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She’s well-Verse-d

Sterger gets chance to speak her mind

Sassy, saucy, sexy, sarcastic Jenn Sterger bares it all — her no-holds-barred opinions on the world of sports and her multifaceted new media savvy — when “The Daily Line,” a live, highly-interactive, one-hour show that will give fans the opportunity to join the conversation via e-mail, texting, Twitter or telephone — debuts April 5 on Versus.

“Everyone asks, ‘Oh do you want to be the next Erin Andrews or the next Suzy Kolber?’ No, I just want to be the first me,” Sterger tells The Rumble. “I really want to have my own opinion about things and not have to apologize for it. I don’t apologize for shooting Playboy, and that’s gotten me in trouble in a lot of places. I’ve had my pictures thrown across a table at a meeting with [network] executives, and I [said], ‘Dude, at the time I was 21 years old — I don’t know what I’m gonna be doing next week!’ ”

Sterger, 27, who will be joined by stand-up comic Reese Waters, handicapper Rob DeAngelis and main host Liam McHugh, sees the unconventional show, which will air weeknights at 6 p.m., as a sports “Cheers.”

“Versus has really allowed me to come out of my shell and have an opinion in sports, which I don’t think a lot of shows have allowed women to do in our industry,” said the former Florida State Cowgirl who interviewed celebrities at Jets home games during the 2008 season.

The Rumble asked Sterger for a sample of her brutal honesty:

Tiger Woods — “Every other athlete out there with the exception of maybe a handful are doing the same thing. So for one guy to get vilified — I just think it’s kind of a joke. . . . Those girls knew what they were signing up for — getting into a relationship with a married man. . . .

The problem with Tiger is he didn’t come out in the beginning and say, ‘Look, I messed up.’ It’s the fact that he sat there and played all these games with the media, and it was all about power and controlling the situation, and I feel like he did himself more harm than good.”

Alex Rodriguez dating Kate Hudson — “Free PR. She had a movie coming out, he was going to the World Series, and like let’s be real.”

Derek Jeter and Minka Kelly — “I feel like they balance each other very well. They don’t rely on one another for their fame.”

David Wright — “I don’t know him, but I know that he has a really good eyebrow-threader . . . they’re perfectly groomed. You never noticed that about him?”

Joe Namath — “[The Jets] wouldn’t let me interview him, I was so [ticked], ’cause I wanted to use that line on him so bad: “Joe, I just want to kiss you!”

Regarding Jenrry

Jenrry Mejia, the Mets’ 20-year-old pitching hopeful from the Dominican Republic, is trying to learn the English language with the help of teammate Angel Pagan.

“I keep telling him the only way you will learn is to make a mistake,” Pagan said. “When I see a group of reporters go to him, I will try to be there. I will translate the question in Spanish and he will answer in English.”

Pagan especially was proud of his pupil the other day when Mejia did a live, in-game interview on SNY.

“That showed a lot of courage to do that,” said Pagan, a native of Puerto Rico who taught himself English, when he was a student at Indian River (Fla.) Community College. “He did great, too.”

Mejia also has been doing great on the pitching mound, too, and likely will open the season in the Mets’ big-league bullpen.

“ I want to get better in baseball and with my interviews,” Mejia said. “ I work hard at both.”

Lots of Lendl

Ivan Lendl, who just turned 50, will compete in his first competitive tennis match in 16 years at the upcoming Caesars Tennis Classic in Atlantic City on April 10 against former rival Mats Wilander.

That match highlights an exhibition lineup that will feature Pete Sampras vs. James Blake and Andy Roddick vs. Marat Safin. The Tennis Channel will air a one-hour original program on Lendl on May 4 that will focus around his return to the court at Caesars. Lendl is also an avid golfer and is trying to qualify for July’s U.S. Senior Open.

Good food at Fordham

New Fordham basketball coach Tom Pecora, his wife Mary Beth, daughter Brianna and son Sean, at Dominick’s on Arthur Avenue, celebrating his Rose Hill appointment with Rams brass over ziti, pork chops with vinegar peppers, chicken parm and baked clams. Owner Charlie DiPaolo, who was an assistant hoops coach at Montclair State when Carol Blazejowski ruled the roost, stopped by the table to talk Fordham hoops renaissance with Coach P, his adviser Ed Broderick, Fordham AD Frankie McLaughlin, and VP of Student Affairs Jeff Gray.

The Hurley Show

Throughout his legendary 36-year career, St. Anthony (N.J.) High School coach Bob Hurley has been asked — almost weekly — why he never made the jump to the college ranks.

On Wednesday at 10 p.m. on PBS, those questions might be answered, once and for all.

“As you just saw on the screen behind me, I don’t think that act would have flied much at the college level.”

Those were Hurley’s humorous words to a Tribeca theater last Monday night, when “The Street Stops Here,” a TeamWorks Media documentary — which next hits Ch. 13 this week — premiered. The film, which tracks the Friars’

2007-08 season, captures the fiery Hurley at his finest, as he extracts a perfect 32-0 season out of a maddening — yet loaded — roster that produced six Division I players.

St. Anthony’s gave the film crew unlimited access during that season to remember, and it resulted in some classic Hurley moments that “made me cringe as I watched it,” he said.

But as is Hurley’s custom, he was more comfortable talking about other topics, rather than himself. In the lobby of the theater, when talking to The Post’s Tim Sullivan, Hurley got right down to what was really on his mind:

“All I’ve got to say,” Hurley said jokingly, “is my NCAA bracket is completely busted.”

Clyde’s spin move

Basketball legend and MSG Network’s Knicks analyst Walt “Clyde” Frazier and Knicks reporter Jill Martin hosted a spin class at swank David Barton Gym to raise money for Madison Square Garden’s Garden of Dreams Foundation. Participants pedaled to Clyde’s 1970s playlist (songs from Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, and the Isley Brothers).

Advertising maven Donny Deutsch attended in full gear and was the highest bidder for an authentic Clyde jersey, which Frazier signed for him on the spot. Frazier, a first-time spinner, had such a good time, he now plans on attending Jill’s regular spin class with her.

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