Babes of Sports

Alex Morgan

2012-02-10T08:10:00.000-08:00

Women's soccer ingenue Alex Morgan is one of the sportslebrities featured in the 2012 Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition. As if we needed any more reason to pick that issue up.

Marisol Gonzalez

2012-02-01T07:35:00.001-08:00

Marisol Gonzalez is a sports reporter/presenter for Spanish-language broadcaster Televisa. But she's hot in any language.

Shevon Stoddart

2012-01-15T08:56:00.000-08:00

Shevon Stoddart sports a University of South Carolina bathing suit in the photo above. She's Jamaican and a hurdler, both for Team Jamaica as well as in college. Shevon's best performances, in terms of medalling, have come in the Central American and Caribbean Championships and Commonwealth Games, although she also has competed in World Championships and Olympic Games.

Allyson Felix

2012-01-09T10:47:00.000-08:00

Track and field star Allyson Felix was recently featured in a Yahoo Sports video focusing on her preparation for the 2012 Olympics. Here is that video:

Angela Ruggiero

2011-12-28T13:11:00.000-08:00

Farewell, Angela Ruggiero. The American hockey player just announced her retirement from competitive hockey. The defender is a 4-time Olympian, winning four models. Ruggiero won gold with Team USA at the 1998 Winter Olympics, bronze in 2006, plus a pair of silvers (2002, 2010).

Keri-Anne Payne

2011-12-22T15:08:00.000-08:00

This is Keri-Anne Payne as she arrives at the 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year shindig. Keri-Anne is originally from South Africa but represents Great Britain in international swimming competitions. She now focuses on marathon open-water swimming, twice winning gold medals at the World Championships in the 10k Open Water event. Previously, she competed in more traditional events, including swimming the 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley races at the 2008 Olympic Games.

Marlies Schild

2011-12-19T13:00:00.000-08:00

Austrian skier Marlies Schild now has two wins in a row in World Cup slalom races after victory in Courchevel, France.

Shild is a 3-time Olympic medal-winner (two silvers, one bronze), and has won seven medals - including two golds - at the World Championships. She also, three times, has won the World Cup season championship in slalom.

Zoe Nightingale

2011-12-18T07:38:00.000-08:00

Zoe Nightingale played a key role in the UCLA women's volleyball team's national championship victory over Illinois with her blocking prowess at the net. In fact, Nightingale was part of 11 of UCLA's total of 15 blocks during the championship match.

Nightingale is a 6-foot-3 freshman for the Lady Bruins.

Michelle Kwan

2011-12-16T13:28:00.000-08:00

So what's Michelle Kwan up to lately? Let's see ... well, she recently graduated from The Fletcher School, a graduate school in international affairs. Oh, and she was just elected to the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame. Which makes sense, given that Kwan was a 9-time U.S. champion and 5-time world champion.

Lindsey Vonn

2011-11-07T12:35:00.003-08:00

It's not like we need an excuse to run another photo of Lindsey Vonn, but in this case, we have one: Seems that a cheeky 15-year-old managed to ask Vonn to his school prom. And because he did so in front of cameras and reporters as a public event, Vonn even said OK. That's right, Vonn is going to the prom with a 15-year-old boy. Man, where were celebs like this when I was in school?

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Kristina Akra

2011-10-29T13:16:00.000-07:00

Kristina Akra currently reports for SEC Gridiron Live on Fox Sports South, and works FSS SEC games as a sideline reporter. Previously she worked for Sun Sports and Kraft Sports Productions.

She's also worked the sidelines during other sports for Cox Sports and for Big East Network.

Angela Rypien

2011-10-13T13:39:00.000-07:00

Yes, Angela Rypien plays in the Lingerie Football League, for the Seattle Mist. Yes, she is the daughter of former NFL quarterback Mark Rypien. Yes, she plays quarterback like her dad. Yes, Angela Rypien is hot.

That about covers it.

Angela Sun

2011-10-07T12:30:00.000-07:00

Angela sun appeared in Maxim. And we thank her for that.

Angela is the host of the Yahoo! Sports Minute, a one-minute to 90-second clip of fun sports stuff that airs weekdays on Yahoo! Sports. She's also served as a broadcaster on the Tennis Channel, NBC, and on some X-Games telecasts.

Houston Dynamo Girl Anna

2011-09-19T14:06:00.000-07:00

Who knew Major League Soccer teams even had cheerleaders? Soccer is known for WAGs, not cheerleaders. But you learn something new every day. This is Anna, one of the "Dynamo Girls" for MLS side Houston Dynamo.

Anna says that one of her hobbies is sleeping. Aww, that's cute. But sleeping isn't a hobby, it's a biological necessity.

Anna Kournikova

2011-09-09T13:19:00.000-07:00

Continuing to peruse Men's Health's 101 Hottest Women of 2011 list, we come to Anna Kournikova. Anna is No. 41 on the magazine's list. The former tennis mynx is now a TV mynx, hosting The Biggest Loser on NBC.

Erin Andrews

2011-09-08T14:48:00.000-07:00

Sticking with the Men's Health Hottest Women of 2011 list, another sports babe on the list is ESPN reporter Erin Andrews. Andrews checks in at No. 57.

Ines Sainz

2011-09-05T14:04:00.000-07:00

Men's Health has ranked the Hottest Women of 2011, and sports reporter Ines Sainz is No. 88 on the magazine's list. The blurb says: "A 'bad girl,' according to a cheeky pictorial spread in her native Mexico, Sainz is witty, educated, and impossibly seductive. What's better than that? Well, this: It's her job to love football. She's one of Mexico's most experienced and most-watched sports journalists."

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Claudine Keane

2011-08-21T12:35:00.000-07:00

Claudine Keane is a soccer WAG. She's the wife of Irish striker Robbie Keane, who recently left Tottenham Hot Spur for the Los Angeles Galaxy. The Daily Mail seems to think that in L.A., Claudine and Robbie will be the new Posh and Becks.

Maryeve Dufault

2011-08-17T07:08:00.000-07:00

Maryeve Dufault is a former model on the gameshow The Price Is Right who now drives a race car. Actually, according to Maxim magazine, "Maryeve Dufault now spends her time as a driver on the ARCA circuit. A racer since she was eight years old, she's done stunts in the film Fast Girl, co-hosted the television series Racin' for a Livin'."

Yahoo Sports notes that "Dufualt has said that she used the money she earned from modeling to pay for tires and equipment so that she could go race. Dufault, 29, has made 12 starts in ARCA in 2011 with one top 10, a 10th place finish at Chicagoland Speedway."

Oakland Raiders' Cheerleading Grandma

2011-07-28T12:32:00.000-07:00

Say hello to Susie Sanchez. She's a rookie on the Oakland Raiders cheerleading squad for the 2011 season. And she's a grandmother. Yes, she's the only grandmother on any NFL cheerleading squad. She's 37 years old.

GILF alert!

Lindsey Vonn at the ESPYs

2011-07-14T07:05:00.000-07:00

A couple pics of Lindsey Vonn on the red carpet at the 2011 ESPY Awards:

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France Women's Soccer Team

2011-07-13T11:54:00.000-07:00

Above, from left, are Sarah Bouhaddi, Gaetane Thiney and Corine Franco, members of the French national team in women's soccer, and players in the 2011 Women's World Cup.

And below are Thiney and Franco is another pose. These members of Team France (along with several others) posed semi-nude for British newspapers recently in an effort to win more "exposure" (har har) for women's soccer in France.

And hopefully it worked. Because what would you French rather see bare - Zidane's bald noggin, or soccer babes?

Alex Morgan

2011-07-13T11:46:00.000-07:00

Alex Morgan is one of the hottest young stars on the world women's soccer scene. The 22-year-old forward plays for Team USA, often coming in during the second half of games in the 2011 Women's World Cup, when her speed on the wings can be best utilized. She played collegiately at the University of California and her professional team is the Western New York Flash of the WPS.

Hope Solo

2011-07-10T10:44:00.000-07:00

Hope Solo of Team USA is undoubtedly one of the top two or three goalkeepers in women's soccer. She also undoubtedly was the victim of an awful yellow-card-for-coming-off-the-line-on-a-penalty-kick call in the 2011 World Cup quarterfinals against Brazil.

Susan Shan

2011-07-09T09:27:00.000-07:00

Who is Susan Shan? She is the "Asian sensation" (her own term) of sports reporting. She certainly looks sensational.

Shan is an independent sports journalist who writes at her own Web site and whose articles and blog posts are carried on a number of high-profile sites around the Web.

Monica Gonzalez

2011-07-06T13:48:00.001-07:00

This is Monica Gonzalez, member of Mexico's World Cup women's soccer team. I know nothing about. Except that she's posed in bikinis. Which is enough.

Ellysse Perry

2011-07-03T09:27:00.000-07:00

Ellysse Perry is a member of the Australian women's World Cup soccer team. So why is dressed in a cricket kit? Because she also plays for the Australian national cricket team. She's a rennaissance babe.

Heather O'Reilly

2011-07-02T12:00:00.000-07:00

Heather O'Reilly was one of the three US scorers in Team USA's 3-0 victory over Colombia in a Women's World Cup soccer match. She also plays for Sky Blue FC in the Women's Professional Soccer League and in the past is a 2-time gold medal winner in Olympic play.

Sue Bird

2011-06-29T12:40:00.000-07:00

The WNBA's Seattle team, including Sue Bird, visited the White House recently in recognition of last year's championship. Which made me realize: We really don't need a reason to run more Sue Bird pics.

Alana Blanchard

2011-06-27T08:10:00.000-07:00

Alana Blanchard always looks good in the water. She's a professional surfer. And she's also No. 1 on Men's Health magazine's 2011 list of the 10 sexiest women in sports. And we're fine with that.

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Serena Williams' Sexy Twitter Profile Pic

2011-05-14T08:26:00.000-07:00

The above is the profile picture (or avatar) that Serena Williams briefly used on Twitter recently. She took it down after some (mostly media types) complained that it was too racy.

But, c'mon. It's artsy-fartsy, not salacious. There's no nudity. She's wearing undergarments. But you really can't see anything because essentially it's just her silhouette. And on Twitter, the image was just a thumbnail anyway. Get over it.

And Serena, keep posting those pics.

LAT Top 50: Stacy Keibler

2011-05-04T13:38:00.001-07:00

From the Los Angeles Times' 50 Most Beautiful Female Celebrities: It's Stacy Keibler, No. 16 on the list. The former WWE diva has since been on Dancing with the Stars and is getting an acting career going.

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LAT 50 Most Beautiful: Danica Patrick

2011-05-04T13:10:00.000-07:00

Danica Patrick at the 2010 ESPYs. Danica is No. 47 on the Los Angeles Times' 50 Most Beautiful Female Celebrities list for 2011.

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Katelin Swift

2011-04-26T09:43:00.000-07:00

Katelin Swift is a former collegiate soccer player at the University of North Florida. Currently? Well, let's just say this: All praise ModelMayhem.com.

The Banned Serena Williams Commercial

2011-03-26T07:40:00.000-07:00

This is the Serena Williams commercial that has been banned from television. Actually, the commercial was pulled by the game developer after some TV networks declined to air it. The video game in question is Top Spin 4 by 2K Sports. If you like Serena's booty, you'll like this commercial, because it's on display.

Alana Blanchard

2011-03-19T08:19:00.000-07:00

Alana Blanchard is a professional surfer who was called by one surfing magazine "the hottest surfer in the world." So it's no surprise that she also does professional modeling.

Michelle Waterson

2011-03-15T14:01:00.000-07:00

Michelle Waterson, a k a "the karate hottie." She fights in mixed martial arts and has eight MMA wins at the time of this writing.

Bruna Schmitz: 2011 SI Swimsuit Issue

2011-02-16T12:23:00.000-08:00

The third of the three international athletes featured in the 2011 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue is Bruna Schmitz. She's a native of Brazil and a professional surfer. More Bruna on SI.com

Kim Glass: 2011 SI Swimsuit Issue

2011-02-16T12:18:00.000-08:00

Kim Glass is a 6-foot-2 volleyball player. She was part of the USA's silver-medal-winning team at the 2008 Olympics and now plays professionally. See Sports Illustrated's Glass menagerie.

Leryn Franco: 2011 SI Swimsuit Issue

2011-02-16T12:11:00.000-08:00

Leryn Franco is a 2-time Olympic in track & field (well, field actually) representing Paraguay. She's one of three "international athletes" featured in the 2011 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. See SI's Franco-file.

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Irina Shayk SI Swimsuit Cover Girl for 2011 Issue

2011-02-15T05:41:00.000-08:00

Russian model Irina Shayk is the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl for 2011. The choice of Shayk was revealed during a Feb. 14 taping of Late Show with David Letterman.

Shayk is the girlfriend of soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. Which proves once again that futbol starts get hotter chicks than football stars.

Katelin Swift

2011-02-07T09:22:00.000-08:00

Katelin Swift is another Model Mayhem discovery, a former athlete who has now turned to modeling. She played NCAA soccer for the University of North Florida Ospreys.

Allison Baver

2011-02-06T08:42:00.000-08:00

Allison Baver is a short track speedskater. She was the 2007 US national champ and competed in the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.

Bianca Cruz

2011-02-05T06:28:00.000-08:00

Bianca Cruz is a former softball star at Arizona State University who briefly played professional softball. And then she turned to modeling. Which seems like a very reasonable decision. Thank goodness for Model Mayhem ...

Brooklyn Decker

2011-02-01T12:31:00.000-08:00

Brooklyn Decker is the model, actress and wife of tennis player Andy Roddick. She's also No. 36 in Ask Men's 2011 Most Desirable Women list. And yes, her career is going much better than her husband's these days. (Above image is from the 2008 Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition.)

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Maria Sharapova

2011-02-01T12:20:00.000-08:00

Tennis mynx Maria Sharapova is No. 80 on the 2011 Ask Men 99 Most Desirable Women list. She's been injured quite a bit the past couple years and her tennis ranking has suffered. We might soon reach a point (if that point hasn't been reached already) where Sharapova's ranking on hot chicks lists is higher than her tennis rankings.

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Arianny Celeste

2011-02-01T12:15:00.001-08:00

Arianny Celeste gained fame as a UFC "ring girl." She capitalized on that fame with a Playboy cover shoot.

Now she's No. 95 in the Ask Men 2011 Most Desirable Women rankings.

Alissa Czisny

2011-01-30T09:40:00.000-08:00

Alissa Czisny is making a comeback in women's figure skating at the relatively "old" age of 23. So far, so good. Czisny won the 2011 US National Championship, earning a spot on the American team for the World Championships.

Colts Cheerleaders the Most Valuable?

2011-01-29T14:09:00.000-08:00

The Indianapolis Colts cheerleaders are the most valuable cheerleading squad in the NFL. That's the surprising conclusion (because wouldn't everyone have guessed the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders?) of a CNBC study of which NFL teams takes the most monetary advantage of their cheerleaders.

Caroline Wozniacki

2011-01-26T22:37:00.000-08:00

Tennis babe of the moment Caroline Wozniacki had her moment upstaged at the 2011 Australian Open. She lost in the semifinals to Na Li, who became the first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam final.

And that's all well and good for Li and the Chinese, but where does that leave the rest of having? Having to look at pics of Caroline on blogs like this one, rather than on the courts in Sydney. That's where.

Alex Flanagan

2011-01-08T14:49:00.000-08:00

Alex Flanagan is a sportscaster currently working for NBC Sports. In the past she's been with ESPN and the NFL Network. Alex Flanagan worked as the sideline reporter on NBC's Notre Dame college football broadcasts; and she's worked as the sideline reporter on NBC's "Sunday Night Football" broadcasts. That includes the network's telecast of the New Orleans Saints-Seattle Seahawks NFL playoff golf on Jan. 8, 2011.

Fun fact about Alex Flanagan: She's 6-foot tall. I guess that qualifies her to be called a "statuesque blonde." Her husband is 6-foot-9. I guess that qualifies him to beat up every guy who lusts after his wife.

Rosalyn Gold-Onwude

2010-12-31T06:12:00.000-08:00

We'll celebrate Stanford's big win over Connecticut in women's basketball by posting our all-time favorite women's basketball player, the super-cute and sexy Rosalyn Gold-Onwude.

Ros is now working as an analyst on some college games for ESPN.

Jenn Sterger

2010-12-29T18:53:00.000-08:00

The tawdry, sordid Brett Favre investigation finally came to an end, with Favre fined $50k by the NFL - not for sexting naughty pics of himself to former Jets employee Jenn Sterger, but for failure to cooperate with the league's investigation.

J-E-T-S Jets!

Paris Hilton, Biker Chick

2010-12-18T15:55:00.000-08:00

Motorcyle racing is big in Europe, and Paris Hilton thinks she's big everywhere. So Paris and motorcycling are a good fit. And so is that bodysuit Paris is barely wearing:

The photos are from an appearance in Madrid, Spain, where Hilton was announcing the SuperMartxe VIP by Paris Hilton racing team that will compete in the World Championship 125cc motorcycle division in 2011.

Candice Crawford and Tony Romo Get Engaged

2010-12-17T12:12:00.000-08:00

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo popped the question to girlfriend Candice Crawford, and the two are now engaged to be married.

Candice Crawford is (as you probably guessed from the last two images) a former beauty pageant contestant, representing the Show Me state of Missouri.

She's a Dallas native, though, who attended the University of Missouri's school of journalism. While in college, Candice worked at KOMU-TV. Now, she's back in Dallas at KDAF-TV.

Amanda Beard Writing Book

2010-12-15T12:37:00.000-08:00

Former Olympic swimming medalist Amanda Beard is writing a book entitled,
In the Water They Can't See You Cry. Well, kudos for bathos! Amanda's book promised to tell her out-of-water tale, a "harrowing journey through drugs, alcohol, and eating disorders."

But are there going to be pictures?

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Lindsey Vonn as Sharon Stone

2010-11-22T12:02:00.001-08:00

Lindsey Vonn graces the cover of ESPN the Magazine's "movie issue," in which athletes dress up to recreate movie scenes. (Maybe next year they'll do an ESPN the Magazine movie body issue!) Lindsey strikes the Sharon Stone pose from the movie Basic Instinct, but, no, she doesn't flash her you-know-what.

Here's an ESPN video about the Lindsey Vonn-as-Sharon Stone photo shoot:

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Grete Eliassen

2010-11-19T08:52:00.000-08:00

Grete Eliassen is a professional skier who has medaled in the X-Games ... but she's not going to win any medals for her posture. C'mon, Grete, stop slouching!

She's definitely no slouch on the half-pipe, however, setting a women's recordin 2010 when she soared 31 feet into the air.

When Erin Barry Kicked Eva Longoria Out of the Way

2010-11-18T16:20:00.000-08:00

As you've surely heard, Erin Barry is the rumored "other woman" who led to the pending divorce of NBA star Tony Parker from actress Eva Longoria.

True or not, Erin - wife of hoopster (and Parker's former teammate) Brent Barry - has kicked Eva out of the way before. Check out the video below. It's a Grease singalong starring Parker and Longoria in the John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John roles. Erin Barry walks into the scene at about the 1 minute mark and sits on the table bench. At about the 1:40 marks, she kicks Eva off the bench.

Foreshadowing?

Erin Barry: Tony Parker's Other Woman?

2010-11-18T06:28:00.000-08:00

Erin Barry is married to NBA player Brent Barry, but not for long. NBA player Tony Parker is married to actress Eva Longoria, but not for long. Is it because Erin and Tony hooked up?

Those are the rumors in the wake of Longoria filing for divorce from Parker. Parker and Brent Barry were teammates for several years on the San Antonio Spurs. Erin Barry and Brent Barry were already in the midst of divorce proceedings before Longoria filled to split from Parker.

Karina Petroni

2010-11-13T11:11:00.000-08:00

Here's a photo of one of our favorite surfer chicks, Karina Petroni. She's a professional surfer and a professional model. Good combo.

Is Roberta Mancino the Sexiest Sports Babe of Them All?

2010-11-11T17:29:00.001-08:00

The readers of Men's Fitness magazine have voted Roberta Mancino the sexiest sports babe of them all. Well, I supposed that in reality they only voted her the sexiest sports babe of the 15 candidates Men's Fitness asked its readers to vote on. But why quibble?

Roberta Mancino is a professional, acrobatic skydiver. She's also Italian. Which means you can find much more revealing images of her than this out there on the Web, if you want to.

Almudena Cid Tostado

2010-11-11T16:24:00.000-08:00

Almudena Cid Tostado is a rhythmic gymnast from Spain. Although she's never medalled in the Olympics, she is the only athlete to reach the finals of the Olympic rhythmic gymnastics competitions at four different Summer Games. Not surprisingly, Almudena Cid Tostado is also a model.

Shalane Flanagan

2010-11-07T10:29:00.000-08:00

Shalane Flanagan finished second in the 2010 New York Marathon, the first American woman in 20 years to finish that high. Flanagan isn't just a marathoner, she also runs shorter distances and is an Olympic bronze medalist. She's the American recordholder at the 3K, 5K and 10K distances.

Lauryn Eagle ... Boxing?

2010-10-28T05:13:00.000-07:00

Australian Lauryn Eagle has been a beauty queen, a model, and a professional waterskiing champion. Now she's taking up boxing. I don't understand why someone with that face would risk damaging it, but there you go. She's no shrinking violet.

Eagle fights as a welterweight and has temporarily stepped off her waterskis to pursue her new sport (she's 1-0 with a KO so far). But her ambition to be both world waterskiing champion and world boxing champion within a year.

Alicia Sacramone

2010-10-23T14:28:00.000-07:00

Alicia Sacramone (left, pictured with Samantha Farvis, about whom I have no idea who she is) retired from gymnastics following the Beijing Games. But she's back. And while her hair is a different color these days, she's also golden again. Sacramone won gold in the vault at the 2010 World Gymnastics Championships in The Netherlands.

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Romy Tarangul

2010-10-22T08:16:00.000-07:00

Romy Tarangul is a German judo champion. She competed in the 2008 Olympics. She also posed for the German edition of Playboy in 2008, wearing significantly less clothing than she is in the image above. She didn't win gold in judo at the Olympics, but she apparently is a gold medalist at gettin' nekkid.

Beatriz Recari

2010-10-19T05:29:00.000-07:00

According to Golf Babes, Beatriz Recari was asked to appear in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit model this year. And who wouldn't want to see this Spanish beauty in a bikini? If SI calls again, Ms. Recari, just say si! to SI.

Recari just won her first tournament on the LPGA Tour.

Arianny Celeste

2010-10-12T18:09:00.001-07:00

Arianny Celeste is featured in the November 2010 issue of Playboy.

Who is Arianny Celeste? She's the ultimate fighting version of a ring girl - an Octagon girl in UFC. She's been strolling the octagon since 2006, and gathering quite a following. Not hard to understand why.

US Women's Water Polo Team on ESPN Body Issue Cover

2010-10-05T12:40:00.000-07:00

Here's another cover example from the 2010 ESPN the Magazine Body issue. This one features the US women's water polo team. I can't ID any of the women in the photo, but you can see the roster of the US women's national team here.

Diana Taurasi on Cover of ESPN Body Issue

2010-10-04T12:15:00.000-07:00

The 2010 ESPN "body issue" hits newsstands on Oct. 8. There'll be multiple cover shots again this year, and one of them is basketball star Diana Taurasi, above. Cheeky tat, Diana!

Chantel McNulty

2010-09-21T14:40:00.000-07:00

I'd never heard of Chantel McNulty until stumbling across someone's list of the hottest poker babes. So I looked her up, and, well, there you go.

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2010-09-15T06:18:00.000-07:00

Ines Sainz is hot. As a topic of interest, I mean - although you might think of other ways, too. So here's another pic.

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Ines Sainz

2010-09-14T06:16:00.000-07:00

Ines Sainz, sports reporter for Mexico's TV Azteca, finds herself in the middle of controversy involving the New York Jets. We won't get into that here. We're not about controversy. We're about babes.

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Maria Sharapova

2010-08-24T15:15:00.000-07:00

Tennis vixen Maria Sharapova spent several injury-plagued seasons dropping down the world rankings from her former No. 1 perch. Now she's finally healthy and playing again.

And working out pretty hard with boyfriend Sasha Vujacic. Yeah, I bet he's working her out pretty hard. Heh heh heh.

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Kim Yu-Na

2010-08-21T15:37:00.000-07:00

According to Forbes magazine, Korean figure skater Kim Yu-Na is the fifth highest-paid female athlete in the world. Ah, remember the old days, when Olympic athletes were amateurs? Or at least pretended to be? I say, good for Yu-Na (and every other Olympian).

Adriana Lima

2010-08-17T07:55:00.000-07:00

Adriana Lima is married to NBA player Marko Jaric. That qualifies her for Babes of Sports, and that qualifies him for the title of "guy marrying farthest above his level."

Sophie Horn

2010-08-10T12:17:00.000-07:00

Sophie Horn is a British model who played junior golf as a kid and now says she plans to turn pro (she's currently a 4-handicap). She works with the British golf magazine Golf Punk, and also does TV work with SkyTV on sports broadcasts.

Jennie Finch

2010-07-18T05:40:00.000-07:00

Softballer Jennie Lynch walks the red carpet upon her arrival at the 2010 ESPY Awards.

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Lindsey Vonn

2010-07-16T11:44:00.000-07:00

Olympic ski bunny Lindsey Vonn at the 2010 ESPY Awards. Vonn won for Best Female Olympic Athlete and Best Female Athlete.

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Brooklyn Decker

2010-07-15T06:55:00.001-07:00

I'm not sure why SI swimsuit model and tennis WAG Brooklyn Decker is standing like that as she arrives for the 2010 ESPYs, but, um ... I'm not gonna complain about it.

Sara Carbonero

2010-07-12T09:15:00.000-07:00

The 2010 World Cup is over. We can wag - I mean wave - goodbye. But not before one last (for now) soccer WAG - Spanish broadcaster Sara Carbonero, who is he girlfriend of Spanish captain Iker Casillas. Following Spain's championship, Casillas was being interviewed by Carbonero on live TV, and planted a big ol' smooch on her. How long until a new blog titled "Kissing Sara Carbonero" debuts?

Ilary Blasi

2010-06-24T13:31:00.000-07:00

Ilary Blasi is another Italian model and "actress" married to a footballer. She stayed in-country to hitch up with Francesco Totti, to whom she's been married sine mid-2005. Although after the Italian's humiliating first-round exit from the 2010 World Cup, she might want to scout some of the other teams.

Bianca Kajlich

2010-06-23T16:43:00.000-07:00

Yes, Bianca Kajlich used to be married to American footballer Landon Donovan. No, she isn't anymore. What does that mean? She's available!

But Landon might be the one trying to land her ... again. After scoring the biggest goal in the history of USA soccer, Donovan said to the cameras, "Hi Bianca" and blew a kiss. Trying to woo her? Or trying to boo her?

Manuela Arcuri

2010-06-20T11:43:00.000-07:00

Italy suffered a stunning draw at the World Cup to lowly New Zealand (sorry about that adjective, Kiwis). Perhaps it's because star Francesco Totti was distracted, thinking to himself, "Why did I break up with Manuela Arcuri?"

Manuela Arcuri is a World Cup WAG. She's Italian. She's hot. What does she do for a living? I think simply being hot is what a lot of Italian women do for a living.

Cheryl Tweedy Cole

2010-06-18T19:39:00.000-07:00

What's the greatest show on earth - the World Cup, or the procession of World Cup WAGs?

Cheryl Cole, formerly Cheryl Tweedy, is the missus of England's Ashley Cole. But the way England has played so far in the WC, Cheryl might want to consider moving on to a rock star.

Angela Sun

2010-05-26T09:18:00.000-07:00

Angela Sun is a self-described "storyteller, adventurer, traveler and sports lover" who currently hosts the Yahoo Sports Minute. Sun has previously worked as a reporter for ESPN and as an anchor on the Tennis Channel.

Stacy Keibler

2010-05-19T12:00:00.000-07:00

WWE Diva Stacy Keibler is No. 82 on the 2010 Maxim Hot 100 list.

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Lindsey Vonn

2010-05-18T07:31:00.000-07:00

Lindsey Vonn is No. 59 on the 2010 Maxim Hot 100 list.

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Marion Jones WNBA

2010-05-16T05:09:00.000-07:00

The WNBA season is under way, and so is a new chapter in the life of former track superstar Marion Jones. Jones played college hoops for North Carolina, and her team won the NCAA championship during her time there. But she hadn't played basketball seriously since until deciding to try making it in the WNBA. She signed with the Tulsa Shock and made the team, and made her regular-season debut in the Shock's season-opener against the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx won, 80-74. Jones played little more than three minutes and her only entry on the stat sheet was one foul. But it was a new start, at least.

Erin Andrews

2010-05-12T08:09:00.000-07:00

ESPN sports reporter Erin Andrews - also a Dancing With the Stars competitor - is No. 58 on the 2010 Maxim Hot 100 list.

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Danica Patrick

2010-05-11T05:38:00.001-07:00

Danica Patrick is No. 25 on the 2010 Maxim Hot 100 list. That's up from No. 91 a year ago. Go speed racer, go!

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Brooklyn Decker

2010-05-10T15:27:00.000-07:00

Brooklyn Decker is No. 2 in the 2010 Maxim Hot 100, but she's No. 1 in the heart of tennis star Andy Roddick. The swimsuit model is married to Roddick.

Karina Petroni

2010-05-04T17:09:00.000-07:00

Bet you couldn't guess that Karina Petroni is a professional surfer. OK, you guessed it. One of the great things about pro surfers is their knack for wearing bikinis. Let me clarify: That's one of the great things about female pro surfers.

Spurs Silver Dancer

2010-04-30T06:16:00.000-07:00

The Spurs eliminated the Mavericks in the first round of the 2010 NBA Playoffs, the first time ever a No. 7 seed has beaten a No. 2 seed. We offer Veronica from the Spurs Silver Dancers in celebration.

Erica Hosseini

2010-04-21T15:29:00.000-07:00

Erica Hosseini is a professional surfer, a model, and the host of GrindTV.com's Weekly Grind video features on Yahoo Sports.

Carissa Moore

2010-04-19T05:38:00.000-07:00

Carissa Moore is a rookie on the pro surfing tour. She's also only 17-years-old. But she knows how to do good things, but on the board, and in the real world. GrindTV's blog explains:

She may be a red-hot 17-year-old rookie, but when it's all said and done, Carissa Moore won't be defined by her cutback. She drilled that point home on Thursday after winning the second ASP tour event of her young surfing career.

While accepting her trophy, Moore donated her entire $15,000 earnings to the local Waitara Bar Boardriders Club, a place where more than 180 kids hang out in a safe environment and are groomed in all things ocean related. The club, which is staffed by an small army of volunteers, does wonders for keeping those kids out of trouble.

Becky Hammon

2010-04-16T05:54:00.000-07:00

Collegiate and WNBA basketball star Becky Hammon. One of the vets of WNBA, she's been in the league since 1999. Now playing with the San Antonio Silver Spurs.

Rosalyn Gold-Onwude

2010-04-06T15:36:00.001-07:00

Above is a YouTube clip in which University of Stanford basketball star Rosalyn Gold-Onwude shows us how cute and sexy she can be in a simple interview.

Lindsey Vonn on 'Law & Order'

2010-04-01T08:06:00.000-07:00

Lindsey Vonn's favorite television series is "Law & Order." Hey, mine too, Lindsey! Maybe we should, you know, hang out sometime ...

But I digress. Fulfilling a wish, Vonn will get to appear in episode of the NBC series, and not even one of those playing-herself-celebrity-cameos, but actually playing a character. Says the AP:

In the crime drama's season finale, the skier will play an administrative assistant with a vital clue in a case involving a terrorist, NBC said. She's set to film her scene with series stars Jeremy Sisto, Anthony Anderson and Alana de la Garza next week in Brooklyn.

Very cool, Lindsey. Just try not to fall during filming.

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