Happy Valentine’s Day! In honor of the day of love, I wanted to give you the best Sports or Althete-Celebrity Couples of all time! Trying to make this all-time list proved a lot harder than anticipated. I mean can you really put Kobe Bryant and Vanessa Laine on the list? And clearly, Tiger isn’t going to make this top countdown.
Of course, there are the Kardashian Sisters and their pro ballers (Kim with Super Bowl winning NFL star Reggie Bush and Khloe with Lamar Odom, NBA) and Girl Next Door Kendra with Indianapolis Colts player Hank Baskett but um….. yeah…… I don’t think so.
Some of my personal all-time favorites included Halle Berry and David Justice, A-Rod and Madonna, and even…. Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson.( Hey, she popularized the pink jerseys so I can’t hate on them as a couple!) But they are really not the relatioships that fairy tales are made out of, now are they?
So here’s what I am left with:
5. Tom Brady & Gisele
In reality they probably aren’t the best all time couple. But they certainly are one of the best looking couples in the whole world of all time! I mean she is ranked as the hottest woman, like, ever (personally I like Adriana Lima better but that’s just me….) and he is arguable the sexiest NFL player to ever walk the gridiron. They make the countdown simply because I’m truly dazzled by their hotness.
4. Tony Parker & Eva Longoria
There is just something so sweet and charming about seeing Eva in the stands cheering her man on. Yeah they’ve been splashed over every magazine time and time again but for some reason it doesn’t seem so in your face or obnoxious. More like sweet and romantic! One thing’s for sure, she definitely makes him hotter! He’s a decent looking guy but because she seems to think he is super-hot, so do we! They are one of those couples that if they were to ever break up, I think everyone would be devastated—kinda like Brad and Jen from back in the day. Sure, the men would move on because that means Eva would be available for them, but it just wouldn’t seem right to link either Tony or Eva with another person.
3. Andre Aggassi & Steffi Graf
The merging of these two powerhouse tennis stars back in 2001 was huge. While people still love to talk about Andre’s relationship with Brooke Shields and dwell on the “what if…..” as if they were Dawson and Joey……I think the Andre/Steffi story is far more wonderful!
2. David Beckham & Victoria “Posh” Beckham
If Tom and Giselle rank as the hottest couple in the world, then David and Victoria rank as the hottest couple in the universe. Seriously, these two are absolutely stunning together. It’s rare that a couple can become practically British royalty… and American royalty too! It seems like everyone loves them!
And they’ve redefined style and fashion in sports. No, Posh doesn’t play but with her on David’s arm, she’s shown that fans can be fashionable and chic, yet still supportive. And David has shown men that white T-shirts and baggy basketball shorts are not “sports fashion.” They are so pretty it almost hurts to look at them.
and the No. 1. athlete couple is…….
Joe DiMaggio & Marilyn Monroe
Their marriage lasted only 274 days, yet it lives on in baseball history and fairy tales forever. Maybe it’s because it was such a whirlwind and so explosive. Or maybe its because for 20 years after her death, even though they had been divorced for a lot longer than they had been married, he had a half-dozen red roses delivered to her crypt three times a week.
Do you agree with my top 5? Who else is on YOUR top sports couple countdown? Leave me a comment below or send me a tweet @stilettosportsj
About the author: Jennifer Taglione is the owner of this fabulous website Stiletto Sports. Despite writing well over 500 posts, she still maintains that she is not a sports writer! She is however a huge fan of Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald, Mark Sanchez, the Celtics, and totally kicks butt on March Madness brackets! Connect with her by following her on Twitter @StilettoSportsJ and subscribing to her weekly newsletter. For more info check out the About the Editor page!
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Yup I agree with your list & had the media left TONY & Jessica alone they may have gone a lot farther & been on this list. They never had a shot jusy like Marilyn & Joe.
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Stiletto Jen Reply:
February 15th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
I’m still not over the Jess/Nick breakup so I wasn’t big into Jess/Tony….. broke my heart (and yes, I still feel bad about Brad & Jen too! I can’t help it!)!
But i love all of marilyn’s love affairs!
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Posted on February 15th, 2010 at 8:23 am
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