Anna Kournikova Joining 'Biggest Loser"

The headline sounds weird, but former tennis vixen Anna Kournikova really is joining the cast of NBC hit reality series Biggest Loser when that show returns next season. Anna is replacing hard-charging (OK, mean) trainer Jillian Michaels. No word on what exactly Kournikova's role will be, although generally we can assume she'll be whipping folks into shape. But probably in a much nicer fashion than Michaels did.

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Anna Kournikova

Anna Kournikova doesn't actually make the news much anymore. But here she is at a press conference in Colombia recently for ... something to do with the Sampras-Agassi tour. Not sure what. Does anyone care? Let's just enjoy Anna.

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Anna Kournikova

She could use a cheeseburger.

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Happy Thanksgiving, Tennis Babes fans!

Anna Kournikova

We feature Anna Kournikova today because ... um ... er ... hey, do we really need a reason?

Anna Kournikova New Maxim Shoot

Anna Kournikova is on the cover of the Maxim currently on newsstands. Here is one of the shots from the photo spread. See the rest at MaximOnline.com.

Anna Kournikova

Ah, the good ol' days ...

"Top 7 Most Beautiful Tennis Stars"

That's the title of this YouTube photo slideshow, whose creater makes his own choices:



The tennis players featured appear in this order: Martina Hingis, Maria Kirilenko, Nicole Vaidisova, Daniela Hantuchova, Ana Ivanovic, Anna Kournikova, Maria Sharapova.

Anna Kournikova

I'm not really sure what's going on in this Anna Kournikova pic, but I am pretty sure it doesn't matter.

Anna Kournikova

Anna Kournikova

As Rachel Ray would say, although not necessarily about Anna Kournikova, yummo.

Anna Kournikova

Poor Anna. Even long-gone from tennis, she keeps getting slammed. When the golfer Natalie Gulbis recently won her first golf tournament, all the stories included some variation of, "At least Gulbis won't be compared to Anna Kournikova anymore."

It's true that Kournikova never lived up to the hype in tennis - at least in singles. But maybe she just wasn't good enough, you know? Maybe she just didn't have the talent on the tennis courts to become a winner in singles. She did win plenty of major doubles titles, however.

Anna Kournikova

I can't think of a better way to get Tennis Babes started than with an Anna Kournikova picture. Can you?