The 10 Hottest Good Luck Charms in Sports

A few days after the Lakers won their 16th NBA Championship, Ty Lawson of the Denver Nuggets Tweeted the following:

"I heard if u hit a Kardashian u win a championship.. Kim K holla at me!!! I need ya for 17 min."

He also unselfishly said that, by doing this act, he would be "...willing to take one for the team."

NBA players get a bad rap for being selfish and egotistical. I think Ty proves that he knows how to be a real teammate.

What he was referring to, of course, was the fact that Kim Kardashian was with Reggie Bush when his New Orleans Saints won the Super Bowl.

And now her little sister, Khloe, is married to Lamar Odom, who just helped the Lakers win the title.

So, that got us over here at B/R thinking: Who are the top 10 hottest lucky charms in sports today?

Just in case Mr. Lawson doesn't get one of the Kardashians.

No. 10—Lindsay Clubine (Clay Buchholz)

Clay Buchholz has been a pitcher with the Boston Red Sox since 2007.

Unfortunately, he hasn't been able to find the consistency to stay in the rotation for any significant amount of time.

Until this year.

Before 2010, Buchholz had a career record of 12-14. This year, he is 10-4.

Is it a coincidence that he is also newly engaged to Lindsay?

No. 9—Chelsea Cooley (Joe Mauer)

Joe Mauer is considered, arguably, to be the best defensive and offensive catcher in MLB

He's won three batting titles, two Gold Gloves, and the AL MVP Award in 2009.

No. 9—Chelsea Cooley (cont'd)

Chelsea Cooley is a former Miss USA and was right by Mauer's side during most of those accolades.

No. 8—Gu Chen (Sun Yue)

Sun Yue played for the Lakers last year.

And when I say played, I mean just a few more minutes than I did.

But without him and Gu Chen, L.A. hadn't won a title for almost a decade.

So Laker fans, thank Yue and Gu.

No. 7—Jordan Fish (Denny Hamlin)

Hamlin entered the 2010 season with great expectations of this being his best year ever.

He has fulfilled that promise by recently setting a career-high with his fifth win of the season.

I think Charlotte Bobcats cheerleader Jordan was in the car with him.

She would be in there with me.

No. 6—Sylvia Lopez Castro (Pau Gasol)

Three years ago, Pau Gasol was a good player on a bad team.

And then he was traded to the Lakers for a bag of walnuts and Kwame Brown.

So either Sylvia is good luck or that idiot Memphis GM is.

(just in case...)

Just in case that lingering, cropped out arm was freaking you out, here's the whole picture.

No. 5—Katrina Campins (Jeremy Shockey)

Maybe it wasn't Kim after all.

Maybe it was Shockey's reported lady, KC.

She was on The Apprentice, I hear.

Wonder if she got fired.

No. 4—Maria Sharapova (Sasha Vujacic)

Sasha is the machine.

But even the machine needs a little help every once and a while.

No. 3 and 2—The Kardashians (Odom, Bush)

Kim and Khloe have proven that they they have magical powers.

(And Dallas Cowboys fans hope Kim can do it again; she is reportedly going out with wide receiver Miles Austin.)

No. 3 and 2—The Kardashians (cont'd)

But now the pressure is on poor Kourtney...

Can she hold up the family legacy?

Can she lead a hard working jock to the promised land?

Will Kourtney Come Through?

Only time will tell...

She seems to have her game face on, though.

No. 1—Kate Hudson (A-Rod)

Without her, he was just a steroid-taking MVP who didn't come through in the clutch.

With her, he became a world champion.

*Editor's Note: We don't have enough space on the site to list all of Derek Jeter's good luck charms.