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An Update On Van Gundy's Celebrity Crush
Published 6/11/2008 by Awful Announcing- (noreply@blogger.com) at Awful Announcing
So a funny thing happened on the way to get Van Gundy to announce his celebrity crush on-air last last night....he got her name completely wrong. I wonder last night as to why he even brought up Nick "Latchey" when talking about Alyssa Milano, and now we have the answer. He was trying to mention ex-MTV VJ Vanessa Minnillo who is currently dating the ex-Boy Bander. Hot Clicks' Jimmy T talked to Van Gundy this morning and this was his response.... UPDATE: 11:49 a.m.: We just got off the phone with Jeff Van Gundy. He says he did mean ...

Video of the Day: Jeff Van Gundy's fourth-quarter 'comedy set'
Published 6/11/2008 at Ball Don't Lie
... Jeff Van Gundy is on color commentary fire! Last night, in the span of just one quarter, Van Gundy slaughtered Nick Lachey's name, confused and crushed on Vanessa Minnilo, er, Alyssa Milano, and cracked a few barbershop-bald guy jokes. ...

Jeff Van Gundy Confuses Vanessa Minnillo For Alyssa Milano
Published 6/11/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... Back to Van Gundy's Hollywood babe mix-up. Jimmy Traina spoke will Jeff this morning who wanted to clarify his blunder: ...

VAN GUNDY CONFUSED ABOUT LADIES, CUTS
Published 6/11/2008 at With Leather - Sports news and gossip for your impressionable young children
... Jeff Van Gundy was in fine form broadcasting Game 3 last night, first botching Nick Lachey's name (Lach-ee), misidentifying his girlfriend (and personal crush) as Alyssa Milano instead of Vanessa Minnillo, who is the girl Lachey is actually kicking it with, brah. ...

Jeff Van Gundy clears air: It's Minnillo, not Milano!
Published 6/11/2008 by Neil Best at Watchdog
... Alyssa Milano. Wednesday, I read Awful Announcing, which discussed this matter. Then I read The Big Lead, which noted that Van Gundy mentioned the wrong attractive actress who has dated athletes and whose last name starts with M and ends with O. Then I wrote a post on this subject, as a cheap excuse to post a picture of Derek Jeter and Vanessa Minnillo. Then Hot Clicks actually CALLED Van Gundy to resolve the confusion, which he did here. And now I'm doing a post wrapping up the entire saga, and taking ...

Jeff Van Gundy Is Confused by Celebs, Fortunately Jimmy Traina Is Here to Help Him
Published 6/11/2008 by Will Brinson at FanHouse
... , of SI Hot Clicks fame, comes in. Traina caught up with Van Gundy on the phone today to see if he had figured out how to distinguish hot female celebrities and if he wanted to change any of his picks, including his NBA Finals selection. He did not. ...