Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen Are Engaged ... For Realsies This Time!

Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen reportedly were engaged a few weeks back, according to TMZ. But if you thought People, who clearly controls the entire world, was going to let anyone else scoop them on this mega-uber-awezome news, you were wrong.

Celebrity Sports Couples

NFL star Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bundchen
Relationship Status: Dating since late 2006 and reportedly engaged

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Retired LPGA star Annika Sorenstam and Mike McGee
Relationship Status: Married

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ESPN 'NASCAR Now' host Nicole Manske and IndyCar driver Ryan Briscoe
Relationship Status: Engaged during a vacation over the holidays

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Singer Carrie Underwood and NHL player Mike Fisher
Relationship Status: Reportedly dating.

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Ex-Formula One champion Fernando Alonso and singer Raquel Del Rosario
Relationship Status: Reportedly have been married since 2006

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Reality TV star Khloe Kardashian and NBA player Rashad McCants
Relationship Status: Reportedly dating

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NHRA star Ashley Force and her husband Daniel Hood
Relationship Status: Married on Dec. 13, 2008

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NASCAR star Carl Edwards and Dr. Kate Downey
Relationship Status: Recently engaged

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Recording artist Trina and NBA player Kenyon Martin
Relationship Status: Currently dating

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Sacramento Kings guard Shelden Williams and L.A. Sparks forward Candace Parker
Relationship Status: They eloped in Lake Tahoe in November, and Parker is expecting her first child this spring

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And now it appears as if Brady didn't propose until last Friday, when he offered up a ring that's probably worth more than my ~~mom's basement~~ house.

The New England Patriots quarterback, 31, proposed with a diamond solitaire to the Brazilian supermodel, 28, on Friday.

"He asked and she accepted," a source close to the couple tells PEOPLE. Family and friends were informed over the weekend. An official announcement, as well as preliminary wedding details, are being planned by Bündchen and her closest friends this week.

I suppose that People probably has the timeline correct; after all, there never was any confirmation of the original report, and it was later denied by several Boston newspapers. On the other hand, People could have simply pressured the couple into waiting a few weeks so they could pull trigger on the scoop. It's really impossible to tell. And it really doesn't matter.