In honor of the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Beijing, we decided to award a few medals of our own. The event is Athlete-Celebrity Couples, and they will be judged on Hotness, Likability, and Endurance Potential (each category is worth 10 points; a perfect score would be 30 points).
In no particular order: 
Derek Jeter and Minka Kelly
Hotness: 9.7  Pretty boy + cutie pie=A darn respectable score. 
Likability: 9.0 She OK but hey, he’s a member of the New York Yankees. We’re Boston Red Sox fans. ‘Nuff said.
Endurance Potential: 4.6 Playboy boy + cutie pie=A good time had by all. For a few months anyway.
Tom …read more

If you’re a single chick with a thing for big-gunned Majorcan tennis players, we regret to inform you that French Open champion and world #2 Rafael Nadal is unavailable.
Contrary to popular belief, Rafa has a girlfriend–and has for the past three years.

Rafael Nadal recreates the arm wrap move he uses with his girlfriend, as seen in paparazzi photos.
Image: Used with permission of www.newscom.com
People.com has snapshots of the erstwhile-undercover twosome frolicking on the beach. Beach bunnies Elisha Cuthbert and Dion Phaneuf, eat your heart out.

Exciting news here at Gossip On Sports!
Veteran broadcaster and all-around sports media guy Ed Berliner runs the Speeding Bullet Network, a multimedia site (webcasts and audio clips) dedicated to what’s hot—or not—in the sports. Ed recently invited yours truly to take part in the fun, so once a week or so I’ll be dishing up the latest snarkworthy events via an interview presented in tiny little audio snippets.
In other words, the audio clips are bite-sized cattiness, just enough for a snack. And if you’re coming here via Speeding Bullet, welcome and have a look around. (Pipe down there, regular readers. Pretending …read more

The other day we linked Elisha Cuthbert and Calgary Flames defenseman Dion Phaneuf together in the form of a question, Jeopardy!-style.
Jeanne Dupuis at b5’s Hockey Beat has the photographic evidence (to complement an earlier round of Hawaiian beach frolicking) that changes the hook-up from wishy-washy query to a very definite exclamation point.
And we’re going to leave that double entendre exactly where it is, thank you. We don’t want to compromise our self-imposed PG-13 rating. 
 
Elisha Cuthbert looking to see what all the fuss is about.
Image: Used courtesy of www.newscom.com  
Is anyone else kinda rooting against them just to see if Cuthbert …read more

Never mind Hilary Duff gushing about how much she hearts watching New York Rangers boyfriend Mike Comrie play hockey. Elisha Cuthbert is Hollywood’s ambassador to the NHL, having dated Sean Avery of the New York Rangers and hanging out with the engaged Mike Komisarek of the Montreal Canadiens. . . (Think we’re kidding about the Tinsel Town diplomacy deal? Check out this ancient blog NHL.com gave her once upon a time.)

Image: Used courtesy of www.splashnewsonline.com  
To further prove the long-standing theory that Cuthbert’s dating pool doesn’t extend beyond a hockey rink, photographic evidence has sparked talk that her new flame is in …read more