So while the New York Post sends a Jessica Simpson look-alike to torment Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, Green Bay's Fox affiliate is showing off its rooting interests/lack of journalistic integrity by denying Giants quarterback Eli Manning the opportunity to watch his favorite television show while he's in town to take on the Packers in Sunday's NFC title game. 

WLUK general manager Jay Zollar explained the decision to pull the station's regularly scheduled 5:30 p.m. Saturday showing of Seinfeld thusly:

"We don't want to give any comfort to the enemy whatsoever when they come into town. We know laughter is a good medicine and we decided we're not going to give that to him."

Zollar might not know it, but we have it from a good sports industry source (OK, so it's not that good a source … it's former Yankees assistant to the traveling secretary George Costanza) that Manning relies on Seinfeld for more than just mere entertainment.

For instance, we swear we've heard Manning shouting "Serenity now!" at Amani Toomer in the Giants huddle. In addition, it is believed Manning's game plan for improving on his Week 2 performance against the Packers entails some variation of the vaunted Costanza "opposite" theory.

Plus, with no Seinfeld to watch, Manning may find himself tempted by the "adult" offerings on the hotel's pay-per-view service.

Shortly after which, he will cease to be master of his own domain.

I don't know if the New York Post's little fake Jessica Simpson stunt (in which 21-year-old nanny and Simpson look-alike Lynsey Nordstrom attended the game wearing the same pink No. 9 Cowboys jersey the aformentioned Yoko Romo wore during Dallas' regular-season loss to Philadelphia) had any effect whatsoever on the outcome of Sunday's Giants-Cowboys playoff game.

But I do know this: I'm now rooting wholeheartedly for a Giants-Patriots showdown in Super Bowl XLII.

Sure, the Packers might be more competitive and a Super Bowl appearance would be a fitting swan song for Brett Favre.

But the fake Gisele Bundchen-fake Bridget Moynahan cat fight on the sidelines of University of Phoenix Stadium would just be epic.

Garage sales in my neighborhood typically feature clothing that wasn't in style during the decade in which it was originally introduced, several movies which can only be viewed on now-defunct media players and an assortment of children's toys that probably should have been recalled by any number of safety boards.

Clearly, I do not live in Michael Strahan's old neighborhood.

The Giants star's ex-wife, who is still seeking the $6.5 million she claims her former husband owes her in the wake of their 2005 divorce, resorted to a garage sale on Saturday -- a tactic you usually don't see outside a $3.6 million mansion.

But like most garage sales, there were bargains to be had. For example, diehard Giants fan Jamal Callaway scored a pair of television sets for the low, low price of $100.

Also among the reported sale items: A set of cassette tapes on how to make relationships succeed. And what better testimony could you have for the tapes' effectiveness than a disgruntled ex-wife selling them at a garage sale in the wake of an incredibly vicious -- not to mention highly publicized -- divorce?