I can say I highly approve of this girl. Any girl who sneaks out to watch the game and sheds tears over her team is cool with me. Love the Haslem story.

  • Lang Whitaker Posted: Jan.30 at 1:52 pm
    She’s no Pam Ward.

  • Jared Posted: Jan.30 at 1:56 pm
    Steve Lavin’s the man, true story

  • white hot eboy Posted: Jan.30 at 2:04 pm
    Pam Ward’s pretty fine.

  • Reggie Evans Posted: Jan.30 at 2:14 pm
    Lang is hot. Yeah, I said it. For perspective. And cuz it’s true. But mostly for perspective.

  • white hot eboy Posted: Jan.30 at 2:23 pm
    Reggie, your perspective seems skewed.

  • Tom Posted: Jan.30 at 2:26 pm
    what, no love for Willow Bay from inside stuff?

  • white hot eboy Posted: Jan.30 at 2:26 pm
    Willow is cute too.

  • Kris Posted: Jan.30 at 2:35 pm
    Stephanie Ready?

  • Reggie Evans Posted: Jan.30 at 3:06 pm
    White hot eboy, it’s no more skewed than a Miami Heat fan’s perspective on making the playoffs.

  • Reggie Evans Posted: Jan.30 at 3:07 pm
    Wait, that could be pretty skewed.

  • Reggie Evans Posted: Jan.30 at 3:10 pm
    Point is, I am taking this opportunity to make the point that liking dudes is no weirder than being a Miami Heat fan. I’m droppin progress.

  • white hot eboy Posted: Jan.30 at 3:11 pm
    Those three comments made you appear to need “special” help Reggie. I feel for you.

  • Hoop Dreamz Posted: Jan.30 at 3:49 pm
    wow! listen to Izzo everyone…. Google Images!

  • d.Y. Posted: Jan.30 at 4:40 pm
    Willow Bay always seemed less desperate than Phylicia’s ex.

  • jbn74sb Posted: Jan.30 at 5:02 pm
    The former mistress that is now becoming my girl is a sports fan, and is down to kick back and watch basketball, football, etc. More importantly, she is a Laker fan. I have never quite had this experience before, and now highly recommend it.
    Even more importantly, she has better breastesis than Ms. Andrews.

  • white hot eboy Posted: Jan.30 at 5:23 pm
    Glad to see your sadness from last week disapated in a matter of days, DA.

  • jbn74sb Posted: Jan.30 at 5:28 pm
    It took about 20 minutes Friday afternoon, eboy. Staying at work was a good decision.

  • Myles Brown Posted: Jan.30 at 5:29 pm
    The Bastardly would not approve of Erin’s pen holding technique…

  • Cub Buenning Posted: Jan.31 at 12:31 pm
    Myles, it looks like she is doing the “pen spin” that inhabits half of all my days…..

  • Slim Posted: Jan.31 at 2:12 pm
    Erin is just not that fine…I guess I never understood the idea of lusting after celebrity sex symbols. Most of the images are just airbrushed over anyway. I see more than a hundred women more beautiful than that girl every day just walking down the street in Barcelona.

  • white hot eboy Posted: Jan.31 at 2:43 pm
    It must be nice to live in Barcelona.

  • thebroreport Posted: Feb.1 at 11:26 am
    sssssssssssllllllllllllllluuuuuuuuuutttttttttttttssssss!!!!!!!!!

  • Otome Opuoro No. 45 Posted: Feb.29 at 9:53 am
    man, she fine in pic.But to comfirm. 45 gotta see her live

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