Good lip service for A-Rod?

Looks like Alex Rodriguez just found another hot corner — at the mouth of the Hudson.

The New York Post reported the Yankees third baseman was spotted kissing actress Kate Hudson at 1 a.m. at the Mustang Grill.

"Apparently they did," noted comedy writer Alex Kaseberg, "because the next day Kate tested positive for steroids."

Added Cam Hutchinson of the Saskatoon StarPhoenix: "Good thing it wasn't October, or A-Rod wouldn't get to first base."

Happy birthdays

In Tommy John news, the ex-pitcher turned 66 last Friday — and on Sept. 25, his left elbow turns 35.

Revisionist history

Notre Dame publicists have edited Irish coach Charlie Weis' losing seasons out of the football media guide, the Fort Wayne (Ind.) Journal Gazette reported.

"In a related story," wrote Tony Augusty of the Detroit News, "the Lions' media guide will be 75 percent smaller next season."

They went 0 for 2

You make the call: The worst double-whammy of a week was just experienced by:

• The White Sox, who got pounded 20-1 by the Twins and rejected by Padres pitcher Jake Peavy — just hours apart.

• Or Steelers linebacker James Harrison, whose pit bull bit his 2-year-old son on the heels of his insipid observation — "He would've invited Arizona if they had won" — in snubbing a White House invite from President Obama.

Not in the cards

Michael Vick got a very unusual job offer from Bluefirepoker.com — $250,000 to play cards — and let's just say it wasn't well received.

The poker-playing dogs, for one, are threatening to boycott the next barbershop-calendar photo shoot.

Talking the talk

• Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle, on the possibility of London hosting a Super Bowl: "What will U.S. fans get in return? The Henley Regatta and a fox hunt to be named later?"

• Tweeter J.J., to LenBermanSports.com, wondering what Terrell Owens getting Buffalo's "key to the city" entails: "A master key that operates the snowblower AND the Zamboni?"

Get him a sandbox

And in baby news, beach-volleyball star Kerri Walsh experienced the mother of all side-outs last Friday — giving birth to an 8-pound, 10-ounce boy.

No word on whether they named him Spike.

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