We are dumbfounded as to why the New York Post’s Page Six gossip column has been following the saga of the love life of KYW’s Alycia Lane, but it has provided some odd entertainment since the spring. In case you don’t know, the tabloid broke the story of Lane sending e-mails containing bikini photos of herself to NFL Network anchor Rich Eisen which were intercepted by his wife, ABC Sports reporter Suzy Shuster.

Yesterday, Page Six revealed the latest in the saga of Lane’s love life: the fact that she is now romantically linked to anchor Chris Wragge of sister station WCBS in New York, where John Bolaris works. That doesn’t sound like much at first, until you consider that he is currently separated and working towards a divorce from his wife - former Playboy playmate and Swedish Olympian Victoria Silvstedt.

The Post even claims credit for the relationship: "The source said Wragge reached out to Lane after reading about her saucy exploits in Page Six." Also, although a WCBS spokesperson denied the travel rumors, Trish Bergin of Inside Edition (a friend of Lane's) told the paper they were headed out to Long Island: "I've known Alycia and Chris forever. I'm having a bunch of TV friends over for a barbecue. No big deal, though."

Now given Alycia Lane's 2004 appearance on the Dr. Phil show to talk about her first divorce, we're starting to think that she may be doing these attention-grabbing things to get on the national radar - or at least the radar of the New York market.

Photo illustration of Chris Wragge and Alycia Lane by author.