Sports Media's Finest
Here are 30 of the sports media's finest females today.
30. Jamie Little, ESPN
Jamie Little is a pit reporter for NASCAR Nationwide Series and Sprint Cup Series coverage on ABC/ESPN—she used to cover Indy Racing League for the same networks.
Grades:
Success: A
Sexiness: A [Little is hands-down one of the sexiest broads on ESPN]
Smarts: B
Sense of Humor: C [NASCAR folks aren't always the funniest people in the room]
Overall Grade: B+
29. Jennifer Royle, NESN
Jen Royle was recently hired by NESN to replace departing broadcaster Heidi Watney. Prior to returning to her hometown of Boston, Royle spent almost two years in Baltimore covering the Ravens and Orioles for MASN TV and 105.7 The Fan.
Grades:
Success: B- [NESN is definitely the biggest step of her career, but she might be settling in for the long-haul]
Sexiness: C+
Smarts: B
Sense of Humor: C [She's cute, but a little on the litigious side]
Overall Grade: C+
28. Sam Ryan, MLB Network
Photo via @SamRyanMLB
Sam Ryan, MLB Network
Sam Ryan is a host and reporter for the MLB Network. Ryan previously worked as a sports reporter for the CBS affiliate in New York, WCBS-TV.
Grades:
Success: B [She stayed at her local affiliate for over a year after announcing her departure for the MLB Network—never a good sign]
Sexiness: C
Smarts: A [Homegirl attended Hofstra and the New York Institute of Technology]
Sense of Humor: B
Overall Grade: B
27. Amy Fadool, Comcast SportsNet Philly
Amy Fadool works for Comcast SportsNet Philly. She had previously worked for WBFF Baltimore, covering the Ravens and Orioles.
Grades:
Success: C+ [She's moving up, but is probably looking to move out of Philly]
Sexiness: B
Smarts: A
Sense of Humor: B [You've gotta have a sense of humor to work in Philadelphia sports]
Overall Grade: B
26. Kristina Akra, FOX Sports South
Photo via Facebook
Kristina Akra works for FOX Sports South and is the social media reporter for their college football show SEC Gridiron LIVE.
Grades:
Success: C [Social media reporter sounds a little made up]
Sexiness: B+
Smarts: B
Sense of Humor: B [She's pretty good at improvising on live television, not an easy task.]
Overall Grade: B
25. Trenni Kusnierek, WTMJ
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Trenni Kusnierek works for 620 WTMJ Newsradio in Milwaukee and maintains an sports blog for the station.
Grades:
Success: B+ [In the past she's worked for big time networks like ABC, MLB and NFL]
Sexiness: C [More cute]
Smarts: A
Sense of Humor: B
Overall Grade: B
24. Sarah Spain, ESPN Chicago
Sarah Spain is a columnist for espnW, a SportsCenter anchor for ESPN 1000 Chicago, and a reporter for ESPNChicago.com
Grades:
Success: B
Sexiness: A-[This broad is ridiculous—if you know her, please have her call me because I'm in love]
Smarts: A+ [Girl maintained a 4.0 at Cornell]
Sense of Humor: A+ [Her bio describes her as "unusually tall, remarkably sarcastic and absurdly competitive." My kinda girl]
Overall Grade: A
23. Sarah Kustok, CSN
Sarah Kustok has been with Comcast SportsNet Chicago since 2009. Kustok is a field reporter for CSN and covers the Blackhawks and Cubs.
Grades:
Success: C+
Sexiness: B+ [She's sexy enough to receive public declarations of devotion from fans]
Smarts: B
Sense of Humor: A [And she handles the public declarations like a pro]
Overall Grade: B
22. Kristen Berset, WUSA9 DC
Former beauty queen Kristen Berset is the weekend sports anchor/reporter for WUSA9 DC. Berset had previously worked for WBFF Baltimore where she covered the Ravens, Orioles and Maryland Terrapins.
Grades:
Success: B
Sexiness: A- [Can't really argue with a red bikini]
Smarts: B
Sense of Humor: D [Beauty queens are beautiful, but rarely funny]
Overall Grade: B-
21. Lindsay Soto, NFL Network
The Lovely Lindsay Soto joined the NFL Network as a host, anchor and reporter in late 2008.
Grades:
Success: A [NFL Network is pretty legit, and so is her past experience with FSN]
Sexiness: A [She looks a lot more wholesome on air though]
Smarts: B+
Sense of Humor: C
Overall Grade: A-
20. Molly Qerim, CBS Sports
Molly Qerim actually got her start in broadcasting working as an interactive host for College Football Live on ESPN, but left the network for CBS Sports in 2010.
Grades:
Success: C [She's on the way up, but not quite there yet]
Sexiness: A [Exotic and a welcome change from all the blondes]
Smarts: A [A master's degree is more than I earned]
Sense of Humor: C
Overall Grade: B
19. Samantha Steele, Longhorn Network
Since graduating from Liberty University, Samantha Steele has worked as a reporter and host for both ESPN and the Longhorn Network.
Grades:
Success: B+ [She's only 26!]
Sexiness: D [She's adorable, but Liberty University does not encourage sexiness]
Smarts: B
Sense of Humor: C
Overall Grade: C+
18. Meredith Marakovits, Comcast SportsNet Philly
Photo via @M_Marakovits
Meredith Marakovits is a sideline reporter for the 76ers on Comcast SportsNet Philly and an anchor for SportsNet New York.
Grades:
Success: A- [Can't imagine splitting time between NY and Philly—talk about a commute.]
Sexiness: B+
Smarts: B+
Sense of Humor: B [She once worked as a reporter for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs—hilarious in and of itself]
Overall Grade: B+
17. Molly Sullivan, Sports Reporter & Host
Photo via @MollySportsTV
Molly Sullivan has been working as sports broadcaster for five years, at the moment she seems to be working free lance.
Grades:
Success: D+ [She's talented, but still looking for her big break]
Sexiness: A-
Smarts: C
Sense of Humor: B [Judging mostly by her Twitter posts]
Overall Grade: C
16. Rachel Nichols, ESPN
ESPN's Rachel Nichols is the real deal—she's a regular on Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday Night Countdown.
Grades:
Success: A+ [She's interviewed some of the biggest names in sports—LeBron James and Bret Favre, for example]]
Sexiness: B
Smarts: A+ [Northwestern University ain't for dummies]
Sense of Humor: B+
Overall Grade: A
15. Kristine Leahy, FOX 25
Kristine Leahy is a sports reporter and anchor at FOX 25 in Boston. Prior to that, Leahy served as the in-arena and CelticsTV host/reporter for the Boston Celtics.
Grades:
Success: B- [Quite obviously still on the way up]
Sexiness: A
Smarts: A [She's a Boston University girl]
Sense of Humor: B+ [She's entertaining on Twitter]
Overall Grade: B+
14. Ashley Russell, Yahoo! Sports
Ashley Russell is a a correspondent for Yahoo! Sports and a sports reporter for Rivals.com. She got her start in sports broadcasting on The Big Ten Network.
Grades:
Success: A- [She's got a lot going on outside sports too]
Sexiness: B- [She's beautiful, but has that wholesome Taylor Swift quality about her]
Smarts: C
Sense of Humor: B
Overall Grade: B
13. Lauren Gardner, Sports Reporter & Host
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The gorgeous Lauren Gardner is a former Broncos Cheerleader and in-game host for the Rockies, Avalanche and Broncos. She's working as a freelance reporter and TV personality at the moment.
Grades:
Success: C [She'll get there though]
Sexiness: A+
Smarts: B
Sense of Humor: A- [Regular mullet jokes on Twitter suggest she's hilarious]
Overall Grade: A-
12. Jenn Brown, ESPN
Photo via @JennBrownESPN
Jenn Brown is an ESPN reporter who can be seen on College GameDay (football and basketball) and co-hosting ESNU's Road Trip with Jonathan Drubner.
Grades:
Success: A [She's only 30 and already has six successful years in the business]
Sexiness: B+
Smarts: A [Dean's List at University of Florida—nerd alert!]
Sense of Humor: A
Overall Grade: A
11. Leeann Tweeden, FOX Sports West
Photo via Maxim
Leeann Tweeden is a reporter for FOX Sports West who does pre and post-game coverage for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Grades:
Success: B+ [She's pretty good for a a model-turned-reporter]
Sexiness: A+ [She's appeared in Playboy and was named one of "The Top Hooters Girls of all time" in 2008]
Smarts: C
Sense of Humor: B-
Overall Grade: B
10. Charissa Thompson, ESPN
Charissa Thompson has been with ESPN since June, 2011. Thompson fills in as a guest-host for many of the network's programs, but recently she got a permanent gig on the new show Numbers Never Lie.
Grades:
Success: A [She's worked her way up through local affiliates]
Sexiness: A-
Smarts: A
Sense of Humor: D [If you've ever seen her fill in on SportsNation, you know comedy isn't her strong suit—yelling is]
Overall Grade: B+
9. Melanie Collins, TNT
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After graduating from Penn State in 208, Melanie Collins got her start in broadcasting on The Big Ten Network. Since then Collins has reported for E! News, NASCAR, PGA and today is best known for her work with the NBA on TNT.
Grades:
Success: B
Sexiness: A [Girl is just crazy amounts of hot]
Smarts: B
Sense of Humor: D
Overall Grade: B-
8. Erin Hawksworth, KCPQ FOX Seattle
Before settling at KCPQ in Seattle, Erin Hawksworth had worked as a sports reporter/anchor for affiliates in Boston, Dallas, and Grand Junction.
Grades:
Success: B
Sexiness: A+ [See more on Twitter]
Smarts: C+ [Maybe I'm just being hard on Arizona State?]
Sense of Humor: B+
Overall Grade: B+
7. Lindsay Czarniak, ESPN
Photo via @LindsayCzarniak
ESPN's latest addition Lindsay Czarniak has been getting plenty of airtime on SportsCenter since ditching WUSA in the nation's capital.
Grades:
Success: A+ [She started as an intern and worked her way straight up the ladder—she's still sorely missed in DC]
Sexiness: B+
Smarts: A [Her sports IQ is seriously impressive]
Sense of Humor: A
Overall Grade: A
6. Angela Sun, Yahoo! Sports
Photo via Maxim
Angela Sun hosts The Yahoo Sports Minute for Yahoo! Sports and covered the 2010 Olympics for the site. Prior to Yahoo!, Sun had worked as a correspondent for ESPN and FOX Sports Net.
Grades:
Success: B [She's done well, but her current gig seems like a step back]
Sexiness: A+
Smarts: C+ [She skipped college in favor of competing in extreme sports—but that experience has served her better than my political science degree]
Sense of Humor: B
Overall Grade: B
5. Michelle Beadle, EPSN
Photo via @MichelleBeadle
ESPN's Michelle Beadle is a host and reporter for the network, and also co-hosts SportsNation with Colin Cowherd. Before landing at ESPN in 2009, Beadle worked a number of interesting jobs in broadcasting, most notably as a YES Network reporter for the New Jersey Nets.
Grades:
Success: A+[She's definitely one of ESPN's top talents]
Sexiness: B+
Smarts: A+
Sense of Humor: A+[Beadle is sarcastic, quick-witted, and basically one of the funniest people in broadcasting]
Overall Grade: A+
4. Jaime Maggio, KCAL-9
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Jaime Maggio joined KCAL 9 in May 2010, and is the co-anchor of Sports Central and contributor to LTV and The Blue TV.
Grades:
Success: A [She's worked as a repeater for NFL on FOX, NCAA Tournament on CBS and the NBA Playoffs on TNT]
Sexiness: B
Smarts: A
Sense of Humor: B
Overall Grade: B+
3. Heidi Watney, Time Warner Cable
In 2008, California girl Heidi Watney was hired by NESN to host The Ultimate Red Sox Show. In 2012, Watney returned home to do sideline reporting for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Grades:
Success: A
Sexiness: A
Smarts: B
Sense of Humor: C [Another former beauty queen—the only point of reference I have here is Carry Prejean, which is not a good one]
Overall Grade: A-
2. Kavita Channe, Host & Producer of 1st Down N' Dirty
Photo via @KavitaChanne
After graduating from Hot Broadcaster U. (University of Florida), Kavita Channe work successful as an entertainment correspondent and TV personality, before eventually turning her attention to sports. Currently Channe is a sports correspondent and co-host for Mantalk Radio and she hosts and produces her own YouTube series.
Grades:
Success: B+ [She's interview LeBron James and other members of the heat for her show—expect to see her on a major network eventually]
Sexiness: A+ [This is self explanatory]
Smarts: A
Sense of Humor: A+ [Her show often includes hilarious parodies]
Overall Grade: A+
1. Erin Andrews, ESPN
Photo via GQ
National treasure Erin Andrews has been working for ESPN since 2004—she got her start on ESPN National Hockey Night and the rest, as they say, is history.
Grades:
Success: A+
Sexiness: A+
Smarts: A
Sense of Humor: A [It takes one helluva a sense of humor to deal with the array of crap she's been subjected to]
Overall Grade: A+
Athletes Making the Grade
Here are 30 of the hottest athletes on the planet who are making the grade.
30. Caroline Wozniacki, Tennis
Caroline Wozniacki is one of the top female tennis players in the world and is currently dating PGA rising star Rory McIlroy.
Grades:
Success: B+ [She's been ranked No. 1 in the world, but has yet to win a Grand Slam]
Sexiness: C+ [Much like McIlroy, she's more adorable than anything else]
Smarts: B
Sense of Humor: A [She earned this with her dramatic reenactment of Rafael Nadal's leg cramps]
Overall Grade: B+
29. Hope Solo, U.S. Soccer
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Hope Solo is the starting goalkeeper for the U.S. women's national soccer team. Solo has become one of the standout stars of the team and in 2011, she appeared in ESPN: The Magazine's Body Issue and on Dancing with the Stars.
Grades:
Success: B [Would've been an A without that upset by Japan in the World Cup]
Sexiness: C [Sorry, I just don't see it]
Smarts: B
Sense of Humor: D [If you witnessed her elimination on DWTS, you know what I'm talking about]
Overall Grade: C
28. Cristie Kerr, LPGA
Cristie Kerr has been playing on the LPGA tour since 1997 and has won 14 tournaments, amassing over $13 million in earnings.
Grades:
Success: A [She's been ranked No. 1 in the world several times in the last few years]
Sexiness: C+
Smarts: C
Sense of Humor: B [She once appeared on an episode of The Apprentice, proving she likes comedy of the absurd]
Overall Grade: B-
27. Allyson Felix, U.S. Track & Field
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Three-time Olympic medalist Allyson Felix is one of the premiere female sprinters in the world and is expected to medal in a number of events at the London Olympics in 2012.
Grades:
Success: A+ [She's got 10 World Championships medals to compliment her Olympic collection]
Sexiness: C- [She's deeply religious and sexiness is definitely not a priority for her]
Smarts: A+
Sense of Humor: C
Overall Grade: B+
26. Lindsey Vonn, U.S. Alpine Skiing
Lindsey Vonn is most successful American alpine skier ever, and is one of the greatest female athletes in the world.
Grades:
Success: A+ [She's got two Olympic medals and five World Championship medals]
Sexiness: B [She's definitely good looking, but the jury is still out on the sexy thing]
Smarts: A+
Sense of Humor: C
Overall Grade: B++
25. Maria Sharapova, Tennis
Russian tennis goddess Maria Sharapova currently ranked No. 2 in the world but the WTA, and she routinely earns a spot (usually the top one) on the list of the worlds highest-earning female athletes.
Grades:
Success: A+ [She's crazy successful and crazy rich]
Sexiness: B+ [Always thought she was overrated, but I'm in the minority]
Smarts: A
Sense of Humor: B+ [She appeared in a SportsCenter commercial, nuff said]
Overall Grade: A
24. Gretchen Bleiler, Snowboarding
Photo via FHM
Halfpipe snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler is a four-time X Games gold medal winner and she took home silver at the 2006 Olympics in Turin.
Grades:
Success: A [Count the medals, fool]
Sexiness: A [If you aren't into snow sports, you probably recognize her from FHM, Maxim, or her appearance in ESPN: The Magazine's Body Issue]
Smarts: B
Sense of Humor: C
Overall Grade: B+
23. Lolo Jones, U.S. Track & Field
Photo via Fitness Magazine
American track and field athlete Lolo Jones specializes in the 60 and 100 meter hurdles and will likely be competing at the 2012 Olympics in London.
Grades:
Success: B [She's got two World Championships gold medals, but stumbled big time at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing]
Sexiness: C+
Smarts: B
Sense of Humor: C [She's actively involved in the Christian ministry—those folks just aren't funny]
Overall Grade: B
22. Heather Mitts, U.S. Soccer
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Heather Mitts is a member of the U.S. women's national soccer team and is married to A.J. Feeley, a career backup quarterback in the NFL.
Grades:
Success: A+ [Can't argue with Olympic gold)
Sexiness: B+ [Playboy said so]
Smarts: A
Sense of Humor: B [She married A.J. Feeley, didn't she?]
Overall Grade: A-
21. Dallas Friday, Wakeboarding
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Dallas Friday is an accomplished wakeboarder who has won four X Games gold medal, numbers world titles and an ESPY Award for Best Female Action Sports Athlete.
Grades:
Success: A [As successful as one can be at wakeboarding…]
Sexiness: B
Smarts: C
Sense of Humor: B
Overall Grade: B
20. Laure Manaudou, France Swimming
Three-time Olympic medalist Laure Manaudou is a French swimmer who specializes in the 400 & 800 meter freestyle and 100 meter backstroke.
Grades:
Success: A+ [She's won almost 40 medals, most of them gold, in international competition]
Sexiness: A
Smarts: B
Sense of Humor: N/A [She's French…]
Overall Grade: A
19. Alicia Sacramone, U.S. Gymnastics
American gymnast Alicia Sacramone has been competing internationally for almost a decade and won a team silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. You may know her better as the hot broad dating Broncos quarterback Brady Quinn.
Grades:
Success: A [She won a truckload of medals on vault and floor exercise, most of them gold, major competition]
Sexiness: A [She was memorably featured in ESPN: The Magazine's annual Body Issue in 2011]
Smarts: A+ [She went to Brown]
Sense of Humor: B+
Overall Grade: A
18. Therese Johaug, Norway Skiing
Norwegian cross-country skier Therese Johaug is an Olympic gold medalist who most recently won two gold medals at the World Championships in Oslo in 2011.
Grades:
Success: A- [At 23-year-old, she's just getting started]
Sexiness: B
Smarts: N/A [No idea…]
Sense of Humor: N/A [Also no idea…]
Overall Grade: B+
17. Jonelle Filigno, Canada Soccer
Canadian soccer standout Jonelle Filigno is a member of Canada's women's national soccer team and competed at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Grades:
Success: B [She's considered Canada's next great goal scorer]
Sexiness: B+
Smarts: B [She's a junior at Rutgers]
Sense of Humor: A [A Canadian living in Jersey—she has to have a sense of humor]
Overall Grade: B+
16. Julia Mancuso, U.S. Alpine Skiing
American alpine skier Julia Mancuso is a three-time Olympic medalist who has been skiing competitively since 2001.
Grades:
Success: B+ [She's always just a bit behind Lindsey Vonn]
Sexiness: A [She knows how to kick back with the girls…in a hot tub]
Smarts: C
Sense of Humor: A [She seems like a fun girl, so she's probably funny too]
Overall Grade: B+
15. Natalie Coughlin, U.S. Swimming
Photo via SI
American swimmer Natalie Coughlin is an 11-time Olympic medalist and at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing she became the first American female athlete in modern history to win six medals in one Olympics.
Grades:
Success: A+ [She's legit]
Sexiness: C [She's pretty adorable and athletic, but not super sexy]
Smarts: A+ [Attended Berkley]
Sense of Humor: B
Overall Grade: B+
14. Kiira Korpi, Finland Figure Skating
Finnish figure skating goddess Kirra Korpi has had some modest success in international competition, but she's best known for her stunning good looks and resemblance to the late Princess Grace Kelly.
Grades:
Success: C- [Like I said, modest success thus far]
Sexiness: B+
Smarts: B
Sense of Humor: C [Girls that look like this are never funny, because they don't have to be—it's an evolutionary adaptation]
Overall Grade: C+
13. Stephanie Rice, Australia Swimming
Photo via @ItSstephRice
Australian swimming phenom Stephanie Rice won three gold medals at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and is expected to repeat, or exceed that performance at the 2012 Olympics in London.
Grades:
Success: A+
Sexiness: A+ [Scandalous Facebook photos that are floating around the interwebs tell the story]
Smarts: D [See above]
Sense of Humor: A [The scandalous photos were pretty funny actually]
Overall Grade: A-
12. Natalie Gulbis, LPGA
Photo via SI
LPGA golfer Natalie Gulbis is one of the most well-known female golfers in the country—thanks in part to a very well received appearance in FHM in 2005.
Grades:
Success: C+ [She only has one tour win since joining in 2002]
Sexiness: A [She recently appeared in a body paint bikini in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue]
Smarts: B
Sense of Humor: B+
Overall Grade: B
11. Maria Kirilenko, Tennis
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Russian tennis player Maria Kirilenko is currently ranked No. 22 in the world by the WTA. In late 2011, Kirilenko made headlines around the world after NHL superstar Alex Ovechkin announced via Twitter that the pair were dating.
Grades:
Success: B- [She has yet to win a Grand Slam]
Sexiness: A [She has definitely surpassed Maria Sharapova as Russian's sexiest tennis player]
Smarts: C
Sense of Humor: A [She's got to deal with Ovi's rap career—a sense of humor is required]
Overall Grade: B+
10. Maria Kanellis, Wrestling
Maria Kanellis is a singer-songwriter, actress, model and is best known as a professional wrestler with the WWE. Kanellis most recently appeared at Ring of Honor's Final Battle in December, 2011.
Grades:
Success: C+ [She's successful in WWE, but clearly has other ambitions]
Sexiness: A+ [The WWE knows how to pick their divas]
Smarts: C
Sense of Humor: B
Overall Grade: B
9. Hannah Teter, Snowboarding
Photo via SI
American snowboarder Hannah Teter is a two-time Olympic medalist and six-time medalist at the X Games. She's been competing since 2003 and will likely compete at the 2014 Olympics.
Grades:
Success: B+
Sexiness: A [She had a memorable appearance in the Sports Illustrated Swim Suit Issue in 2010]
Smarts: B [She's already founded her own charitable organization]
Sense of Humor: B
Overall Grade: B+
8. Gina Carano, MMA
Photo via GQ
Badass Gina Carano may have retired from MMA competition, but that doesn't mean we've seen the last of her. In 2011, Carano made her big time acting debut in the spy action thriller Haywire and the reviews were generally favorable.
Grades:
Success: A+
Sexiness: A [The bod speaks for itself, am I right?]
Smarts: B [She's already founded her own charitable organization]
Sense of Humor: A [She was hilariously adorable on a recent appearance on Conan]
Overall Grade: A
7. Nastia Liukin, U.S. Gymnastics
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Nastia Liukin is one of the greatest American female gymnasts in history. Liukin won five medals (including the gold all-around) at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and has medaled over 20 times in other international competition. She's currently training for the 2012 Olympics in London.
Grades:
Success: A+
Sexiness: B+ [She has definitely come into her own in the four years since Beijing]
Smarts: A
Sense of Humor: C
Overall Grade: B+
6. Ana Ivanovic, Tennis
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Serbian tennis stunner Ana Ivanovic is currently ranked No. 17 in the world by the WTA, but she has been ranked No. 1 in the past. Ivanovic is currently dating Australian golfer Adam Scott.
Grades:
Success: A [She hasn't won a Grand Slam since 2008, but she has won at some point]
Sexiness: A+ [Tennis is dominated by beautiful blondes, which makes her stand out even more]
Smarts: B
Sense of Humor: N/A [No idea…]
Overall Grade: A-
5. Kim Glass, U.S. Volleyball
Kim Glass is an American indoor volleyball player who won team silver for the United States at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Glass currently plays overseas for the Azerbaijani women's volleyball club Rabita Baku and will likely complete at the 2012 Olympics in London.
Grades:
Success: B+[Silver medal leaves room for improvement]
Sexiness: A [She appeared in the 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition and looked mighty fine doing it]
Smarts: B
Sense of Humor: C
Overall Grade: B
4. Karina Petroni, Surfing
Surfing superstar Karina Petroni has been surfing competitively since the age of nine. Petroni holds numerous titles and is the last female from America's east coast to qualify for the ASP World Championship Tour. She also appeared in the 2009 documentary The Cove which uncovered Japan's mass dolphin slaughtering.
Grades:
Success: A+[She's ridiculously successful for someone just old enough to buy beer]
Sexiness: A [The surfer girl thing just works]
Smarts: A
Sense of Humor: A
Overall Grade: A
3. Alex Morgan, U.S. Soccer
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Soccer player Alex Morgan is a rising star on the U.S. women's national soccer team who competed at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Morgan's exceptional talent and girl-next-door good looks have made her one of the most popular members of the team.
Grades:
Success: B [Being upset by Japan at the World Cup cost her]
Sexiness: A+ [She's simultaneously sexy and wholesome—almost impossible]
Smarts: A+ [Berkley grad]
Sense of Humor: A [Bodypaint bikini]
Overall Grade: A
2. Leryn Franco, Paraguay Track & Field
Paraguayan beauty Leryn Franco can do it all. Franco is a former beauty queen who was runner-up in the Miss Universo Paraguay pageant in 2006, she's an accomplished fashion model and she's an Olympic athlete, specializing in the javelin throw.
Grades:
Success: C [For athletic success, A+ in modeling]
Sexiness: A+ [She became a global sensation at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and it wasn't her non-qualifying finish]
Smarts: C+ [Beauty queens aren't funny, but they aren't usually stupid either]
Sense of Humor: C-
Overall Grade: B-
1. Alana Blanchard, Surfing
American surfer Alana Blanchard is a ASP World Tour surfer from Hawaii and considered one of the best female surfers in the world.
Grades:
Success: A+ [She's only 21! I'm remembering what I was doing at 21, and I'm embarrassed]
Sexiness: A+ [This picture is ridiculous]
Smarts: B+
Sense of Humor: B
Overall Grade: A
WAGs with the Highest Marks
Just 20 world-wide WAGs made the list—they could have had a list all their own.
20. Kristin Cavallari— Jay Cutler
Photo via FHM
Kristin Cavallari was at one-time star of MTV's Laguna Beach, but now she's in a starring role as the pregnant fiance of Bears quarterback Jay Cutler.
Grades:
Success: C- [Reality show villain is not a career]
Sexiness: A [But at least she has her looks]
Smarts: C
Dramatic Flair: A+ [The couple's first engagement was called off just days after she appeared in a magazine in her wedding dress]
Overall Grade: B
19. Lala Vazquez—Carmelo Anthony
Lala Vazquez got her start in television as host of MTV's (now defunct) Total Request Live way back in 1999. Today she's married to Knicks star Carmelo Anthony and stars in the VH1 reality show Lala's Full Court Life.
Grades:
Success: B+ [Girl actually had some semblance of a career before becoming Mrs. Melo]
Sexiness: A
Smarts: A [This DC native attended Howard]
Dramatic Flair: A-
Overall Grade: A
18. Jennifer Walcott—Adam Archuletta
Jennifer Walcott is a model and "actress" who is best known as Playboy's Playmate of the Month for August 2011. Walcott is married to retired NFL free-safety Adam Archuleta.
Grades:
Success: C
Sexiness: A [Playboy is the highlight of her career]
Smarts: C
Dramatic Flair: D [She's surprisingly dull for a broad that looks like this]
Overall Grade: C
17. Angelica Bridges—Sheldon Souray
Angelica Bridges is a mostly retired model who is married to Dallas Stars defenseman Sheldon Souray.
Grades:
Success: C-
Sexiness: B+ [In 2001, she appeared in Playboy, which has to count for something]
Smarts: D
Dramatic Flair: A [She named their children Valentina Raine and Scarlett Skye—doesn't get much more dramatic than that]
Overall Grade: C+
16. Claudine Keane—Robbie Keane
Photo via Mirror.UK
Claudine Keane is a former Miss ireland contestant and the wife of Irish footballer Robbie Keane who plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy and captains the Republic of Ireland national football team.
Grades:
Success: B+
Sexiness: A [Definitely one of the WAG ranks hottest MILFS]
Smarts: C [She married well]
Dramatic Flair: B [That photo is pretty dramatic, right?]
Overall Grade: B
15. Katie Cassidy—Jarret Stoll
Photo via Maxim
Actress Katie Cassidy is the daughter of 70's teen heartthrob David Cassidy and has appeared in hit TV shows Gossip Girl and New Girl and recent films Nightmare on Elm Street and Taken. Cassidy is dating Los Angeles Kings forward Jarrett Stoll.
Grades:
Success: A
Sexiness: A+
Smarts: A [Wikipedia tells me she graduated Calabasas High School with honors]
Dramatic Flair: A+ [She also starred in the short-lived Melrose Place reboot]
Overall Grade: A+
14. Melanie Slade—Theo Walcott
Photo via FHM
Ms. Melanie Slade has been in relationship with Theo Walcott, an English footballer who plays for Arsenal and the English national team, since 2004. The happy couple were finally engaged in February, 2012.
Grades:
Success: B
Sexiness: A+
Smarts: A [She's recently completed university]
Dramatic Flair: D [She's always been known to avoid the limelight]
Overall Grade: B+
13. Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza—J.J. Barea
Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza is a Puerto Rican beauty queen who was Miss Puerto Rico Universe in 2006 and went on to capture the Miss Universe title the same year. Mendoza has been dating Timberwolves point guard J.J. Barea for almost two years and recently welcomed their first child.
Grades:
Success: A+ [In terms of beauty queens, Miss Universe is as big as it gets]
Sexiness: A+
Smarts: B
Dramatic Flair: D [They named the child after J.J., where's the fun in that?]
Overall Grade: B
12. Anna Burns—Wes Welker
Photo via NY Post
North Carolina girl Anna Burns is a former Miss Hooters International who is recently engaged to New England Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker.
Grades:
Success: B+ [I don't think Hooters has a higher title, does it?]
Sexiness: A+
Smarts: D [Her hobbies include shopping, shopping, bowling and shopping]
Dramatic Flair: C+ [Vacations with the Brady's is dramatic]
Overall Grade: C+
11. Abbey Clancy—Peter Crouch
Photo via FHM
Abbey Clancy is a successful English lingerie model and television presenter who has been with English footballer Peter Crouch (Stoke City) since 2006. The pair were married in June, 2011.
Grades:
Success: A- [She definitely has a career independent of her husband]
Sexiness: A+
Smarts: C
Dramatic Flair: A+ [She got her start in 2006, as runner-up on the second cycle of Britain's Next Top Model]
Overall Grade: A
10. Ingrid Vandebosch—Jeff Gordon
Photo via SI
Former model and actress Ingrid Vandebosch began her modeling career in 1986, but today she's best known as the wife of NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Jeff Gordon.
Grades:
Success: C [She hasn't really worked since hooking up with Gordon in 2002]
Sexiness: A [At least back in the day]
Smarts: D [She left school at 16 to pursue modeling, that doesn't bode well]
Dramatic Flair: B+ [The timeline of her relationship with Gordon is hazy, but there was likely some overlap with his marriage to his first wife]
Overall Grade: C+
9. Gisele Bunchen—Tom Brady
Photo via Victoria's Secret
Brazilian supermodel and Victoria's Secret angel Gisele Bunchen is one of the most successful models ever—she's on pace to become the world's first model/billionaire. Gisele also happens to be married to one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, the Patriots Tom Brady.
Grades:
Success: A+ [A billion dollars]
Sexiness: A+ [A supermodel]
Smarts: A [She's also a successful business lady]
Dramatic Flair: A+ [Doesn't get much more dramatic than the post Super-Bowl smack down she laid on the Patriots wide receivers]
Overall Grade: A+
8. Minka Kelly—Derek Jeter
Photo via GQ
Actress Minka Kelly has starred in Friday Night Lights, The Roommate, and the short-lived CBS reboot of Charlie's Angels. She's probably best known for her on-again/off-again romance with Yankees legend Derek Jeter.
Grades:
Success: C
Sexiness: A+ [Charlie's Angels sucked, but she looked damn good in it]
Smarts: C
Dramatic Flair: A+ [There's a story on her Wikipedia page about a Playboy Playmate offering a pay-for-play boob job to a young Kelly]
Overall Grade: B
7. Gabrielle Union—Dwyane Wade
Photo via Maxim
Actress Gabrielle Union appeared in the cheerleader film Bring it On! in 2000, but today the only cheering she's doing is for boyfriend Dwyane Wade, South Beach superstar guard of the Miami Heat.
Grades:
Success: A [She has appeared in other films besides Bring it On!]
Sexiness: A
Smarts: A
Dramatic Flair: A+ [She was named in a lawsuit filed by DWade's ex-wife in the wake of their very messy divorce]
Overall Grade: A
6. Kelly Brook—Thom Evans
English actress and model Kelly Brook is best known for her appearance in Playboy and her starring role Piranha 3D in 2010. Brook has been dating retired Scottish international ruby union player Thom Evans since 2010.
Grades:
Success: B
Sexiness: A+ [If you haven't seen Piranha 3D, her almost entirely naked appearance is probably worth the cost of a rental]
Smarts: C- [She's been modeling since her early teens, not a good sign]
Dramatic Flair: B+
Overall Grade: B
5. Irina Shayk—Cristiano Ronaldo
Photo via Esquire
You may recognize Russian model Irina Shayk as the cover girl of the 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Shayk's modeling career isn't the only thing that takes her all over the world, she's also the well traveled lady love of superstar footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.
Grades:
Success: A
Sexiness: A+
Smarts: B
Dramatic Flair: A [Can you imagine the commotion in their house when Cristiano Ronaldo can't find his tweezers?]
Overall Grade: A
4. Kate Upton—Mark Sanchez
Photo via @KateUpton
Since landing the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition cover, model Kate Upton has been almost everywhere. Upton has been seen everywhere accept for in the arms of Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez, her reported boyfriend of four months.
Grades:
Success: A- [She's reached the pinnacle of her career at age 19—what next?]
Sexiness: A+
Smarts: F [Sounds mean, but unless you've seen an interview with her, you have no idea!]
Dramatic Flair: B
Overall Grade: B
3. Adriana Lima—Marko Jaric
Victoria's sexiest angel Adriana Lima is one of the most famous models in the world and her marriage to former NBA player Marko Jaric is one of the great mysteries of the modern world.
Grades:
Success: A+
Sexiness: A+
Smarts: B [No idea here really, but she just doesn't seem like a dummy]
Dramatic Flair: A [Everything about this broad is dramatic]
Overall Grade: A+
2. Brooklyn Decker—Andy Roddick
Beautiful Brooklyn Decker is a model best known for her work with Victoria's Secret and appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. In recent years, Decker has been pursuing a career in acting and she's married to American tennis disappointment Andy Roddick.
Grades:
Success: A+[In her career, not in picking successful tennis players to marry]
Sexiness: A+
Smarts: B-
Dramatic Flair: C [She's crazy hot, but a smidge boring]
Overall Grade: B++
1. Jaime Edmondson—Evan Longoria
Photo via JaimeEdmondson.net
Jaime Edmondson is Playboy's most famous sports fanatic and it was just recently announced that she's dating Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria.
Grades:
Success: B+
Sexiness: A+
Smarts: A
Dramatic Flair: A [This girl knows how to attract attention]
Overall Grade: A+
MMA Ring Girls & LFL
I really thought these lovely ladies deserved their own category.
20. Sarah McDowd, UFC Ring Girl
Photo via Model Mayhem
Sarah McDowd is a UFC ring girl who has been featured in the pages of Strobe and Hot Rod Magazine.
Grades:
Success: B
Sexiness: A+
Dramatic Flair: D [Don't know much about her…yet]
Overall Grade: C+
19. Logan Stanton, Former Ring Girl
Photo via Roxy Swimwear
Model Logan Stanton was a UFC ring girl until 2009, when she was unexpectedly fired.
Grades:
Success: B [She's had some success in the modeling world since then]
Sexiness: A
Dramatic Flair: A [She publicly too the UFC to task for her dismissal, which she described as "very unprofessional]
Overall Grade: A-
18. Tiffany Fallon, Ring Girl
Former Playboy Playmate Tiffany Fallon has recently been named one of the hottest up and coming MMA ring girls by a number of different sites.
Grades:
Success: C+ [She's still trying to make a name for herself in MMA, but obviously is on the right track]
Sexiness: A+ [Duh]
Dramatic Flair: C-
Overall Grade: C++
17. Kelli Hutcherson, StrikeForce Ring Girl
Photo via Model Mayhem
Kelli Hutcherson is one of Strikeforce's most popular ring girl and was featured in a particularly sexy Maxim pictorial in 2011.
Grades:
Success: B+ [She's one of the better known girls in the "field"]
Sexiness: A
Dramatic Flair: C
Overall Grade: B+
16. Natasha Wicks, Former UFC Ring Girl
Photo via @NatashaWicks
Natasha Wicks was a UFC ring girl until 2009, when she and fellow ring girl Logan Stanton were both fired.
Grades:
Success: C- [I'm not entirely what she's been doing since 2009, besides taking sexy pictures of herself and posting them to Twitter]
Sexiness: A+ [See above]
Dramatic Flair: D
Overall Grade: C-
15. Kenda Perez, Host of UFC's International Show
Photo via KendaPerez.com
Kenda Perez is a Mexican American model and currently the host of Best of Pride Fighting Championships which returned for a second season on Fuel TV in January 2012.
Grades:
Success: A [Working in MMA outside of the ring girl thing is a pretty tough gig to get]
Sexiness: A+ [See photo]
Dramatic Flair: A
Overall Grade: A
14. Mercedes Terrell, Bellator Ring Girl
Photo via @MercedesTerrell
Mercedes Terrell is a Bellator ring girl and is, according to her website, "an extremely hot up and coming model who is quickly becoming a favorite hot model of men around the world."
Grades:
Success: B
Sexiness: A+ [Get used to the A+ in this category]
Dramatic Flair: A [The bio alone was a dramatic performance]
Overall Grade: A
13. Jade Bryce, Bellator Ring Girl
Photo via @JadeBryce
Jade Bryce is one of Bellator's hottest ring girls and the official partner in crime of fellow Bellator hottie Mercedes Terrell—judging by their photos on Twitter.
Grades:
Success: B+
Sexiness: A+ [Again!?]
Dramatic Flair: A+ [Nobody can combine semi-nudity and selfless charitable endeavors like this broad]
Overall Grade: A+
12. Tessa Barrera, LFL
Photo via Facebook
Tessa Barrera is the "never whack" defensive end for the LFL world champion Los Angeles Temptation.
Grades:
Success: B
Sexiness: B+ [She's unsurprisingly a sometimes model]
Dramatic Flair: B+ [Girl drinks her booze out of a bucket]
Overall Grade: B+
11. Jess Harbour, StrikeForce Ring Girl
Photo via @JessHarbour
Strikeforce newcomer Jess Harbour is a 21-year-old model from Southern California who has worked for American Apparel, Blackberry, Rockstar Energy and has been featured in Maxim.
Grades:
Success: B
Sexiness: A+ [There are videos of her bikini modeling]
Dramatic Flair: B+ [Videos!]
Overall Grade: A-
10. Joey Davenport, LFL
Photo via Model Mayhem
The sinfully gorgeous Joey Davenport is a sometimes model, MMA girl and was the quarterback of the Lingerie Football League's Las Vegas Sin.
Grades:
Success: B+
Sexiness: A+ [She's mastered three of the six sexiest modem day professions]
Dramatic Flair: C+
Overall Grade: B++
9. Jennifer Swift, ProElite Ring Girl
Photo via Model Mayhem
In fall 2011, ProElite newbie ring girl Jennifer Swift (aka Ms. Tapout) was the buzz of the MMA Internet world. Swift's thin resume and fat photo galleries were featured on a number of sites, including CagePotato.com.
Grades:
Success: C+
Sexiness: A+ [Nobody leans up a wall like this girl]
Dramatic Flair: B [The Fedora adds some drama…]
Overall Grade: B+
8. Summer Rae, WWE (LFL)
Photo via @Summerrcrush
Summer Rae is a professional wrestler with Florida Championship Wrestling who has a development deal with the WWE. Before becoming Summer Rae, she was better known as Danielle Moinet of the LFL.
Grades:
Success: B
Sexiness: A+ [She definitely fits the WWE diva profile]
Dramatic Flair: A+ [Nobody has more dramatic flair than wrestlers]
Overall Grade: B+
7. Brittney Palmer, UFC Ring Girl
Photo via @BrittneyPalmer
UFC ring girl Brittney Palmer is the cover girl for the March 2012 issue of Playboy, following in the footsteps of her distinguished colleague Arianny Celeste.
Grades:
Success: A+ [She's really more than just a pretty face—my homegirl is actually a pretty impressive artist]
Sexiness: A+ [See: Playboy]
Dramatic Flair: B+ [See photo]
Overall Grade: A
6. Kate Osman, LFL
Photo via @Kate_OsmanLFL
Former NFL cheerleader Kate Osman got her start in modeling via Maxim's Hometown Hotties contest in 2010, and played last season for the LFL's Philadelphia Passion.
Grades:
Success: B
Sexiness: A+ [See: Maxim]
Dramatic Flair: D [Not giving me much]
Overall Grade: C+
5. Brooke Lynette, Cage Warriors Ring Girl
Photo via Model Mayhem
Scottish model Brooke Lynette is one of MMA's newest attractions. The London-based ring girl loves music, MMA, modeling and might be Chael Sonnen's only female fan on the planet!
Grades:
Success: C- [She's still up and coming, but she's got a very successful beauty side-business that specializes in hair extensions]
Sexiness: A+
Dramatic Flair: B+ [Chael Sonnen is nothing if not a drama queen]
Overall Grade: B+
4. Angela Rypien, LFL
Photo via @Angela_Rypien
Angela Rypien is the daughter of Redskins Super Bowl winning quarterback Mark Rypien and the quarterback of the LFL's Seattle Mist.
Grades:
Success: B+ [She's attracted a lot of attention after just one year in the league and gets plenty of work as a model]
Sexiness: A+
Dramatic Flair: C [She's more athlete than model]
Overall Grade: B+
3. Stephanie Ann Cook, Ring Girl
Photo via @StephAnnC
Stephanie Ann Cook is currently a sometimes model and a ring girl for Tuff-N-uFF, but her dream is to become an Octagon Girl for the UFC.
Grades:
Success: C [I like MMA, but have never heard of Tuff-N-uFF]
Sexiness: A+
Dramatic Flair: B [She's got what it takes in front of the camera]
Overall Grade: B
2. Liz Gorman, LFL
Photo via Facebook
The lovely Liz Gorman played two seasons with the LFL's Tampa Bay Breeze and is currently a very successful fitness model who recently appeared in a three-page spread in Women's Running magazine.
Grades:
Success: A
Sexiness: A+ [But she can, and will, kick your ass]
Dramatic Flair: C+ [No games, just sports]
Overall Grade: B+
1. Arianny Celeste, UFC Ring Girl
Photo via Maxim
Arianny Celeste is the UFC's most buzzed about ring girl. In the last two years, Celeste has won Ring Girl of the Year, been involved in a highly publicized spat with UFC fighter Chael Sonnen, appeared in Playboy and a sexy Bud Light commercial, and publicly professed to being a virgin.
Grades:
Success: A+
Sexiness: A+
Dramatic Flair: A+ [Was the virgin thing really necessary?]
Overall Grade: A+
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