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I like sports. But I have to admit I love reading brainless gossip rags at the gym while doing boring cardio. If gossip has no interest to you, please keep scrolling down. For those want the total Tony Romo-Jessica Simpson scoop, keep reading and you don't have to fess up.

Okay, as you may know, Romo reportedly spent Thanksgiving with the Simpson clan. As TMZ.com showed in a grainy video, Romo flew to Los Angeles with Simpson to take advantage of the longer week after the Thursday night game.

US Magazine reports that Romo and Simpson made out at a club on December 1st. The article claims, "They were on top of each other!" And that it was "a bit much for a public place" and other such stuff. I suppose it was some serious PDA because US Magazine used both italics and the exclamation point.

Hmmm, I'm trying to figure out the logistics of them on top of each other unless there was some rolling around and such.

I am sure that there are some Cowboy fans that like to picture that sort of thing, but it might be hard to say whether they would be fantasizing more about Romo or Simpson. That's kind of a joke, except that I went shopping for Christmas decorations today and watched a Cowboy fan picking out decorations for as he put it his "totally sweet Dallas Cowboy Christmas tree" he was making. It wouldn't surprise me if he has a bit of Romo in his fantasy life. Any male Cowboy fans here want to admit to wanting to kiss Romo full on the lips after the way he has replaced Drew Bledsoe?

Now for a bit of silly commentary, so I can pretend that I am not a gossip writer. There is a long tradition of male athletes getting with female actress/singers/models. Probably the most iconic is Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe, though they didn't meet until after his career was over. The current high profile-high dollar matchup is Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and fabulously wealthy supermodel Gisele Bundchen.

Brady and Bundchen seem to be negotiating the high profile couple thing fairly well, including embarrassing videos, but I am thinking Jessica Simpson-thing brings the attention to a whole different level. Probably the only person that Romo would get more attention dating would be Britney Spears. (Yes, there were rumors they partied together, but Romo emphatically denied it).

So I ask: Should fans, coaches, etc be concerned about a player's love life at all? Even if it involves someone who gets as much gossip time and attention as Simpson?

And does anyone know if someone has come up with one of those Bennifer or Brangelina names for the Tony Romo-Jessica Simpson romance yet? If not, does anyone want to try?