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It is that time of the year already when Maxim release their annual list of the years hottest women, voted by readers. The magazine isn’t released until tomorrow but here is the full list for you, it’s long so I am going to split this up into two posts. I will post 99-50 in this post and then 49-1 in the next post, some names will have pictures and some wont because, if I do all pictures you will be scrolling for the rest of the day… so lets get to it shall we?
100. Deanna Russo
99. Melissa Rycroft:
98. Rebecca Mader
97. Marisa Tomei
96. Olivia Munn
95. Padma Lakshmi
94. Yvonne Strahovski
93. Michelle Obama
92. Joanna Krupa:
91. Chelsea Handler
90. Roselyn Sanchez:
89. Jamie Chung
88. Diane Kruger
87. Summer Glau
86. Ali Campoverdi:
85. Michelle Trachtenberg
84. Minka Kelly
83. Whitney Port
82. Emma Watson
81. Heidi Montag
80. Jamie Gunns:
79. Jaime King
78. Danica Patrick
77. Stacy Keibler
76. Cameron Richardson
75. Tricia Helfer
74. Amanda Bynes
73. Ashley Tisdale
72. Camilla Belle
71. Gabrielle Union
70. Maria Menounos
69. Jennifer Morrison
68. Ashley Greene:
67. Emmy Rossum
66. Emma Stone
65. Amanda Righetti
64. Diora Baird
63. Milla Jovovich
62. Heidi Klum
61. Dania Ramirez:
60. Carrie Underwood
59. Ana Ivanovic
58. Miranda Kerr
57. Audrina Patridge:
56. Amber Heard
55. Christina Milian
54. Rachel Bilson
53. Kim Kardashian
52. Beyonce
51. Sienna Miller:
The top 50 will follow very soon, thoughts?
It is that time of the year already when AskMen.com release their annual list of the years hottest women, voted by readers and the staff over on the site. Now I don’t expect you to go through every single woman on their website because it took me forever, so I am going to split this up into two posts.
I will post 99-50 in this post and then 49-1 in the next post, some names will have pictures and some wont because, if I do all pictures you will be scrolling for the rest of the day… some that don’t have pictures will be in the thumbnails after the jump below, so lets get to it shall we?
99. Kate Winslet
98. January Jones
97. Tina Fey
96. Ana Ivanovic:
95. Elizabeth Banks
94. Sophie Monk
93. Emma Stone
92. Alicia Keys
91. Danica Patrick
90. Britney Spears:
89. Nadine Velazquez
88. Leona Lewis
87. Torrie Wilson
86. Leryn Franco:
85. Sarah Shahi
84. Carolyn Murphy
83. Maria Sharapova:
82. Jade Raymond
81. Katherine Heigl
80. Naomi Watts
79. Aubrey O’ Day:
78. Anna Faris
77. Cassie
76. Carla Bruni
75. Danielle Bux:
74. M.I.A.
73. Gina Carano:
72. Yunjin Kim
71. Anna Paquin
70. Jessica Simpson
69. Julianne Hough
68. Audrina Patridge
67. Camilla Belle
66. Holly Weber:
65. Nicole Scherzinger
64. Katharine McPhee
63. Dania Ramirez
62. Olivia Munn
61. Vanessa Hudgens:
60. Aishwarya Rai
59. Blake Lively
58. Emily Blunt
57. Taylor Swift
56. Elisabeth Hasselbeck
55. Maria Menounos:
54. Leighton Meester:
53. Paz Vega:
52. Christina Hendricks:
51. Christina Applegate:
50. Beyonce:
So that is 99-50, like I said not all have pictures above but there will be some in the thumbnails section after the jump below and don’t forget numbers 49-1 will follow very soon.
The sports world has no doubt had its fair share of hot female athletes, here’s a list of the Top 10 of all time.
10. Peggy Fleming
Peggy Fleming was a figure skater in the 60’s, winning a gold medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics. She parlayed her good looks into a job commentating on figure skating events that she held for over 20 years, including several Winter Olympic games. Fleming is now a breast cancer activist after successfully battling the disease in the late 90’s.
9. Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova is absolutely stunning, but she’s also a phenomenal athlete which makes her all the more attractive. While some women make this list almost primarily for their looks, Sharapova is just as noteworthy for her career achievements. Watching her play is always an enjoyable experience.
8. Gabrielle Reece
Gabrielle Reece was named by ELLE magazine as one of the five most beautiful Women in the World in 1989. Even though she was a very talented beach volleyball player, Reece was probably more well known for her modeling and television work. Most people who grew up watching MTV in the early 90’s will remember her as host of MTV Sports.
7. Danica Patrick
Danica Patrick is so hot she makes people care about IndyCar racing, at least for one weekend a year. That’s a hell of an achievement and pretty much enough said.
6. Biba Golic
I feel pretty comfortable saying that Biba Golic is the hottest table tennis player to ever live. She’s also the only table tennis player I’ve ever technically heard of, but I’m still willing to bet she’s the hottest.
5. Jennie Finch
Softball players don’t immediately come to mind when you think of hot female athletes, but Jennie Finch is definitely the exception. Probably for that reason, she’s the most famous softball player of all time. Finch has appeared in SI’s swimsuit issue and won an online ESPN.com poll naming her hottest female athlete.
4. Chris Evert
Chris Evert is one of the most popular women athletes the United States has ever had. Her nickname for quite awhile was actually “Chrissy America”. She was linked to damn near every high profile actor and athlete in the 70’s (including Burt Reynolds, Geraldo Rivera, Adam Faith, Vitas Gerulaitis, Pat Boone, and John Gardner “Jack” Ford, son of U.S. President Gerald Ford) and even hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live.
3. Anna Kournikova
Anna Kournikova would probably break the internet if she ever posed nude. She gets slammed unfairly for being a poor tennis player (she’s never won a singles tournament), but she was at times one of the best doubles players in the world, even reaching #1 at various times. And she has a poker named after her. Ace King. Looks good but hardly ever wins.
2. Katarina Witt
Katarina Witt appeared in Playboy in December of 1998. It was the second issue of Playboy to ever sell out, the first being the inaugural issue featuring Marilyn Monroe.
1. Natalie Gulbis
Possibly a controversial choice, but Natalie Gulbis is ridiculously, ridiculously hot. Female golfers have come a long way in perceived attractiveness in the past ten years, and Gulbis is leading the way, having sold a personal calendar as well as posing in magazines like FHM.
Katarina Witt NSFW photos after the jump!
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Helio Castroneves has won “Dancing With the Stars,” calling into question the show’s title.
 Race car driver Helio Castroneves is the winner of “Dancing With the Stars.” Spice Girl Melanie Brown and her partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, were the highest-scoring couple throughout the hit show’s fifth season. But on Tuesday night, viewers snubbed Brown and gave the mirrorball trophy to Castroneves.
The fourth consecutive man to win the contest, Castroneves’ personality, enthusiasm and flashing smile — combined with an effortless quickstep on his final performance — clearly resonated more with voters.
“It’s not only about dancing, you know? It’s about popularity,” Castroneves said after the show. “That’s what I’m actually very happy about.”
While I’m pleased as punch for him, I’ve got to ask: Who the heck is he?
The name of the show is “Dancing With the Stars.” I’m not interested in watching people dance, as a general rule. Certainly, not man people. But I gather that a lot of people are and I’m fine with it.
But is Castroneves really a star?
I mean, sure, he is now. But had you heard of him before?
The man’s won the Indy 500 twice. Once upon a time, that was HUGE. But, since the Indy-CART split, the race has gotten attention almost entirely from the notoriety of Danica Patrick.
Source: Helio Castroneves voted `Dancing’ champ (AP)
I enjoyed the ESPY’s last night with LeBron James and Jimmy Kimmel, but Best Week Ever now brings us the awards they didn’t give out, although they should have.
“Best Actor: Ben Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers for his performance in “Fathead Commercial.” (Breaking Fred McGriff’s seven-year run for his performance in the Tom Emanski Defensive Drills commercial)
Best Arrest: Pacman Jones of the Tennessee Titans for “Makin’ it Rain,” narrowly edging out Tank Johnson of the Chicago Bears for “Possesin’ six illegal firearms.”
Best Male Athlete, Dogfighting: Tiger Woods, actually, in a shocking upset.
Best Physique, Photoshopped: Andy Roddick, for his cartoonish Men’s Fitness cover.
Best Bridge Burning: Willis McGahee, for his T.G.I. Friday’s-inspired anti-Buffalo tirade
Best Evidence That The MLB Postseason Is Completely Based On Luck: The St. Louis Cardinals (accepting the award – David Eckstein)
Best Sound Byte: (Ex-)Arizona Cardinals coach Dennis Green advises the media to crown the Bears’ asses.
Best Female Athlete: Venus Williams, I guess? Did Danica Patrick do something this year? Whoever.
Least Regrettable Personnel Move: The New York Knicks giving Coach/GM Isaiah Thomas a multiyear contract extension.
Best Role Model: Tom Brady, for dumping Bridget Moynehan while she was pregnant with his baby and immediately dating supermodel Gisele Bundchen.
But I’d like to point to BWE that they actually did award a Best Female Athlete award, and that pitcher from Arizona won. I don’t remember her name.
Source: Best Week Ever
New York Fashion Week officially kicked off today, in spite of international debate regarding too thin models. The first major runway show of the event featured women of all shapes, sizes, ages and colors.
Heart Truth is part of the Red Dress project, a federal initiative spearheaded by first lady Laura Bush, which is aimed at awareness of heart disease.
    
   
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Indy hottie Danica Patrick might be taking her show to NASCAR next season, if her family gets its way.
Danica Patrick’s father is exploring the possibility of the popular Indy Racing League driver moving to NASCAR as soon as next year, the Orlando Sentinel reported Monday. The Sentinel reported that T.J. Patrick, who has managed Danica Patrick’s career since childhood, was in exploratory talks with some NASCAR teams at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday. “I’m trying to get her here [into NASCAR],” T.J. Patrick told the Sentinel.
T.J. and Bev Patrick, who formerly lived in Roscoe, Ill., attended NASCAR’s USG Sheetrock 400 because “we’ve had some inquiries” from NASCAR teams, T.J. Patrick told the newspaper. The Sentinel reported the couple was in the Nextel Cup garage area as guests of Roush Racing, which fields drivers Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle and Jamie McMurray and runs Fords on the Nextel Cup circuit.
Danica Patrick’s contract with Rahal-Letterman Racing team ends after this season and the Patricks are negotiating with other IRL teams as well as NASCAR teams, the Sentinel reported. The newspaper said team co-owner Bobby Rahal declined comment through a spokesman.
NASCAR is far more popular than Indy these days, so it would seem like a no brainer. John Oreovicz isn’t so sure.
She’d rather be road racing open-wheelers, and short of Formula One — which is an unrealistic goal — the best fit for Danica would seem to be the Champ Car World Series. But the downfall of American open-wheel racing over the past decade has devastated the sponsor market and the money to entice her just isn’t there. Ultimately, money is what it’s all about, which is why T.J. Patrick, Danica’s father and business manager, was hanging around the NASCAR garage area at Chicagoland Speedway over the weekend.
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Could Patrick adapt to stock car racing? Absolutely. She wouldn’t have any problems driving the cars, which with power steering and a cushy ride like a Maybach are actually much less physically demanding to drive than an IRL car.
Where I think she would struggle is with the mental grind of racing 38 weekends a year, most of which are spent pounding around unrelentingly similar ovals. And if she’s frustrated running 12th in the IRL, imagine the toll that fighting to make the top 20 every week would take on her psyche.
Only one way to find out. The bottom line, though, is NASCAR’s where it’s at for American racing. She can capitalize on her looks on either circuit but, unless she gets the F-1 gig, she might as well race with the best.
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 The 2006 Indy 500 is over. Danica Patrick did not win. Mario Andretti’s grandson finished second and some guy I’ve never heard of won.
Unlike golf reporters, who at least have the sense to tell us where Tiger Woods finished when he doesn’t win an event, the story does not mention where Patrick finished. She placed 4th last year.
Update: She finished 8th. Not a bad first two Indy 500’s. Incidentally, the winner was Sam Hornish, Jr., who was the 2001 and 2002 IRL champion. That I’ve never heard of him says something about how far this sport has fallen from its heyday. There’s not a pre-1996 CART Champion whose name I’m unfamiliar with; most are household names.
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Is Danica Patrick in danger of becoming the Anna Kournikova of auto racing?
Danica Patrick has been thinking about Anna Kournikova. One season after she burst onto the auto racing scene as a rookie, Patrick has yet to win a race; and that has caused some to draw a comparison between the attractive driver and the Russian tennis beauty who failed to win a WTA singles title during her eight-year career but became a modeling and marketing sensation.
As she prepares this week for the Indianapolis 500 (Sunday, noon, ET, ABC), where she placed fourth last year, the extremely media-savvy Patrick apparently came to interview sessions prepared to address the comparison. The 24-year-old driver had at the ready the fact that Kournikova was once ranked second in the world in doubles. (Kournikova actually was ranked No. 1 at one point, but Patrick’s research is very impressive, nonetheless.) “Who can say they were No. 2 in the world at anything?” Patrick said. “Not very many people. You have to respect that. If she was just a girl in Russia, maybe she would have been pretty enough to be a model. But you wouldn’t have seen her in any advertising.”
We know that Anna was 0-for-122 in singles tournaments and that Sunday’s Indy 500 will be only Patrick’s 20th race, so perhaps it isn’t fair to associate her IndyCar record with Kournikova’s inability to win. But Patrick was ready this week with another statistic that clearly took someone some time to research.
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Like Kournikova, Patrick has pulled in millions of dollars in endorsements, to the point that she out-earns everyone with whom she competes on the circuit. And as in Anna’s case, the range of her endorsements indicates that she appeals to a broad demographic.
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And like Kournikova, who helped double the sales of a particular tennis string thanks to her photo on its packaging, Patrick sells. This year, she’s the only IRL driver with her own merchandise trailer, and more Danica-related items have been sold on eBay this year than for any other driver. Her popularity even challenges that of top NASCAR drivers. According to a Sports Business Journal poll, Patrick is almost as well known as Nextel Cup champion Tony Stewart; and she is more liked than Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon.
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Perhaps the most refreshing thing about Patrick is her blunt honesty. Asked if she — or Kournikova, for that matter — deserves to be making millions in endorsements, Patrick replied with a big Why not? “There are plenty of people who are more famous or popular and earn more money in endorsements because they can, and they should,” Patrick said. “If they don’t, they’re just silly.”
The comparison is really rather silly. Patrick is easily a better race driver than Kournikova was a tennis player. Even playing just with the girls, Kournikova never won anything; Patrick is very competitive against the best drivers in the world.
And, frankly, while she’s a very attractive woman, Patrick’s not nearly as hot as Kournikova.
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