When E! and ESPN collide

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By Mary Paoletti
CSNNE.com

Celebrity news is silly. I don't care about Lindsay Lohan's addictions or Charlie Sheen's addictions or the addiction of stalkers to Lindsey Lohan and Charlie Sheen.

But sports media is an entertainment industry and certain athletes have reached celebrity status. Do thousands of fans know what Buddy Farnham's favorite color is? No, but they have chronicled every haircut Tom Brady has (or has not) gotten during the last decade.

It's when the Kardashians collide with the NBA that I feel awkward. It's when Jay Cutler marriesdoesn't-marry an MTV personality (is that what you call them?) and Mike Fisher steps out with an American Idol that I'm unsure of what to do.

Do I ignore those angles because they're slick with Ryan Seacrest slime? Or do I begrudgingly mention that Lamar Odom will be on the next season of Living Vicariously Through the Vapidashians because Lakers fans care? Or, more likely, because Celtics fans want to make fun of him.

I knew Chad Ochocinco's arrival in New England might present such dilemmas. When a sports celebrity like Esteban puts a microscope to his already-public life it's hard to know when to look away. He constantly Tweets his goings-on and over two and a half million people appear interested.

But what do Patriots fans want to know and what do they want filtered?

Teammate interaction: yes.

The Prius jokes have actually been entertaining. But while digging for more, I stumbled over that line onto the pink and frilly HollywoodLife.com where his fiancee was talking about wedding plans.

During the Aug. 8 season finale, Evelyn confronted Chad after she saw him having lunch with another woman. We resolved it and we moved on, Evelyn confesses. I dont know if he sees my point, but theres always that man-woman conflict.But they have moved on and been trying to get pregnant with twins but Evelyns not pregnant yet. Thats the good thing with fertility, you can pick and choose when you want to have babies, she explains. We want to have the babies after the wedding.

So, basically..

Chad goes out with a woman who is not his fiancee --> Chad and fiancee fight --> they move on and try to have kids --> they don't actually want kids until after the wedding --> the wedding isn't until next year.

...Right. Yup. I don't care.

Lesson learned: Stay on the right side of the ball because it's scary and confusing over with the Kardashians. We and E! might all be working in entertainment news, but we don't seem to be talking about the same thing.

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