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Other top female athletes who have recently posed nude for various publications, Internet sites, videos or calendars include all 6-foot-5 of WNBA most valuable player Lauren Jackson; Olympic swimmer Brooke Hanson; a group of Dutch track and field athletes; three Romanian former gymnasts, and the Canadian women's rugby team. The nudity-in-sports theme extends behind the scenes, with the likes of Jeannie Buss -- daughter of the owner of the Lakers -- as well as the marketing director for the L.A. Sparks doing Playboy.
We're seeing more and more of female sports stars
While the 2004 Olympic Summer Games will offer a chance to see some of the most raw, awe-inspiring athletics and fierce competition in the world, Playboy levels the playing field with a unique showcase celebrating the sexy athleticism of the human form -- a stunning, 12-page nude pictorial in the magazine's "Women of the Olympics" September issue (on newsstands Friday, August 13).
Sexy Athleticism of the 'Women of the Olympics' Celebrated in Playboy's September Issue