MUST REALLY BE COUNTING PREGNANT BALLOTS: STORM MOVES AHEAD

          NBC's Hannah Storm "has stormed ahead" of CBS' Jill     Arrington and Fox' Jillian Barberie in Playboy.com's     "Hottest Sports Babe" poll and trails ABC's Melissa Stark by     less than 4,000 votes, according to Tom Hoffarth of the L.A.     DAILY NEWS.  Hoffarth wonders if Storm's husband has     anything to do with this and jests, "Check Dan Hicks'     server, please" (L.A. DAILY NEWS, 12/15).  In Philadelphia     Bill Fleischman writes that "most of the nominees are having     fun with" the Playboy.com poll, "but women in the media     should be allowed to do their jobs without such sexist     distractions" (PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, 12/15).  In Orlando,     Mike Bianchi criticizes the "message coming from some of the     highbrow media watchdogs who are blasting away at the TV     networks for hiring attractive women sports broadcasters" is     "shame on these women" for "having the audacity to be ...     beautiful" (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 12/15).