Unexpected bedfellows

Sports Illustrated's The Cauldron has posted an essay by Erin Finnegan about the intersection between sports stories and romance novels. I'm not sure I buy all of the author's arguments (I think the combination of wealth, fitness, and celebrity has a lot to do with the appeal of sports-star romance heroes), but she makes some interesting points, as well as introducing me to the webcomic Check, Please!, which speaks to me on pretty much every level.