I just ran across a pretty racy item about Alex Rodriguez and a stripper on a British scandal sheet website. Forget the sleeze. Here's what I found amusing in a promo for a story entitled "Stripper reveals all about A-Rod in Madonna marriage row" "Candice Houlihan today pitches into Madge’s marriage crisis with a sizzling account of how Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez —the David Beckham of baseball—secretly romped with her . . .." Kind of stops you when you realize that across the pond you actually need to explain who the guy that Madonna has been linked to is. In fact, another headline simply calls him "Madge Rat," and the big marriage in question is Madonna and Guy Ritchie's. OK, that's enough of that. And now, back to real sports. ...