Everything is relative in the Bronx. Watching their team take home a record 26 World Series titles including four from 1996-2000 made Yankees fans accustomed to greatness. By most standards the team has done pretty well since the end of their late-nineties dynasty but they haven't won the championship, and that's all that matters to most of the Yankees faithful. Now, after missing the postseason in 2008 for the first time in thirteen years, the Yankees are entering the postseason with more wins than any other team in the Major Leagues. After beginning the playoffs with a victory against the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday, the'yre just six wins away from the World Series. The pressure is on to bring home the title.

Though it’s a bummer than Chicago didn't make it as the host for the 2016 games, Rio de Janeiro is by no stretch a poor substitute. In fact, I think the first-ever South American games will be pretty kick ass. I mean after all, they do host Carnival every year, so the games should be no sweat! Rio also seems to have addressed the biggest concern the IOC had for the host city -- the legendary traffic congestion. As you can see on their video, they plan to install high-speed transit to all the venues (one of which is at Copacabana!) and "a network of Olympic lanes." Book early for the beach volleyball; as you'll see on the clip, the views are spectacular.

Between a weekend of football kickoffs, tennis upsets, and Michelle Obama's tricep pushdowns, it seems we're being inspired to strap on our sneakers. And Danish tennis star Caroline Wozniacki inspired women to strap on a little more than gym shoes during her winning match at the US Open yesterday, defeating top-ranked Svetlana Kuznetsova in a very bouncy way. Chatter ensued about the well-endowed teen's bust size, causing tongues to wag about the player's future in sports and the merits of a good sports bra. While she may be advancing to the grand slam quarterfinals, her top-heavy performance may also mean she'll be advancing to the pages of Maxim.

Did we mention they were dirty old man eyes? Randy right winger Silvio Berlusconi has a lot on his mind these days. There’s the matter of Italy’s shrinking economy. And keeping those dreaded immigrants out of racially pure Italy. Pissing off the Queen of England ate up a chunk of the calendar. Oh, and callously offending earthquake victims taxes a 72-year-old body. These things take time and work. So it should come as no surprise that his soccer team (that’s right, in Italy you can own a giant sporting enterprise like AC Milan and run the damn country at the same time!) has been slip-siding away while he lusts after 18-year-old models in Naples.

FIFA, the shady world governing body of global football, just cleared the world’s most annoying stadium instrument for use in the upcoming World Cup, which kicks off in South Africa in June 2010. Vuvuzelas are those long plastic horns that drove players, journos, and many foreign fans so batshit crazy during the recently concluded Confederations Cup in South Africa (which served as a trial run for the actual World Cup next year). The players griped they couldn’t hear jack, and journos said it drove them nuts trying to do commentary over the din, but FIFA countered that the distinctive African sound had a right to be heard. "That would mean one would have to take away the cow bells from Swiss fans and ban English fans from singing," noted Hans Klaus, director of FIFA’s communications.

This past weekend's Le Mans endurance race in France ended happily for Peugeot, to the tune of both first and second place. In another pleasant surprise, Aston Martin placed fourth, coming in as a top gas-powered car versus the other diesel-powered victors. Le Mans is a loud, loud race, and it's very technical in nature both for competitors and fans; given that you're racing for 24 hours, you have to monitor fuel consumption, tire wear, and a host of other variables. After the first few hours, the 250,000 on-site spectators tend to get a little restless.

With American racing so focused on celeb-driver personalities (and American car manufacturers almost universally on the skids, so to speak), the less Euro-inclined may be largely unaware of the intense rivalry focused on the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France this weekend. European auto giants expend incredible amounts of resources to dominate this race in particular -- the bragging rights for taking the flag are beyond compare. After all, if your car can endure a full day of grueling competition, you'll brandish that trophy at your competitors (and customers) with well-earned glee. And for the last few years, Audi has absolutely dominated at Le Mans, fending off challenges from Peugeot in particular. But tomorrow's race looks to be particularly hot, and not just because Peugeot upset Audi for the pole position in the qualifiers. Both lead contenders must also keep an eye on the scrappy up-and-comers from Aston Martin's team. And of course one shouldn't count out other storied teams, like Porsche, which has dominated Le Mans many times in years past.

You may not have realized it (NBA championship games don't tend to lend one much sense of players' fashion off the court), but the Nuggets' Carmello Anthony is a fashion hound. Specifically, his weakness is shoes. In fact, the small forward owns upwards of 500 pairs, from plenty of Gucci to supermarket-bought slippers. And the athlete's extensive knowledge of footwear has earned him his own side gig as shoe designer of the Jordan Melo (now in its fifth incarnation). Women's Wear Daily caught up with the basketball player and sometime shoe designer and asked about his below-the-ankle style. Not surprisingly, Anthony took it as the perfect opportunity to plug the fruits of his own labor. A recap:

On Saturday, I had a lesson in culture and geography. Do you know all the islands which surround Manhattan? There’s Ellis Island, Staten Island, the mysterious Roosevelt Island (ever met anyone who lives there?); there’s also Wards Island (doesn’t sound tourist-friendly), and to the south of the city, Governor’s Island, just an Olympic stone’s throw from Battery Park. You get great views of the city, and every year, Governor’s turns into a little bit of Bridgehampton. Britain’s Prince Harry was on the island on Saturday to play polo against Nacho Figueras for charity’s sake. Since the officially released guest list only includes some of the attendees, as guests started arriving, rumors were already swirling (don’t they always?) about who would be coming. Is Madonna here? She’s not on the guest list. Someone spotted her with her son, I think.

With some of the world's best athletes speeding across a field at 35mph on horseback, hitting a ball, and frequently colliding with each other, polo is as beautiful as it is dangerous. "Speed, danger, strategy and teamwork, are all the ingredients that a sport needs to be huge," says polo’s version of Brad Pitt, Ignacio "Nacho" Figueras. The tall, dark, and handsome Argentine -- who moonlights as the face of Ralph Lauren fragrances -- will captain the Black Watch team this Saturday at the second annual Manhattan Polo Classic, sponsored by Veuve Clicquot on Governor's Island. Anglophiles take note: Also saddling up will be HRH Prince Harry, who is in town for his first official state visit. Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the American Friends of Sentebale. We spoke to Figueras (who was introduced to designer Lauren by photographer Bruce Weber) about this weekend’s events, and his continued quest to popularize this traditionally blue-blood obsession.