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Tennis Star Takes It Off for Playboy

Harkleroad says it's 'kind of cool'

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted May 26, 2008 11:36 AM CDT

(Newser) – Ashley Harkleroad lost to fellow American Serena Williams at the French Open yesterday, but Harkleroad grabbed the headlines, revealing that she recently posed for Playboy, the AP reports. Harkleroad, 23, posed while recovering from having an ovary removed. “I was just laying there… and... Read full story »

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