Sexy Sarah strikes gold

Sarah Palin may have lost in the election, but it looks like she's having the last laugh. Sexy Sarah has written a memoir “Going Rogue” and it is already raking in a boatload of cash for it. She received $1.25 million in advance from Harper Collin's, and as if that's not enough to make your stomach turn, pre-sales for the memoir are through the roof! She's already at the top of both Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble's top sellers lists. It sounds like her resignation as Alaskan governor combined with running for VP has turned Sarah into one smart businesswoman!

Tennis ace fesses up

We're used to hearing about celebrities and their public battles with drugs and alcohol. Many stars even succumb to their demons (Heath Ledger, Michael Jackson and Anna Nicole Smith, to name a few).

Now a couple of famous athletes are speaking out about their own problems, and surprisingly it's not the usual suspect — steroids.

Andre Agassi is one of the most famous tennis stars in the world but that doesn't mean he's perfect. In Agassi's upcoming autobiography, he admits to using crystal meth in 1997 and even failing a drug test at the time.

So why didn't we hear about the eight-time Grand Slam champion's positive test result for methamphetamine? Just like all those baseball players who try and cover up their steroid use (remember Manny Ramirez's laughable fertility/testosterone drug excuse?), Agassi did the same for his use of crystal meth. His case was dismissed because he told the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) that he “unwittingly” took the substance after he took a sip from a soda that was spiked with meth by his assistant “Slim”. Agassi said the ATP accepted his explanation and threw out the case. That was 1997, so let's hope that the ATP has grown less naive and more responsible about drug testing in the past 12 years.

In Agassi's memoir, he goes into detail about his addiction to meth and the tidal wave of euphoria that overcame him after snorting it. “I've never felt so alive, so hopeful-and I've never felt such energy,” he said. This memoir sounds a lot juicier than Sarah Palin's. Agassi may have retired in 2006, but it looks like he's ready to make a splash again, just not necessarily on the court.

Hulk: behind the bulk

Hulk Hogan is also speaking out about his own struggles. You would think a man of his stature was invincible, but his family problems speak to the fact that his emotions are larger than his muscles can handle. In his new book, “My Life Outside the Ring,” which will inevitably become the basis for another Hogan reality show, the Hulk reveals his bouts with depression that almost led him to suicide.

He talks about his public divorce from Linda, his wife of 23 years, and his son Nick's car accident that left a friend of Nick's severely brain-injured. The combination of both tragedies left Hogan feeling so depressed that he didn't think he could face another day. He says that one night, after taking a dangerous combination of Xanax and rum, he was about to pull the trigger on a loaded gun when he got a phone call from a friend that saved his life. Laila Ali, his co-star on “American Gladiator” and daughter of boxing legend Muhammad, called the Hulk just in time. It was Laila's inspiring words and her show of support that persuaded him to change his mind and to help himself instead. Although Laila wasn't aware that she had saved her friend's life at the time; she obviously knows now and considers the fact that she called him at that time an act of divine intervention. That's pretty heavy and raw material for Hulk's memoir. Not what you'd expect from a man who growls.