Reality TV Corner! : Sports Edition

Recently we have seen an increase in the amount of reality shows featuring sport stars and their significant others, and exes. Shows like The T.O. Show with Terrence Owens, Basketball Wives, Football Wives, Kendra with Kendra Wilkinson - Baskett and her Minnesota Vikings husband, and spouses of athletes have even snuck into the Real Housewives franchise in the Atlanta and now the Miami installments.

America's obsession with ballers and their lives has shown in the ratings. The T.O. Show and Basketball Wives have gotten VH1 huge ratings, Kendra got some of the biggest ratings for E! when she got married, and gave birth to her baby in two special episodes. 

The Real Housewives of Atlanta have had a connection to football players as well: being the town of the Atlanta Falcons, "housewives" Kim Zolciak, singer of "Tardy for the Party", is now pregnant with boyfriend Kroy Biermann of the Falcons' baby; former castmate Liza Wu Hartwell spent two seasons on the show with her husband, former NFL Linebacker of the Falcons Ed Hartwell; and DeShawn Snow spent the only one season, the premiere season, of the show with her children and husband, former Cleveland Cavaliers player and NBA TV announcer Eric Snow. The Miami installment of the franchise  has former Chicago Bulls player Scottie Pippen's wife, Larsa Pippen and their family as one of the six "housewives."

Even the Kardashians are involved in this, which isn't a surprise. Kim Kardashian, known for her love of athletes, was most famously in a relationship with New Orleans Saints player Reggie Bush, dated Dallas Cowboys Wide Receiver Miles Austin for a while and is now in a relationship with New Jersey Nets Forward Kris Humphries. Her sister,Khloe Kardashian Odom, even got into the athletic dating pool when she married LA Lakers Forward Lamar Odom in 2009, only a month after dating to the day of their wedding. The wedding special on their reality show Keeping Up With the Kardashians gave E! record ratings, and Khloe and Lamar are taping their spin-off reality show, Khloe & Lamar, set to premiere in April.