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Robert Enke in express train suicide after death of baby daughter

Germany was in utter shock today after Robert Enke, the country’s top goalkeeper, died after being hit by an express train traveling at 100 m.p.h yesterday evening.

Police believe Robert committed suicide.

Friends say Robert had been deeply depressed and was engaged in therapy after struggling to come to terms with the death of his two-year-old daughter, Lara, in 2006. She died from a rare heart condition.

Robert Enke visited her grave every day, only a short distance from where he killed himself.

His widow Teresa identified his remains and went into deep shock, now believed to be under sedation.

Enke had driven his black Mercedes 4X4 to the railway station, which is less than two miles from his home. After walking along the platform in the dark, he threw himself under the wheels of the regional express 4427.

Officers are expected to release more information later today.

Joerg Neblung a friend of Enke told reporters that it was definitely suicide, and said: “He took his own life.”

Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin expressed her “great sadness” at the news of his death and said her entire government sent its condolences to his family.

Oliver Bierhoff, the national team manager, said of the death of 32-year-old Enke: “Words fail us at his loss.

“The entire team, everyone, is in deep shock.”

Tenerife also paid tribute to their former player for whom Enke played on loan as a youngster.

Robert Enke, leaves behind a widow and another daughter, eight-month-old Leila, whom the couple adopted in May 2009.

         

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Brendan Adams the World’s tallest teen - Living his dream against the odds

Brendan Adams is almost 7-feet-5-inches tall, the tallest teenager on the planet, according to the Guinness Book of World Records and he’s living his dream.

Just like any other male American teen, his dream has been to play in middle school football.

Brendan’s health problems are as formidable and challenging as his height; His body is riddled with tumours. His joints are enlarged. And doctors recently discovered an arrhythmia in his heart and he has arthritis. However, he’s challenging all around him, to be a normal teen.

His sky-scraping height is due to an inversion in chromosome-12, a growth gene. Brendan had all his baby teeth by four months and was as tall as an 8-year old by the time he was 4.

Local station KXLY reported Brendan Adams saying:

“I can’t run anymore,

“I can’t be active as I used to be.”

His football coach, Kevin Wetzel had to be creative to fulfil Brendan’s hopes. Kevin figured that no other player could jump as high as Brendan. So they thought out a play just for him.

Brendan goes about five yards out, reaches his arms up and catches a loft from the quarterback.

Oprah Winfrey invited Brendan onto the show and introduced him to Shaquille O’Neal. Brendan felt that he got some simple wisdom from the basketball star: “Just keep your back straight and have fun.” is what Shaq said to him.

Brendan hasn’t spent much time on the football field, but he’s a part of the team and a teen. That’s what is important to him.

         

Hank Baskett Hoping For a Boy This Christmas

Philadelphia Eagles player Hank Baskett is hoping that his wife-to-be Kendra Wilkinson gives birth to a boy this Christmas.

Hank Baskett told E! that he hopes that the little baby on the way for him and his fiancee Kendra is a boy, so that he can look out for the baby girl that is coming next. Hank and Kendra have made it known that they want several children and this baby-to-be is only going to the first of many for their family.

Hank said, “I’ve always wanted, like, three. Well, at first I was like, I want two, but you say two and then there’s that ‘oops baby.’ So, now I’d like three.”

Baskett also said that with the couple’s wedding in the next week, he is trying to take the burden and stress off Kendra since she is pregnant. “You don’t want to be having a baby and have the wife all stressed,” he explains. “I am trying to take care of most of what I can …I want her to enjoy this wedding, because if she’s happy, I’m happy. That’s all that matters.”

Hank also makes it known that he is going to be taking an active role in Kendra’s pregnancy. He says, “there’s going to be some things I can’t make, but I’m going to try my hardest to be at every appointment, at every meeting, everything.”

Kendra is already earning Hank’s praise as a mother to their little one. “She’s telling me what do about every little thing. She’s reading, and I’ve seen more baby television shows since she got pregnant than I have in my entire life. She’s studying up on everything, and that’s why I have to keep my game up, to keep up with her because she’s constantly testing me and asking me questions.”

The downside to Kendra being pregnant now is that Hank has started football training in Philadelphia while Kendra remains in California. Hanks admits, “That’s one of the hardest things, to be across the country while she’s pregnant. I don’t want her in any way, shape or form to feel like she’s doing this by herself.”

         

Is Gabrielle Union Pregnant? Locker Room rumour?

Bad Boys II actress Gabrielle Union is expecting a baby with basketball star Dwayne Wade, according to reports from MediaTakeOut.com. Let’s hope the alleged baby get’s her trademark dimples.

Gabrielle has been reportadly dating Miami Heat player Dwayne Wade in recent months, following her 2006 divorce from American football star Chris Howard.

The couple are alleged to be preparing for the birth of their first baby after Wade shared his baby joy with a teammate in the locker room.

A source told MediaTakeOut.com; “that he’s ‘happy to be making a family’ with Gabrielle Union.”

As well as her success as an actress, Gabrielle has a degree in Sociology.