Bizarre (Russian) Love Triangle

by bleacherreport.com

Straight out of your favorite daytime soap dramas came a Russian love triangle that Hollywood couldn't script. Sergei Fedorov and Pavel Bure were some of the first wave of Russians to break into the NHL and were regarded during their prime as two of the best players in the world.

Fedorov ended up in Detroit with the Red Wings while Bure became the "Russian Rocket" out in Vancouver with the Canucks. The timetable is pretty sketchy to say the least but it is believed that former tennis prodigy Anna Kournikova was being squired by Fedorov as early when she was 17-years old.

She would attend his games, and he popped up at tennis matches around the globe during the off season. The problem was Kournikova was also taking calls from another Russian superstar hockey player. At one time both Bure and Fedorov claimed to be engaged to the gorgeous tennis diva, but only Fedorov managed to put a ring on it. His ill-fated marriage was short-lived, but the bizarre and spicy triangle was a global extravaganza for all paprazzi.

All of the Russian love drama took a back seat to the international flavor of the Brazilian-Russian combo. Kournikova ditched the sports scene completely, falling under the spell of a certain mole-toting Latin crooner.