Anna Kournikova
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Sep 18, 2026
Darian BorgesHOST
Not inappropriate, but sexy.
Darian BorgesHOST
Like four or five years ago, the women of the WNBA... posed for Sports Illustrated and they were in bikinis, right? Some years ago, Anna Kournikova, who was a huge athlete in her time, Anna Kournikova was just as known for her body and for her Maxim shoots and her GQ shoots and all that.
Darian BorgesHOST
She was basically a model.
Darian BorgesHOST
than the fact that she was a tennis player.
David BrodyPANELIST
not.
David BrodyPANELIST
If Anna Kournikova did it, who at one time was considered like the hottest tennis player, she's an actual athlete, right? Being an athlete and showing you can also be sexy is different than a woman sexualizing sports.
David BrodyPANELIST
And I'm not taking a side here.
David BrodyPANELIST
I'm saying what the difference is.
David BrodyPANELIST
And if I'm a female athlete and I'm being judged, a lot of times...
David BrodyPANELIST
WNBA stars become more popular when they're good looking, whereas NBA stars necessarily become, male stars become popular because they're good.
David BrodyPANELIST
Anna Kournikova was not the best tennis player, but she was the most famous tennis player because she was hot at a time when women's tennis players weren't known for being hot.
David BrodyPANELIST
So men, male athletes are not normally sexualized or made popular because they're good looking.
Greg AdamsHOST
selected that this is the thing that outrages them because these women are not monetized and Sydney Sweeney is absolutely crazy.
Greg AdamsHOST
Anna Kournikova is also an example of that.
Greg AdamsHOST
Anna Kournikova is a very attractive tennis player, but she doesn't have too much sex appeal, but she's attractive on the tennis court.
Greg AdamsHOST
And I'm going to tell you this.
Greg AdamsHOST
And she also wasn't, they claimed that she wasn't a successful tennis player, which is false.
Greg AdamsHOST
All right.
Greg AdamsHOST
And every now and then she might get to a final ones or Tuesday here in their skis.
Greg AdamsHOST
But Anna Kournikova was an attractive tennis player.
VanshGUEST
Yeah.
NickHOST
Until about the sort of early 2000s when you had Davenport and Hingis and the Williams sisters, and then Anna Kournikova coming through and taking the place of Davenport and Hingis, but Davenport still kind of being relevant, and Mauresmo popping up every now and again.
NickHOST
And then Serena was just that much better than everybody else in the last decade.
VanshGUEST
Mm-hmm.
Van Lathan Jr.HOST
But for years and years and years, she was the number one op.
Van Lathan Jr.HOST
Anna Kournikova was the number one op.
Rachel LindsayHOST
I mean, I'd be salty too if I-
Van Lathan Jr.HOST
20 to two?
Craig CartonHOST
She... crosses over so many generations of eager young men, never won a single tennis tournament, doesn't matter.
Craig CartonHOST
She married Enrique Iglesias, the legendary Anna Kournikova.
Craig CartonHOST
Yes, and by the way, quick little story about Anna Kournikova.
Craig CartonHOST
If you've ever played Texas Hold'em, if you have an ace king, in the two cards you get face down to start the round, that's referred to in poker parlances as the Anna Kournikova, because it looks good, but it never wins.
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Dan ProftHOST
I mean, um, and it wasn't because she looked like Pamela Anderson, you know what I mean? Uh, so we're celebrating their accomplishments.
Dan ProftHOST
And, you know, and then Anna Ko- and then on the flip side of that too, which of course none of these scolds, these shrews wants to address, Anna Kournikova was sort of ridiculed.
Dan ProftHOST
She had to sort of get out from underneath the fact that she was particularly attractive, and she decided to just marry Enrique Iglesias instead.
Dan ProftHOST
Um, but, uh, you know, she w- she... very attractive and obviously a good tennis player.
Russell HowardHOST
Uh-
Jon RichardsonHOST
... that isn't Anna Kournikova
Russell HowardHOST
... yeah, that's the only one I had in my head, Anna Kournikova.
Russell HowardHOST
Uh, in which case, is it, uh-
Jon RichardsonHOST
Stop looking at the pad, I can see you
JakeHOST
Gab- oh, S- Angel Reese, the NBA player.
JakeHOST
She, she's, all, all her videos and pho- Women are free to do whatever they want, including Sydney Sweeney and including Gabby Reese and including Anna Kournikova or Mari- Maria Sharapova or anybody who can, who, who can, can leverage whatever they want for attention, whether it's paid or not.
JakeHOST
So, yeah, but they, they make an entire issue of a ESPN magazine called The Body Issue, where all these athletes get nekkid in furtherance of their own brand or whatever.
JakeHOST
They're paid to do it.
Jason CadeeHOST
I don't know who it is.
Jason CadeeHOST
If there is someone, can you tell me who it is? Our best version of that was probably, like, Mark Philippoussis or someone, who was dating Anna Kournikova.
Jason CadeeHOST
Okay, this guy-- Ben's on hundreds of million dollars or more, and Jenner's a top 10 celebrity in the world.
Jason CadeeHOST
So I don't think we can describe what Ben deals with.
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