Anywho, we send our congratulations to the happy couple! We also wonder if Lima will still be a Victoria’s Secret Angel after delivery? But that’s a thought to ponder some other time…..

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NBA Star Jaric to Become a Dad

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 Brady and Gisele Bundchen
Hotness: 9.9 Brady is a doll. Gisele is a supermodel (but we docked her .1  ’cause we think she’s overrated. So there).
Likability: 9.2 We’re all about the New England Patriots, but that Bridget Moynihan baby mama situation was U-G-L-Y. And does anyone really have a sense of Gisele’s personality, anyway?
Endurance Potential: 8.1 These two are jet setters and a paparazzo’s dream, but together forever? Meh, we doubt it.

Marko Jaric and Adriana Lima
Hotness: 9.6 She’s a Victoria’s Secret model (better than Gisele!) and he’s not shabby, either.
Likability: 9.6 She’s a od girl and he’s a good sport.
Endurance Potential: 8.8 They’re engaged, but they haven’t been in the game quite a year yet. We shall see.

David Beckham and Victoria Beckham
Hotness: 9.8 Men’s Health cover boy Beck gets a perfect score; points off for Victoria’s grumpy no-smile policy.
Likability: 9.1 We repeat: Beck gets a perfect score; points off for Victoria’s grumpy no-smile policy.
Endurance Potential: 9.6 They’re solid here, having weathered rumored affairs and dealing with the media. That smokin’ photo shoot they did last year was pretty convincing, too.  

Tony Parker and Eva Longoria
Hotness: 9.7 He’s not too bad and she’s an absolute doll, even with the weight gain and haircut for Desperate Housewives.
Likability: 9.8 He’s a good guy and, TMI tendencies aside, Eva sparkles.
Endurance Potential: 9.4 They’ve survived the rumor mill and crazy schedules. We never say forever in celebrity-land, but they’re A-OK for now.

Dion Phaneuf and Elisha Cuthbert
Hotness: 9.9 No complaints here. Even Elisha likes to check out her own rack.
Likability: 8.3 Maybe if Elisha’s character on 24 hadn’t become so annoying after season 1, we’d give them a higher score.
Endurance Potential: 4.5 Sorry, but PDA aside, Elisha goes through hockey players the way Paris Hilton goes through BFFs. 

Andy Roddick and Brooklyn Decker
Hotness: 9.8 She’s a swimsuit model and he’s a cutie, too, even if we do wish he’d ditch the baseball cap.
Likability: 9.7 We don’t really know her. We do, however, appreciate Andy’s great sense of humor and self-deprecating manner.
Endurance Potential: 8.6 They recently got engaged, but we can’t score them too highly. She’s only 19 and “time will tell” fits these two best.

Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson
Hotness: 9.6 She’s easy on the eyes with classic good looks. He’s not as hot as Tom Brady but is much better looking than Peyton Manning and his putzy little brother, Eli.
Likability: 8.7 Serious deductions here thanks to Jessica’s cheesiness and whining about what people read about her. Further points taken off for her claims to be just like the rest of us.
Endurance Potential: 7.3 Rumors abound about the status of their relationship, which has had more ups and downs than a shot glass in a Warsaw bar. Even if they tie the knot—another source of they will/they won’t rumors—we don’t see it as a forever kind of thing.

Mike Comrie and Hilary Duff
Hotness: 9.4 Decent, but they don’t exactly fog up the camera lens when a shutterbug catches them together.
Likability: 9.7 HD’s long-standing reputation as a good girl is appealing, and the recent interview we read in Allure confirms it. He seems like an OK guy.
Endurance Potential: 8.9 He bought her a Mercedes for her birthday last year, and the Duffster isn’t a serial dater. But forever AND ever?

Reggie Bush and Kim Kardashian*
Hotness: 9.0 Reggie is fine. As for Kim, we don’t care what anyone says. We like curves, but her tush is not as great as she thinks it is.
Likability: 8.4 Again, Reggie is fine. Kim’s responsible for the point dip, between a why-does-she-even-have-it reality show and head-scratching fashion choices.
Endurance Potential: 7.6 They appear to fall in that “it’s fun for now” category rather than the “togethah forevah” one.

* Sadly, we had to include these two, despite our reluctance to refer to Kim Kardashian as a “celebrity.” If Lance Armstrong and Kate Hudson hadn’t taken the Last Train to Splitsville recently, they would have been contenders instead.

Quiet, please. The judge is tallying the scores.

And the winners are . . .

GOLD: Tony Parker and Eva Longoria

SILVER: David and Victoria Beckham

BRONZE: Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen

Congratulations to the winners! Everyone else: Better luck in four years. If you’re still a couple.

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Awarding Olympic Medals to Athlete-Celebrity Couples

No, Jaric had the other important ring in mind: the one he gave his now-bride-to-be, Victoria’s Secret supermodel Adriana Lima.

The Brazilian knockout and her Serb honey have been dwelling in coupledom for nine months. Early on in their relationship, we examined The Supermodel Effect, which poses an age-old debate: Do smokin’ girlfriends enhance or detract from an athlete’s on-field performance? (We proceed on the assumption that their off-field performance is just fine).

Marko Jaric’s view when he goes to bed at night and when he wakes up in the morning. 

Image: Used with permission from www.splashnewsonline.com

No word as to whether or not Gisele-wannabe Jessica Simpson sent Lima a little congratulatory something from her own lingerie line just to ruffle her VS Angel wings.

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Supermodel Adriana Lima Gets Engaged to Marko Jaric

And Super Bowl aside, European jet-setter Tom Brady had a season for the QB record books. It also marks his first full NFL season with Gisele Bundchen at his side.

Now we can add Andy Roddick to the list of Athletes Who Improved After Getting a Little Something-Something From a Model. Just days after his engagement to swimsuit model Brooklyn Decker, Roddick broke his 11-game losing streak to Roger Federer at the Sony Ericsson Open. (Thanks to The Bee for sharing this!)

By the way, we heart Federer and are bummed to see his 2008 tanking. You know why he’s on a downward slide? Because he’s had the same girlfriend for many years, and she isn’t a model–super, swimsuit, or otherwise.

Please, for the sake of tennis history, could somebody please set him up with Karolina Kurkova?

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More Proof That Model-Girlfriends Boost Athletic Performance

Last week we discussed The Supermodel Effect, a phenomenon that poses a very important question for the sports gossip world: Do athletes play better when they have supermodel girlfriends?

We used Marko Jaric of the Minnesota Timberwolves as a case study. A leap in his stats coincided with a budding relationship with one Adriana Lima of Victoria’s Secret.

However, things have since gone downhill for Jaric. Yikes, did we jinx him? His team has played three games since that post—all L’s. Jaric’s numbers? Pffft. He scored a mere 4 points and played just 12 minutes in the first game. And he didn’t play at all in the second two games, skipping Tuesday’s game because of a foot injury.

Wait a minute! Tuesday? Why, that’s when the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show aired! (Well-timed for both the writers’ strike and holiday shopping, we might add).

Could it be that Marko Jaric played hooky so he could cozy up to his girlfriend while watching the show? And if so, can anyone really blame him? We can almost hear him shouting “Yeah, baby!” with his adorable Serbian accent from here.

Given the new developments in the Marko Jaric case, we’re a mite worried about The Supermodel Effect. Spice is nice, but can there be too much of a good thing? Tom Brady—boyfriend of VS Angel Gisele Bundchen—and the Pats remain undefeated but have struggled in recent weeks, so the new burning question is . . .

 . . . Did Coach Belichick refuse to show footage of the Fashion Show in yesterday’s practice?

Quite possibly.

Stay tuned for our ongoing investigation of The Supermodel Effect!

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The Supermodel Effect Under Investigation

Answer: Yes, especially to Minnesota Timberwolves guard Marko Jaric, whose recent stats are as smokin’ as his new arm charm, Victoria’s Secret hottie Adriana Lima. Coincidence? His teammates think not.

Two consecutive posts on Brazilian supermodels. Anyone complaining?

*hears crickets*

Yeah, we didn’t think so.

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The Supermodel Effect