Floyd Mayweather reportedly made $6.5 million profit on Miami Heat bet

Floyd "Money" Mayweather reportedly laid down a whopping $5.9 million bet on Miami Heat winning last night's Game 7 NBA game - and they did, earning the fighter a cool $6.49 million profit.

Mayweather - the highest earning athlete in the world - put down the bet on the game between the Indiana Pacers and the Heat, Vegas Gambling Steam tweeted before the game. 

The Heat were a seven-point favorite against the Pacers, and luckily for Mayweather, the team ended up soundly beating their opponents, 99-76, more than doubling the sports star's bet.

Mayweather apparently made the bet just after he signed a six-fight $200 million with Showtime and agreed to fight Canelo Alvarez in September for some $40 million.

The boxer is no stranger to gambling, and winning, but even for him the almost $6 million wager is unheard of.

Vegas Gambling Steam broke the news of the $5.9M bet on Twitter.

"Good source from my #HeavyHitters Vegas crew alerted me that Floyd Mayweather has laid over $5,900,000 on Heat -7 tonight in Vegas," the tweet read.

"This is kind of ridiculous. C'mon Floyd," Benjamin Lee Eckstein of AmericasLine.com, a nationally-syndicated odds column, told the New York Daily News.

"I know that there have been people who walked into a casino and bet a million dollars, but not on basketball. It was always the Super Bowl."

According to Vegas Gambling Steam, the wager was so large Mayweather had to spread the bet across nine sportsbooks.

Beting parlors are notoriously tight-lipped about who wagers what and how much, but Mayweather usually isn't. It shouldn't be too long before he tweets a photo of the cash and the betting slip.

Victor Cruz says he has no plans for a reality TV show

Victor Cruz shot down reports that he was engaged in talks regarding starring in a reality television show and took to his Twitter account to clarify the false reports.

"This is truly God testing me for something much bigger," Cruz tweeted. "Never EVER doing a reality show. Nor am I in talks for one."

That was after Cruz was quoted Monday as saying he was considering offers to host his own show — and that he "definitely" wanted to star as himself in "something that I can contribute to and something I like to do" before the season started.

This is truly God testing me for something much bigger. Never EVER doing a reality show. Nor am I in talks for one. #NYmediaboredom
— Victor Cruz (@TeamVic) June 3, 2013

The 26-year-old Cruz has already turned down offers to appear on "Dancing With The Stars" and currently in discussions with the Giants for a long-term contact extension. A reality show probably wouldn't be in the best interest of the popular wideout — or the Giants — right now.

Didn't anyone learn anything from Rex Ryan and "Hard Knocks"?

Yankees, Red Sox players scared by thunderclaps during rain delay

What could be funnier than than a bunch of grown men having the daylights scared out of them by a thunder storm? When those men are major league baseball players — that's what.

That's exactly what happened in Sunday night's thrice-delayed Yankees-Red Sox game in the Bronx, televised on ESPN.

Cameras caught both dugouts reacting as meekly as children to a loud thunder clap during the sixth inning rain delay.

Poor Brett Gardner of the Yankees was singled out for his extra jumpy reaction in the Bombers' dugout.

On the other side?

The camera caught Boston catcher Jared Saltalamacchia not only jumping at the thunder, but actually jogging out of the dugout and running toward the clubhouse.

Remember guys, it's only the angels bowling.

Victor Cruz hoping to score a reality TV series before season starts

It sounds like Victor Cruz is doing more than just having contract discussions with the New York Giants these days.  The fleet-footed wideout — known as much for his end-zone salsa celebrations as he is for his pass routes — claims he is in talks to land his own reality television series as well.

Cruz told The New York Daily News he's discussing a project with TV executives and said the reality show would be tightly focused on him.

"It is going to be something that is very unique to me and very unique to what I like, and like to do," said the 26-year-old Cruz.

"We are still fielding some requests, so we will see how it goes — the timing has to be right, and I have got to squeeze in some training in there before the season starts," he said.

Cruz said that watching NBA star Kris Humphries get into an ill-fated marriage with Kim Kardashian on her reality show was terrible — and he wants none of that. 

"I definitely want it to be my show," he said. "My own thing, something that I can contribute to and something I like to do, I can be comfortable with, and an easy show, something people like to watch and that people can be in tune with on a daily basis."

Cruz — who is still in talks with the Giants about returning next season —said he’d like to base the show in New York.

But his top priority, he insists, is to help deliver another Super Bowl victory to Big Blue fans.

“We understand the Super Bowl is in New York City, and that is motivation for us ... we have got to be ready to go," he said.

Cruz has already turned down a chance to appear on "Dancing With The Stars" —at least at this stage of his football career — but the popular player can be seen in numerous TV commercials.

If the NFL star does book his Keeping Up With The Cruz TV gig, he'll join the ranks of such athlete/reality star luminaries as swimmer Ryan Lochte, NFL reciever Terrell Owens, wrestler Hulk Hogan and NBA player Lamar Odom.

Hopefully, Cruz won't become the next Bruce Jenner — that pinnacle of reality show ridicule.

Kenny Chesney works out with the Seattle Seahawks

Country music superstar Kenny Chesney visited the Seattle Seahawks and worked out with the team Friday, a day before performing at CenturyLink Field on his "No Shoes Nation" tour. 

The fit 45 year-old blended right in with the squad, running routes and catching passes from quarterback Russell Wilson. According to Country Weekly, Chesney met Pete Carroll years ago, and the Seattle coach extended an invite to work out.

Not a bad way to stretch out the old legs after those long hours on a tour bus.

The Wes Welker-sized singer displayed some nice moves and speed running pass routes and tweeted a photo of himself showing off his guns.

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— Kenny Chesney (@kennychesney) May 31, 2013

Man attacked at Camden Yards for being a Yankee fan

A New York Yankees fan was nearly killed for wearing his favorite team’s hat at an Orioles-Nationals game at Camden Yards last week

Matthew Fortese, 25, a lifelong Yankees fan from Hagerstown, Md., was heckled by two Oriole fans for nearly an hour at the Baltimore ballpark Wednesday before one allegedly threw beer in his face and  punched him in the head, sending him over a railing.

He was revived by an off-duty state trooper, an old friend who, coincidentally, was also at the game.

Nathan Steelman, the off-duty trooper, was sitting a few sections away from where Fortese fell. He ran over to help Fortese, who was not breathing and bleeding badly from his head, according to CNN.

"I think instinct kind of kicked in," Steelman told CNN. He would later realize that the man he assisted was a childhood friend. "I didn't know it was Matt at the time."

Fortese — who friends say was on a date and supposed to start a new job Monday —suffered severe head trauma and a skull fracture and was in serious condition at Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

Two men — Greg Fleishman, 22, and Michael Bell, 21 — were charged in the attack and released on $50,000 bond Friday night.

Cromartie becomes unlikely voice of reason for younger Jets players

Antonio Cromartie — the New York Jets cornerback who blew through $5 million in his first two years in the NFL and has fathered 12 children with eight different women — claims he is turning over a new leaf and will become the voice of reason for the incoming crop of Jets rookies and teach them not to make the same mistakes he did.

In an interview with Newsday, Cromartie tells reporter Bob Glauber that his days of reckless spending have come to an end and that he is "all about saving money."

"I had two Dodge Chargers, probably spent $100,000 just fixing them up," he said. "I had a '65 Caprice, which I spent $100,000 on. I had two BMWs, two Escalades."

Cromartie doesn't remember the other two cars. And he said he came close to buying a Lamborghini, a car that can cost $500,000 or more.

"I was out of control," Cromartie said. "I remember [former Chargers teammate] Quentin Jammer used to tell me to slow down, but I couldn't do it. I just loved spending money."

Cromartie - who is the middle of a four-year, $32 million contract with the Jets - has now recruited the help of a financial adviser, who credits the transformation to showing the 29-year-old athlete what it's like to have a "settled" home life.

"I can tell a lot of things to a lot of clients, but that doesn't mean they'll listen and accept what I say and practice that discipline," Cromartie's adviser Jonathan Schwartz said. "[Cromartie] buys into it. He knows that a professional athlete's earning period is limited, and that the best form of accumulating wealth is not to spend. His peers will go buy Rolls Royces and Ferraris and diamond jewelry, but 25 years from now, Antonio can still maintain his lifestyle, sit at the beach enjoying a cocktail and say, 'I've earned it.'"

Cromartie, who has 12 children with eight different women in six different states and a poster-child for irresponsibility, says he wants to be a frugal role-model for younger players who might be tempted to make the same mistakes he made as a young athlete with a lot of money.

The All-Pro player, who is now married and has two children with his wife, Terricka, is an unlikely advocate about the benefits of putting money in the bank.

"I tell the young guys, "'Don't spend any money the first year and a half of your career,'" Cromartie said. "You don't know what will happen after that. You might be released. You might be hurt. Just save your money."

Cromartie might also be Gang Green's newest supporter of going green. Schwartz introduced his client to the hybrid Prius automobile and says the Jets player is fond of tooling around in the un-flashy ride — although some old free-spending habits seem hard to break.

"I'm gonna put some rims on it," said Cromartie. "That's about it, though."