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Enter POINTERS ROSIE O’DONNELL SUFFERS HEART ATTACK 2 AP PHOTO/DAN STEINBERG (O’DONNEL);DAVID EULITT/KANSAS CITY STAR/MCT VIA GETTY IMAGES (YODER) 3 4 HUFFINGTON 08.26.12 Rosie O’Donnell had a heart attack last week, she revealed on her blog. After helping an “enormous woman” get out of her car, O’Donnell felt chest pains. She went to the cardiologist the next day. “My LAD was 99% blocked,” she wrote. “They call this type of heart attack the Widow Maker.” ESPN HOST GOES RACIAL Skip Bayless of ESPN made a startling claim on First Take on Monday, positing that white football fans are more likely to support a white player over a black one. “I’m going to throw it out there,” he said. “You also have the black-white dynamic and the majority of Redskins fans are white. And it’s just human nature, if you’re white to root for the white guy.” Bayless was arguing that Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III, who is black, may face extra pressure from fellow rookie quarterback Kirk Cousins, who is white. GOP CONGRESSMAN REGRETS NUDE SWIM During a fact-finding trip to Israel last summer, Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.) skinnydipped in the Sea of Galilee, according to a Politico report. A group of House Republicans along with their staffers and spouses were involved in the late-night swim, which was later probed by the FBI. “After dinner I followed some Members of Congress in a spontaneous and very brief dive into the sea and regrettably I jumped into the water without a swimsuit,” Yoder wrote in an apology statement.