Traditionally speaking, athlete-celebrity romances fall into one of three categories.
There are the somewhat problematic but mostly harmless couplings of two incredibly famous, often troubled people who have collided with each other while on otherwise separate journeys. Madonna and Dennis Rodman constitute the most famous example here, though Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez might also apply. (Madonna and A-Rod are the exemplars of this particular relationship style and, inevitably, had a brief, very bizarre relationship themselves.)
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