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Tennis Playmate: 'I'm Not Very Modest'

Harkleroad tells all before she bares all

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 17, 2008 10:53 AM CDT

(Newser) – Ashley Harkleroad isn’t that effusive when she talks about her chosen profession—tennis. “I have to think it's better than having a ‘real job,’” she tells ESPN. But when it comes to posing nude for Playboy, the world’s 65th-ranked... Read full story »

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