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Sean Taylor, the Washington Redskins safety who was shot early Monday at his home in Miami, has died, according to a family friend. He was just 24.

The Pro Bowl safety had taken a bullet in his upper leg, reports the AP, damaging an artery, causing serious blood loss and loss of consciousness. According to his former lawyer, Richard Sharpstein, Taylor seemed to show signs of recovery when he squeezed a nurse's hand late Monday night, but never regained consciousness thereafter.

Washington Redskins Pro Bowl safety Sean Taylor was shot in his home and has been airlifted to a local hospital where he is in critical condition, police said today.

"It could have been a possible burglary, it could have been a possible robbery," Lt. Nancy Perez said. "It has not been confirmed as yet."

Local authorities were called to Taylor's Florida home at 1:45 AM today. The Miami Herald is reporting paramedics found Taylor with a gunshot wound to the groin. ABC-TV 10 in Miami says a family friend told them that Taylor was shot twice.

In an exclusive statement to TMZ, Rodman's manager, Darren Prince, says, "Security was watching the whole incident and apparently did nothing. The hotel knows Dennis very well, and if they felt this woman was in harm's way, then why didn't they do anything about it? And waiting a year and a half is very peculiar. Anyone that knows Dennis knows that he would never hurt or harm anyone."

What could possibly stand in her way?

Kristi says that her fear of being judged and live audiences "make her really nervous." Huh?! You'd think that someone who made a career performing live and being judged would have an edge up, but apparently for Kristi -- that's not the case.

Dressed ready for nuclear winter, the 30-year-old Olympic gold medalist was snapped in NYC on Saturday -- looking like the illegitimate spawn of a nouveau riche Moscow streetwalker and Grimace!

The entire ramifications from the fallout of this disaster are unknown, but persons nearby already experienced nausea.

Dog lover Michael Vick has surrendered to U.S. Marshals three weeks before his formal sentencing was to take place.

ESPN is reporting that the former Atlanta Falcons star made arrangements with the U.S. Marshal Service to turn himself in today to begin serving his sentence -- meaning whatever sentence the judge hands down on December 10 could potentially end earlier.

Romeo, 18, will be graduating from Beverly Hills High School as an honor student this spring and will attend USC in the fall. He will sign his letter of intent today at a press conference at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills.

The stripper who first claimed she had racy snaps of sexy boxer Oscar De La Hoya wearing lingerie -- then quickly recanted on national TV -- threw a haymaker today at the Golden Boy, suing him for $100 million for smearing her rep.

A San Francisco grand jury has indicted home run champion Barry Bonds on perjury and obstruction of justice charges. It was only a matter of time ...

The indictment comes after a four-year federal investigation into whether the most suddenly Herculean player in pro baseball lied to the grand jury probing steroid use by professional athletes.

Just three months ago, Bonds surpassed legendary Hank Aaron's home run record, and was then promptly dismissed by the San Francisco Giants.

Quizzed by CNN about whether he has ever used steroids, pro wrestler John Cena quickly responded, "Absolutely not!" -- then offered nearly three minutes of follow up. But when CNN made its edit to their special, "Death Grip: Inside Pro Wrestling," Cena's response was replaced with: "People conceive things because performance enhancing drugs have got the spotlight. It's a hot thing to talk about. I can't tell you that I haven't, but you'll never be able to prove that I have."

Needless to say, the folks at World Wrestling Entertainment are pissed! They've posted the original, unedited video on their official website, along with the following response:

The 27-year-old Williams sister is the reigning Wimbledon Women's Singles champ, and was instrumental in convincing the World Tennis Association to finally pay female players the same as male players. You go, girl!

While Lamar got his Cosby on, the victim of his recent car crash was recovering at home, still unable to walk without assistance.

Cowlings' response speaks volumes!

The hot and sweaty bare-chested 40-year-old Bush frontman rocked the court at a Pro-Celebrity Tennis competition in Florida this weekend. Breathe in, breathe out!

Mr. Gwen Stefani proved that he's bigger than his wife -- in the bicep department!