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Derek Jeter's arm candy - Minka Kelly - has a big week with her TV's show season ending and beginning. Confused? Check out more on her, including some good pics, in our latest Girls of Friday Night Lights feature.

It is an odd year so does that mean the Australian Open crown will be Serena Williams? An ESPN scribe points out she has won it in 2003, 2005 and 2007.

However, the writer also provides evidence that women's tennis is pretty unpredictable right now. Five different players have won the last five Grand Slams. Five players have also been ranked No. 1 in the world in the last five - and not even the same five!
Anyway, the Aussie Open, which starts next week, should be fun to watch ... especially with Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jakovic and the Williams sisters bringing sex appeal.

You know all of the jokes about chess club and that ... but:
a) Is chess a sport?
b) Can it have a hottie?
I just don't know about the first question, but if it can have a hottie, then it definitely is Alexandra Kosteniuk. This Russian beauty is compared, according to the paper where she now lives - the Miami Herald, to Anna Kournikova. I don't think she is quite Anna, but the married mother of 20-month-old daughter definitely is attractive.

Is poker a sport? No matter, poker star Vanessa Rousso will be appearing in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue this year and anything in SI is definitely sports-related.

This woman is certainly a stunning combination of looks and brains. She graduated early from Duke and is slated to earn her law degree this year. Also, she has raked in more than a $1 million at the poker table. Her biggest draw back? Lady Maverick is set to marry fellow pro card shark Chad Brown this year.

Look at her. Just look at her!
I am obviously not the only one who loves Minka. She has dated John Mayer and is now reportedly with Derek Jeter. The guy gets to play in the House that Ruth built and date Minka Kelly ... how is that fair?

The Friday Night Lights stunner is also receiving love today from TVPredictions.com, which has chosen her as HD Hottie of the day. As well, the Bastardly website is as enamored with Minka's chest as I am ... so much so that the site puts it up against the dynamic twosome of the one and only Salma Hayek.

Tonight the stunning Kelly and her castmates, including hottie Adrianne Palicki (check her our in this NSFW pics), star in the season three finale of FNL on DirecTV. On Friday, NBC starts showing all of season three.

I have to admit that as much as I love Minka, I have a tough time with her character Lyla. I loved her in the pilot as the hot, rich cheerleader dating the star quarterback. I even lusted for her when she cheated on her paralyzed boyfriend with his best friend, bad boy running back Tim Riggins.

OK, tangent time, is it just me or did you ever wonder how Riggins and Street became best friends? They were like three grades apart in school and Street wasn't nearly the party boy that Riggins is. Anyhow ...

Then in season two Lyla goes all born again Christian. She has been OK this season ... providing some nice eye candy ... but really her character has been kind of boring. Maybe that changes tonight!

The pic above is from AskMen.com.

I know someone thinks this is just an excuse for me to run the above photo. And why not run it? JoBlo, a great movie site, tabbed this pic as the "Best Butt Candid of the Year."

But besides the awesome bum of Goldie Hawn's daughter (who has that horrible-looking movie Bride Wars in theatres now), there is also a reason for this post. E Online is reporting that Kate has been hanging out with golfer Adam Scott. Also the Almost Famous beauty reportedly had a three-hour dinner with Alex Rodriquez last week.

If this means we will be seeing Kate hanging out at Yankee games or walking PGA courses, I am all for it.

When I first heard about the MLB Network I wondered, do we need a full-time baseball network all year round? Really, as much as I love baseball, do we?

Then I heard that Hazel Mae was going to be one of its main personalities and thought: "Hazel Mae all winter long and in the summer? Oh yeah!"

This hottie was born in the Philippines and then brought her exotic beauty to Canada. She grew up in Toronto and went to York University. She worked for Rogers Sportsnet in Canada and then made Red Sox Nation smile as a reporter with NESN. I certainly would have voted for her as the president of Rex Sox Nation ahead of Jerry Remy.

Mae certainly loves sports and its players. She reportedly dated players such as hoopster Ricky Davis and Blue Jay Kevin Barker. You'd think a woman this gorgeous and talented would at least date an A-lister. Maybe that means we have a chance?