Ashley Harkleroad Hasn't Won a Grand Slam, Has Won Thousands of Male Fans

Filed under: Tennis, Women's SportsIf you knew who Ashley Harkleroad was a couple of months ago, you're probably a hard-core tennis fan. She's ranked No. 61 in the world and has never advanced past the third round of a Grand Slam event, and that means that she was known only those who follow the sport passionately.But that all changed in May, when the news broke that Harkleroad was planning to appear in Playboy. The issue with Harkleroad on the cover has now hit newsstands, and you can bet she now has thousands of male fans who have never seen her play tennis.For her part, Harkleroad says she hopes those Playboy pictures will change perceptions of female athletes' bodies: "For me, I have a very natural body," Harkleroad said. "I'm an athlete who is fit and not very big-busted at all. "I'm proud of that. I wanted to show that... [read full story]