That Would Be the NFL’s Achy, Breaky Day

On the theory that “most athletes want to be entertainers and most entertainers want to be athletes,” En Visage Multimedia is producing a couple of albums on which NFL players sing duets with established stars.

No. 1 draft pick Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts sings country with Kenny Chesney, the Chargers’ Ryan Leaf is paired with Kenny Sharp, and New York Giants defensive lineman Michael Strahan joins Randy Travis.

So the hotshot rookie quarterbacks have gone country.

When do we get to see the singers get sacked?

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Trivia time: Who is the only person to have won both the national motorcycle and Indy-car championships?

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Rabbi RBI: Thanks to a New York rabbi, fans at Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium can line up for Orthodox Kosher hot dogs and knishes.

David Senter, a graduate of Kol Yakkov Torah Center in Monsey, N.Y., operates the stands, where fans often line up 10 deep in a city with a Jewish population of almost 2 million. Yankee Stadium sells 25% or more kosher hot dogs at $3.75 than stands offering similarly priced regular hot dogs.

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Hits and errors: It’s a little unpredictable exactly which foods will be ballpark hits. Ribs, for example, are a mistake--too messy. At Philadelphia’s Veterans Stadium, Philly cheesesteak sandwiches and Italian ices do well, reasonably enough, but a salad and fresh-fruit stand was a flop.

“We throw three-quarters of it out each night,” said Brian Hastings, general manager for Ogden Corp., the Phillies’ food service provider. “We found out that when people come out to the ballpark, they leave their diets at home. They want funnel cakes and French fries.”

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Airball: The movie “BASEketball” is about a sport that combines the best of baseball and basketball.

“Instead of choking the coach, you hit him with a bat,” quips Entertainment Weekly.

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Looking good: After word out of the Chicago Bears camp that much-maligned quarterback Rick Mirer is starting to look better to the coaching staff, the Chicago Tribune’s “Hit & Run” column had a quick retort: “This is precisely the kind of delusional thinking that turns everybody in a singles bar into Mr. Universe or Miss America by 3 a.m.”

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Trivia answer: Joe Leonard, motorcycles in 1954, 1956 and 1957, and Indy cars in 1971 and 1972.

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And finally: After four hours of negotiations with Cincinnati Reds President John Allen to sign top draft choice Austin Kearns, agent Alan Hendricks went to his car to get some papers, the Boston Globe reports.

Problem was, stadium security had towed Hendricks’ rental car because it was parked in a fire lane.

Hendricks walked back into the Reds’ office with one last demand: “The deal is off until I get my car back.”