Who's Hot / Who's Not

WHO'S HOT

81
It's not just the minimum age for a coach in Buffalo anymore. Kobe had his astounding 81-point game (page 56), and Steelers special teams stud Sean Morey (above) isn't the only number 81 getting happy. T.O. is back in the limelight--as the star of a Boost mobile commercial and the object of Dolphins coach Nick Saban 's affection.

Oklahoma Women
Hoops team is 5-0 in the Big 12 after upsetting No. 8 Baylor, and another Sooners senior, Jennifer Berry, already has a crown: she's the new Miss America. The state's Idol, Carrie Underwood (of Checotah) belted out a spot-on national anthem before the NFC title game.

Steeler
You can't keep a good horse down, especially one named for a Super Bowl team. This pacer survived a November car crash--the trailer he was in got rear-ended; Steeler got loose and galloped on the highway--and has finished second twice in three 2006 starts. Of course second isn't what the other Steelers are after.

Joey Cheek
He's not from The Sopranos : He's a speedskater from Greensboro , N.C. , who Sunday became the first American man to win the World Sprint Championship since 1994. Next stop: Turin .

WHO'S NOT

17
Everything was not Jake in Seattle , where number 17 Delhomme threw three interceptions and completed just four passes in the first half. ("You just feel terrible," he said after the game.) In tennis 17th-ranked Daniela Hantuchova --she who defeated Serena --was thwacked in straight sets by Maria Sharapova .

Houston Men
Yaouch! The Rockets have lost eight of nine to cement their hold on last place, the Cougars' men's team has lost three of four, while alum (and walk-on hoopster) Master P . keeps getting hammered by the judges on Dancing with the Stars .

Harkleroad-Bogomolov
Tennis's young glam couple-- Ashley Harkleroad is 20; her husband, Alex Bogomolov, is 22--both got bounced in the second round of the Aussie Open. Bogo was particularly unamused: He was also hit with $4,500 in fines for cursing and verbal abuse during his first-round match against Fernando Gonz�lez .

Blues
St. Louis sure is singin' 'em. The team's got an NHL-worst record (10-29-7), it's 25th in the league in attendance (an alleged 14,076 a game), and now this: Top defenseman Eric Brewer needs shoulder surgery that could end his season.