Guess there are some Boston baseball beauties that can knock your sox off.

• Avery Johnson now has time to attend all those Josh Howard parties.

Will Mark D’Antoni also be available for appearances?

• Some grouchy media dinosaurs use Bob Costas’ HBO show to growl about the sports blogosphere.

• But they don’t understand the true power of the Internet, as in the case of a small-college football player using YouTube to get himself drafted by the Eagles.

• Maria Sharapova finally meets Anna Kournikova - about 3-5 years too late for most of the media to care.

• Sisters are doing it for themselves - especially when it comes to softball sportsmanship.

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Moscow’s PRAVDA reports that amazingly, until last month Anna Kournikova and Maria Sharapova had never met.

(Happier, hotter times)

Then again, since Anna hasn’t played competitively in years, and is apparently “jealous” of Maria, we suppose it shouldn’t be that big a surprise.

Anna is terribly jealous of Maria’s incredible earnings (about $18 million a year), whereas Anna herself does not make much on advertising anymore. Nevertheless, it seemed that the girls were glad to see each other.

Pic of the two together after the jump.
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Danica Patrick silenced critics who said she was just a pretty face by becoming the first woman to win an IndyCar race when she took home the title at the Japan 300. Presumably, she did so with a shirt on and with both hands on the wheel instead of one touching her left breast.

I’ll skip the “rubbin’ is racin’” jokes for now and take you to the details of the race from THE PRESS ASSOCATION. Read more…

Not satisfied that she has sullied the sports world or fueled the imaginations of males aged 13-85 enough, Anna Kournikova today is a triathlete. Sort of.

Well, maybe she’s not quite entirely a triathlete. This if for charity, so I’ll go easy, but it sounds like she only did the running part (four miles). At least that’s what I glean from the plans laid out on KOURNIKOVA.COM, your one-stop news source: Read more…

CELEBRIDIOT has a pic from tennis player Alona Bondarenko’s new ad campaign for K-Swiss:

Like you, we’ve never heard of her, and we wonder why K-Swiss would sign her to an endorsement deal. Makes almost as much sense as paying Anna Kournikova hundreds of thousands of dollars to endorse anything now. She, by the way, was K-Swiss’ last corporate spokesmodel.

It is interesting to note the similar looks of Kournikova and Bondarenko. The latter we’re guessing came a lot cheaper. It also gives us a good idea of who may be behind these ad campaigns. Read more…

• THE ANGRY T serves up a shot of tennis temptresses Maria Sharapova & Anna Kournikova together at last:

• With minor league baseball (and the between-inning promotions) underway, COMMOTION hopes they can catch a t-shirt shot by these guys.

• FOOD COURT LUNCH has the update you’ve been waiting for - of the world women’s curling championship.

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A fantastic story was unearthed via the ARIZONA REPUBLIC, which features the hottest new member of the Grand Canyon University tennis team: 60-year-old Sheila Johnson. (Photo from TENNIS WEEK).

Per the REPUBLIC:

“The Antelopes’ newest addition became eligible for AARP 10 years ago, was born during the Truman era and understands the Pythagorean theorem - but not text-messaging. Read more…