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Mike Modano Is Off The Market
POSTED: 7:51 am CST December 1,
2006
UPDATED: 8:03 am CST December 1,
2006
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Access Hollywood reports Dallas Stars center Mike Modano is engaged to “Dancing with the Stars” contestant Willa Ford.Ford broke the news to the entertainment show Thursday night at the Action Sports Awards in Los Angeles.Modano, 36, and Ford, 25, have been dating on and off for four years.
Ford says Modano popped the question in bed, "We were out to dinner the other night, and I think he had it (the ring) with him the entire night."He was really nervous. Then right before we went to sleep he asked me and I said, 'Yes.'”Modano has been playing professional hockey since 1988 when he was drafted by the Minnesota North Stars, the team which went on to become the Dallas Stars.Ford is best known for her 2001 hit “I Wanna Be Bad.”According to “Access Hollywood”, Ford was supposed to travel with the “Dancing With the Stars” tour, but her partner on the show Maksim Chmerkoskiy had to drop out for personal reasons. Ford has decided not to dance with a new partner.Instead she’ll work on her new album.
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