SI.com reports that Christian Ponder and ESPN's Samantha Steele are, indeed, engaged

That's a rough past few days for the single ladies of the Twin Cities: Joe Mauer was married Saturday, and now this.

December 4, 2012 at 8:43PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

So it turns out that interweb report from Total Frat Move is correct. Per Richard Deitsch of SI.com, Christian Ponder and ESPN's Samantha Steele are engaged -- confirmed by Steele. The two have only been confirmed to be dating for about 6 weeks, but hey, that's how love works sometimes.

That's a rough past few days for the single ladies of the Twin Cities: Joe Mauer was married Saturday, and now this.

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Michael Rand

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Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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