When it comes to relationships, Romo's girl likes to mail it in

Guess he likes her backfield in motion.

Star magazine reports that singer Jessica Simpson films herself with a Webcam doing a Pussycat Dolls routine and other exotic dances for the benefit of her love interest, Cowboys QB Tony Romo, when the two are far away from each other.

But the notion isn't for everyone, as the Baltimore Sun's Flip Side columnist discovered:

"Mr. Flip showed this item to Mrs. Flip. The only part that interested her was the being far away from each other."

And One Dept.

Not to imply that Kansas faithful went wild celebrating the Jayhawks' first NCAA hoops title in 20 years, but Lawrence mediums report that Wilt Chamberlain just checked in to say his magic number is now 20,001.

What, no end run?

Disgraced QB Michael Vick, serving his dogfighting sentence at the U.S. penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., has taken up tossing a football again in the prison yard there, the New York Daily News reported.

On the down side, learning Vick's play-calling terminology might take a little time. He called for a quarterback sneak, and three inmates immediately hid in a laundry cart.

The vroom closet

Rumor of the Week: Formula One officials accuse Patriots of illegally filming Max Mosley's walk-through.

Cut & Run Dept.

Johnnie Murrah, 42, has been charged with theft under $100 after a 5-foot promotional cardboard likeness of the late NASCAR racer Dale Earnhardt was pilfered from a WaWa convenience store in Frederick, Md.

Positive identification of the stolen goods had to be delayed, however, until police could assemble a cardboard-likeness lineup.

End Games Dept.

Forget the Florida Gators' back-to-back NCAA basketball titles. Fans in Miami say this might be the most anticipated Final Four in state history.

But enough about Games 79-82 on the Heat schedule.

The write stuff

• David Thomas of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, checking out the souvenir stands at Texas Motor Speedway: "You can even buy a NASCAR tire for $20. As a courtesy to the person sitting in front of you during the race, however, I'd suggest that you purchase your tire on the way out of the track."

• Elliott Harris of the Chicago Sun-Times, on Jose Canseco's claim that the White Sox knew of steroid use in their clubhouse in 2001: "On the bright side, no Canseco reports of any Sox trying to hit on his wife."

• Headline from SportsPickle.com: "Mixed-race athlete said to be both scrappy AND athletic."

• Mike Bianchi of The Orlando Sentinel, on the Southeastern Conference celebrating its 75th anniversary: "I'm not sure, but I think the NCAA Committee on Infractions plans to pay tribute to the occasion by launching a commemorative letter of inquiry."

A run for the honey

About 30 competitors running a half-marathon in Saga City, Japan, were briefly hospitalized after they were attacked by a huge swarm of honeybees, Japan's NHK network reported.

The post race injury report: 42 cramps, 67 blisters, 98 stingers.

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