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Apparently the two lovebirds are telling close friends to keep the super secret wedding date open.

Kelly, for her part, is denying that they are engaged. She did this as most actresses do, through her rep. But she also denied she was dating Jeter in the first place a while back, and we already know that’s not true. So who knows.

Could Derek Jeter really be off the market for good?

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Derek Jeter Engaged?

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

His New York Yankees teammates blew him off as did Madonna (yes, he had the stones to invite her, according to the New York Post via Yahoo!). Mom-Rod was there as well as Madonna’s daughter, Lourdes.

Apparently—and this is almost too weird to be true, but you never know—there were plenty of well-endowed ladies shaking their groove thang to Material Girl. (What, no one tripped the light fantastic to Hung Up?).

Derek Jeter, however, threw a well-attended shindig that included rumored squeeze toy Minka Kelly, Michael Jordan, and Yankees superfan Billy Crystal.

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Derek Jeter, smiling in advance of the All-Star festivities. You can tell he knows that no one’s going to A-Rod’s party.  

Speaking of parties and squeezes, we’re pretty sure former NESN reporter Hazel Mae got her skank flirt on at the going-away (”But not fast enough,” said the bloggerette) party she threw for herself in Boston. Thanks to vigilant Prospero for the heads-up.

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If A-Rod Throws a Party and No One Shows, Is It Still a Party?

According to Page Six of the New York Post, the Friday Night Lights cutie pie was spotted out and about with the New York Yankees shortstop in NYC.

Will Minka Kelly’s Friday Night Lights be the ones at Yankee Stadium? 

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Kelly’s mouthpiece is tight-lipped about the rumor, but someone who plays the field—um, literally on and off the field—as well as Jeter can never be dismissed as a suitor to the stars. This bloggerette is always in favor of athlete-celebrity hookups, natch. (Kudos to faithful reader Caesar for spotting this one!).

Given the uncertain fate of our favorite snark target couple to monitor, Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo, we’re on the lookout for potential substitutes. If Derek’s performance with the Yankees starts to tank (something our Sox loyalty compels us to wish for anyway), we may have ourselves a winner.

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Derek Jeter’s Minka Link?