Tebow to speak at gay-bashing, anti semitic pastor's church

Tim Tebow has said all the right things through a lot of turmoil and still has avoided alienating teammates by putting his foot in his mouth.  Whether you like the New York Jets backup quarterback's play or not — you have never heard anything about the spiritual Tebow offending anyone with his faith.

Now the Tebowing quarterback's message of love and tolerance could be put to the test when he speaks at a church headed by a hate-spewing Texas preacher.

Tebow is slated to speak at the 11,000-member First Baptist Dallas Church's April 28 Sunday morning service, according to the church's website.

The church is headed by the megachurch's controversial evangelical Christian pastor, the Rev. Robert Jeffress.

Posada throws out first pitch to his dad, Jorge Sr.

While over 50,000 fans paid tribute to former-New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada with a rousing ovation— as he headed to the mound to throw out the first pitch at the 2012 home opener at Yankee Stadium— the career Yankee used the moment to pay a simple compliment to the man who "created me as a ball player" by tossing the ceremonial pitch to his dad— Jorge Posada Sr..

With his ex-Yankees teammates lined up behind him and his son Jorge Luis standing beside him, Posada lobbed the ball into his father's glove behind home plate.  The same man that spent countless hours playing catch and honing  Posada's switch-hitting skills as a youngster.

"There are three generations of Posadas here," Jorge proudly told YES Network.

Looking tan and fit, it was the first time in 17 years that the 40-year old catcher wasn't suited up in pinstripes at the home opener.  Today's appearance of the five-time All-Star and five-time World Series Champion was a surprise after last being seen in the locker room after the Yankees lost Game 5 of the ALDS against the Detroit Tigers.  There were tears welling in his eyes that night.  It was assumed it would be a while before he would return to the Bronx.

Posada shocked everyone— including his closest pals— by making his return engagement at Yankee Stadium so soon.

Last night, Posada was honored with the 2012 Pride of the Yankees Award and a reunion with some of his best friends including Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera.

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, comedian Tracy Morgan and even diplomat Henry Kissinger were just some of the big names on hand for today's festivities.

The only person noticeably missing was the last quarter of the Core Four— Andy Pettitte.

Sports Illustrated doesn't stop the Linsanity

For the second week in a row, Jeremy Lin will grace the cover of Sports Illustrated— the first New York athlete to ever achieve that honor.

Joe Namath, Derek Jeter or Eli Manning never did it.

It's hard to believe all of all the phenomenal New York sports stars who join those three champions on that  list: Mantle, Reed, Gooden, Rivera, Messier, L.T. and Ewing.

Now comes Lin with two covers during his three week old legacy.

The story of the undrafted benchwarmer, bouncing around the NBA, sleeping on his brother's couch and waiting for his shot has been played out to almost exhaustion.

Now the overachieving and humble Lin has an apartment at the Trump Tower in White Plains and is planning on renting a place in Manhattan's ritzy W Hotel— just for home games.

There are even odds on who he will be dating.  By the way Kim Kardashian is still the odds-on-favorite at 4-1 with Jennifer Aniston pulling up the rear at 25-1.