GROUPIE SCOOP: The NEW YORK DAILY NEWS has a piece on the sick lot that stalk celebrity athletes - from the female perspective. Shockingly, even the largely anonymous Los Angeles Clippers aren’t immune from fawning, female fans.

Clipper Elton Brand: "I’m in my hotel room, relaxing, when this woman calls. She was like, ‘I see you’re coming to my city in March. I want to make a date.’ Damn. I don’t even know her, and she’s looking three months ahead for a hookup."

Brand also reports he’s currently being stalked by another female fan, , who" sends mountains of faxes and E-mails, detailing intimate desires and threats."